Tournament details | |
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Country | Japan |
Teams | 82 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Gamba Osaka (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Kashiwa Reysol |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 81 |
The 88th Emperor's Cup began on September 13, 2008 and ended on January 1, 2009 with the final which took place at National Stadium in Tokyo. As the champion, Gamba Osaka participated in 2009 AFC Champions League.
Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
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First Round | 13 September 2008 14 September 2008 | 24 | 48 → 24 | 47 Prefectural Qualifying Cup Winners 1 University Qualifying Cup Winner |
Second Round | 20 September 2008 21 September 2008 | 12 | 24 → 12 | – |
Third Round | 12 October 2008 | 14 | 12+15+1 → 14 | 15 J2 Clubs 1 JFL Seeded Club |
Fourth Round | 2 November 2008 3 November 2008 5 November 2008 | 16 | 14+18 → 16 | 18 J1 Clubs |
Fifth Round | 15 November 2008 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
Quarter-finals | 20 December 2008 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none |
Semi-finals | 29 December 2008 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none |
Final | 1 January 2009 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |
All matches are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Kainan FC | 0 – 2 | Ehime University |
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Yokkaichi University | 1 – 3 | Honda FC |
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Saurcos Fukui | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Nara Sangyo University |
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Fagiano Okayama FC | 6 – 0 | Hitachi Kasado |
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Zweigen Kanazawa | 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Sagawa Shiga FC |
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Ryutsu Keizai University | 4 – 2 | Y.S.C.C Yokohama |
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Tamaho FC | 0 – 10 | Sony Sendai FC |
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Fukushima United F.C | 1 – 4 | Kokushikan University |
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Kyushu Inax | 1 – 3 | Okinawa Kariyushi |
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Ohzu H.S | 2 – 1 | Nippon Bunri University |
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Mitsubishi Nagasaki | 3 – 0 | Dezzolla Shimane |
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New Wave Kitakyushu | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Honda Lock SC |
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Penalties | ||
4 – 2 |
Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC | 2 – 0 | Aomori Yamada H.S |
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TDK S.C. | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Osaka Taiiku University |
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Hannan University | 0 – 4 | Honda FC |
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Saurcos Fukui | 0 – 4 | Matsumoto Yamaga FC |
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Okinawa Kariyushi | 2 – 1 | Ohzu H.S |
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Mitsubishi Nagasaki | 0 – 1 | New Wave Kitakyushu |
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The 15 J2 teams plus one JFL representative (Tochigi SC) entered at this round.
Sagawa Printing SC | 1 – 2 | Ehime FC |
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Hirai ![]() | Uchimura ![]() Oki ![]() |
Sagan Tosu | 4 – 0 | Honda FC |
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Uchima ![]() Hirose ![]() ![]() Funatani ![]() |
Shonan Bellmare | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Matsumoto Yamaga FC |
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Hara ![]() | Kakimoto ![]() | |
Penalties | ||
4 – 5 |
Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 0 | Fagiano Okayama |
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Onishi ![]() |
Tochigi SC | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Kumamoto |
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Yuki Okada ![]() | Komorida ![]() | |
Penalties | ||
5 – 3 |
Zweigen Kanazawa | 0 – 1 | FC Gifu |
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Aikawa ![]() |
Cerezo Osaka | 1 – 0 | Sony Sendai FC |
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Gilton ![]() |
Tokushima Vortis | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Kokushikan University |
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Matsumoto ![]() |
Yokohama FC | 2 – 1 | Okinawa Kariyushi FC |
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Ikemoto ![]() Hakkaku ![]() | Saito ![]() |
Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 0 | New Wave Kitakyushu |
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Nakashima ![]() Tanoue ![]() |
Thespa Kusatsu | 2 – 0 | Tokushima Vortis Second |
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Goto ![]() Takada ![]() |
Avispa Fukuoka | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Mito HollyHock |
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Matsumoto ![]() |
Montedio Yamagata | 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC |
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Sakai ![]() Toyoda ![]() ![]() Miyazaki ![]() | Tatesawa ![]() |
Osaka Taiiku University | 0 – 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Makino ![]() Hattori ![]() ![]() Moriwaki ![]() Takayanagi ![]() Kubo ![]() |
The 18 J1 teams entered at this round.
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Ehime FC |
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Ponte ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 – 0 | Consadole Sapporo |
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Hyōdō ![]() |
Oita Trinita | 0 – 2 | Sagan Tosu |
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Hirose ![]() ![]() |
Matsumoto Yamaga FC | 0 – 8 | Vissel Kobe |
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Yoshida ![]() Tanaka ![]() Leandro ![]() ![]() Kurihara ![]() ![]() ![]() Ōkubo ![]() |
Gamba Osaka | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Ventforet Kofu |
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Yamaguchi ![]() Sasaki ![]() | Maranhao ![]() |
Júbilo Iwata | 3 – 1 | Tochigi SC |
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Kawamura ![]() Nakayama ![]() Ota ![]() | Sato ![]() |
Nagoya Grampus | 1 – 0 | FC Gifu |
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Yoshida ![]() |
Omiya Ardija | 1 – 0 | Cerezo Osaka |
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Lavrič ![]() |
Kashima Antlers | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Kokushikan University |
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Danilo ![]() Marquinhos ![]() | Takahashi ![]() Amano ![]() | |
Penalties | ||
Marquinhos ![]() Nozawa ![]() Danilo ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 – 0 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba |
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Okazaki ![]() |
Albirex Niigata | 2 – 0 | Yokohama FC |
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Alessandro ![]() Uchida ![]() |
FC Tokyo | 2 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai |
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Hirayama ![]() ![]() | Nakahara ![]() |
Kashiwa Reysol | 1 – 0 | Thespa Kusatsu |
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Suganuma ![]() |
Mito HollyHock | 0 – 3 | Kyoto Sanga FC |
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Ando ![]() Nishino ![]() Hayashi ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale | 3 – 1 | Montedio Yamagata |
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Taniguchi ![]() Vitor Júnior ![]() Renatinho ![]() | Ishii ![]() |
Tokyo Verdy | 0 – 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Takayanagi ![]() |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Escudero ![]() Horinouchi ![]() | Kano ![]() Tanaka ![]() | |
Penalties | ||
Ponte ![]() Nagai ![]() Umesaki ![]() Hirakawa ![]() Nishizawa ![]() Suzuki ![]() | 5 – 6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sagan Tosu | 5 – 2 | Vissel Kobe |
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Fujita ![]() ![]() Takahashi ![]() Hirose ![]() ![]() | Komoto ![]() Park Kang-Jo ![]() |
Júbilo Iwata | 1 – 3 | Gamba Osaka |
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Nishi ![]() | Sasaki ![]() Yamaguchi ![]() Yamazaki ![]() |
Omiya Ardija | 1 – 2 | Nagoya Grampus |
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Uchida ![]() | Johnsen ![]() ![]() |
Kashima Antlers | 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) | Shimizu S-Pulse |
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Masuda ![]() Marquinhos ![]() Marcinho ![]() | Hyodo ![]() Yamamoto ![]() Edamura ![]() Hara ![]() |
Albirex Niigata | 2 – 3 | FC Tokyo |
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Marcio ![]() Chiba ![]() | Emerson ![]() Akamine ![]() Kajiyama ![]() |
Kashiwa Reysol | 1 – 0 | Kyoto Sanga FC |
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Popó ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale | 0 – 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Aoyama ![]() Morisaki ![]() |
Sagan Tosu | 1 – 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Hirose ![]() | Nakazawa ![]() Kurihara ![]() Kano ![]() |
Gamba Osaka | 2 – 1 | Nagoya Grampus |
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Lucas ![]() Nakazawa ![]() | Sugimoto ![]() |
Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 – 2 | FC Tokyo |
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Takagi ![]() | Akamine ![]() ![]() |
Kashiwa Reysol | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Koga ![]() Suganuma ![]() França ![]() | Satō ![]() ![]() |
Yokohama F. Marinos | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Gamba Osaka |
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Yamazaki ![]() |
FC Tokyo | 1 – 2 | Kashiwa Reysol |
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Suzuki ![]() | França ![]() Lee ![]() |
Gamba Osaka | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Kashiwa Reysol |
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Bando ![]() |