2021 Emperor's Cup final

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2021 Emperor's Cup final
2021年天皇杯決勝 (in Japanese)
Event 2021 Emperor's Cup
Date19 December 2021
Venue Japan National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
2020
2022

The 2021 Emperor's Cup Final was the final of the 2021 Emperor's Cup, the 92nd edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Contents

The match was contested at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.

Teams

TeamLeaguePrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Urawa Red Diamonds J1 League 11 (1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2018)
Oita Trinita J1 League 0

Road to the final

Urawa Red Diamonds Round Oita Trinita
OpponentResult 2021 Emperor's Cup OpponentResult
Bye First round Bye
Kataller Toyama (J3)3–2 Second round Honda Lock SC (JFL)3–2
SC Sagamihara (J2)1–0 Third round Fukui United FC (HFL)2–0
Kyoto Sanga FC (J2)1–0 Fourth round Thespakusatsu Gunma (J2)2–1
Gamba Osaka (J1)2–0 Quarterfinals Júbilo Iwata (J2)2–0
Cerezo Osaka (J1)2–0 Semifinals Kawasaki Frontale (J1)1–1

Format

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, would it necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.

Details

Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Oita Trinita
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Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
(in Japanese)
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Japan National Stadium , Shinjuku, Tokyo
Attendance: 57,785
Referee: Yusuke Araki
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Urawa Red Diamonds
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Oita Trinita
GK1 Flag of Japan.svg Shusaku Nishikawa (c)
DF2 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Sakai
DF4 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Iwanami
DF28 Flag of Denmark.svg Alexander Scholz
DF15 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Akimoto
MF41 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Sekine Sub off.svg 83'
MF17 Flag of Japan.svg Atsuki Ito
MF29 Flag of Japan.svg Kai Shibato
MF18 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshio Koizumi Sub off.svg 83'
FW33 Flag of Japan.svg Ataru Esaka
FW7 Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Junker Sub off.svg 72'
Substitutes:
GK12 Flag of Japan.svg Zion Suzuki
DF3 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoya Ugajin Sub on.svg 72'
DF5 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoaki Makino Yellow card.svg 90+5'Sub on.svg 83'
DF8 Flag of Japan.svg Daigo Nishi
MF21 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoaki Okubo Sub on.svg 83'
MF24 Flag of Japan.svg Koya Yuruki
MF40 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Hirano
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Ricardo Rodríguez
GK1 Flag of Japan.svg Shun Takagi (c)
DF3 Flag of Japan.svg Yuto Misao Yellow card.svg 90+2'
DF14 Flag of Brazil.svg Henrique Trevisan
DF15 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Koide Sub off.svg 79'
MF6 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Kobayashi
MF8 Flag of Japan.svg Yamato Machida
MF11 Flag of Japan.svg Hokuto Shimoda
MF25 Flag of Japan.svg Seigo Kobayashi Sub off.svg 72'
MF31 Flag of Brazil.svg Pereira Yellow card.svg 82'
FW13 Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Isa Sub off.svg 79'
FW16 Flag of Japan.svg Arata Watanabe
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Japan.svg William Popp
DF41 Flag of Japan.svg Ryosuke Tone
MF7 Flag of Japan.svg Rei Matsumoto Sub on.svg 79'
MF10 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Nomura Sub on.svg 72'
MF17 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Inoue
MF43 Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Yumiba
FW20 Flag of Japan.svg Shun Nagasawa Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Katanosaka

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