2022 Empress's Cup

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2022 Empress's Cup
(Japanese: 皇后杯 JFA 第44回全日本女子サッカー選手権大会)
Dates26 November 2022 – 28 January 2023
Final positions
Champions Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza (16th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored149 (3.24 per match)
All statistics correct as of 22 January 2023.
←  2021
2023  →

The 2022 Empress's Cup is the 44th season of the Japanese women's football main cup competition. [1] All the non-relegated teams from the 1st and 2nd division of the 2021 Nadeshiko League (except for Tsukuba FC) automatically qualified to the first and second round (allocated to Nadeshiko League Top 3), while all 11 teams from the 2022–23 WE League earned an automatic entry to the Round of 16.

Contents

Calendar and format

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule: [2] [3]

RoundDate(s)Number of fixturesClubs
First Round 26 & 27 November 20221734 → 17
Second round 3 & 4 December 20221020 (17+3) → 10
Third round 10 & 11 December 2022510 → 5
Round of 16 17 & 18 December 2022816 (11+5) → 8
Quarter-finals 15 January 202348 → 4
Semi-finals 22 January 202324 → 2
Final 28 January 202312 → 1

Participating clubs

2021–22 WE League season
All 11 clubs join in the fourth round		 2021 Nadeshiko League
Top 3 clubs join in the second round		 2021 Nadeshiko League
17 clubs join in the first round		Non-league entrants
All 17 clubs join in the first round

First round

27 November 2022Match 1 Tokyo International University 0−4 Viamaterras Miyazaki Miki
11:00 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Own goal Soccerball shade.svg11' (o.g.)
  • SaitoSoccerball shade.svg31'
  • ShimadaSoccerball shade.svg45+2'
  • KakazuSoccerball shade.svg64'
Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
26 November 2022Match 2 Ange Violet Hiroshima 5−0 Okayama Yunogo Belle Tottori
14:00
  • KonomiSoccerball shade.svg12', 20', 27'
  • KandaSoccerball shade.svg54'
  • ShinjoSoccerball shade.svg77'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium
Attendance: 325
26 November 2022Match 3 Toyo University 5−0 Norddea Hokkaido Ishinomaki
13:30
  • InayamaSoccerball shade.svg14', 54'
  • KitagawaSoccerball shade.svg26'
  • KadowakiSoccerball shade.svg47', 60'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Ishinomaki Sports Park Football Field  [ ja ]
Attendance: 169
27 November 2022Match 4 Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC 2−1FC Imabari Ishinomaki
10:30
  • ItoSoccerball shade.svg77'
  • ShirakiSoccerball shade.svg79'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • OchiSoccerball shade.svg32'
Stadium: Ishinomaki Sports Park Football Field  [ ja ]
Attendance: 253
27 November 2022Match 5 Ehime FC 2−0Lily Wolf F Ishikawa Miki
14:00
  • HiratsukaSoccerball shade.svg45'
  • SakuraiSoccerball shade.svg67'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
26 November 2022Match 6 SEISA OSA Rhea Shonan 1−1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Aichi Toho University Iga
10:30
  • SuzukiSoccerball shade.svg1'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • KamiyaSoccerball shade.svg55'
Stadium: Ueno Sports Park  [ ja ]
Attendance: 153
Penalties
  • NatsumeSoccerball shad check.svg
  • TakahashiSoccerball shad check.svg
  • MiyamotoSoccerball shade cross.svg
  • SuzukiSoccerball shad check.svg
  • KuniyoshiSoccerball shad check.svg
  • EndoSoccerball shad check.svg
  • ChiinaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • KoketsuSoccerball shade cross.svg
  • HirosakiSoccerball shad check.svg
  • OgawaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • DaidoSoccerball shad check.svg
  • YonezawaSoccerball shade cross.svg
27 November 2022Match 7 Fujieda Junshin High School 3−0 Fukuoka J. Anclas Fujieda
13:30
  • TsujisawaSoccerball shade.svg23', 36', 42'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 224
26 November 2022Match 8 Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki 1−2 University of Tsukuba Fujieda
13:30
  • MochidaSoccerball shade.svg58'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • HiranakaSoccerball shade.svg44'
  • YamadaSoccerball shade.svg90+2'
Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 118
26 November 2022Match 9 Sakuyo High School 2−1Kamimura Gakuen High School Miki
14:00
  • YubaSoccerball shade.svg37'
  • IshidaSoccerball shade.svg52'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • KuroiwaSoccerball shade.svg14'
Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 116
26 November 2022Match 10 Cerezo Osaka Sakai 6−0Hinomoto Gakuen High School Miki
11:00
  • KoyamaSoccerball shade.svg17'
  • MomonoSoccerball shade.svg23'
  • TakawaSoccerball shade.svg29', 36', 63'
  • TsutsuiSoccerball shade.svg90'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 244
26 November 2022Match 11 KIU Charme Okayama 1−4 Shizuoka SSU Bonita Fujieda
10:30
  • UnokiSoccerball shade.svg27'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • MiwaSoccerball shade.svg42'
  • NakagawaSoccerball shade.svg65'
  • KoikeSoccerball shade.svg75', 90+1'
Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 148
27 November 2022Match 12 Nittaidai SMG Yokohama 0−1 Fujizakura Yamanashi Fujieda
10:30 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • HamanaSoccerball shade.svg45+1'
Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 168
26 November 2022Match 13 Yokohama FC Seagulls 2−1JFA Academy Fukushima Iga
13:30
  • KurataSoccerball shade.svg9'
  • UchidaSoccerball shade.svg90+4'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Ueno Sports Park  [ ja ]
Attendance: 192
27 November 2022Match 14 Orca Kamogawa 4−0Daisho Gakuen High School Iga
13:00
  • MatsuoSoccerball shade.svg5', 45+2'
  • KaneshigeSoccerball shade.svg66'
  • Kira Soccerball shade.svg69'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Ueno Sports Park  [ ja ]
Attendance: 182
26 November 2022Match 15 Diosa Izumo 3−0 Tokai University Tottori
11:00
  • IchiharaSoccerball shade.svg45+1'
  • Thays Soccerball shade.svg61'
  • YamamotoSoccerball shade.svg85'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium
Attendance: 245
26 November 2022Match 16 NGU Loveledge Nagoya 6−0 Sapporo University Vista Ishinomaki
10:30
  • YamadaSoccerball shade.svg4', 11', 77'
  • EzakiSoccerball shade.svg24'
  • MizunoSoccerball shade.svg33'
  • UedaSoccerball shade.svg75'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Ishinomaki Sports Park Football Field  [ ja ]
Attendance: 108
27 November 2022Match 17 Bunnys Gunma FC White Star 1−3 Waseda University Ishinomaki
13:30
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • KasaharaSoccerball shade.svg21', 74'
  • TakahashiSoccerball shade.svg87'
Stadium: Ishinomaki Sports Park Football Field  [ ja ]
Attendance: 135

Second round

3 December 2022Match 18 Sfida Setagaya 3−1 Viamaterras Miyazaki Miyazaki
13:30
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Miyazaki Athletic Park Stadium
Attendance: 458
4 December 2022Match 19 Ange Violet Hiroshima 0−4 Toyo University Sakai
10:30 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Nitto Shinko Stadium Maruoka  [ ja ]
Attendance: 130
3 December 2022Match 20 Iga FC Kunoichi 2−0 Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC Ishinomaki
10:30
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Ishinomaki Sports Park Football Field  [ ja ]
Attendance: 210
3 December 2022Match 21 Ehime FC 3−2SEISA OSA Rhea Shonan Utsunomiya
14:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 70
3 December 2022Match 22 AS Harima Albion 6−3 (a.e.t.)Fujieda Junshin High School Sakai
13:30
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Nitto Shinko Stadium Maruoka  [ ja ]
Attendance: 103
3 December 2022Match 23 University of Tsukuba 0−1 Sakuyo High School Miyazaki
10:30 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Miyazaki Athletic Park Stadium
Attendance: 132
3 December 2022Match 24 Cerezo Osaka Sakai 0−0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Shizuoka SSU Bonita Sakai
10:30 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Nitto Shinko Stadium Maruoka  [ ja ]
Attendance: 120
Penalties
3 December 2022Match 25FC Fujizakura Yamanashi0−3 Yokohama FC Seagulls Ishinomaki
13:30 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Ishinomaki Sports Park Football Field  [ ja ]
4 December 2022Match 26 Orca Kamogawa 5−0 Diosa Izumo Sakai
13:30
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Nitto Shinko Stadium Maruoka  [ ja ]
Attendance: 81
3 December 2022Match 27 NGU Loveledge Nagoya 1−2 Waseda University Utsunomiya
11:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 77

Third round

10 December 2022Match 28 Sfida Setagaya 6−0 Toyo University Utsunomiya
11:00
  • MitsumotoSoccerball shade.svg7', 18'
  • HorieSoccerball shade.svg12', 38'
  • KurakamiSoccerball shade.svg66', 76'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 224
Referee: Chihiro Ueda
10 December 2022Match 29 Iga FC Kunoichi 1−1
(6–5 p)		 Ehime FC Miki
11:00
  • NishibayashiSoccerball shade.svg83'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • HiratsukaSoccerball shade.svg56'
Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 192
Referee: Chikako Matozaki
Penalties
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  • TsunedaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • KawasakiSoccerball shad check.svg
  • ShimanoSoccerball shad check.svg
  • Ogawa Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • MiyasakoSoccerball shad check.svg
  • MoriSoccerball shad check.svg
  • HiratsukaSoccerball shade cross.svg
  • TaketaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • MaedaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • MurakamiSoccerball shad check.svg
  • OsajimaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • MitsunagaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • KamimuraSoccerball shade cross.svg
10 December 2022Match 30 AS Harima Albion 2−0Sakuyo High School Miki
14:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 289
Referee: Marika Iwamoto
11 December 2022Match 31 Cerezo Osaka Sakai 2−3 Yokohama FC Seagulls Miki
13:00
  • TabataSoccerball shade.svg39', 54'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • UchidaSoccerball shade.svg43'
  • MiyashitaSoccerball shade.svg66'
  • KobayashiSoccerball shade.svg81'
Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 284
Referee: Michiko Fujita
10 December 2022Match 32 Orca Kamogawa 0−0
(4–5 p)		 Waseda University Utsunomiya
14:00 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 163
Referee: Kumi Hiruma
Penalties
  • UrashimaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • Kira Soccerball shad check.svg
  • YamashitaSoccerball shade cross.svg
  • YamadaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • KodamaSoccerball shad check.svg
  • YamadaSoccerball shade cross.svg
  • YoshinoSoccerball shad check.svg
  • TakahashiSoccerball shad check.svg
  • TsukijiSoccerball shad check.svg
  • MunakataSoccerball shad check.svg
  • InoueSoccerball shade cross.svg
  • Urabe

Round of 16

18 December 2022Match 33 MyNavi Sendai 1−4 Tokyo Verdy Beleza Utsunomiya
14:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Attendance: 452
Referee: Mari Yamamoto
18 December 2022Match 34 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 1−0 Yokohama FC Seagulls Hiroshima
13:00
  • ShiotaSoccerball shade.svg41'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Football Stadium  [ ja ]
Attendance: 568
Referee: Chihiro Ikki
17 December 2022Match 35 Albirex Niigata 2−0 JEF United Chiba Utsunomiya
14:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 305
Referee: Saori Takahashi
17 December 2022Match 36 Omiya Ardija Ventus 1−0 Waseda University Utsunomiya
11:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 291
Referee: Satomi Arakawa
18 December 2022Match 37 Urawa Red Diamonds 2−1 Nagano Parceiro Utsunomiya
11:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Attendance: 887
Referee: Kazue Kusadokoro
18 December 2022Match 38 INAC Kobe Leonessa 2−1 AS Harima Albion Miki
14:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • ShinboriSoccerball shade.svg17'
Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 684
Referee: Miu Sone
18 December 2022Match 39 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 1−0 Sfida Setagaya Miki
11:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 282
Referee: Kumi Hiruma
18 December 2022Match 40 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama 2−1 (a.e.t.) Iga FC Kunoichi Fujieda
13:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • MoriSoccerball shade.svg55'
Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 213
Referee: Junko Kirihara

Quarter-finals

15 January 2023Match 41 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 3−0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Utsunomiya
14:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Attendance: 664
Referee: Satomi Arakawa
15 January 2023Match 42 Albirex Niigata 1−0 Omiya Ardija Ventus Miki
13:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 364
Referee: Kumi Hiruma
15 January 2023Match 43 Urawa Red Diamonds 1−2 INAC Kobe Leonessa Utsunomiya
18:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
Attendance: 799
Referee: Emi Chiba
15 January 2023Match 44 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 0−2 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Hiroshima
13:00 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • NishikawaSoccerball shade.svg31'
  • MiuraSoccerball shade.svg57'
Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Football Stadium  [ ja ]
Attendance: 144
Referee: Misako Kajiyama

Semi-finals

22 January 2023Match 45 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 3−1 Albirex Niigata Kameoka
13:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Own goal Soccerball shade.svg51' (o.g.)
Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Attendance: 1,019
Referee: Asaka Koizumi
22 January 2023Match 46 INAC Kobe Leonessa 2−1 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Kameoka
16:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Attendance: 1,398
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu

Final

28 January 2023Match 47 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 4−0 INAC Kobe Leonessa Osaka
15:00
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA) 		Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Attendance: 1,939
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

Top scorers

As of 22 January 2023.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Japan.svg Riko Ueki Tokyo Verdy Beleza6
2 Flag of Japan.svg Misuzu UchidaYokohama FC Seagulls4
Flag of Japan.svg Nina YamadaNGU Loveledge Nagoya
4 Flag of Japan.svg Sonoko Chiba AS Harima Albion3
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu InayamaToyo University
Flag of Japan.svg Maki HiratsukaEhime FC
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuki HorieSfida Setagaya
Flag of Japan.svg Mai KadowakiToyo University
Flag of Japan.svg Taketoya KonomiAnge Violet Hiroshima
Flag of Japan.svg Ayaka Michigami Albirex Niigata
Flag of Japan.svg Yui Narumiya INAC Kobe Leonessa
Flag of Japan.svg Kanami ShinboriAS Harima Albion
Flag of Japan.svg Seriwa TakawaCerezo Osaka Sakai
Flag of Japan.svg Ai TsujisawaFujieda Junshin High School

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References

  1. ↑ "JFA Empress' Cup 2022 Main information". JFA . Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "JFA Empress's Cup 2022 schedule and results" (PDF). jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "JFA Empress's Cup 2022 venue access". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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