2020 Emperor's Cup

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)) will be 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 to end with the final on 1 January 2021 at the National Stadium.[1]

2020 Emperor's Cup
CountryJapan
Dates16 September 2020 – 1 January 2021
Teams52
Matches played51
← 2019
2021 →

The number of teams was reduced to 50 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan,[2] and subsequntly changed to 52 teams.[3]The top team from the 2020 J2 League and the top team from the 2020 J3 League will enter at the quarter-final stage. The top two teams from the 2020 J1 League will enter at the semi-final stage.

The defending champions were Vissel Kobe.

Calendar

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

RoundDateMatchesClubsNew entries this round
First Round 16 September1632 → 16
Second Round 23 September1616+15+1 → 16
Third Round 28 October816 → 8
Fourth Round 12–13 December48 → 4
Fifth Round 20 December24 → 2
Quarter-finals 23 December22+2 → 2
Semi-finals 27 December22+2 → 2
Final 1 January 202112 → 1

Regional Allocation

JFA decided that 48 amateur teams will be split into 8 regions (Hokkaido & Tohoku will be merged into a single region), which are:

  • 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);

Each region will be represented by 1 team in the 4th round.

Participating clubs

52 clubs will compete in the tournament.

2020 J1 League
top two clubs		 2020 J2 League,
2020 J3 League
Champion clubs		 Amateur Best Team 47 prefectural tournament winners
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD

Bracket

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Sony Sendai FC    
  Saruta Kogyo Soccer Club    
        Iwate Representative  
               
               
     
  Iwaki FC              
  Oyama Soccer Club              
           
         
  ReinMeer Aomori    
  Sapporo University  

Kantō Region
First Round Second Round Third Round
         
Ibaraki Representative
Tokyo International University
 
 
Kanagawa Representative
Yamanashi Gakuin University
 
 
Gunma Representative
Chiba Representative
 
 
Tokyo Representative
Tochigi City FC

Hokushinetsu Region
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
      Fukui United FC  
  Ishikawa Representative        
  Toyama Representative        
     
      Niigata University of Health and Welfare    
      Artista Asama  

Tōkai Region
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
      Gifu Representative  
  FC Maruyasu Okazaki        
  Suzuka Point Getters        
     
      Honda FC    
      Shizuoka Representative  

Kansai Region
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
      Arterivo Wakayama  
  Cento Cuore Harima        
  MIO Biwako Shiga        
     
      Osaka Prefecture Representative    
  Kyoto Prefecture Representative      
  Nara Club  

Chūgoku Region
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
      Okayama Representative  
  Yonago Genki SC        
  Matsue City FC        
     
      Hiroshima Representative    
      Yamaguchi Representative  

Shikoku Region
Second Round Third Round
      
Kochi United SC
Kagawa Representative
 
 
FC Tokushima
Ehime Representative

Kyushu Region
First Round Second Round Third Round
         
Kumamoto Representative
Fukuoka Representative
 
 
National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
Okinawa SV
 
 
EV Internacional
Nagasaki Representative
 
 
Verspah Oita
Tegevajaro Miyazaki

Fourth & Fifth Round
  Fourth Round
12–13 December		 Fifth Round
20 December
                 
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
   
   
   
 
   

Finals
  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
      2020 J1 Champion  
  2020 J3 Champion        
         
     
      2020 J1 Runner-up    
  2020 J2 Champion      
   

First Round

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

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions
16 September 2020 Sony Sendai FCMatch 1Saruta Kogyo Soccer Club
16 September 2020 Iwaki FCMatch 2Oyama Soccer Club
16 September 2020 ReinMeer AomoriMatch 3Sapporo University Soccer Club

Kantō Region
16 September 2020 Ibaraki Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 4Tokyo International University
16 September 2020 Kanagawa Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 5Yamanashi Gakuin University
16 September 2020 Gunma Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 6Chiba Prefecture Representative
16 September 2020 Tokyo RepresentativeMatch 7Tochigi City FC

Hokushinetsu Region
16 September 2020 Ishikawa Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 8Toyama Prefecture Representative

Tōkai Region
16 September 2020 FC Maruyasu OkazakiMatch 9Suzuka Point Getters

Kansai Region
16 September 2020 Cento Cuore HarimaMatch 10MIO Biwako Shiga
16 September 2020 Kyoto Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 11Nara Club

Chūgoku Region
16 September 2020 Yonago Genki SCMatch 12Matsue City FC

Kyushu Region
16 September 2020 Kumamoto Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 13Fukuoka Prefecture Representative
16 September 2020 National Institute of Fitness and Sports in KanoyaMatch 14Okinawa SV
16 September 2020 EV InternacionalMatch 15Nagasaki Prefecture Representative
16 September 2020 Verspah OitaMatch 16Tegevajaro Miyazaki

Second Round

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions
23 September 2020 Iwate Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 17Match 1 winner
23 September 2020 Match 2 winnerMatch 18Match 3 winner

Kantō Region
23 September 2020 Match 4 winnerMatch 19Match 5 winner
23 September 2020 Match 6 winnerMatch 20Match 7 winner

Hokushinetsu Region
23 September 2020 Niigata University of Health and WelfareMatch 21Artista Asama
23 September 2020 Fukui United FCMatch 22Match 8 winner

Tōkai Region
23 September 2020 Honda FCMatch 23Shizuoka Prefecture Representative
23 September 2020 Gifu Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 24Match 9 winner

Kansai Region
23 September 2020 Arterivo WakayamaMatch 25Match 10 winner
23 September 2020 Osaka Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 26Match 11 winner

Chūgoku Region
23 September 2020 Hiroshima Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 27Yamaguchi Prefecture Representative
23 September 2020 Okayama Prefecture RepresentativeMatch 28Match 12 winner

Shikoku Region
23 September 2020 Kochi United SCMatch 29Kagawa Prefecture Representative
23 September 2020 FC TokushimaMatch 30Ehime Prefecture Representative

Kyushu Region
23 September 2020 Match 13 winnerMatch 31Match 14 winner
23 September 2020 Match 15 winnerMatch 32Match 16 winner

Third Round

Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions
28 October 2020 Match 17 winnerMatch 33Match 18 winner

Kantō Region
28 October 2020 Match 19 winnerMatch 34Match 20 winner

Hokushinetsu Region
28 October 2020 Match 21 winnerMatch 35Match 22 winner

Tōkai Region
28 October 2020 Match 23 winnerMatch 36Match 24 winner

Kansai Region
28 October 2020 Match 25 winnerMatch 37Match 26 winner

Chūgoku Region
28 October 2020 Match 27 winnerMatch 38Match 28 winner

Shikoku Region
28 October 2020 Match 29 winnerMatch 39Match 30 winner

Kyushu Region
28 October 2020 Match 31 winnerMatch 40Match 32 winner

Fourth Round
12–13 December 2020 Match TBD WinnerMatch 41Match TBD Winner
12–13 December 2020 Match TBD WinnerMatch 42Match TBD Winner
12–13 December 2020 Match TBD WinnerMatch 43Match TBD Winner
12–13 December 2020 Match TBD WinnerMatch 44Match TBD Winner

Fifth Round
20 December 2020 Match 41 WinnerMatch 45Match 42 Winner
20 December 2020 Match 43 WinnerMatch 46Match 44 Winner

Quarter-finals
23 December 2020 2020 J3 ChampionMatch 47Match 45 Winner
23 December 2020 2020 J2 ChampionMatch 48Match 46 Winner

Semi-finals
27 December 2020 2020 J1 ChampionMatch 49Match 47 Winner
27 December 2020 2020 J1 Runner-upMatch 50Match 48 Winner

Final
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References
  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.
  3. "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). 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.
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