The was the regular edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament. It started on August 31, 2013 and ended on 1 January 2014 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo.
Yokohama F. Marinos defeated 2013 J.League Division 1 champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 for their seventh Emperor's Cup, their first in twenty-one years and their second in the J.League era after winning 1992 Emperor's Cup as Nissan F.C. Yokohama Marinos. The cup winners would normally receive a berth in the upcoming AFC Champions League; as F. Marinos finished as J.League runners-up that year, the nod went to Cerezo Osaka, the fourth-placed team in the 2013 J.League Division 1.
Calendar Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round First Round August 31, September 1 24 47+1 → 2447 prefectural cup winners 1 JFL seeded club Second Round September 4, 7, 8, 11 32 24+18+22 → 3218 J1 clubs 22 J2 clubs Third Round October 13, 14, 16 16 32 → 16 Fourth Round November 16, 20 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals December 22 4 8 → 4 Semifinals December 29 2 4 → 2 Final January 1, 2014 1 2 → 1
Participating clubs 88 clubs competed in the tournament. The 18 J.League Division 1 clubs and 22 J.League Division 2 clubs receive a bye to the second round of the tournament. The other 47 teams earned berths by winning their respective prefectural cup tournaments, and entered from the first round along with the JFL seeded team, the team with the best record after the 17th matchday.
2013 J.League Division 1all clubs 2013 J.League Division 2all clubs 2013 Japan Football Leaguebest club after matchday 17 47 prefectural tournament winners Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija Shonan Bellmare Cerezo Osaka Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Nagoya Grampus Júbilo Iwata Oita Trinita Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol Shimizu S-Pulse Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Avispa Fukuoka Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama Gainare Tottori Gamba Osaka FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock JEF United Ichihara Chiba Kataller Toyama Montedio Yamagata Roasso Kumamoto Kyoto Sanga FC Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi SC Tokyo Verdy Vissel Kobe Tokushima Vortis V-Varen Nagasaki Matsumoto Yamaga FC Yokohama FC Kamatamare Sanuki Hokkaido: Hokkaido UE Iwamizawa Aomori: Vanraure Hachinohe Iwate: Grulla Morioka Miyagi: Sony Sendai FC Akita: Blaublitz Akita Yamagata: Haguro High School Fukushima: Fukushima United FC Ibaraki: University of Tsukuba Tochigi: Tochigi Uva FC Gunma: Thespa Kusatsu Challengers Saitama: Tokyo International University Chiba: Urayasu SC Tokyo: Yokogawa Musashino FC Kanagawa: Toin University of Yokohama Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus Nagano: AC Nagano Parceiro Niigata: Niigata University of Management Toyama: Toyama Shinjo Club Ishikawa: Zweigen Kanazawa Fukui: Saurcos Fukui Shizuoka: Fujieda MYFC Aichi: Toyota Shūkyūdan Mie: Mind House Yokkaichi Gifu: FC Gifu Second Shiga: MIO Biwako Shiga Kyoto: Sagawa Printing SC Osaka: Kansai University Hyōgo: Kwansei Gakuin University Nara: Nara Club Wakayama: Arterivo Wakayama Tottori: Yonago Kita High School Shimane: Dezzolla Shimane Okayama: Fagiano Okayama Next Hiroshima: Sagawa Express Chūgoku SC Yamaguchi: Renofa Yamaguchi FC Kagawa: Takamatsu Shogyo High School Tokushima: Naruto High School Ehime: FC Imabari Kōchi: Kōchi University Fukuoka: Fukuoka University Saga: Saga University Nagasaki: Mitsubishi Nagasaki SC Kumamoto: Kumamoto Gakuen University Ōita: Hoyo Oita Miyazaki: Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University Kagoshima: NIFS Kanoya Okinawa: FC Ryukyu
First round The 47 prefectural tournament winners join JFL seeded team Kamatamare Sanuki in the first round.
Second round The 24 winners from the first round are joined by all 40 J.League teams. Ties that were played on September 11 had been moved from their originally-scheduled dates of September 7 and 8; the Kashiwa Reysol–University of Tsukuba match originally scheduled for the 7th was moved to the 10th, then the 4th due to a league scheduling conflict.
Third round Nagano Parceiro and Zweigen Kanazawa, both playing in the Japan Football League, were the lowest-ranked teams remaining at this stage in the competition.
Fourth round The draw for the remaining rounds of the tournament was held on October 20. Only three teams outside the top flight remain: Consadole Sapporo and Montedio Yamagata of J.League Division 2 and Nagano Parceiro of the Japan Football League.
Matches between J1 sides were played on November 16; matches involving J2 or JFL clubs were played on November 20 to avoid scheduling conflicts.
Quarterfinals The four quarter-final matches, all featuring J.League Division 1 clubs, were played on December 22.
Semifinals
Final
References
External links Japan Football Association page on the Emperor's Cup (Japanese)