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2021 Emperor's Cup

The2021Emperor's Cup(Emperor's Cup JFA 101st Japan Football Championship (Japanese:Thiên hoàng ly JFA đệ 101 hồi toàn Nhật Bản サッカー tuyển thủ 権 đại hội )) was the 101st annual Japanese national football cup tournament, which began on 22 May 2021 and ended with thefinalon 19 December that year.

2021 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Dates22 May – 19 December
Teams90
Final positions
ChampionsUrawa Red Diamonds(8th title)
Runner-upOita Trinita
Champions LeagueUrawa Red Diamonds
←2020
2022→

Following the compressed format of the 2020 tournament, the 2021 Emperor's Cup was restored to its usual format, featuring 90 teams representingprefecturalfootball associations as well as theJ1andJ2Leagues.Verspah Oitawas also awarded a seeded entry as the JFA's annually designated amateur club.

Kawasaki Frontalewere the defending champions. They were eliminated byOita Trinitain thesemi-finals.Urawa Red Diamondswon their eighth title and qualified for the2022 AFC Champions Leaguegroup stage.

Calendar

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The schedule was announced on 2 April 2021.[1][2]

Round Date (backup date) Matches Clubs New entries this round
First round 22–23 May (24 May) 26 52 → 26
Second round 9 June (16 June) 32 26 + 20 + 18 → 32
Third round 7 July (14 July) 16 32 → 16
Round of 16 18 Aug (13 Oct) 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 27 Oct (17 Nov) 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 12 December 2 4 → 2
Final 19 December 1 2 → 1

Participating clubs

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There are 90 clubs compete in the tournament. The representatives for the prefectures of Tottori and Kumamoto had to be determined by the local FAs afterCOVID-19countermeasures made it impossible to continue the prefectural qualification tournaments.[3][4]

2021 J1 League
all clubs join in the second round 		2021 J2 League
18 / 22 clubs join in the 2nd round, 4 clubs join in the 1st round 		Amateur Best Team 47 prefectural tournament winners

Entering in the first round:

Entering in the second round:

Note

  1. ^
    Original prefecture winners Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus were disqualified after fielding ineligible players during the final against Nirasaki Astros.[5]
  2. ^
    Despite recruiting their players from the respective universities, Niigata University of Health and Welfare FC, and FC Hokuriku (bothHokushinetsu Football League) are independent teams competing in men's leagues sanctioned by theJapan Football Associationand serve as de factoreserve teamsfeeding into their respective schools' senior squads, which compete in the university football leagues of Japan.

Bracket

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Source:Tournament table (Official website in Japanese)

First round

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The match betweenTochigi Cityand the representatives of Yamanashi Prefecture, originally intended to beYamanashi Gakuin UniversityPegasus and scheduled for 22 May, was postponed the day before by theJapan Football Associationafter Pegasus fielded an ineligiblecup-tiedplayer in theYamanashi PrefectureCup final.[6]Note thatPegasusoperates functionally as YGU'ssecond teamand competed in the Yamanashi tournament alongside the YGU third team, known asOrions;the first team YGUBravesalso competed in Emperor's Cup qualifiers inTokyo Metropolis.Subsequent to an investigation, the JFA decided on 24 May that YGU Pegasus would be disqualified and awarded their spot to Nirasaki Astros, their opponents in the Yamanashi final.[5]

Also postponed was the match betweenTonan MaebashiandJuntendo Universityafter an individual affiliated with Juntendo tested positive forCOVID-19.[7]The match was eventually rescheduled for 5 June.[8]

22 May 20211AC Nagano Parceiro3–1 (a.e.t.)Niigata University HW FCNagano
13:00JST
Report
Stadium:Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium
22 May 20211FC Gifu0–2Honda FCGifu
13:00JST Report
Stadium:Gifu Nagaragawa Meadow
Attendance: 0[9]
Referee:Shingo Kuniyoshi
23 May 20211Fukuoka University1–3 (a.e.t.)Okinawa SVFukuoka
13:00JST
Report
Stadium:Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 282
Referee:Shinya Sasaki

Second round

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Third round

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The third round schedule was announced on 17 June 2021.[12]

7 July 20213Honda FC1–4Júbilo IwataIwata
18:30JST
Report
Stadium:Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 4,794
Referee:Masaaki Iemoto
  1. ^Game originally kicked off on 14 July, but postponed at half-time due to inclement weather. The match was replayed from the beginning, with the previous in-progress match being annulled.

Round of 16

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18 August 20214Cerezo Osaka1–0Sagan TosuOsaka
18:00JST
Report Stadium:Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Attendance: 2,562
Referee:Akihiko Ikeuchi[ja]

Quarter-finals

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A draw was held on 24 September 2021[13][14]to determine the matchups of the quarter-final stage and onwards.Nagoya Grampuswas guaranteed to have home advantage in quarter-finals as they advanced to the quarter-finals of the2021 AFC Champions League,whileUrawa Red Diamonds,Kashima AntlersandOita Trinitawere drawn as the away team in quarter-finals as they could not guarantee their home stadium at the moment.

27 October 2021QFJúbilo Iwata0–2Oita TrinitaFukuroi
19:00JST Report
Stadium:Shizuoka Stadium
Attendance: 3,418
Referee:Jumpei Iida

Semi-finals

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Final

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Main article:2021 Emperor's Cup Final
19 December 2021FinalUrawa Red Diamonds2–1Oita TrinitaShinjuku
14:00JST
Report Pereira90' Stadium:Japan National Stadium
Attendance: 57,785
Referee: Yusuke Araki

See also

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League
Cup(s)

References

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  1. ^"Thiên hoàng ly JFA đệ 101 hồi toàn Nhật Bản サッカー tuyển thủ 権 đại hội 1～2 hồi chiến tổ hợp せ quyết định"(in Japanese).Japan Football Association.2 April 2021.Retrieved10 April2021.
  2. ^サッカーダイジェストWeb biên tập bộ (2 April 2021)."Đệ 101 xoay chuyển trời đất hoàng ly の １, ２ hồi chiến tổ み hợp わせが phát biểu!".Soccer Digest Web.Retrieved28 October2021.
  3. ^"【 khai thúc giục bỏ dở 】 đệ 64 hồi điểu lấy huyện サッカー tuyển thủ 権 đại hội kiêm thiên hoàng ly JFA đệ 101 hồi toàn Nhật Bản サッカー tuyển thủ 権 đại hội điểu lấy huyện đại biểu quyết định chiến"(in Japanese). Tottori Football Association. 15 April 2021.Retrieved10 May2021.
  4. ^"KFA đệ 25 hồi hùng bổn huyện サッカー tuyển thủ 権 đại hội thiên hoàng ly JFA đệ 101 hồi toàn Nhật Bản サッカー tuyển thủ 権 đại hội hùng bổn huyện đại biểu quyết định chiến"(in Japanese). Kumamoto Football Association. 7 May 2021.Retrieved8 May2021.
  5. ^abc"Đệ 101 xoay chuyển trời đất hoàng ly sơn lê huyện đại biểu として phỉ kỳ アストロスが lên sân khấu, 1 hồi chiến は ngày 26 tháng 5 ( thủy )"(in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 24 May 2021.
  6. ^"1 hồi chiến 栃 mộc シティFC vs. Sơn lê học viện đại học ペガサス kéo dài thời hạn の お biết らせ thiên hoàng ly JFA đệ 101 hồi toàn Nhật Bản サッカー tuyển thủ 権 đại hội"(in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 21 May 2021.
  7. ^"1 hồi chiến tonan trước kiều vs. Thuận lòng trời đường đại học kéo dài thời hạn の お biết らせ thiên hoàng ly JFA đệ 101 hồi toàn Nhật Bản サッカー tuyển thủ 権 đại hội"(in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ab"Đệ 101 xoay chuyển trời đất hoàng ly 1 hồi chiến tonan trước kiều vs. Thuận lòng trời đường đại học thay thế ngày quyết định"(in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 31 May 2021.
  9. ^abcdef"Đệ 101 xoay chuyển trời đất hoàng ly 1 hồi chiến vô quan khách thí hợp の thêm vào について"(in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 17 May 2021.Retrieved17 May2021.
  10. ^ab"Đệ 101 xoay chuyển trời đất hoàng ly 1 hồi chiến チケット buôn bán ngày quyết định および1 hồi chiến マッチNo.【25】ホンダロックＳＣ vs. Xuyên phó クラブ thí hợp hội trường 変 càng の お biết らせ"(in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 13 May 2021.Retrieved13 May2021.
  11. ^"Đệ 101 hồi thiên hoàng ly 2 hồi chiến 1 thí hợp vô quan khách khai thúc giục および5 thí hợp キックオフ thời gian の 変 càng の お biết らせ"(in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 2 June 2021.Retrieved2 June2021.
  12. ^"Đệ 101 hồi thiên hoàng ly 3 hồi chiến hội trường ・キックオフ thời gian quyết định"(in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 17 June 2021.
  13. ^"Đệ 101 hồi thiên hoàng ly chuẩn 々 quyết thắng tổ み hợp わせ tuyển sẽ を ngày 24 tháng 9 ( kim )に thật thi".Japan Football Association.17 Aug 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-08-17.Retrieved18 Aug2021.
  14. ^Josun (24 September 2021)."Thiên hoàng ly chuẩn 々 quyết thắng の đối chiến カードが quyết định!".Goal.Retrieved28 October2021.
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