| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Teams | 88 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | FC Tokyo(1st title) |
| Runners-up | Kyoto Sanga |
The91stEmperor's Cup (第91回天皇杯) was a regular edition of an annual Japanese national cup tournament. It started on 3 September 2011 and ended on 1 January 2012 with the final atNational Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, won by FC Tokyo 4–2 against Kyoto Sanga.
The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the2012 AFC Champions League.
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round | 3, 4, 7, 14(*1) September | 24 | 48 → 24 |
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| Second Round | 8, 10, 12(*2) October | 32 | 24+18+20+2 → 32 |
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| Third Round | 16 November | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| Fourth Round | 17, 21(*3) December | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| Quarterfinals | 24 December | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| Semifinals | 29 December | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | 1 January 2012 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
(*1)a total number of four games were postponed to 7 or 14 September due to tropical storm.
(*2)a total number of eight games were postponed to 12 October due to event clashes of quarterfinals of2011 J.League Cup, and November 9 was reserved forCerezo Osaka and Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus in case of event clashes if Cerezo entered the2011 AFC Champions League semi-finals (but game was not postponed as Cerezo was eliminated in quarter-finals).
(*3)Kashiwa Reysol's game was postponed to 21 December due to the participation in2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
※Clubs that occupied two top places at the end of the 17th round (11th week) of2011 Japan Football League.
All matches areJapan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
Due toTropical Storm Talas (Japanese:台風12号, 2011 Japanese Typhoon 12), four matches were postponed.[3]
| Suzuka Rampole | 1–0 | Chukyo University |
|---|---|---|
Masanori Murata 88' | Report |
Note: The original schedule was 3 September 13:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]
| Yamanashi Gakuin University High School | 2–5 | Machida Zelvia |
|---|---|---|
| Yusei Kayanuma 10' Katsuhito Araki 90+3' | Report | Dimić 3' Katsumata 24',43'Tsuda 27'Ōta 55' |
| Yonago Kita High School | 1–3 | Kamatamare Sanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Junya Kato 46' | Report | Okamoto 82',83' Omo 90+2' |
Note: The original schedule was 3 September 15:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]
| Toyama Shinjo Club | 1–0 | Japan Soccer College |
|---|---|---|
| Tomohisa Ishikuro 75' | Report |
| Matsumoto Yamaga | 3–0 | Maruoka Phoenix |
|---|---|---|
| Sudo 39' Kijima 72',82' | Report |
| University of Tsukuba | 2–1 | Heisei International University |
|---|---|---|
| Shuhei Akazaki 6' Misaki Uemura 81' | Report | Kota Ono 25' |
| Blaublitz Akita | 13–0 | Yamagata University School of Medicine |
|---|---|---|
| Miyoshi 13' Matsuda 26',41',56',73',75'Imai 30',53'Higa 45+2',61'Kawata 73'Kozawa 80'Chino 90+3' | Report |
| Arte Takasaki | 2–0 | YSCC Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| Yamada 3' Ito 30' | Report |
| Fagiano Okayama Next | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Renofa Yamaguchi FC |
|---|---|---|
| Okazaki 45+2' Kotera 106' | Report | Nakayama 89' Nakamura 103' |
| Penalties | ||
Kadoshima Yamamoto Nishihara Kanemitsu Sakamoto | 5–3 | IkarinoIto SuzukiTakata |
| Hannan University | 0–2 | Sagawa Shiga |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nobuhito Takahashi 36' 40' (o.g.) |
| F.C. Kagoshima | 5–0 | Saga LIXIL F.C. |
|---|---|---|
| Taniguchi 18' Tanoue 21'Chaen 25'Funakawa 29'Maeda 44' | Report |
| Nara Club | 1–3 | Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C. |
|---|---|---|
| Hashigaito 89' | Report | Yuya Inagaki 8' Koichi Ota 83'Yusuke Inoue 90+3' |
| Hiroshima University of Economics | 0–5 | Zweigen Kanazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Hirabayashi 28',32',90+3' Saitou 53'Honda 90+1' |
Note: The original schedule was 3 September 15:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]
| Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University | 5–1 | Kumamoto Teachers |
|---|---|---|
| Mitsuru Murayama 29' 45' (o.g.) Atsuki Goryo 69'Hattoku Shimaya 84'Yoshitaka Fujiyama 85' | Report | Takahiro Masumura 89' |
| Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences |
|---|---|---|
| Haruto Abe 19' | Report | Daiki Yamamoto 67' |
| Penalties | ||
| Ōnishi Fujima Hirose Uehara Uchida | 5–4 | HamaueSugawaraMinaguchiWatanabe Ikenaga |
| Grulla Morioka | 0–2 | Sony Sendai |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Aso 47' Morihara 82' |
| Sanyo Electric Tokushima S.C. | 0–4 | Kōchi University |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kei Fukumoto 23',90+2' Ryobu Watabe 75'Kojiro Takeuchi 82' |
Note: The original schedule was 3 September 13:00 and but postponed due to tropical storm. The original venue wasNaruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocarisweat Stadium but changed as a result of the postponement.[3]
| FC Gifu Second | 2–1 | Shizuoka Sangyo University |
|---|---|---|
| Motonobu Hosono 32' Yuichi Endo 74' | Report | Yusuke Katayama 6' |
| Hachinohe University | 2–6 | Fukushima United |
|---|---|---|
| Kawamura 69' Hamamura 74' | Report | Ito 47' Kim 55',76',86'Shimizu 57'Kuno 90+1' |
| Dezzola Shimane | 5–2 (a.e.t.) | Ehime FC Shimanami |
|---|---|---|
| Hirata 3',114',120+3' Sorayama 29',106' | Report | Kitamori 40' Kashiwagi 43' |
| Nagoya Grampus | 6–0 | Suzuka Rampole |
|---|---|---|
| Burzanović 14',35' Hashimoto 19'Arai 42'Tanaka 78'Taguchi 88' | Report |
| Ventforet Kofu | 2–1 | Machida Zelvia |
|---|---|---|
| Uchiyama 6' Paulinho 36' | Report | Suzuki 51' |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 3–1 | Kamatamare Sanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Hyodo 86' Taniguchi 88'Oguro 90+3' | Report | Ishida 78' |
| Tochigi SC | 2–1 | Honda Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Choi 18' Kawahara 70' | Report | Yusuke Maeda 60' |
| Albirex Niigata | 5–0 | Toyama Shinjo Club |
|---|---|---|
| Lopes 17' Kawamata 21',76'Kogure 23'Uchida 90+4' | Report |
| Kataller Toyama | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Sagan Tosu |
|---|---|---|
| Asahi 45+1' Funatsu 48'Kurobe 83' | Report | Noda 21' Arai 30'Yamase 66' |
| Penalties | ||
| Asahi Ōnishi Kurobe Hirano Yada | 4–2 | MetaKuniyoshiKimIkeda |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Arte Takasaki |
|---|---|---|
| Kobayashi 61' Tasaka 105' | Report | Doi 69' |
| Omiya Ardija | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Fukuoka University |
|---|---|---|
| Ueda 70' | Report | Tomohiro Tanaka 72' |
| Penalties | ||
| Mariano Watanabe Higashi Fujimoto | 3–5 | SuzuNagataniTamuraOkadaKuroki |
| Consadole Sapporo | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Mito HollyHock |
|---|---|---|
| Yokono 59' Sakaki 85' | Report | Ozawa 58' Romero Frank 88'Koike 118' |
| Vissel Kobe | 8–0 | Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C. |
|---|---|---|
| Morioka 22',32',46' Matsuoka 26'Popó 31',55'Park 58'Botti 68' | Report |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4–2 | Zweigen Kanazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Satō 2',86' Yokotake 30'Mizumoto 45+2' | Report | Yamane 15' Hirabayashi 23' |
Note: The venue of the match was originally planned to beHiroshima Big Arch football ground 1 but changed on June 28.[4]
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 4–1 | Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University |
|---|---|---|
| 14' (o.g.) Mazola 18'Hara 55'Takasaki 76' | Report | Yoshitaka Fujiyama 10' |
| Tokyo Verdy | 7–1 | V-Varen Nagasaki |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão 22',57' Abe 38',73'Tsuchiya 55'Kikuoka 69'Kobayashi 71' | Report | Iwama 20' |
| Cerezo Osaka | 6–0 | Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus |
|---|---|---|
| 24' (o.g.) Fabio Lopes 30',78'Sugimoto 71'Komatsu 81'Otake 86' | Report |
| Vegalta Sendai | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Sony Sendai |
|---|---|---|
| Ota 74' Muto 114' | Report | Taniike 79' |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 2–0 | FC Gifu Second |
|---|---|---|
| Takeuchi 44' Omae 45+1' | Report |
| Gainare Tottori | 3–0 | Roasso Kumamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Koné 8' Kim 75'Yoshino 86' | Report |
| Júbilo Iwata | 3–0 | Fukushima United |
|---|---|---|
| Arata 33',71',83' | Report |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 6–1 | Ventforet Kofu |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Wagner 10' Kudo 26'Kitajima 29'Hashimoto 37'Tanaka 67',80' | Report | Yabu 13' |
Note: The venue of the match was originally planned to beKashiwanoha Park Stadium but changed due to stadium maintenance.[5]
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 3–0 | Tochigi SC |
|---|---|---|
| Oguro 33',80' Nakamura 90+4' | Report |
| Kashima Antlers | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Kataller Toyama |
|---|---|---|
| Koroki 28' Nozawa 101' | Report | Fukuda 42' |
| Montedio Yamagata | 2–3 | Kyoto Sanga |
|---|---|---|
| Hasegawa 7' Miyazawa 9' | Report | Miyayoshi 15',44',48' |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 4–0 | Oita Trinita |
|---|---|---|
| Kobayashi 25' Tasaka 55'Kusukami 77'Yajima 84' | Report |
| Fukuoka University | 0–3 (a.e.t.) | Shonan Bellmare |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ohi 94' Takayama 109'Adiel 117' |
| Gamba Osaka | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Mito HollyHock |
|---|---|---|
| Kim 40' Sasaki 65' | Report | Ozawa 50' Suzuki 76'Koike 99' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–1 | Tokyo Verdy |
|---|---|---|
| Hara 56',86' | Report | Apodi 64' |
| Cerezo Osaka | 3–0 | Fagiano Okayama |
|---|---|---|
| Bando 52',90+3' Sugimoto 90+2' | Report |
| Vegalta Sendai | 3–1 | Avispa Fukuoka |
|---|---|---|
| Tamura 18',22' Nakashima 82' | Report | Okamoto 68' |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 5–0 | Gainare Tottori |
|---|---|---|
| Iwashita 27' Takahara 45+3'Sugiyama 70'Nagai 79'Yamamoto 81' | Report |
Note: The original schedule was December 17 13:00 but changed due to Reysol's participation in2011 FIFA Club World Cup.[6]
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 4–0 | Matsumoto Yamaga |
|---|---|---|
| Ono 28',73',75' Nakamura 87' | Report |
| Ehime FC | 1–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Fukuda 90+4' | Report | Márcio Richardes 9' Hara 38'Kashiwagi 77' |
| Cerezo Osaka | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Vegalta Sendai |
|---|---|---|
| Murata 115' | Report | Muto 98' |
| Penalties | ||
| Kiyotake Kim Maruhashi Ogihara | 4–2 | KamataAkamineMutoMatsushita |
| Nagoya Grampus | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Yokohama F. Marinos |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Fujimoto Isomura Ogawa Yoshimura Córdoba | 3–4 | NakamuraKuriharaKobayashiKanai |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | Kyoto Sanga |
|---|---|---|
| Watanabe 42' Nakazawa 90+5' | Report | Kudo 50' Dutra 72'Kubo 116'Komai 120' |