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| Date | January 1, 2012 | ||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium, Tokyo | ||||||
2011 Empress's Cup Final was the 33rd final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2012. INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship. [1]
INAC Kobe Leonessa won their second title by defeating Albirex Niigata – with Chiaki Minamiyama, Megumi Takase and Asuna Tanaka goal. This was the second consecutive win for INAC Kobe Leonessa.
Cho So-hyun is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Championship club Birmingham City and the South Korea women's national team. She is widely regarded as one of South Korea's finest players, and is their second most-capped international player with 148 appearances. Cho was the number 1 pick in the 2009 WK-League draft, signing for Suwon FMC. She has won multiple domestic league titles and was named Korean Women's Player of the Year in 2015.
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Asuna Tanaka is a Japanese football player. She plays for Gyeongju KHNP. She played for Japan national team.
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INAC Kobe is a Japanese football club from Kobe, founded in 2001. INAC stands for International Athletic Club while Leonessa means Lioness in Italian.
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Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2011 season.
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2012 season.
2008 Empress's Cup Final was the 30th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2009. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
2010 Empress's Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2011. INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship.
2012 Empress's Cup Final was the 34th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Omiya Football Stadium in Saitama on December 24, 2012. INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship.
2013 Empress's Cup Final was the 35th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Omiya Football Stadium in Saitama on December 23, 2013. INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship.
2015 Empress's Cup Final was the 37th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kanagawa on December 27, 2015. INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship.
2016 Empress's Cup Final was the 38th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Chiba Soga Football Stadium in Chiba on December 25, 2016. INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship.
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