The 94th Emperor's Cup (第94回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) was the regular edition of the annual Japanese national football cup tournament, which was held from 5 July 2014 to 13 December 2014[1]

2014 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
Country Japan
Teams88
Final positions
ChampionsGamba Osaka (4th title)
Runner-upMontedio Yamagata
Tournament statistics
Matches played87
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It was the first tournament since the 47th edition that the final match was not held on 1 January in the following year; it was moved to December due to the timing of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in January 2015. It was also the first tournament since the 46th edition where the final match was not held at the National Stadium in Tokyo, due to major renovations that were scheduled in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Nissan Stadium in Yokohama was chosen as the venue for the 94th Final.[2]

Normally, the winner would have qualified to the group stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League; however, Gamba Osaka had already qualified for this by virtue of being 2014 J.League Division 1 champions.

Calendar edit

All dates are in 2014[3]

Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round
First round 5, 6 (26[Footnote 1]) July 24 47+1 → 24
Second round 12, 13 July
(6 August[Footnote 2])
32 24+18+22 → 32
  • 18 J1 clubs
  • 22 J2 clubs
Third round 20 August[4] 16 32 → 16
Fourth round 6, 7 (10[Footnote 3]) September 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 11, 12 (15[Footnote 4]) October 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 26 November 2 4 → 2
Final 13 December 1 2 → 1
  1. ^ only for match number 6, due to delay in prefectural qualifier of Hokkaido
  2. ^ only for match number 32, due to delay in match number 6, denoted above
  3. ^ match day for J.League Division 1 clubs advanced to the quarter-finals of 2014 J.League Cup, as well as all clubs from J.League Division 2 and J3 League advanced to the quarter-finals
  4. ^ match day for J.League Division 1 clubs advanced to the semifinals of 2014 J.League Cup, as well as all clubs from J.League Division 2 and J3 League advanced to the quarterfinals

Participating clubs edit

88 clubs compete in the tournament. The 18 clubs from 2014 J.League Division 1 and 22 clubs from 2014 J.League Division 2 receive a bye to the second round of the tournament. Due to the establishment of J3 League, one seeded spot is given to A.C. Nagano Parceiro, the best amateur club participated in 2013 Emperor's Cup, along with the other 47 teams earned berths by winning their respective prefectural cup tournaments, which 10 clubs from 2014 J3 League (all clubs except Nagano and J.League Under-22 Team) and 14 clubs from 2014 Japan Football League have to go through to qualify, and enter from the first round.

2014 J.League Division 1
all clubs
2014 J.League Division 2
all clubs
2013 Emperor's Cup
best amateur club
47 prefectural tournament winners

Results edit

First round edit

5 July 2014 No.1 Fukuoka University 2–1 Kochi University Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
13:00 Uryu   45'
Nakano   87'
Report Arima   83' Stadium: Level-5 Stadium
Attendance: 340
Referee: Takeshi Asada
5 July 2014 No.2 FC Osaka 0–5 Zweigen Kanazawa Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
15:00 Report Omachi   12', 46', 71'
Kiyohara   77', 79'
Stadium: Kincho Stadium
Attendance: 619
Referee: Yasuhiro Uchida
5 July 2014 No.3 Tokushima Ichiritsu High School 1–7 Kagoshima United Naruto, Tokushima
13:00 Kishida   84' Report Maeda   15', 55', 89'
Yanagisaki   35', 90+2'
Kuriyama   41'
Unknown   60' (o.g.)
Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium
Attendance: 262
Referee: Atsushi Uemura
6 July 2014 No.4 Blaublitz Akita 7–1 Saitama FC Akita
13:00 Maeyama   4'
Shinzato   39' (pen.)
Leonardo   51', 82'
Miyoshi   55', 84', 90'
Report Ono   65' Stadium: Akita Municipal Yabase Athletic Park Football Stadium
Attendance: 681
Referee: Motoki Tawara
5 July 2014 No.5 Biwako Seikei Sport College 7–0 Gifu Keizai University Higashiōmi, Shiga
13:00 Kumada   11', 30'
Kubo   40', 45', 80'
Miya   73'
Kato   88'
Report Stadium: Nunobiki Green Stadium
Attendance: 268
Referee: Yukitaka Kumagai
26 July 2014 No.6 Norbritz Hokkaido 1–2 Tonan Maebashi Satellite Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo
13:00 Yamada   67'   59' Sekine
  84' Hoshino
Stadium: Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium
Attendance: 374
Referee: Shiotsu Yusuke
5 July 2014 No.8 Nara Club 3–1 Fukushima United Kashihara, Nara
13:00 Tsurumi   5'
Seri   34'
Baba   69'
Report Kuno   30' Stadium: Nara Prefectural Kashihara Koen Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 649
Referee: Shu Kawamata
5 July 2014 No.9 Arterivo Wakayama 2–4 (a.e.t.) Fujieda MYFC Wakayama
13:00 Onishi   31' (pen.)
Nagai   71'
Report Nishiyama   16'
Oishi   17', 101', 109'
Stadium: Kimiidera Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 783
Referee: Reo Tanaka
6 July 2014 No.12 Dezzolla Shimane 0–5 Verspah Oita Matsue, Shimane
14:00 Report Fukumitsu   11', 58'
Tsubata   37'
Nakamura   44'
Nakashima   84'
Stadium: Matsue Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 647
Referee: Daisuke Sakurai
6 July 2014 No.13 Mitsubishi Nagasaki 1–2 Honda Lock Isahaya, Nagasaki
13:00 Kumagai   90+1' Report Harada   59', 72' Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 428
Referee: Lee Sang Gi
5 July 2014 No.15 Tochigi Uva 1–2 Kwansei Gakuin University Tochigi, Tochigi
13:00 Nakagawa   71' Report Goya   7', 43' Stadium: Tochigi Municipal Athletic Park Stadium
Attendance: 349
Referee: Kenya Ohara
6 July 2014 No.16 Toyama Shinjo 0–7 Saurcos Fukui Toyama
13:00 Report Azechi   6', 28', 63'
Kondo   32', 45+2'
Akita   52'
Abe   90'
Stadium: Iwase Sports Park Soccer/Rugby Field
Attendance: 405
Referee: Yuichi Nishizuru
6 July 2014 No.17 FC Imabari 1–2 Fagiano Okayama Next Matsuyama, Ehime
13:00 Inada   69' Report Kobayashi   23'
Iida   90'
Stadium: Ehime Prefectural Sports Park Football Field
Attendance: 259
Referee: Yunosuke Kanetsugu
6 July 2014 No.18 Nagano Parceiro 2–0 Japan Soccer College Matsumoto, Nagano
15:00 Nishiguchi   28'
Unozawa   65'
Report Stadium: Alwin
Attendance: 1,476
Referee: Haruki Hidaka
6 July 2014 No.19 YSCC Yokohama 3–1 SRC Hiroshima Yamato, Kanagawa
13:00 Yoshida   57'
Mita   63'
Iike   78'
Report Ueda   77' Stadium: Yamato Sports Center Stadium
Attendance: 681
Referee: Yohei Tsuno
6 July 2014 No.20 Vanraure Hachinohe 1–0 Montedio Yamagata Youth Towada, Aomori
13:00 Sugai   56' Report Stadium: Aomori Prefectural Football Center at Towada Municipal Mt. Takamori Athletic Park
Attendance: 622
Referee: Masaki Tsuruoka
6 July 2014 No.21 Kumamoto Teachers 0–2 FC Ryukyu Ōzu, Kumamoto
13:00 Report Fujisawa   59'
Tomidokoro   90'
Stadium: Ōzu Town Athletic Park Football Field
Attendance: 165
Referee: Yusuke Shiotsu
6 July 2014 No.22 Grulla Morioka 0–1 Urayasu SC Morioka, Iwate
13:00 Report Shimizu   11' Stadium: Morioka South Park Football Field
Attendance: 621
Referee: Hiroyuki Sumita
6 July 2014 No.23 Toyota Shukyudan 4–1 Ueda Gentian Minato-ku, Nagoya
14:00 Koike   11'
Katayama   15'
Suzuki [ja]   35'
Hasuo   88'
Report Fujita   49' Stadium: Nagoya City Minato Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 405
Referee: Kenshi Uda
6 July 2014 No.24 Gainare Tottori 6–0 Tadotsu FC Tottori
13:00 Mori   40'
Ando   41'
Hirota   51', 72', 90+1'
Nakayama   90+3' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Tottori Bank Bird Stadium
Attendance: 1,216
Referee: Kakuro Hori

Second round edit

12 July 2014 No.25 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–2 Fukuoka University Fukuyama, Hiroshima
16:00 Notsuda   22', 90'
Shimizu   53'
Shiotani   64'
Minagawa   90+4'
Report Yamasaki   14', 43' Stadium: Fukuyama Takegahana Stadium
Attendance: 5,196
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
13 July 2014 No.26 Mito HollyHock 2–0 Avispa Fukuoka Mito, Ibaraki
16:00 Suzuki   25'
Onoya   85'
Report Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito
Attendance: 1,569
Referee: Hiromichi Oka
12 July 2014 No.27 Gamba Osaka 5–1 Zweigen Kanazawa Suita, Osaka
16:00 Usami   11'
Kurata   19', 56', 81'
Nishino   38'
Report Sato   22' Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Attendance: 2,862
Referee: Yosuke Kubota
12 July 2014 No.29 FC Tokyo 8–0 Blaublitz Akita Chofu, Tokyo
18:00 Mita   11'
Kawano   22'
Morishige   26'
Edú   29' (PK), 58'
Ota   48'
Hirayama   62'
Watanabe   84'
Report Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 5,860
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
6 August 2014 No.32 Consadole Sapporo 5–0 Tonan Maebashi Satellite Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo
19:00 Maeda   3'
Kudo   38'
Jeong Shung-hoon   66', 68'
Sonoda   83'
Stadium: Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium
Attendance: 1,654
Referee: Noda Yuki
12 July 2014 No.33 Cerezo Osaka 4–2 (a.e.t.) Veertien Kuwana Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
19:00 Sugimoto   33'
Minamino   76'
Sakemoto   97', 117'
Report Kota Araki   5'
Jibrin   65'
Stadium: Kincho Stadium
Attendance: 6,323
Referee: Takuto Okabe
12 July 2014 No.35 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Nara Club Izumi-ku, Sendai
13:00 Yanagisawa   33' Report Ono   75'
Okayama   86'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 3,672
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
12 July 2014 No.36 Júbilo Iwata 2–0 Fujieda MYFC Iwata, Shizuoka
18:00 Kanazono   61' (PK), 90' Report Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 3,577
Referee: Haruki Hidaka
12 July 2014 No.37 Kashima Antlers 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–2 p)
Sony Sendai Kashima, Ibaraki
18:00 Davi   33'
Caio   36'
Report Hosomi   23'
Tanaka   28'
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,656
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Penalties
Ogasawara  
Nozawa  
Shibasaki  
Nakamura  
Yamamoto  
  Seta
  Miyao
  Nakamura
  Sawaguchi
13 July 2014 No.39 Sagan Tosu 4–1 Shunan University Tosu, Saga
13:00 Toyoda   7', 41'
Ikeda   16'
Takahashi   85'
Report Ueno   79' Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
13 July 2014 No.40 Oita Trinita 2–1 Verspah Oita Ōita
16:00 Takamatsu   31'
Sakai   34' (PK)
Report Hamanaka   42' Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome
Attendance: 2,545
Referee: Takumi Shinoto
12 July 2014 No.41 Yokohama F. Marinos 3–0 Honda Lock Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
18:00 Hyodo   45+1'
Hanato   50'
Amano   85'
Report Stadium: Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Attendance: 5,821
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
13 July 2014 No.42 Tokyo Verdy 1–2 Giravanz Kitakyushu Kita-ku, Tokyo
18:00 Ibayashi   80' Report Hara   42', 83' Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
Attendance: 1,387
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
13 July 2014 No.45 Albirex Niigata 8–1 Saurcos Fukui Sakai, Fukui
16:00 Suzuki   23', 32', 50'
Okamoto   28', 38'
Naruoka   67'
Tanaka   81', 90+3'
Report Iwasaki   61' Stadium: Technoport Fukui Stadium
Attendance: 2,130
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
12 July 2014 No.46 V-Varen Nagasaki 3–1 FC Gifu Isahaya, Nagasaki
18:00 Kōichi Satō   15'
Azuma   48'
Okuno   52'
Report Sekita   88' Stadium: Nagasaki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 2,574
Referee: Eiji Kawai
12 July 2014 No.47 Kashiwa Reysol 4–0 Fagiano Okayama Next Kashiwa, Chiba
16:00 Hashimoto   30'
Leandro   44'
Otani   79'
Oshima   90+3'
Report Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,003
Referee: Junpei Iida
13 July 2014 No.48 JEF United Chiba 3–2 Nagano Parceiro Chuo-ku, Chiba
16:00 Takayuki Morimoto   10', 69'
Kempes   51'
Report Sato   11'
Unozawa   39'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 3,874
Referee: Shoichiro Mikami
13 July 2014 No.50 Fagiano Okayama 1–2 Ehime FC Fukuyama, Hiroshima
16:00 Hayashi   49' Report Horigome   21'
Kawahara   81'
Stadium: Fukuyama Takegahana Stadium
Attendance: 1,524
Referee: Taku Nagaya
12 July 2014 No.51 Omiya Ardija 3–1 Vanraure Hachinohe Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
18:00 Kikuchi   38'
Hasegawa   50', 55'
Report Sudo   5' Stadium: Nack5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 2,434
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
13 July 2014 No.52 Shonan Bellmare 2–1 (a.e.t.) FC Ryukyu Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
16:00 Kikuchi   52'
Maruyama   102' (PK)
Report Urashima   35' Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
Attendance: 1,958
Referee: Tomohiro Tsukada
12 July 2014 No.53 Urawa Red Diamonds 8–2 Urayasu SC Urawa-ku, Saitama
18:00 Abe   11'
Koroki   41', 77'
Ugajin   45+1'
Umesaki   52'
Moriwaki   58'
Suzuki   83'
Sekine   90+1'
Report Uematsu   37'
Shimizu   90+3'
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 7,275
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
12 July 2014 No.55 Nagoya Grampus 12–0 Toyota Shukyudan Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
15:00 Nagai   17', 21', 22', 42', 67'
Tulio   31'
Sato   45', 77'
Matsuda   68', 90+1'
Yada   71'
Tanabe   90+4'
Report Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 2,911
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
13 July 2014 No.56 Kyoto Sanga 3–1 Gainare Tottori Tottori
13:00 Oguro   2'
Nakayama   67'
Yamase   85'
Report Mawatari   38' Stadium: Tottori Bank Bird Stadium
Attendance: 2,098
Referee: Koei Koya

Third round edit

20 August 2014 No.59 FC Tokyo 2–0 Matsumoto Yamaga Chofu, Tokyo
19:00 Kawano   41'
Hirayama   54'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 9,446
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
20 August 2014 No.71 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Thespakusatsu Gunma Urawa-ku, Saitama
19:00 Lee   39' (pen.)   69' Aoki
  81' Daniel Lovinho
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 6,254
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
20 August 2014 No.72 Nagoya Grampus 4–0 Kyoto Sanga Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
19:00 Matsuda   8'
Tulio   43'
Tamada   53', 67'
Report Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 2,892

Fourth round edit

10 September 2014 No.75 Cerezo Osaka 2–0 Júbilo Iwata Osaka
Stadium: Nagai Stadium

Quarter-finals edit

15 October 2014 No.81 Gamba Osaka 2–0 Omiya Ardija Osaka
19:00 Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
11 October 2014 No.82 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
Shimizu S-Pulse Nagoya, Aichi
19:04 Yoshizumi Ogawa   72'
Kensuke Nagai   82'
"Report" (PDF). Yoshiaki Takagi   65'
Toshiyuki Takagi   67'
Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 6,113
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Penalties
Marcus Tulio Tanaka  
Ryota Isomura  
Naoshi Nakamura  
Asahi Yada  
  Genki Omae
  Toshiyuki Takagi
  Takuya Honda
  Mitsunari Musaka
  Yasuhiro Hiraoka

Semi-finals edit

26 November 2014 No.85 Gamba Osaka 5–2 Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo
19:00 Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium

Final edit

This was the sixth final in the history of the Emperor's Cup involving at least one club from the second division.

13 December 2014 No.87 Gamba Osaka 3–1 Montedio Yamagata Yokohama, Kanagawa
14:04 Usami   4',   85'
Patric   22'
  62' Romero Frank Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 47,829
Referee: Ryuji Sato

References edit

  1. ^ "公益財団法人 日本サッカー協会 2013年度 第7回理事会" (PDF).(in Japanese) Japan Football Association, 14 November 2013
  2. ^ 天皇杯決勝は日産スタジアム 国立改修で日本サッカー協会 [Emperor's Cup Final at Nissan Stadium due to renovation of the National Stadium – Japan Football Association] (in Japanese). Press Net Japan Co., Ltd. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  3. ^ 第94回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 大会実施概要 [The 94th Emperor's Cup All Japan Football Tournament – Tournament Summary] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  4. ^ a b Match 57, Mito HollyHock versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Edion Stadium Hiroshima has been postponed to 27 August due to the rescue works for the landslide occurred nearby.

External links edit