Football tournament season
2008 J.League Cup J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Tournament details Country Japan Dates March 20 and November 1 Final positions Champions Oita Trinita (1st title) Runners-up Shimizu S-Pulse Semifinalists Tournament statistics Matches played 61
The 2008 edition of theJ. League Cup , officially the2008 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup , sponsored byNabisco began on March 20. The top team in each of the four qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best two remaining runners-up. BothGamba Osaka andKashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-final stage due to their participation in the group stage of theAsian Champions League .
Oita Trinita defeatedShimizu S-Pulse 2–0 in the final on November 1 at theTokyo National Stadium . They qualified for the2009 Pan-Pacific Championship and the2009 Suruga Bank Championship .
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 20, 2008 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Kyoto Sanga Urawa Reds 0–1 Vissel Kobe March 23, 2008 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Nagoya Grampus Kyoto Sanga 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds April 16, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kyoto Sanga Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Vissel Kobe May 25, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 0–1 Vissel Kobe Nagoya Grampus 4–2 Urawa Red Diamonds May 31, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Nagoya Grampus Vissel Kobe 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds June 8, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–5 Nagoya Grampus Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kyoto Sanga
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 20, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 0–2 Jubilo Iwata Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 FC Tokyo March 23, 2008 Jubilo Iwata 0–2 FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy 0–0 Shimizu S-Pulse April 16, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 5–0 Tokyo Verdy FC Tokyo 1–1 Jubilo Iwata May 25, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 4–2 Jubilo Iwata FC Tokyo 3–0 Tokyo Verdy May 31, 2008 FC Tokyo 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Jubilo Iwata 3–0 Tokyo Verdy June 8, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 2–4 FC Tokyo Jubilo Iwata 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 20, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 JEF United Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 Consadole Sapporo March 23, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale JEF United 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol April 16, 2008 JEF United 0–0 Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol May 25, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 1–2 JEF United Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale May 31, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Consadole Sapporo Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 JEF United June 8, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 0–3 Kashiwa Reysol JEF United 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 20, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 Oita Trinita Albirex Niigata 2–2 Omiya Ardija March 23, 2008 Omiya Ardija 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Oita Trinita 3–0 Albirex Niigata April 16, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–0 Omiya Ardija Albirex Niigata 1–1 Oita Trinita May 25, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–2 Oita Trinita Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 Albirex Niigata May 31, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–1 Albirex Niigata Oita Trinita 2–2 Yokohama F. Marinos June 8, 2008 Albirex Niigata 0–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Oita Trinita 1–0 Omiya Ardija
Gamba Osaka advances to the semi-finals onAway goals rule .
The 2008 final
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Daiki Takamatsu (Oita Trinita)
