| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kashiwa Reysol (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | Gamba Osaka |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 87 |
The 92nd Emperor's Cup (第92回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) was a regular edition of an annual Japanese national cup tournament. It started on 1 September 2012 and ended on 1 January 2013 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, won by Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 against Gamba Osaka.
The cup winners were guaranteed a place in the 2013 AFC Champions League. However, as a requirement of AFC in 2012, the spot is only issued if the team holds a J1 license (but not necessary being a Division 1 team).
Calendar
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | September 1, 2 | 24 | 47+1 → 24 |
|
| Second round | September 8, 9 | 32 | 24+18+22 → 32 | |
| Third round | October 10 | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| Fourth Round | December 15 | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| Quarterfinals | December 23 | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| Semifinals | December 29 | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | January 1, 2013 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
- The collegiate champion no longer qualifies for the Emperor Cup. Though, they may still enter the Emperor Cup if they won the prefectural cup.
- The highest ranked Japan Football League (JFL) club after the 17th match day (June 24) is to qualify for the tournament.
- December 19 was reserved for at most 1 game of Fourth Round in case of event clashes due to 2012 FIFA Club World Cup. As Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the team playing the Club World Cup was already eliminated in Emperor Cup on Second Round, the event was not postponed.
Participating clubs
Starting in the First round
- Prefectural cup winners – 47 teams
- Hokkaidō – Sapporo University
- Aomori – Vanraure Hachinohe
- Iwate – Grulla Morioka
- Miyagi – Sony Sendai
- Akita – Blaublitz Akita
- Yamagata – Nihon University Yamagata High School
- Fukushima – Fukushima United
- Ibaraki – University of Tsukuba
- Tochigi – Vertfee Takahara Nasu
- Gunma – Tonan Maebashi
- Saitama – Heisei International University
- Chiba – Kashiwa Reysol U-18
- Tokyo – Yokogawa Musashino
- Kanagawa – YSCC Yokohama
- Yamanashi – Yamanashi Gakuin University Orions
- Nagano – Nagano Parceiro
- Niigata – Niigata University of Management
- Toyama – Toyama Shinjo Club
- Ishikawa – Zweigen Kanazawa
- Fukui – Saurcos Fukui
- Shizuoka – Hamamatsu University
- Aichi – FC Kariya
- Mie – Suzuka Rampole
- Gifu – FC Gifu Second
- Shiga – Sagawa Shiga
- Kyoto – Amitie SC
- Osaka – Kansai University
- Hyōgo – Kwansei Gakuin University
- Nara – Nara Club
- Wakayama – Arterivo Wakayama
- Tottori – Yonago Kita High School
- Shimane – Matsue City FC
- Okayama – Fagiano Okayama Next
- Hiroshima – Fukuyama University
- Yamaguchi – Tokuyama University
- Kagawa – Kamatamare Sanuki
- Tokushima – Panasonic Energy Tokushima
- Ehime – FC Imabari
- Kochi – Kochi University
- Fukuoka – Fukuoka University
- Saga – Saga University
- Nagasaki – Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science High School (*1)
- Kumamoto – Ohzu High School
- Ōita – Hoyo Oita
- Miyazaki – Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University
- Kagoshima – Volca Kagoshima
- Okinawa – FC Ryukyu
(*1) The team was the prefectural runners-up; Both Nagasaki Prefectural Cup finalists qualified for the final tournament, after the other finalist, V-Varen Nagasaki, had qualified to the Emperor's Cup as the JFL seeded club.[1]
- JFL seeded club – 1 team
- V-Varen Nagasaki[2]
Starting in the Second round
- J.League Division 1 – 18 teams
- J.League Division 2 – 22 teams
- Montedio Yamagata
- Mito HollyHock
- Tochigi SC
- Thespa Kusatsu
- JEF United Chiba
- Tokyo Verdy
- Machida Zelvia
- Yokohama FC
- Shonan Bellmare
- Ventforet Kofu
- Matsumoto Yamaga
- Kataller Toyama
- FC Gifu
- Kyoto Sanga
- Fagiano Okayama
- Gainare Tottori
- Tokushima Vortis
- Ehime FC
- Giravanz Kitakyushu
- Avispa Fukuoka
- Roasso Kumamoto
- Oita Trinita
Drawing
Since this year, the drawing of the tournament will be held twice: The first draw determine the pairings of first to third round matches; the second draw will be held after the third round that determines the pairings of the fourth round to the final.
Matches
First round
| Vertfee Takahara Nasu | 1–3 | Kashiwa Reysol U-18 |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Grulla Morioka | 0–2 | Yokogawa Musashino |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Sagawa Shiga | 6–0 | Kwansei Gakuin University |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Ohzu High School | 0–2 | V-Varen Nagasaki |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Fukuoka University |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Vanraure Hachinohe | 0–2 | YSCC Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Tonan Maebashi | 5–0 | Nihon University Yamagata High School |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Yonago Kita High School | 1–2 | Volca Kagoshima |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Fukuyama University | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | FC Imabari |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Matsue City FC | 0–3 | Tokuyama University |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Fagiano Okayama Next | 4–0 | Panasonic Energy Tokushima |
|---|---|---|
| report |
Second round
| Kashiwa Reysol | 3–0 | Kashiwa Reysol U-18 |
|---|---|---|
| Leandro Domingues Sawa |
report |
| Shonan Bellmare | 1–0 | Ehime FC |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuki |
report |
| Consadole Sapporo | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Nagano Parceiro |
|---|---|---|
| Uehara |
report | Mukai |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–5 | ||
| FC Tokyo | 0–1 | Yokogawa Musashino |
|---|---|---|
| report | Keisuke Iwata |
| Júbilo Iwata | 7–0 | Suzuka Rampole |
|---|---|---|
Kobayashi Oshitani Yamazaki Han Sang-woon Yoshiro Abe |
report |
| Matsumoto Yamaga FC | 1–3 | Kyoto Sanga FC |
|---|---|---|
| Kusunose |
report | Kudo Komai Nakayama |
| Vissel Kobe | 1–2 | Sagawa Shiga |
|---|---|---|
| Lee |
report | Shimada Shohei Kiyohara |
| Vegalta Sendai | 1–0 | Sony Sendai |
|---|---|---|
| Okuno |
report |
| Roasso Kumamoto | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | FC Gifu |
|---|---|---|
| Taketomi Nakama Osako |
report | Higuchi Danilo |
| Omiya Ardija | 2–0 | Blaublitz Akita |
|---|---|---|
| Carlinhos Cho Young-Cheol |
report |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 4–2 | Fukuoka University |
|---|---|---|
| Jogo Osmar Samir |
report | Kazuto Kishida Shohei Kishida |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 4–2 | YSCC Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| Ono Nakamachi Marquinhos Matsumoto |
report | Akio Yoshida Masao Tsuji |
| Tochigi SC | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Yokohama FC |
|---|---|---|
| report | Kaio |
| Cerezo Osaka | 4–0 | Nara Club |
|---|---|---|
| Kempes Yamaguchi Kenyu Sugimoto |
report |
| Montedio Yamagata | 3–0 | Tonan Maebashi |
|---|---|---|
| Hayashi Nishikawa Nakashima |
report |
| Fagiano Okayama | 2–0 | Kataller Toyama |
|---|---|---|
| Tiago Goto |
report |
| Nagoya Grampus | 2–0 | FC Kariya |
|---|---|---|
| Masukawa Ogawa |
report |
| Sagan Tosu | 0–1 | Kamatamare Sanuki |
|---|---|---|
| report | Nishino |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–1 | Volca Kagoshima |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka Popó |
report | Kuriyama |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–2 | FC Imabari |
|---|---|---|
| Sato |
report | Ryusei Morikawa Daiki Takada |
| F.C. Machida Zelvia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Giravanz Kitakyushu |
|---|---|---|
| Kitai |
report | Tokiwa |
| Penalties | ||
| 5–4 | ||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 5–0 | Arterivo Wakayama |
|---|---|---|
| Shirasaki Ito Kashiwase |
report |
| Gamba Osaka | 3–0 | Kansai University |
|---|---|---|
| Yokotani Myojin Abe |
report |
| Oita Trinita | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Mito HollyHock |
|---|---|---|
| Marutani |
report | Dai Hashimoto |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–5 | ||
| Albirex Niigata | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Saurcos Fukui |
|---|---|---|
| Bruno Lopes |
report | Yusuke Sakai |
| Kashima Antlers | 7–1 | University of Tsukuba |
|---|---|---|
| Endo Juninho Aoki Okamoto Shoji |
report | Shuhei Akasaki |
| Gainare Tottori | 2–1 | Thespakusatsu Challengers |
|---|---|---|
| Ozaki Sumida |
report | Hayashi |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–0 | Tokuyama University |
|---|---|---|
| Yamase |
report |
| Tokushima Vortis | 5–1 | Fagiano Okayama Next |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas Tsuda Hamada Nasukawa Ota |
report | Nakano |
Third round
| Kashiwa Reysol (1) | 2–1 | Shonan Bellmare (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka Neto Baiano |
report | Otsuki |
| Nagano Parceiro (3) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Yokogawa Musashino (3) |
|---|---|---|
| report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Yuji Unozawa Shogo Matsuo Shinichi Mukai Kenichi Nozawa Yoshitaka Ohashi Yosuke Terada Keita Tanaka Kohei Takano Takahiro Oshima Yuki Kawabe Yudai Suwa |
9–10 | |
| Sagawa Shiga (3) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Gokyu |
report | Ricardo Lobo |
| Penalties | ||
| Yuya Toorikai Shohei Kiyohara Shinya Hatate Yuta Narawa Hideyuki Takeya Shōgo Shimada Yusuke Kushibiki Tatsuya Nakamura Masato Osugi |
6–7 | |
| Vegalta Sendai (1) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Roasso Kumamoto (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Watanabe |
report | Saito Yabu |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 3–1 | Avispa Fukuoka (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Hasegawa Zlatan Novaković |
report | Osmar |
| Yokohama F. Marinos (1) | 2–1 | Yokohama FC (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Nakamura |
report | Watanabe |
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 2–1 | Montedio Yamagata (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Sugimoto Fujimoto |
report | Maeda |
| Fagiano Okayama (2) | 2–3 | Nagoya Grampus (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Sengoku Sekido |
report | Tulio Nagai |
| Kamatamare Sanuki (3) | 1–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Nishino |
report | Yajima Popó |
| FC Imabari (4) | 2–5 | FC Machida Zelvia (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Kitabayashi Okamoto |
report | Ota Kitai Dimić |
Note: The venue was changed on 21 September, originally planned to be Hiroshima Big Arch Main Stadium.[3]
| Shimizu S-Pulse (1) | 1–0 | Tokyo Verdy (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Shirasaki |
report |
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 1–0 | Mito HollyHock (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Leandro |
report |
| Albirex Niigata (1) | 0–1 | Fukushima United (4) |
|---|---|---|
| report | Masuko |
| Kashima Antlers (1) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Gainare Tottori (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Masuda Koroki |
report | Mio |
| Kawasaki Frontale (1) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Tokushima Vortis (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Renato Kusukami |
report | Alex Tsuda |
Fourth round
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 3–2 | FC Machida Zelvia (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Kurata Iwashita Endō |
Report | Kitai Suzuki |
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 4–0 | Shimizu S-Pulse (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Minamino Yamaguchi Sugimoto Murata |
Report |
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2) | 5–0 | Fukushima United (4) |
|---|---|---|
| Shunsuke Yazawa Fujita Toshima Hyodo |
Report |
| Kashima Antlers (1) | 3–1 | Júbilo Iwata (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Iwamasa Dutra Juninho |
Report | Maeda |
| Urawa Red Diamonds (1) | 0–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Hyodo Kano |
| Nagoya Grampus (1) | 5–2 | Roasso Kumamoto (2) |
|---|---|---|
| H. Tanaka Kanazaki Ogawa Nagai Tamada |
Report | Saito |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 4–3 | Kawasaki Frontale (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Novakovic Higashi |
Report | Kobayashi Renato |
| Kashiwa Reysol (1) | 1–0 | Yokogawa Musashino (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka |
Report |
Quarterfinals
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Gamba Osaka (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Kakitani |
Report | Endō Ienaga |
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2) | 0–1 | Kashima Antlers (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Osako |
| Nagoya Grampus (1) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Yokohama F. Marinos (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Fujimoto Isomura Taguchi Tulio Tamada Nagai Abe H. Tanaka |
6–7 | |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 2–3 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Ueda Cho |
Report | Sawa Masushima Kudo |
Semifinals
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 1–0 | Kashima Antlers (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Endō |
| Yokohama F. Marinos (1) | 0–1 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Kudo |
Final
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 0–1 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Watanabe |
References
- ↑ "長崎県サッカー選手権大会組合せ" (PDF). Nagasaki Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2012. Alt URL
- ↑ "第92回天皇杯JFLシードはV・ファーレン長崎に決定!" [V-Varen Nagasaki as the JFL-seeded for the 92nd Emperor's Cup]. Japan Football League. 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ↑ "第92回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 3回戦(マッチナンバー【67】)試合会場変更について" [The 92nd Emperor's Cup 3rd round (match number 67): Change of the venue]. Japan Football Association. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.