Statistics ofEmperor's Cup in the 1981 season.

It was contested by 28 teams, andNippon Kokan won the championship.

• Teijin 1–3Toyota Motors
• Mazda 1–2Kyushu Sangyo University
• Dainichi Cable Industries 0–2Nippon Steel
• Yomiuri 2–0Osaka University of Commerce
• Kawasaki Steel Mizushima 1–3Matsushita Electric
• Waseda University 6–0Gonohe Town Hall
• Fukuoka University 1–4Doshisha University
• Tsukuba University 6–0YKK
• Fujitsu 1–3Hitachi
• Yamaha Motors 1–2Nissan Motors
• Aichi Gakuin University 0–3Honda
• Nippon Kokan 6–1Fujita Industries

• Yanmar Diesel 2–1Toyota Motors
• Kyushu Sangyo University 1–3Nippon Steel
• Yomiuri 1–0Matsushita Electric
• Waseda University 0–3Mitsubishi Motors
• Furukawa Electric 11–4Doshisha University
• Tsukuba University 3–1Hitachi
• Nissan Motors 1–2Honda
• Nippon Kokan 2–1Fujita Industries

• Yanmar Diesel 1–2Nippon Steel
• Yomiuri 0–0 (PK 7–6)Mitsubishi Motors
• Furukawa Electric 1–2Tsukuba University
• Honda 2–4Nippon Kokan

• Nippon Steel 0–0 (PK 3–5)Yomiuri
• Tsukuba University 0–1Nippon Kokan

• Yomiuri 0–2Nippon Kokan

Nippon Kokan won the championship.

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