The was the 2017 edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament, which began on 22 April 2017 and ended with the finals on 1 January 2018.
Cerezo Osaka won the tournament for the first time as a J.League club. It had won the cup 43 years ago, in 1974 when the club was playing for Japan Soccer League as Yanmar Diesel. As a result of this win, Cerezo automatically qualified to the group stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League.
Calendar Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round First Round 22, 23 April 24 47 prefectural cup winners 1 Amateur Best Team Second Round 21 June 32 24+40 → 3218 J1 clubs 22 J2 clubs Third Round 12 July(2 August)The match between Vanraure Hachinohe and Nagoya Grampus was rain-interrupted on July 12; the match was continued from the point of stoppage (60th minute, with Nagoya Grampus leading 0–1) on 2 August. 16 32 → 16 Fourth Round 20 September 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 25 October 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 23 December 2 4 → 2 Final 1 January 2018 1 2 → 1
From Third round up to Quarter-finals, the team playing in lower-tier of the league system (or lower ranked team if in same level) will have home advantage. Should the home team's stadium not fulfill requirements or the playing team is involved in 2017 AFC Champions League, organizers may assign other stadium instead.
Participating clubs 88 clubs competed in the tournament. Clubs playing in the 2017 J1 League and 2017 J2 League received a bye to the second round of the tournament. The remaining teams entered in the first round. 2017 J1 Leagueall clubs 2017 J2 Leagueall clubs Amateur Best Team 47 prefectural tournament winners Albirex Niigata Cerezo Osaka Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Gamba Osaka Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse FC Tokyo Urawa Red Diamonds Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Avispa Fukuoka Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu JEF United Chiba Kamatamare Sanuki Kyoto Sanga FC Machida Zelvia Matsumoto Yamaga FC Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Nagoya Grampus Oita Trinita Renofa Yamaguchi FC Roasso Kumamoto Shonan Bellmare Thespakusatsu Gunma Tokushima Vortis Tokyo Verdy V-Varen Nagasaki Yokohama FC Zweigen Kanazawa Honda FC Hokkaido: Norbritz Hokkaido Aomori: Vanraure Hachinohe Iwate: Grulla Morioka Miyagi: Sony Sendai FC Akita: Blaublitz Akita Yamagata: FC Parafrente Yonezawa Fukushima: Iwaki FC Ibaraki: University of Tsukuba Tochigi: Tochigi Uva FC Gunma: Tonan Maebashi Saitama: Tokyo International University Chiba: Briobecca Urayasu Tokyo: Kokushikan University Kanagawa: YSCC Yokohama Yamanashi: Nirasaki Astros Nagano: AC Nagano Parceiro Niigata: Niigata University of Health and Welfare Toyama: Kataller Toyama Ishikawa: Hokuriku University Fukui: Saurcos Fukui Shizuoka: Azul Claro Numazu Aichi: FC Maruyasu Okazaki Mie: Suzuka Unlimited FC Gifu: Gifu Keizai University Shiga: Biwako Seikei Sport College Kyoto: Amitie SC Kyoto Osaka: FC Osaka Hyōgo: Banditonce Kakogawa Nara: Nara Club Wakayama: Arterivo Wakayama Tottori: Gainare Tottori Shimane: Matsue City FC Okayama: Mitsubishi Mizushima FC Hiroshima: SRC Hiroshima Yamaguchi: Tokuyama University Kagawa: R.Velho Takamatsu Tokushima: FC Tokushima Celeste Ehime: FC Imabari Kōchi: Kochi United SC Fukuoka: Giravanz Kitakyushu Saga: Saga University Nagasaki: MD Nagasaki Kumamoto: Kumamoto Teachers SC Ōita: Verspah Oita Miyazaki: Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University Kagoshima: Kagoshima United FC Okinawa: FC Ryukyu
Schedule and results All times given in UTC+09:00
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Japan Football Association page on the Emperor's Cup (Japanese)