1997 Emperor's Cup

1st Round

• Brummell Sendai
  Vegalta Sendai
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in J. League Division 1. The team is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few home games have also been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium.-History:Founded in 1988...
  
   7-0 Yamaga Club
• Iwami 0-7 Juntendo University
  Juntendo University
  is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo for School of Medicine and in Hiragagakuendai, Inzai, Chiba for School of Health and Sports Science...
  
  
• 三菱重工長崎 2-1 初芝橋本高校
• Mito HollyHock
  Mito HollyHock
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team's hometown is located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture....
  
   3-0 北海道電力
• 韮崎アストロス 0-2 NTT Kanto
  Omiya Ardija
  is a professional football club which play in the J. League Division 1, and are based in Ōmiya-ku in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds...
  
  
• Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
  Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C.
  are a football club based in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. They play in the Okayama Prefectural League Division 1.-History:The club was founded in 1946 to provide recreational activities in the war-torn Mizushima area of Kurashiki city...
  
   0-0 (PK 6-7) Yamagata
• 草津東高校 0-3 Sagan Tosu
  Sagan Tosu
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Tosu, Saga Prefecture.Sagan is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its homophones is in Japanese. This symbolises many small elements uniting to form one...
  
  
• 奈良産業大学 3-1 新日鐵大分
• 佐賀商業高校 1-5 Oita Trinity
  Oita Trinita
  is a J. League Division 2 team. The team name Trinita can be considered either a combination of the English word trinity and Ōita, or the Italian word trinità. The dual meaning expresses the will of the citizens, companies, and local governments to support the team.The team's home town is Ōita...
  
  
• マインドハウスTC 0-3 Momoyama Gakuin University
• 関西大学 0-9 Tokyo Gas
• Ehime Youth
  Ehime F.C.
  Ehime F.C. is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. After winning the JFL championship in 2005, the club now plays in J. League Division 2. Ehime F.C. is one of only four J. League clubs whose names simply consist of a place name and "F.C."...
  
   2-1 アローズ北陸
• ブレイズ熊本 0-2 Honda
  Honda F.C.
  are a Japanese football club based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League.-History:The club was founded as in 1971. They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1975 and to the JSL Division 1 in 1981; the closest they came to the title was in...
  
  
• 関西学院大学 2-6 Albirex Niigata
  Albirex Niigata
  is a Japanese J. League Division 1 association football team. Despite the club's relative youth, only joining the J. League in 1999, Albirex are one of Japan's best supported teams. In 2003, while still playing in the second tier of Japanese football , Albirex attracted the best average crowd in...
  
  
• Jatco 1-0 沖縄国際大学
• Kagawa Shiun Club 1-0 Waseda University
  Waseda University
  , abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...
  
  
• 西濃運輸 5-0 Kochi University
  Kochi University
  is a national university in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1922, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.-External links:*...
  
  
• 真岡高校 1-5 Kokushikan University
  Kokushikan University
  is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 2007...
  
  
• Tottori
  Gainare Tottori
  are a Japanese football club based in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture. They play in the J. League Division 2. Their team colour is green.Their team name Gainare derives from a Tottori dialect gaina meaning "great" and Italian sperare meaning "to hope".Their team mascot is well-known horror anime...
  
   0-7 Kawasaki Frontale
  Kawasaki Frontale
  is a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:...
  
  
• ルミノッソ狭山 4-1 新日鐵釜石
• Kanagawa University
  Kanagawa University
  , abbreviated to is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.- History :The university was founded in 1928 by as . It was an evening school for the working youth...
  
   1-3 Ventforet Kofu
  Ventforet Kofu
  are a Japanese football club from Kofu. They compete in the J. League Division 1, and their home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium.The word "Ventforet" is coined combining two French words Vent and Forêt...
  
  
• Fukuoka University
  Fukuoka University
  is a private university in Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest general university in western Japan, with more than 20,000 students. It is sometimes mistaken for a national university...
  
   5-1 秋田市役所
• Aoyama Gakuin University
  Aoyama Gakuin University
  , abbreviated AGU, is a Japanese Christian university in Shibuya near Omotesandō, Tokyo, Japan. Aoyama Gakuin University is part of a comprehensive educational institute called Aoyama Gakuin, which includes a kindergarten, an elementary school, junior and senior high schools, and a women's junior...
  
   1-0 Denso
  F.C. Kariya
  are a football club based in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. They play in the Tokai Regional League Division 1. Their team colours are white and red.- History :The club was founded in 1949 as Nippon Denso Soccer Club...
  
  
• FCプリメーロ 0-1 Hannan University
  Hannan University
  is a private university in Matsubara, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1965.- External links :* *...
  
  
• 前橋商業高校 0-6 Fukushima
• Nagoya Bank 3-4 福井教員
• 教育研究社 0-5 Montedio Yamagata
  Montedio Yamagata
  Montedio Yamagata is a professional association football club based in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J. League Division 1.Montedio is a coined word combining two Italian words Monte and Dio .-History:...
  
  
• 鵬翔高校 3-2 多々良学園高校
• 鹿児島実業高校 1-2 Consadole Sapporo
  Consadole Sapporo
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaidō....
  
  
• Hiroshima University
  Hiroshima University
  , located in the Japanese cities of Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, was established 1949 by the merger of a number of national educational institutions.-History:Under the National School Establishment Law, Hiroshima University was established on May 31, 1949...
  
   2-3 アステール青森
• Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
  Tokushima VORTIS
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture...
  
   8-1 テイヘンズFC
• 市立船橋高校 0-2 Komazawa University
  Komazawa University
  Komazawa University is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist traditions in Japan.The university in Tokyo campus comprises eight faculties...
  
  

2nd Round

• Brummell Sendai
  Vegalta Sendai
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in J. League Division 1. The team is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few home games have also been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium.-History:Founded in 1988...
  
   0-1 Juntendo University
  Juntendo University
  is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo for School of Medicine and in Hiragagakuendai, Inzai, Chiba for School of Health and Sports Science...
  
  
• Verdy Kawasaki 2-0 三菱重工長崎
• Mito HollyHock
  Mito HollyHock
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team's hometown is located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture....
  
   1-2 Avispa Fukuoka
  Avispa Fukuoka
  For the record label, see Avispa. is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1 having been promoted from J. League Division 2 in the 2010 season. The team is located in Hakata, Fukuoka. "Avispa" means "wasp" in Spanish.-In Fujieda:The club was founded as...
  
  
• NTT Kanto
  Omiya Ardija
  is a professional football club which play in the J. League Division 1, and are based in Ōmiya-ku in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds...
  
   1-0 Yamagata
• Sagan Tosu
  Sagan Tosu
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Tosu, Saga Prefecture.Sagan is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its homophones is in Japanese. This symbolises many small elements uniting to form one...
  
   4-0 奈良産業大学
• Oita Trinity
  Oita Trinita
  is a J. League Division 2 team. The team name Trinita can be considered either a combination of the English word trinity and Ōita, or the Italian word trinità. The dual meaning expresses the will of the citizens, companies, and local governments to support the team.The team's home town is Ōita...
  
   1-1 (PK 3-5) Momoyama Gakuin University
• Tokyo Gas 2-1 Ehime Youth
  Ehime F.C.
  Ehime F.C. is a professional football club based in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. After winning the JFL championship in 2005, the club now plays in J. League Division 2. Ehime F.C. is one of only four J. League clubs whose names simply consist of a place name and "F.C."...
  
  
• Honda
  Honda F.C.
  are a Japanese football club based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League.-History:The club was founded as in 1971. They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1975 and to the JSL Division 1 in 1981; the closest they came to the title was in...
  
   3-1 Albirex Niigata
  Albirex Niigata
  is a Japanese J. League Division 1 association football team. Despite the club's relative youth, only joining the J. League in 1999, Albirex are one of Japan's best supported teams. In 2003, while still playing in the second tier of Japanese football , Albirex attracted the best average crowd in...
  
  
• Jatco 6-0 Kagawa Shiun Club
• 西濃運輸 1-2 Kokushikan University
  Kokushikan University
  is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 2007...
  
  
• Kawasaki Frontale
  Kawasaki Frontale
  is a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:...
  
   3-0 ルミノッソ狭山
• Ventforet Kofu
  Ventforet Kofu
  are a Japanese football club from Kofu. They compete in the J. League Division 1, and their home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium.The word "Ventforet" is coined combining two French words Vent and Forêt...
  
   2-1 Fukuoka University
  Fukuoka University
  is a private university in Fukuoka, Japan. It is the largest general university in western Japan, with more than 20,000 students. It is sometimes mistaken for a national university...
  
  
• Aoyama Gakuin University
  Aoyama Gakuin University
  , abbreviated AGU, is a Japanese Christian university in Shibuya near Omotesandō, Tokyo, Japan. Aoyama Gakuin University is part of a comprehensive educational institute called Aoyama Gakuin, which includes a kindergarten, an elementary school, junior and senior high schools, and a women's junior...
  
   0-1 Hannan University
  Hannan University
  is a private university in Matsubara, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1965.- External links :* *...
  
  
• Fukushima 1-0 福井教員
• Montedio Yamagata
  Montedio Yamagata
  Montedio Yamagata is a professional association football club based in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J. League Division 1.Montedio is a coined word combining two Italian words Monte and Dio .-History:...
  
   8-0 鵬翔高校
• Consadole Sapporo
  Consadole Sapporo
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaidō....
  
   4-1 アステール青森
• Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
  Tokushima VORTIS
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture...
  
   1-3 Komazawa University
  Komazawa University
  Komazawa University is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist traditions in Japan.The university in Tokyo campus comprises eight faculties...
  
  

3rd Round

• Kashima Antlers
  Kashima Antlers
  are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....
  
   4-1 Juntendo University
  Juntendo University
  is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo for School of Medicine and in Hiragagakuendai, Inzai, Chiba for School of Health and Sports Science...
  
  
• Verdy Kawasaki 0-2 Avispa Fukuoka
  Avispa Fukuoka
  For the record label, see Avispa. is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1 having been promoted from J. League Division 2 in the 2010 season. The team is located in Hakata, Fukuoka. "Avispa" means "wasp" in Spanish.-In Fujieda:The club was founded as...
  
  
• Urawa Red Diamonds
  Urawa Red Diamonds
  are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
  
   2-1 NTT Kanto
  Omiya Ardija
  is a professional football club which play in the J. League Division 1, and are based in Ōmiya-ku in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds...
  
  
• Gamba Osaka
  Gamba Osaka
  is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70...
  
   3-2 Sagan Tosu
  Sagan Tosu
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Tosu, Saga Prefecture.Sagan is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its homophones is in Japanese. This symbolises many small elements uniting to form one...
  
  
• Yokohama Marinos
  Yokohama F. Marinos
  is a Japanese association football team that participates in the fully professional J. League Division 1; the top Japanese professional football league. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in...
  
   5-0 Momoyama Gakuin University
• Nagoya Grampus Eight
  Nagoya Grampus
  are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...
  
   1-3 Tokyo Gas
• Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-2 Honda
  Honda F.C.
  are a Japanese football club based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. They play in the Japan Football League.-History:The club was founded as in 1971. They were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1975 and to the JSL Division 1 in 1981; the closest they came to the title was in...
  
  
• Bellmare Hiratsuka
  Shonan Bellmare
  are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...
  
   7-0 Jatco
• Kashiwa Reysol
  Kashiwa Reysol
  is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
  
   4-1 Kokushikan University
  Kokushikan University
  is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 2007...
  
  
• Vissel Kobe
  Vissel Kobe
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team is located in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The home stadium is Kobe Wing Stadium, in Hyōgo-ku, though some home matches are played at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Suma-ku.-History:The club was...
  
   2-0 Kawasaki Frontale
  Kawasaki Frontale
  is a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:...
  
  
• Cerezo Osaka
  Cerezo Osaka
  is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city....
  
   5-1 Ventforet Kofu
  Ventforet Kofu
  are a Japanese football club from Kofu. They compete in the J. League Division 1, and their home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium.The word "Ventforet" is coined combining two French words Vent and Forêt...
  
  
• Júbilo Iwata
  Júbilo Iwata
  is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
  
   3-0 Hannan University
  Hannan University
  is a private university in Matsubara, Osaka, Japan. It was founded in 1965.- External links :* *...
  
  
• Shimizu S-Pulse
  Shimizu S-Pulse
  is a professional Japanese association football club. Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J. League Division 1 . Formed as recently as 1991, S-Pulse are one of the youngest professional teams in Japan, but are among only five to have competed in...
  
   3-0 Fukushima
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...
  
   3-1 Montedio Yamagata
  Montedio Yamagata
  Montedio Yamagata is a professional association football club based in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in J. League Division 1.Montedio is a coined word combining two Italian words Monte and Dio .-History:...
  
  
• JEF United Ichihara
  JEF United Ichihara Chiba
  is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...
  
   1-0 Consadole Sapporo
  Consadole Sapporo
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaidō....
  
  
• Yokohama Flügels
  Yokohama Flügels
  was a Japanese football club that played in the J. League between 1993 and 1998. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two teams became known together as Yokohama F. Marinos.- History :...
  
   4-3 Komazawa University
  Komazawa University
  Komazawa University is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist traditions in Japan.The university in Tokyo campus comprises eight faculties...
  
  

4th Round

• Kashima Antlers
  Kashima Antlers
  are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....
  
   6-0 Avispa Fukuoka
  Avispa Fukuoka
  For the record label, see Avispa. is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1 having been promoted from J. League Division 2 in the 2010 season. The team is located in Hakata, Fukuoka. "Avispa" means "wasp" in Spanish.-In Fujieda:The club was founded as...
  
  
• Urawa Red Diamonds
  Urawa Red Diamonds
  are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
  
   1-2 Gamba Osaka
  Gamba Osaka
  is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70...
  
  
• Yokohama Marinos
  Yokohama F. Marinos
  is a Japanese association football team that participates in the fully professional J. League Division 1; the top Japanese professional football league. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in...
  
   1-2 Tokyo Gas
• Kyoto Purple Sanga 1-5 Bellmare Hiratsuka
  Shonan Bellmare
  are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...
  
  
• Kashiwa Reysol
  Kashiwa Reysol
  is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
  
   2-1 Vissel Kobe
  Vissel Kobe
  is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team is located in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The home stadium is Kobe Wing Stadium, in Hyōgo-ku, though some home matches are played at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Suma-ku.-History:The club was...
  
  
• Cerezo Osaka
  Cerezo Osaka
  is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city....
  
   2-3 Júbilo Iwata
  Júbilo Iwata
  is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
  
  
• Shimizu S-Pulse
  Shimizu S-Pulse
  is a professional Japanese association football club. Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J. League Division 1 . Formed as recently as 1991, S-Pulse are one of the youngest professional teams in Japan, but are among only five to have competed in...
  
   3-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...
  
  
• JEF United Ichihara
  JEF United Ichihara Chiba
  is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...
  
   1-2 Yokohama Flügels
  Yokohama Flügels
  was a Japanese football club that played in the J. League between 1993 and 1998. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two teams became known together as Yokohama F. Marinos.- History :...
  
  

Quarterfinals

• Kashima Antlers
  Kashima Antlers
  are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....
  
   3-0 Gamba Osaka
  Gamba Osaka
  is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70...
  
  
• Tokyo Gas 3-2 Bellmare Hiratsuka
  Shonan Bellmare
  are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...
  
  
• Kashiwa Reysol
  Kashiwa Reysol
  is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
  
   1-2 Júbilo Iwata
  Júbilo Iwata
  is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
  
  
• Shimizu S-Pulse
  Shimizu S-Pulse
  is a professional Japanese association football club. Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J. League Division 1 . Formed as recently as 1991, S-Pulse are one of the youngest professional teams in Japan, but are among only five to have competed in...
  
   1-6 Yokohama Flügels
  Yokohama Flügels
  was a Japanese football club that played in the J. League between 1993 and 1998. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two teams became known together as Yokohama F. Marinos.- History :...
  
  

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• Kashima Antlers
  Kashima Antlers
  are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....
  
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• Júbilo Iwata
  Júbilo Iwata
  is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
  
   2-3 Yokohama Flügels
  Yokohama Flügels
  was a Japanese football club that played in the J. League between 1993 and 1998. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two teams became known together as Yokohama F. Marinos.- History :...