| Yamazaki Nabisco Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Japan |
| Teams | 18 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kashima Antlers(5th title) |
| Runners-up | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 170 (3.09 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Yuya Osako (Kashima Antlers) 7 goals |
The2012 J.League Cup, also known as the2012 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, was the 37th edition of the most prestigious Japanesesoccer league cup tournament and the 20th edition under the currentJ.League Cup format.
Kashima Antlers became the winners for two straight years and qualify for the2013 Suruga Bank Championship.
Teams from theJ.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament.FC Tokyo,Gamba Osaka,Kashiwa Reysol andNagoya Grampus were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the2012 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.
Group A[edit]
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| Sagan Tosu | 2–1 | Kawasaki Frontale |
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| Okada Noda | Report |
| Júbilo Iwata | 2–1 | Cerezo Osaka |
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| Matsuura Maeda | Report |
| Júbilo Iwata | 4–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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| Maeda Chiyotanda Matsuura Yamada | Report |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3–1 | Vegalta Sendai |
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| Tasaka Kobayashi | Report |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–4 | Cerezo Osaka |
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| Yajima | Report |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 0–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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| Report |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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| Branquinho Kim | Report |
| Sagan Tosu | 3–2 | Júbilo Iwata |
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| Inuzuka Hayasaka | Report |
| Cerezo Osaka | 3–2 | Kawasaki Frontale |
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| Kempes Kakitani | Summary | Kusukami Renatinho |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–3 | Vegalta Sendai |
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| Shimizu | Summary | Nakahara Wilson |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5–1 | Sagan Tosu |
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| Koji Morisaki Satō Ishihara | Summary | Mizunuma |
| Vegalta Sendai | 4–0 | Júbilo Iwata |
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| Ota Wilson Akamine Watanabe | Summary |
| Cerezo Osaka | 5–0 | Sagan Tosu |
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| Ogihara Kim Bo-Kyung Kakitani Fujimoto | Summary |
| Kashima Antlers | 2–0 | Vissel Kobe |
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| Osako Endo | Report |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–2 | Consadole Sapporo |
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| Matsumoto | Report |
| Consadole Sapporo | 1–2 | Kashima Antlers |
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| Sakaki | Report |
| Omiya Ardija | 1–1 | Consadole Sapporo |
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| Kim | Report |
| Vissel Kobe | 1–2 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
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| Matsumura | Report |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 3–2 | Kashima Antlers |
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| Hyodo Saitō Oguro | Report |
| Consadole Sapporo | 0–4 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
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| Summary | Kawai Lee Ki-Je Ishige Sugiyama |
| Omiya Ardija | 1–0 | Vissel Kobe |
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| Aoki | Summary | Bae Chun-Suk |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 3–1 | Omiya Ardija |
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| Hiraoka Omae Shirasaki | Summary | Hasegawa Fukaya |
| Vissel Kobe | 2–2 | Consadole Sapporo |
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| Ōkubo | Summary | Sakai Okamoto |
| Kashima Antlers | 2–1 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
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| Osako | Summary | Ito |
| Albirex Niigata | 4–3 | Omiya Ardija |
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| Kogure Hirai Suzuki | Summary | Shimizu Watanabe |
| Vissel Kobe | 3–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
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| Komoto Morioka | Summary | Ono Kanai |
All times areJapan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| FC Tokyo | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| FC Tokyo | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Vegalta Sendai | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kashima Antlers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Gamba Osaka | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashima Antlers | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashima Antlers | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashima Antlers | 2–1 | Cerezo Osaka |
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| Iwamasa Koroki | Kakitani |
| Gamba Osaka | 1–3 | Kashiwa Reysol |
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| Niwa | Kudo Leandro Domingues |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2–1 | Gamba Osaka |
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| Leandro Domingues Kudo | Sato |
| Cerezo Osaka | 0–3 | Kashima Antlers |
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| Dutra Koroki Shibasaki |
| FC Tokyo | 2–0 | Vegalta Sendai |
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| Ishikawa Watanabe |
| Nagoya Grampus | 3–4 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
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| Tulio Fujimoto | Alex Jymmy Franca Senuma Takagi |
| Kashima Antlers | 3–2 | Kashiwa Reysol |
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| Osako Renato | (Report) | Barada Leandro Domingues |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 3–0 | FC Tokyo |
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| Omae | Report |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2–2 | Kashima Antlers |
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| Jorge Wagner Neto Baiano | Report | Dutra Osako |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Kashima Antlers |
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| Omae | Report | Shibasaki |
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | |
| Cerezo Osaka | 5 | ||
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 |