Football tournament season
2007 J.League Cup J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Tournament details Country Japan Dates March 21 and November 3 Final positions Champions Gamba Osaka (1st title) Runners-up Kawasaki Frontale Semifinalists
The 2007 edition of theJ.League Cup , officially the2007 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup , sponsored byNabisco began on March 21 with reigning championsJEF United seeking to claim their 3rd successive crown. This would equal the record set byVerdy Kawasaki when the competition began in 1992. The top 4 teams of each qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarterfinals with the best two remaining runners-up. BothKawasaki Frontale andUrawa Red Diamonds were exempt from competing in the group stage, due to their entry into theAsian Champions League . They were therefore entered into the quarter-final stage which begins in the summer.
The final was on November 3 at theTokyo National Stadium . The winners wereGamba Osaka , beatingKawasaki Frontale in the final 1-0 to claim its firstJ.League Cup . They qualified for the2008 Pan-Pacific Championship and the2008 Suruga Bank Championship .
March 21, 2007 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 – 3 Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe 1 – 4 JEF United March 25, 2007 Gamba Osaka 2 – 2 Vissel Kobe JEF United 2 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima April 4, 2007 Gamba Osaka 0 – 1 JEF United Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 – 0 Vissel Kobe April 11, 2007 JEF United 0 – 1 Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe 0 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima May 9, 2007 Gamba Osaka 0 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima JEF United 0 – 1 Vissel Kobe May 23, 2007 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – 0 JEF United Vissel Kobe 2 – 4 Gamba Osaka
March 21, 2007 Kashiwa Reysol 2 – 1 Shimizu S-Pulse Yokohama F-Marinos 0 – 1 Omiya Ardija March 25, 2007 Omiya Ardija 2 – 1 Kashiwa Reysol Shimizu S-Pulse 2 – 2 Yokohama F-Marinos April 4, 2007 Kashiwa Reysol 0 – 0 Omiya Ardija Yokohama F-Marinos 2 – 0 Shimizu S-Pulse April 11, 2007 Omiya Ardija 1 – 1 Yokohama F-Marinos Shimizu S-Pulse 0 – 0 Kashiwa Reysol May 9, 2007 Yokohama F-Marinos 3 – 0 Kashiwa Reysol Omiya Ardija 1 – 2 Shimizu S-Pulse May 23, 2007 Kashiwa Reysol 3 – 0 Yokohama F-Marinos Shimizu S-Pulse 3 – 0 Omiya Ardija
March 21, 2007 Ōita Trinita 1 – 0 Yokohama FC Júbilo Iwata 2 – 2 FC Tokyo March 25, 2007 FC Tokyo 0 – 2 Ōita Trinita Yokohama FC 2 – 0 Júbilo Iwata April 4, 2007 Júbilo Iwata 0 – 1 Yokohama FC Ōita Trinita 0 – 1 FC Tokyo April 11, 2007 FC Tokyo 2 – 1 Júbilo Iwata Yokohama FC 1 – 2 Ōita Trinita May 9, 2007 Júbilo Iwata 1 – 0 Ōita Trinita FC Tokyo 0 – 1 Yokohama FC May 23, 2007 Ōita Trinita 1 – 3 Júbilo Iwata Yokohama FC 1 – 2 FC Tokyo
March 21, 2007 Ventforet Kofu 2 – 1 Nagoya Grampus Eight Albirex Niigata 3 – 1 Kashima Antlers March 25, 2007 Kashima Antlers 2 – 1 Albirex Niigata Nagoya Grampus Eight 0 – 1 Ventforet Kofu April 4, 2007 Kashima Antlers 0 – 1 Ventforet Kofu Nagoya Grampus Eight 2 – 2 Albirex Niigata April 11, 2007 Kashima Antlers 2 – 1 Nagoya Grampus Eight Albirex Niigata 2 – 1 Ventforet Kofu May 9, 2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight 1 – 4 Kashima Antlers Ventforet Kofu 0 – 0 Albirex Niigata May 23, 2007 Ventforet Kofu 0 – 3 Kashima Antlers Albirex Niigata 0 – 0 Nagoya Grampus Eight
Gamba Osaka andKashima Antlers ties on the aggregate with 3 – 3;Gamba Osaka advance to the final on away goal rule.
Attendance: 8,157
Referee: Joji Kashihara
Attendance: 16,279
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Kawasaki Frontale advances to the final on aggregate score of 6 – 3.
Attendance: 11,181
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
Attendance: 15,948
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
Attendance: 41,569
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
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