2020 Emperor's Cup

2020 Emperor's Cup
Country	Japan
Dates	16 September 2020 – 1 January 2021
Teams	52
Champions	Kawasaki Frontale (1st title)
Runners-up	Gamba Osaka
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The 2020 Emperor's Cup (Emperor's Cup JFA 100th Japan Football Championship (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会)) was the 100th edition of the annual Japanese national football cup tournament. The tournament, originally scheduled to begin on 23 May, was rescheduled to begin on 16 September and ended with the final on 1 January 2021 at the National Stadium.^[1]

The number of teams was reduced to 50 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan,^[2] and subsequently changed to 52 teams.^[3] Both the champions of the 2020 J2 League and the 2020 J3 League entered at the quarter-finals. The top two teams from the 2020 J1 League entered at the semi-finals.

The defending champions were Vissel Kobe but they were unable to defend the title as they failed to qualify through the top two of the 2020 J1 League.

The J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale completed the double by beating the league's runners-up Gamba Osaka in the final, earning their first Emperor's Cup title.

Calendar[]

The revised schedule was announced on 18 June 2020.^[3]

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round
First Round	16 September	16	32 → 16	32 prefectural cup winners
Second Round	23–30 September	16	16+15+1 → 16	15 prefectural cup winners 1 Amateur Best Team
Third Round	28 October – 11 November	8	16 → 8
Fourth Round	13 December	4	8 → 4
Fifth Round	20 December	2	4 → 2
Quarter-finals	23 December	2	2+2 → 2	2020 J2 champions club 2020 J3 champions club
Semi-finals	27 December	2	2+2 → 2	2020 J1 Top two clubs
Final	1 January 2021	1	2 → 1

Regional allocation[]

JFA decided that 48 amateur teams would be split into 8 regions, and each region would be represented by 1 team in the Fourth Round. 8 regions were based on 9 regional football associations in Japan (Hokkaido & Tohoku would be merged into a single region).

Kantō (all 8 prefectural representative teams participate from First Round);
Kyushu (all 8 prefectural representative teams participate from First Round);
Hokushinetsu (5 prefectural representative teams, with 3 teams participate from Second Round and 2 teams participate from First Round);
Tōkai (4 prefectural representative teams plus Honda FC, with 3 teams participate from Second Round and 2 teams participate from First Round);
Chūgoku (5 prefectural representative teams, with 3 teams participate from Second Round and 2 teams participate from First Round);
Hokkaido & Tohoku (7 prefectural representative teams, with 1 team participate from Second Round and 6 teams participate from First Round);
Shikoku (all 4 prefectural representative teams participate from Second Round);
Kansai (6 prefectural representative teams, with 2 teams participate from Second Round and 4 teams participate from First Round);

Participating clubs[]

52 clubs will compete in the tournament.

2020 J1 League top two clubs	2020 J2 League, 2020 J3 League champions clubs	Amateur Best Team	47 prefectural tournament winners
Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka	Tokushima Vortis Blaublitz Akita	Honda FC	Hokkaido: Sapporo University Aomori: ReinMeer Aomori Iwate: Fuji University Miyagi: Sony Sendai FC Akita: [ja] Yamagata: Oyama Soccer Club Fukushima: Iwaki FC Ibaraki: University of Tsukuba Tochigi: Tochigi City Gunma: Tonan Maebashi Saitama: Tokyo International University Chiba: Vonds Ichihara Tokyo: Tokyo Musashino City FC Kanagawa: Toin University of Yokohama Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus Nagano: Artista Asama Niigata: Niigata University of Health and Welfare Toyama: Toyama Shinjo Club Ishikawa: Kanazawa Seiryo University Fukui: Fukui United Shizuoka: Tokoha University Aichi: FC Maruyasu Okazaki Mie: Suzuka Point Getters Gifu: [ja]	Shiga: MIO Biwako Shiga Kyoto: Ococias Kyoto AC Osaka: FC Tiamo Hirakata Hyōgo: Cento Cuore Harima FC Nara: Nara Club Wakayama:Arterivo Wakayama Tottori: [ja] Shimane: Matsue City FC Okayama: Mitsubishi Mizushima FC Hiroshima: [ja] Yamaguchi: [ja] Kagawa: Takamatsu University Tokushima: [ja] Ehime: Matsuyama University Kōchi: Kochi United Fukuoka: Fukuoka University Saga: EV Internacional Nagasaki: [ja] Kumamoto: [ja] Ōita: Verspah Oita Miyazaki: Tegevajaro Miyazaki Kagoshima: National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya Okinawa: Okinawa SV

Bracket[]

Source:Tournament table (Official website in Japanese)

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions[]

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

	Sony Sendai FC	3
	[ja]	0
				Fuji University	3
				Sony Sendai FC	2

							Fuji University	1
	Iwaki FC	4					ReinMeer Aomori	2
	Oyama Soccer Club	0
				Iwaki FC	0
				ReinMeer Aomori	3
	ReinMeer Aomori	2
	Sapporo University	1

Kantō Region[]

First Round		Second Round		Third Round

University of Tsukuba	2

Tokyo International University	0
		University of Tsukuba	4

		Toin University of Yokohama	3
Toin University of Yokohama	4

Yamanashi Gakuin University	2
				University of Tsukuba	3

				Tokyo Musashino City FC	2
Tonan Maebashi	2

Vonds Ichihara	3
		Vonds Ichihara	2

		Tokyo Musashino City FC	3
Tokyo Musashino City FC(p)	3 (5)

Tochigi City FC	3 (4)

Hokushinetsu Region[]

First Round		Second Round		Third Round

		Fukui United FC	2
Kanazawa Seiryo University	1	Toyama Shinjo Club	1
Toyama Shinjo Club	2			Fukui United FC	2
				Niigata University of Health and Welfare	0
		Niigata University of Health and Welfare	3
		Artista Asama	0

Tōkai Region[]

First Round		Second Round		Third Round

		[ja]	0
FC Maruyasu Okazaki	3	FC Maruyasu Okazaki	4
Suzuka Point Getters	2			FC Maruyasu Okazaki	0
				Honda FC	1
		Honda FC	2
		Tokoha University	1

Kansai Region[]

First Round			Second Round			Third Round

				Arterivo Wakayama	1
	Cento Cuore Harima	1 (2)		MIO Biwako Shiga	0
	MIO Biwako Shiga(p)	1 (4)					Arterivo Wakayama	3
							FC Tiamo Hirakata	2
				FC Tiamo Hirakata	1
	Ococias Kyoto AC	0		Nara Club	0
	Nara Club	1

Chūgoku Region[]

First Round		Second Round		Third Round

		Mitsubishi Mizushima FC (a.e.t.)	1
[ja]	0	Matsue City FC	0
Matsue City FC	5			Mitsubishi Mizushima FC	0
				[ja]	2
		[ja]	1
		[ja]	0

Shikoku Region[]

Second Round		Third Round

Kochi United SC	2

Takamatsu University	1
		Kochi United SC	2

		[ja]	1
[ja]	5

Matsuyama University	0

Kyushu Region[]

First Round		Second Round		Third Round

[ja]	0 (1)

Fukuoka University(p)	0 (3)
		Fukuoka University	1

		National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya	4
National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya	1

Okinawa SV	0
				National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya	1

				Verspah Oita	2
EV Internacional	0

[ja]	4
		[ja]	0

		Verspah Oita	2
Verspah Oita(p)	2 (5)

Tegevajaro Miyazaki	2 (4)

Fourth & Fifth Round[]

Fourth Round 13 December			Fifth Round 20 December


	Fukui United FC (a.e.t.)	2

	ReinMeer Aomori	1
				Fukui United FC	0

				[ja]	3
	[ja]	2

	Arterivo Wakayama	1



	Verspah Oita	0

	Honda FC	1
				Honda FC	2

				University of Tsukuba	1
	University of Tsukuba	3

	Kochi United SC	2

Finals[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

J1

Kawasaki Frontale

2

J3

Blaublitz Akita

3

J3

Blaublitz Akita

0

FR

[ja]

1

J1

Kawasaki Frontale

1

J1

Gamba Osaka

0

J1

Gamba Osaka

2

J2

Tokushima Vortis

3

J2

Tokushima Vortis

0

FR

Honda FC

0

First Round[]

The draw for the first through third rounds was conducted on 29 July 2020.^[4]

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions[]

16 September 2020	Sony Sendai FC	3–0	[ja]	showYurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
	45' 61' 89'			Attendance: 203 Referee: Tomokazu Sato

16 September 2020	Iwaki FC	4–0	Oyama Soccer Club	showJ-Village Stadium, Fukushima
	29' 60' 77' Masahide Hiraoka 90'			Attendance: 0 Referee: Takeshi Tsukahara

16 September 2020	ReinMeer Aomori	2–1	[ja]	showPrifoods Stadium, Hachinohe
	70' 88'		18'	Attendance: 130 Referee: Kentaro Uematsu

Kantō Region[]

16 September 2020

University of Tsukuba

2–0

Tokyo International University

16 September 2020

Toin University of Yokohama

4–2

Yamanashi Gakuin University

16 September 2020

Tonan Maebashi

2–3

Vonds Ichihara

16 September 2020

Tokyo Musashino City FC

3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)

Tochigi City FC

Hokushinetsu Region[]

16 September 2020

Kanazawa Seiryo University

1–2

Toyama Shinjo Club

Tōkai Region[]

16 September 2020	FC Maruyasu Okazaki	3–2	Suzuka Point Getters	showPaloma Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya
	Shoki Hirai 7' Keisuke Funatani 29', 64'		Atsuki Wada 24' Junki Endo 88'	Attendance: 448 Referee: Takuya Ujihara

Kansai Region[]

16 September 2020

Cento Cuore Harima

1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)

MIO Biwako Shiga

16 September 2020

Ococias Kyoto AC

0–1

Nara Club

Chūgoku Region[]

16 September 2020

[ja]

0–5

Matsue City FC

Kyushu Region[]

16 September 2020

[ja]

0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)

Fukuoka University

16 September 2020

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

1–0

Okinawa SV

16 September 2020	EV Internacional	0–4	[ja]	show
			Natsuki Nakano 7' Ryutaro Omote 17' Ren Mizugashira 49' Hiroyuki Fukamachi 77'

16 September 2020

Verspah Oita

2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)

Tegevajaro Miyazaki

Second Round[]

Source:Fixtures/Results (Official website in Japanese）

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions[]

23 September 2020

Fuji University

3–2

Sony Sendai FC

23 September 2020

Iwaki FC

0–3

ReinMeer Aomori

Kantō Region[]

23 September 2020

University of Tsukuba

4–3

Toin University of Yokohama

23 September 2020

Vonds Ichihara

2–3 (a.e.t.)

Tokyo Musashino City FC

Hokushinetsu Region[]

23 September 2020

Niigata University of Health and Welfare

3–0

Artista Asama

23 September 2020

Fukui United FC

2–1 (a.e.t.)

Toyama Shinjo Club

Tōkai Region[]

23 September 2020

Honda FC

2–1

Tokoha University

23 September 2020

[ja]

0–4

FC Maruyasu Okazaki

Kansai Region[]

23 September 2020

Arterivo Wakayama

1–0

MIO Biwako Shiga

23 September 2020

FC Tiamo Hirakata

1–0

Nara Club

Chūgoku Region[]

30 September 2020

[ja]

1–0

[ja]

23 September 2020

Mitsubishi Mizushima FC

1–0 (a.e.t.)

Matsue City FC

Shikoku Region[]

23 September 2020

Kochi United SC

2–1

Takamatsu University

23 September 2020

[ja]

5–0

Matsuyama University

Kyushu Region[]

23 September 2020

Fukuoka University

1–4 (a.e.t.)

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

23 September 2020

MD Nagasaki

0–2

Verspah Oita

Third Round[]

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions[]

28 October 2020

Fuji University

1–2

ReinMeer Aomori

Yurtec Stadium Sendai

Kantō Region[]

28 October 2020

University of Tsukuba

3–2

Tokyo Musashino City FC

Mito Stadium

Hokushinetsu Region[]

28 October 2020

Niigata University of Health and Welfare

0–2

Fukui United FC

Technoport Fukui Stadium

Tōkai Region[]

28 October 2020

Honda FC

1–0

FC Maruyasu Okazaki

Ecopa Stadium

Kansai Region[]

28 October 2020

Arterivo Wakayama

3–2

FC Tiamo Hirakata

Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Chūgoku Region[]

28 October 2020

[ja]

2–0

Mitsubishi Mizushima FC

Miyoshi, Hiroshima

Shikoku Region[]

11 November 2020

Kochi United SC

2–1

FC Tokushima

Marugame Stadium

Kyushu Region[]

28 October 2020

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

1–2

Verspah Oita

Egao Kenko Stadium

Fourth Round[]

13 December 2020	Fukui United FC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	ReinMeer Aomori	showTechnoport Fukui Stadium
13:00	Own-goal 3' 107'		Shindo 47'	Attendance: 344 Referee: R. Yamaoka

13 December 2020	Fukuyama City FC	2–1	Arterivo Wakayama	showHiroshima Park First Football Stadium
14:00	33' 48' (pen.)		Hayashi 90'	Attendance: 596 Referee: T. Kakinuma

13 December 2020	Verspah Oita	0–1	Honda FC	showOita Athletic Stadium
13:00			14'	Attendance: 502 Referee: T. Yoshida

13 December 2020	University of Tsukuba	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Kochi United SC	showKashima Soccer Stadium
19:00	Own-goal 50' 90+6' 108'		47', 70'	Attendance: 552 Referee: H. Oka

Fifth Round[]

Venues for the fifth round through the semi-finals were announced on 10 December, depending on the teams advanced to the respective matches.^[5]

20 December 2020	Fukui United FC	0–3	Fukuyama City FC	showHiroshima
13:00			16' (pen.), 65' Tanaka 34'	Stadium: Hiroshima Park First Football Stadium Attendance: 391 Referee: R. Tanimoto

20 December 2020	Honda FC	2–1	University of Tsukuba	showFukuroi
18:00	64' 90+1'		22'	Stadium: ECOPA Stadium Attendance: 767 Referee: H. Shimizu

Quarter-finals[]

23 December 2020	Blaublitz Akita	3–1	Fukuyama City FC	showSendai
19:00	Shige 15' Hisatomi 45+1' Eguchi 89'		41'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 202 Referee: Y. Imamura

23 December 2020	Tokushima Vortis	3–0	Honda FC	showKobe
19:00	Suzuki 42', 50' Iwao 59' (pen.)			Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 576 Referee: K. Fukushima

Semi-finals[]

27 December 2020	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Blaublitz Akita	showKawasaki
13:05	Mitoma 39' Tanaka 83'			Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 9,772 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

27 December 2020	Gamba Osaka	2–0	Tokushima Vortis	showSuita
16:00	Patric 52' Fukuda 82'			Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 7,055 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Final[]

1 January 2021

14:40 JST

Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Gamba Osaka
Mitoma 55'

Japan National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Attendance: 13,318

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

References[]

^ "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会 1回戦～4回戦組合せ決定". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 24 March 2020.
^ "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会　大会方式について". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 23 April 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会　大会方式について" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 18 June 2020.
^ "第100回天皇杯 1回戦～3回戦組合せ決定". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 29 July 2020.
^ "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会　5回戦～準決勝会場・テレビ放送・キックオフ時刻決定について" (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

External links[]

2020 Emperor's Cup – official website at JLeague.jp (in English)

[1] "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会 1回戦～4回戦組合せ決定". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 24 March 2020.

[2] "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会　大会方式について". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 23 April 2020.

[release20200618-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会　大会方式について" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 18 June 2020.

[4] "第100回天皇杯 1回戦～3回戦組合せ決定". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). 29 July 2020.

[5] "天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会　5回戦～準決勝会場・テレビ放送・キックオフ時刻決定について" (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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2020 Emperor's Cup

Calendar[]

Regional allocation[]

Participating clubs[]

Bracket[]

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions[]

Kantō Region[]

Hokushinetsu Region[]

Tōkai Region[]

Kansai Region[]

Chūgoku Region[]

Shikoku Region[]

Kyushu Region[]

Fourth & Fifth Round[]

Finals[]

First Round[]

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions[]

Kantō Region[]

Hokushinetsu Region[]

Tōkai Region[]

Kansai Region[]

Chūgoku Region[]

Kyushu Region[]

Second Round[]

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions[]

Kantō Region[]

Hokushinetsu Region[]

Tōkai Region[]

Kansai Region[]

Chūgoku Region[]

Shikoku Region[]

Kyushu Region[]

Third Round[]

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions[]

Kantō Region[]

Hokushinetsu Region[]

Tōkai Region[]

Kansai Region[]

Chūgoku Region[]

Shikoku Region[]

Kyushu Region[]

Fourth Round[]

Fifth Round[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]