2016 Emperor's Cup

2016 Emperor's Cup
Country  Japan
Teams 88
Matches played 87

The 96th Emperor's Cup (第96回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) is the 2016 edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament, which is scheduled to be held from 27 August 2016 to its final on 1 January 2017.[1]

Calendar

Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round
First Round 27, 28 August 36 47+1+2+22 → 36
  • 47 prefectural cup winners
  • 1 2015 University championship winner
  • 22 J2 clubs
  • 2 second-placed team and playoff winners from the 2015 J2
Second Round 3, 7 September 24 36+12 → 24
Third Round 22 September 12 24 → 12
Fourth Round 9, 12 November 8 12+4 → 8
Quarter-finals 24 December 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 29 December 2 4 → 2
Final 1 January 2017 1 2 → 1

Participating clubs

88 clubs will compete in the tournament. Eleven clubs placed 5th through 15th from the 2015 J1 League and the 2015 J2 League champions receive a bye to the second round of the tournament; 2016 AFC Champions League participants will enter in the fourth round. The remaining teams will enter in the first round.

2016 J1 League
all clubs
2016 J2 League
all clubs
2015 University championships
champion
47 prefectural tournament winners

Schedule and results

The matches for the first three rounds were published on 27 June 2016.[2]

Round 1

All times given in UTC+09:00

Round 2

Round 3

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

References

  1. "大会・試合" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  2. "第96回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 1-3回戦組合せ" (PDF). Japan Football Association. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

External links

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