2012 Emperor's Cup
Football tournament season
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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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kashiwa Reysol (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Gamba Osaka |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 87 |
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 |
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| 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 [ja] (*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 was held twice: The first draw determined the pairings of first to third round matches; the second draw was held after the third round that determined the pairings of the fourth round to the final.
Matches
First round
Tochigi City Athletic Stadium, Tochigi
Morioka Park Stadium, Morioka
Nunobiki Green Stadium, Higashiōmi
| Ohzu High School | 0–2 | V-Varen Nagasaki |
|---|---|---|
| report |
Miyazaki Ikime no Mori Ivy Stadium, Miyazaki
Takamoriyama Sports Park, Towada
| Tonan Maebashi | 5–0 | Nihon University Yamagata High School |
|---|---|---|
| report |
| Yonago Kita High School | 1–2 | Volca Kagoshima |
|---|---|---|
| report |
Kure Gohara Stadium, Kure
Kinokawa Athletic Stadium, Kinokawa
Shimane Hamayama Stadium, Izumo
| Fagiano Okayama Next | 4–0 | Panasonic Energy Tokushima |
|---|---|---|
| report |
Second round
| Kashiwa Reysol | 3–0 | Kashiwa Reysol U-18 |
|---|---|---|
Leandro Domingues  14', 45+1'Sawa 47' |
report |
| Shonan Bellmare | 1–0 | Ehime FC |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuki 48' |
report |
| Consadole Sapporo | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Nagano Parceiro |
|---|---|---|
| Uehara 69' |
report | Mukai 8' |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–5 | ||
| FC Tokyo | 0–1 | Yokogawa Musashino |
|---|---|---|
| report | Keisuke Iwata 90+2' |
| Júbilo Iwata | 7–0 | Suzuka Rampole |
|---|---|---|
| 17' (o.g.) Kobayashi 40'Oshitani 48'Yamazaki 54', 61'Han Sang-woon 66'Yoshiro Abe 90+1' |
report |
| Matsumoto Yamaga FC | 1–3 | Kyoto Sanga FC |
|---|---|---|
| Kusunose 64' |
report | Kudo 4' Komai 13'Nakayama 83' |
| Vissel Kobe | 1–2 | Sagawa Shiga |
|---|---|---|
| Lee 42' |
report | Shimada 11' Shohei Kiyohara 55' |
| Vegalta Sendai | 1–0 | Sony Sendai |
|---|---|---|
| Okuno 39' |
report |
| Omiya Ardija | 2–0 | Blaublitz Akita |
|---|---|---|
| Carlinhos 45+4' Cho Young-Cheol 68' |
report |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 4–2 | Fukuoka University |
|---|---|---|
| Jogo 7', 44' Osmar 59'Samir 71' |
report | Kazuto Kishida 41' Shohei Kishida 76' |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 4–2 | YSCC Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| Ono 33' Nakamachi 52'Marquinhos 69'Matsumoto 86' |
report | Akio Yoshida 66' Masao Tsuji 90+3' |
| Tochigi SC | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Yokohama FC |
|---|---|---|
| report | Kaio 112' |
| Cerezo Osaka | 4–0 | Nara Club |
|---|---|---|
| Kempes 25' Yamaguchi 59'Kenyu Sugimoto 83', 86' |
report |
| Montedio Yamagata | 3–0 | Tonan Maebashi |
|---|---|---|
| Hayashi 47' Nishikawa 48'Nakashima 90+2' |
report |
| Fagiano Okayama | 2–0 | Kataller Toyama |
|---|---|---|
| Tiago 55' Goto 77' |
report |
| Nagoya Grampus | 2–0 | FC Kariya |
|---|---|---|
| Masukawa 58' Ogawa 66' |
report |
| Sagan Tosu | 0–1 | Kamatamare Sanuki |
|---|---|---|
| report | Nishino 90+2' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–1 | Volca Kagoshima |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 30' Popó 48' |
report | Kuriyama 9' |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–2 | FC Imabari |
|---|---|---|
| Sato 75' |
report | Ryusei Morikawa 3' Daiki Takada 87' |
| F.C. Machida Zelvia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Giravanz Kitakyushu |
|---|---|---|
| Kitai 22' |
report | Tokiwa 51' |
| Penalties | ||
| 5–4 | ||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 5–0 | Arterivo Wakayama |
|---|---|---|
| Shirasaki 2', 25', 80' Ito 68'Kashiwase 90+1' |
report |
| Gamba Osaka | 3–0 | Kansai University |
|---|---|---|
| Yokotani 2' Myojin 39'Abe 47' |
report |
| Oita Trinita | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Mito HollyHock |
|---|---|---|
| Marutani 13', 58' |
report | Dai 75' Hashimoto 90+2' |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–5 | ||
| Albirex Niigata | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Saurcos Fukui |
|---|---|---|
| Bruno Lopes 56', 105+1' |
report | Yusuke Sakai 45+2' |
| Kashima Antlers | 7–1 | University of Tsukuba |
|---|---|---|
| Endo 35', 38', 72' Juninho 53'Aoki 69'Okamoto 76'Shoji 84' |
report | Shuhei Akasaki 90+3' |
| Gainare Tottori | 2–1 | Thespa Kusatsu |
|---|---|---|
| Ozaki 52' Sumida 72' |
report | Hayashi 72' |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–0 | Tokuyama University |
|---|---|---|
| Yamase 49', 77' |
report |
| Tokushima Vortis | 5–1 | Fagiano Okayama Next |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas 33' Tsuda 50'Hamada 63'Nasukawa 80'Ota 90+1' |
report | Nakano 88' |
Third round
| Kashiwa Reysol (1) | 2–1 | Shonan Bellmare (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 30' Neto Baiano 90+2' |
report | Otsuki 15' |
| 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 | Keisuke Iwata Shunsuke Hayashi Tatsuya Sekino Takanori Kanamori Masaaki Yabe Daiki Koyama Sho Kaseyama Daigo Tomioka Shu Hiraiwa Ryoya Ueda Kaijiro Fujiyoshi |
| Sagawa Shiga (3) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Gokyu 69' |
report | Ricardo Lobo 47' (pen.) |
| Penalties | ||
| Yuya Toorikai Shohei Kiyohara Shinya Hatate Yuta Narawa Hideyuki Takeya Shōgo Shimada Yusuke Kushibiki Tatsuya Nakamura Masato Osugi |
6–7 | Masataka Sakamoto Koki Yonekura Eijiro Takeda Ryota Aoki Kei Yamaguchi Daisuke Ito Sho Sato Haruya Ide Akira Toshima |
| Vegalta Sendai (1) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Roasso Kumamoto (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Watanabe 64' |
report | Saito 48' Yabu 119' |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 3–1 | Avispa Fukuoka (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Hasegawa 45' Zlatan 54'Novaković 87' |
report | Osmar 66' |
| Yokohama F. Marinos (1) | 2–1 | Yokohama FC (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Nakamura 25', 48' |
report | Watanabe 58' |
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 2–1 | Montedio Yamagata (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Sugimoto 59' Fujimoto 89' |
report | Maeda 50' |
| Fagiano Okayama (2) | 2–3 | Nagoya Grampus (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Sengoku 39' Sekido 75' |
report | Tulio 46', 90+1' (pen.) Nagai 62' |
| Kamatamare Sanuki (3) | 1–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Nishino 88' |
report | Yajima 75' Popó 90+3' |
| FC Imabari (4) | 2–5 | FC Machida Zelvia (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Kitabayashi 44' Okamoto 71' |
report | Ota 36', 70' Kitai 47', 65'Dimić 90+4' |
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 54' |
report |
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 1–0 | Mito HollyHock (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Leandro 62' |
report |
| Albirex Niigata (1) | 0–1 | Fukushima United (4) |
|---|---|---|
| report | Masuko 63' |
| Kashima Antlers (1) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Gainare Tottori (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Masuda 40' Koroki 110' |
report | Mio 75' |
| Kawasaki Frontale (1) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Tokushima Vortis (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Renato 26', 120+1' Kusukami 78' |
report | Alex 24' Tsuda 90+1' |
Fourth round
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 3–2 | FC Machida Zelvia (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Kurata 38' Iwashita 65'Endō 80' |
Report | Kitai 27' Suzuki 56' |
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 4–0 | Shimizu S-Pulse (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Minamino 24' Yamaguchi 53'Sugimoto 83'Murata 90' |
Report |
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2) | 5–0 | Fukushima United (4) |
|---|---|---|
| Shunsuke 14' (o.g.) Yazawa 25'Fujita 77'Toshima 82'Hyodo 88' |
Report |
| Kashima Antlers (1) | 3–1 | Júbilo Iwata (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Iwamasa 5' Dutra 14'Juninho 25' |
Report | Maeda 1' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds (1) | 0–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Hyodo 28' Kano 49' |
| Nagoya Grampus (1) | 5–2 | Roasso Kumamoto (2) |
|---|---|---|
| H. Tanaka 15' Kanazaki 43'Ogawa 65'Nagai 78'Tamada 85' |
Report | Saito 24', 44' |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 4–3 | Kawasaki Frontale (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Novakovic 63', 90' Higashi 67', 86' |
Report | Kobayashi 6', 26' Renato 38' |
| Kashiwa Reysol (1) | 1–0 | Yokogawa Musashino (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 24' |
Report |
Quarter-finals
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Gamba Osaka (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Kakitani 49' |
Report | Endō 19' Ienaga 112' |
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2) | 0–1 | Kashima Antlers (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Osako 64' |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 2–3 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Ueda 11' Cho 23' |
Report | Sawa 59' Masushima 83'Kudo 90' |
Semi-finals
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 1–0 | Kashima Antlers (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Endō 23' |
| Yokohama F. Marinos (1) | 0–1 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Kudo 23' |
Final
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 0–1 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Watanabe 35' |