2007 Emperor's Cup

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2007 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Teams80
Final positions
Champions Kashima Antlers (3rd title)
Runner-up Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Tournament statistics
Matches played79
  2006
2008  

The 87th Emperor's Cup has been held between September 16, 2007 and January 1, 2008. It was won by Kashima Antlers.

Contents

Schedule

RoundDateFixtureClubsByes/Exemptions
First Round2040→2039: non-seeded prefectural representative clubs
1: University representative
Second Round1420+8→148: seeded prefectural representative clubs
Third Round1414+13+1→1414: J2 clubs (13) and JFL Champions
Fourth Round1614+18→1618: J1 clubs
Fifth RoundDecember 8 and 15816→8
QuarterfinalsDecember 22 and 2348→4
SemifinalsDecember 2924→2
FinalJanuary 1, 200812→1

Matches

First round

Viancone Fukushima 0–1 V-Varen Nagasaki
Oda Soccerball shade.svg64'











Nirasaki Astros 0–8 TDK SC
Ozawa Soccerball shade.svg1'
Matsuda Soccerball shade.svg27', Soccerball shade.svg39', Soccerball shade.svg47'
(own goal) Soccerball shade.svg37'
Togashi Soccerball shade.svg55'
Ikeda Soccerball shade.svg61', Soccerball shade.svg79'








Second round

V-Varen Nagasaki 5–0 Hachinohe University
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Sano Soccerball shade.svg46'
Takemura Soccerball shade.svg58'
Iwamoto Soccerball shade.svg85'













Third round







Avispa Fukuoka 4–0 Tochigi SC
Alex Soccerball shade.svg44'
Lincoln Soccerball shade.svg53', Soccerball shade.svg61'
Hayashi Soccerball shade.svg76'



Tokyo Verdy 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Honda FC
Suzuki Soccerball shade.svg106'

Cerezo Osaka 4–2 Honda Lock SC
Kagawa Soccerball shade.svg35', Soccerball shade.svg89'
Morishima Soccerball shade.svg50', Soccerball shade.svg69'
Kishita Soccerball shade.svg36'
Taniguchi Soccerball shade.svg86'



Fourth round

Played on November 4, except Gamba vs. Yamagata and Kawasaki vs. Cerezo (November 7) and Urawa vs. Ehime (November 28 due to 2007 Asian Champions League commitments).

Tie noHome teamScore1Away team
1 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Montedio Yamagata
Gamba won 5 – 3 on penalties
2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1–3 Oita Trinita
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–3 Meiji University
Shimizu won 5 – 4 on penalties
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–1 Sagawa Printing SC
5 Albirex Niigata 2–3 Sagan Tosu
6 FC Tokyo 2–1 TDK SC
7 Júbilo Iwata 6–1 Juntendo University
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Shonan Bellmare
9 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Ehime FC
10 Omiya Ardija 0–2 Yokohama FC
11 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Cerezo Osaka
12 Avispa Fukuoka 0–2 Vissel Kobe
13 Kashima Antlers 2–0 Mito HollyHock
14 Ventforet Kofu 1–1 Tokushima Vortis
Kofu won 3 – 1 after extra time
15 Kashiwa Reysol 2–2 Honda FC
Honda won 2 – 3 after extra time
16 Nagoya Grampus Eight 3–1 Thespa Kusatsu

1Score after 90 minutes

Fifth round

Oita Trinita 1–3 Gamba Osaka
Takamatsu Soccerball shade.svg45' Report
(in Japanese)
Terada Soccerball shade.svg12', Soccerball shade.svg75'
Bando Soccerball shade.svg66'
Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba
Attendance: 3,285

Shimizu S-Pulse 5 – 3 (a.e.t.) Yokohama F. Marinos
Ichikawa Soccerball shade.svg1'
Own goal Soccerball shade.svg21'
Nishizawa Soccerball shade.svg98', Soccerball shade.svg104'
Hara Soccerball shade.svg100'
Report
(in Japanese)
Tanaka Soccerball shade.svg71'
Ōshima Soccerball shade.svg89'
Shimizu Soccerball shade.svg116'
Momotaro Stadium, Okayama
Attendance: 5,108

Sagan Tosu 1–2 FC Tokyo
Etō Soccerball shade.svg9' Report
(in Japanese)
Kajiyama Soccerball shade.svg19'
Hirayama Soccerball shade.svg80'
Marugame Stadium, Marugame
Attendance: 4,512

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Júbilo Iwata
Morisaki Soccerball shade.svg18', Soccerball shade.svg51' Report
(in Japanese)
Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
Attendance: 3,177

Ehime FC 2–1 Yokohama FC
Miyahara Soccerball shade.svg11'
Hoshino Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report
(in Japanese)
Takizawa Soccerball shade.svg21'

Vissel Kobe 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale
Report
(in Japanese)
Mori Soccerball shade.svg2'
Chong Soccerball shade.svg31', Soccerball shade.svg35'

Kashima Antlers 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Ventforet Kofu
Tashiro Soccerball shade.svg28'
Yanagisawa Soccerball shade.svg109'
Report
(in Japanese)
Kuno
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Attendance: 6,558

Honda FC 2–0 Nagoya Grampus
Suzuki Soccerball shade.svg68'
Nitta Soccerball shade.svg75'
Report
(in Japanese)
Matsue Stadium, Matsue
Attendance: 3,755

Quarterfinals

Gamba Osaka 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Shimizu S-Pulse
Terada Soccerball shade.svg92' Report
(in Japanese)
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 8,575

FC Tokyo 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Report
(in Japanese)
Kashiwagi Soccerball shade.svg13'
Komano Soccerball shade.svg37'
KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 5,148

Ehime FC 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale
Report
(in Japanese)
Ōhashi Soccerball shade.svg43'
Juninho Soccerball shade.svg65'
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 8,484

Kashima Antlers 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Honda FC
Yanagisawa Soccerball shade.svg110' Report
(in Japanese)
Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
Attendance: 8,573

Semifinals

Gamba Osaka 1–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Baré Soccerball shade.svg39' Report
(in Japanese)
Satō Soccerball shade.svg1'
Hirashige Soccerball shade.svg38'
Takayanagi Soccerball shade.svg89'
Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi
Attendance: 6,128

Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 Kashima Antlers
Report
(in Japanese)
Motoyama Soccerball shade.svg72'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 22,457

Final

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kashima Antlers
Report
(in Japanese)
Uchida Soccerball shade.svg8'
Danilo Soccerball shade.svg35'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 46,357

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