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The Emperor’s Cup JFA All-Japan Soccer Championship Tournament ( japanese : 天皇杯 JFA 全日本サッカー選手権大会, Hepburn : Tennōhai Jē Efu Ē Zen Nippon Sakkā Senshuken Taikai ), [ 1 ] normally known as The Emperor’s Cup ( japanese : 天皇杯, Hepburn : Tennōhai ) or The Emperor’s Cup Soccer [ citation needed ] ( japanese : サッカー天皇杯, Hepburn : Sakkā Tennōhai ), or besides Japan FA Cup is a japanese football contest. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the geological formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their harbinger, Japan Soccer League. Before World War II, teams could qualify not only from Japan proper but besides from Korea, Taiwan, and sometimes Manchukuo. The women ‘s counterpart is the Empress ‘s Cup .
overview [edit ]
As it is a contest to decide the “ best football team in Japan ”, the cup is nowadays open to every extremity club of the Japan Football Association, from J1 and J2 ( J.League Divisions 1 and 2 ) down to teams from J3 ( J3 League ), JFL, regional leagues, and top college and high school teams from around the area. The Emperor ‘s Cup is one of two long-familiar national football tournaments named after a monarch ( the other is Spain ‘s Copa del Rey ). The holder can wear a Yatagarasu emblem ( the ordinary winner wears one, the E letter and the purple occupation above the bird, the league-cup double achiever can wear the gold star and agate line above the Yatagarasu ) and obtains an AFC Champions League blot for the adjacent season. Since the initiation of the J.League in 1992, the professional teams have dominated the competition, although doubles, once common in the JSL, have become very rare. however, because the Emperor ‘s Cup is contested in a knockout tournament format, the opportunity for “ giant-killers ” from the amateur ranks upsetting a peak J.League team is a very actual hypothesis. For example, a major upset about occurred in the 2003/04 contest, when Funabashi Municipal High School took the 2003 J.League champion Yokohama F. Marinos to a punishment gunfight. [ 2 ] Although Waseda University was the last non-league winner in 1966, and the former non-top grade winner was in 2011 ( contested by two second-tier teams, FC Tokyo and Kyoto Sanga, with FC Tokyo winning 4–2 ). Since 1969, the Emperor ‘s Cup concluding had traditionally been played on New Year ‘s Day of the follow year at the National Stadium in Tokyo and is regarded as the traditional closure match of the season. Since 2014, the venue has varied due to the stadium ‘s renovation for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The 2014 Emperor ‘s Cup Final was not held on New Year ‘s Day, but 13 December 2014, ascribable to the Japan ‘s qualification to the 2015 AFC asian Cup. The 2018 final was held on 9 December 2018. Although an official rationality has not been given, it was suspected due to the home team ‘s affair in 2019 AFC asian Cup. On 1 January 2020, first time finalist Vissel Kobe beat Kashima Antlers in the 2019 Emperor ‘s Cup Final at the recently built new National Stadium to win the first championship in their 54-year club history. [ 3 ] This was the beginning professional pit in Japan television adjunct referee ( VAR ) being used. [ 4 ]
format [edit ]
The first matches to qualify for the Emperor ‘s cup begin anywhere from April to August of that class, and varies year to year. For the 97th Emperor ‘s Cup ( 2017 ), the games were played from 22 April 2017 and ended with the concluding on 1 January 2018. [ 5 ] The knockout phase of the contest begins towards the end of the year. This phase is composed of all teams from J1 League ( J1 ) and J2, the winners from each of the 47 prefectural championships ( dwell of amateur teams ranging from J3 League to college teams ), and 1 organizer-nominated team among all amateur teams ( this was assigned to the collegiate champion until 2011 ). J1 teams, and sometimes J2 team ( s ) besides receive adieu ( south ) in the knockout phase. In 2016, all J1 teams and the previous year ‘s J2 champions received a adieu, and AFC Champions League participants received 3 byes. In 2017, all J1 and J2 teams received a adieu. however, they lose home advantage starting from the one-third round, unless they are facing a higher-tier or higher ranked team. From 1965 to 1971, the top 4 JSL clubs at the conclusion of the season qualified for the Cup and the other four spaces allotted were taken by finalists from universities. From 1972 to 1995, as the League increased in size, the stallion top division teams were entered mechanically, while the irregular grade ‘s member clubs participated in regional stages with other clubs. Beginning in 1996, the second-tier clubs ( at the time, the previous Japan Football League ) began to be admitted automatically rather of having to play regional stages, which in bend became prefectural stages. Before 2008, 48 teams took region in the foremost two rounds – the winner from each of the 47 prefectural championships and the collegiate champion. The top team in the JFL standings and all thirteen J2 teams joined in the third round. finally, the eighteen J1 teams joined in the fourthly round, making a sum of 80 participating teams .
trophy [edit ]
Emperor ‘s Cup trophy The original All Japan Championship Tournament trophy was awarded to the JFA by the English Football Association in 1919. This trophy was used until January 1945, when the militarist government confiscated it and melted down to procure extra metallic element for the war attempt. [ 6 ] When the tournament was reinstated, the present trophy, showing the Imperial chrysanthemum seal began to be awarded. [ citation needed ]
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In August 2011, the English FA presented its japanese counterpart with a replica of the original trophy, made by London silversmith Thomas Lyte. [ 7 ] JFA President Junji Ogura expressed hope that the trophy, to be awarded at the 2011 final, would be “ a symbol of peace ”. [ 8 ] [ 6 ]
qualification to AFC Champions League [edit ]
The cup winner qualifies for the AFC Champions League ( ACL ) since the 2001 tournament, where Shimizu S-Pulse qualified for the ACL 2002–03. Before the administration of ACL, the cup winner qualified for the asian Cup Winners ‘ Cup. From 2012, as a share of the requirement of AFC, the champion team must besides hold a J1 Club License in order to enter the ACL ( but not necessary to be a Division 1 team ). From the 2002–03 to 2008 ACL editions, the cup winner participated in the ACL that began one year late ; for exemplar, the Emperor ‘s Cup winner for the 2005 season ( crowned on 1 January 2006 ) participated in the 2007 tournament. In November 2007, the JFA announced that the 2009 ACL blot would be given to the 2008 temper ‘s winner ( crowned on 1 January 2009 ), not the 2007 winner. As a result, the 2007 winner, Kashima Antlers, did not earn the 2009 ACL blot through the backing. ( Nevertheless, Antlers finally earned the 2009 ACL blot by winning the 2008 J.League Division 1. ) If the cup achiever has already earned an AFC Champions League spot through finishing above third in J1 League, the last spot will be given to J1 ‘s fourth-placed team .
number of Emperor ‘s Cup finals [edit ]
Teams in bold indicate doubles with the league claim, while teams in italics indicate non-top flight clubs ( both after 1965 ) .
Performances [edit ]
other Emperor ‘s Cups [edit ]
Sumo Emperor ‘s Cup The Emperor’s Cup term is used for many national championships in other sports, including judo ( the All-Japan Judo Championships ) and volleyball ( Emperor ‘s Cup and Empress ‘s Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship ). The 30-kg Emperor ‘s Cup ( 天皇賜杯, Tennō shihai ) is awarded to the top division yūshō achiever of a sumo tournament. [ 10 ]
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