2021 Emperor's Cup

2021 Emperor's Cup
Country	Japan
Dates	22 May – 19 December
Teams	90
Champions	Urawa Red Diamonds
Runners-up	Oita Trinita
Champions League	Urawa Red Diamonds
← 2020	2022 →

The 2021 Emperor's Cup (Emperor's Cup JFA 101st Japan Football Championship (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会)) was the 101st annual Japanese national football cup tournament, which began on 22 May 2021 and ended with the final on 19 December that year.

Following the compressed format of the 2020 tournament, the 2021 Emperor's Cup was restored to its usual format, featuring 90 teams representing prefectural football associations as well as the J1 and J2 Leagues. Verspah Oita was also awarded a seeded entry as the JFA's annually designated amateur club.

Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions. They were eliminated by Oita Trinita in the semi-finals. Urawa Red Diamonds won their eighth title and qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage.

Calendar

The schedule was announced on 2 April 2021.^[1]^[2]

Round	Date (backup date)	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round
First round	22–23 May (24 May)	26	52 → 26	4 clubs from 2021 J2 League: Ehime FC, Renofa Yamaguchi, Blaublitz Akita, SC Sagamihara 1 seeded amateur team Verspah Oita 47 prefectural cup winners
Second round	9 June (16 June)	32	26 + 20 + 18 → 32	20 2021 J1 League clubs 18 clubs from 2021 J2 League
Third round	7 July (14 July)	16	32 → 16
Round of 16	18 Aug (13 Oct)	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	27 Oct (17 Nov)	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	12 December	2	4 → 2
Final	19 December	1	2 → 1

Participating clubs

There are 90 clubs compete in the tournament. The representatives for the prefectures of Tottori and Kumamoto had to be determined by the local FAs after COVID-19 countermeasures made it impossible to continue the prefectural qualification tournaments.^[3]^[4]

2021 J1 League all clubs join in the second round	2021 J2 League 18 / 22 clubs join in the 2nd round, 4 clubs join in the 1st round	Amateur Best Team	47 prefectural tournament winners
Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Nagoya Grampus Oita Trinita Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare Tokushima Vortis FC Tokyo Urawa Red Diamonds Vegalta Sendai Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC	Entering in the first round: Blaublitz Akita Ehime FC Renofa Yamaguchi FC SC Sagamihara Entering in the second round: Albirex Niigata Fagiano Okayama Giravanz Kitakyushu JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kyoto Sanga FC FC Machida Zelvia Matsumoto Yamaga FC Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Omiya Ardija FC Ryukyu Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi SC Tokyo Verdy V-Varen Nagasaki Ventforet Kofu Zweigen Kanazawa	Verspah Oita	Hokkaido: Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth Aomori: Vanraure Hachinohe Iwate: Iwate Grulla Morioka Miyagi: Sony Sendai FC Akita: Saruta Kōgyō S.C. (ja) Yamagata: Ōyama S.C. (ja) Fukushima: Iwaki FC Ibaraki: Ryutsu Keizai University Tochigi: Tochigi City FC Gunma: Tonan Maebashi Saitama: Aventura Kawaguchi (ja) Chiba: Juntendo University Tokyo: Komazawa University Kanagawa: YSCC Yokohama Yamanashi: Nirasaki Astros (ja)^{[Note YMN]} Nagano: AC Nagano Parceiro Niigata: Niigata University of Health and Welfare FC^{[Note Uni]} Toyama: Kataller Toyama Ishikawa: FC Hokuriku^{[Note Uni]} Fukui: Fukui United FC Shizuoka: Honda FC Aichi: FC Kariya Mie: Suzuka Point Getters Gifu: FC Gifu	Shiga: Biwako Seikei Sport College Kyoto: Ococias Kyoto AC Osaka: F.C. Osaka Hyōgo: Kwansei Gakuin University Nara: Porvenir Asuka (ja) Wakayama: Arterivo Wakayama Tottori: Gainare Tottori Shimane: Matsue City FC Okayama: Mitsubishi Mizushima FC Hiroshima: Fukuyama City FC Yamaguchi: FC Baleine Shimonoseki Kagawa: Kamatamare Sanuki Tokushima: FC Tokushima Ehime: FC Imabari Kōchi: Kochi United SC Fukuoka: Fukuoka University Saga: Kawasoe Club (ja) Nagasaki: MD Nagasaki (ja) Kumamoto: Roasso Kumamoto Ōita: Nippon Bunri University Miyazaki: Honda Lock SC Kagoshima: Kagoshima United FC Okinawa: Okinawa SV

Note

^ Original prefecture winners Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus were disqualified after fielding ineligible players during the final against Nirasaki Astros.^[5]
^ Despite recruiting their players from the respective universities, Niigata University of Health and Welfare FC, and FC Hokuriku (both Hokushinetsu Football League) are independent teams competing in men's leagues sanctioned by the Japan Football Association and serve as de facto reserve teams feeding into their respective schools' senior squads, which compete in the university football leagues of Japan.

Bracket

Source:Tournament table (Official website in Japanese)

First round

The match between Tochigi City and the representatives of Yamanashi Prefecture, originally intended to be Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus and scheduled for 22 May, was postponed the day before by the Japan Football Association after Pegasus fielded an ineligible cup-tied player in the Yamanashi Prefecture Cup final.^[6] Note that Pegasus operates functionally as YGU's second team and competed in the Yamanashi tournament alongside the YGU third team, known as Orions; the first team YGU Braves also competed in Emperor's Cup qualifiers in Tokyo Metropolis. Subsequent to an investigation, the JFA decided on 24 May that YGU Pegasus would be disqualified and awarded their spot to Nirasaki Astros, their opponents in the Yamanashi final.^[5]

Also postponed was the match between Tonan Maebashi and Juntendo University after an individual affiliated with Juntendo tested positive for COVID-19.^[7] The match was eventually rescheduled for 5 June.^[8]

22 May 2021 1	AC Nagano Parceiro	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Niigata University of Health and Welfare FC	Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Miyasaka 73' Mizutani 99' Sano 116'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Maruyama 90'

23 May 2021 1	Fukuyama City FC	2–1	Matsue City FC	Edion Stadium Hiroshima No. 1 Field (ja)
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Takahashi 59' Taguchi 90+4'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hotta 83'	Attendance: 0^[9] Referee: Kakuro Hori

23 May 2021 1	Iwate Grulla Morioka	13–0	Oyama S.C. (ja)	Iwagin Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Yomesaka 14' Han Yong-thae 20' Tabinas 34' Otabor 36' 68' Tabira 40' Brenner 41' 84' Takeda 59' Yamakawa 70' 90+2' Kurishima 85' Shikama 90'	Report		Attendance: 220 Referee: Tomoyuki Umeda

22 May 2021 1	Arterivo Wakayama	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Ococias Kyoto AC	Kimiidera Athletic Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Okutsu 31' Kubo (ja) 55' Nakanishi 73'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Enomoto 15' Inagaki 20' Hiraishi 86'
		Penalties
	Utsugi Shinohara (ja) Okita Takase Pek Myong-chol		Enomoto Hiraishi Shimizu Kokubo Moriya

22 May 2021 1	Renofa Yamaguchi	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Verspah Oita	Ishin Me-Life Stadium
15:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Umeki 38'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nakano (ja) 30'	Referee: Tatsuya Sakai
		Penalties
	Ikegami Sato Komatsu Sawai		Maeda Takahashi Murata Nakamura

22 May 2021 1	FC Gifu	0–2	Honda FC	Gifu Nagaragawa Meadow
13:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hachinohe (ja) 66' Kodama (ja) 90+1'	Attendance: 0 ^[9] Referee: Shingo Kuniyoshi

23 May 2021 1	Blaublitz Akita	1–1 (8–9 p)	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth	Soyu Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Inoue 61'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nawa 36'	Attendance: 534 Referee: Keisuke Nobori
		Penalties
	Mikami Yamada Fukoin Take Yoshida Aoshima Aiba Suzuki Iio		Yamashita Tanaka Nagasaka Kizawa Nawa Watanabe Takagi Sato Kawamoto

23 May 2021 1	Gainare Tottori	4–1	FC Tokushima	Axis Bird Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Arai 43' Okubo 68' 81' Kani 77'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Fujiyama 90'	Attendance: 0 ^[9] Referee: Hiroki Tani

22 May 2021 1	Roasso Kumamoto	3–0	Nippon Bunri University	Kumamoto
11:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kawahara 32' Ito 70' Iwashita 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 0 ^[9] Referee: Akinori Matsuo

23 May 2021 1	Kagoshima United FC	4–0	MD Nagasaki (ja)	Osako Yuya Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Yamamoto 40' Yonezawa 79' Ishizu 83' Yamaya 88'	Report		Attendance: 0 ^[9] Referee: Kazuya Miyahara

22 May 2021 1	Ryutsu Keizai University	2–3	YSCC Yokohama	Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Yasui 22' Ieizumi 70'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Dodate 25' 46' Nduka 80'	Stadium: Hitachinaka City Stadium Attendance: 335 Referee: Koki Yasukawa

22 May 2021 1	Iwaki FC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Sony Sendai FC	Iwaki Greenfield Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hidaka 85' Tanimura 115'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hirata (ja) 90+3' Sato 101'
		Penalties
	Sakata Vásquez Hidaka Saga		Ishigami Sato Fujiwara (ja) Ogihara (ja)

23 May 2021 1	Fukuoka University	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Okinawa SV	Best Denki Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hojo 15'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shoji 47' Sugiyama 92' Akagi 105+1'	Attendance: 282 Referee: Shinya Sasaki

23 May 2021 1	Biwako Seikei Sport College	0–2	Kwansei Gakuin University	Nunobiki Green Stadium
13:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Masui 45+1' Yamami 59'	Attendance: 242 Referee: Yasuyuki Matsumoto

23 May 2021 1	Vanraure Hachinohe	13–0	Saruta Kōgyō S.C. (ja)	Prifoods Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shimada 2' 29' Kamigata 4' 20' Tsuboi 11' Kuroishi 26' Aida 47' 56' 82' Harayama 59' Akiyoshi 63' 89' Oka 71'	Report		Attendance: 379 Referee: Kei Suzuki

23 May 2021 1	Porvenir Asuka (ja)	0–2	F.C. Osaka	Konoike Athletic Stadium
13:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Saito 65' Takahashi (ja) 90+3'	Attendance: 410 Referee: Koji Takahashi (ja)

26 May 2021^[5] 1	Tochigi City FC	9–0	Nirasaki Astros (ja)	Tochigi Green Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Furuya 3' 41' 79' Yoshida 5' 14' H. Suzuki 53' 64' 68' Yamashita (ja) 89'	Report		Attendance: 266 Referee: Taku Nagaya (ja)

22 May 2021 1	Ehime FC	1–2	FC Imabari	Matsuyama, Ehime
12:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kawamura 35'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Valdu Té 14' Komano 55'	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 1,552 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

23 May 2021 1	Kataller Toyama	8–0	FC Hokuriku	Takaoka Sports Core
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Himeno 32' Todaka 44' Suzuki 55' 77' Sasaki 63' Matsuoka 72' Otoizumi 86' Takahashi 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 843 Referee: Masakazu Sato (ja)

22 May 2021 1	SC Sagamihara	3–1	Komazawa University	Hiratsuka
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Wada 5' Yuri Mamute 53' Nakayama 90+4'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Aizawa 45+2'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 614 Referee: Kazuyoshi Karashima

22 May 2021 1	Mitsubishi Mizushima FC	3–2	FC Baleine Shimonoseki	Okayama
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Miyazawa 1' Yamabe 31' Koumo 41'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hieda 39'	Stadium: City Light Stadium Attendance: 0 ^[10] Referee: Yoshihito Hori

23 May 2021 1	Suzuka Point Getters	2–1	FC Kariya	Mie Sports Garden
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tamura 45+2' Endo 51'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Imai 3' (o.g.)	Attendance: 0 ^[9] Referee: Kenji Wakamiya

23 May 2021 1	Kochi United SC	1–0	Kamatamare Sanuki	Sukumo City Athletics Stadium
14:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Fujii 55'	Report		Attendance: 465 Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (大橋侑祐)

5 June 2021 ^[8] 1	Tonan Maebashi	1–6	Juntendo University	Maebashi
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Saito 1'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kobayashi 13' 17' 61' Shirai 74' Omori 83' 90+1'	Stadium: Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium Attendance: 470 Referee: Yoshihito Ito (ja)

22 May 2021 1	Honda Lock SC	5–0	Kawasoe Club (ja)	Shintomi, Miyazaki
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Oyama (ja) 3' Hasegawa 35' Hino 44' Nagayoshi 63' 78'	Report		Stadium: Unilever Stadium Shintomi Attendance: 0 ^[10] Referee: Toshiki Tomomasa

23 May 2021 1	Fukui United FC	2–1	Aventura Kawaguchi (ja)	Technoport Fukui Stadium
13:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nonaka 61' Onda (ja) 78'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Onda (ja) 41' (o.g.)	Attendance: 358 Referee: Kenya Ohara

Second round

9 June 2021 2	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	AC Nagano Parceiro	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tachibanada 90+1'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Fujiyama 42'	Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Keigo Sendachi
		Penalties
	Kobayashi Yamamura Kurumaya Tono Ienaga		Fujiyama Mizutani Azuma Yamamoto Yoshimura

9 June 2021 2	JEF United Chiba	1–0	Omiya Ardija	Fukuda Denshi Arena
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Jang Min-gyu 77'	Report		Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Ryosuke Yamaoka

9 June 2021 2	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–0	Fukuyama City FC	IAI Stadium Nihondaira
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hara 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

9 June 2021 2	Vegalta Sendai	0–1	Iwate Grulla Morioka	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Han Yong-thae 2'	Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

16 June 2021 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–5	Ococias Kyoto AC	Edion Stadium Hiroshima
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shibasaki 45+1'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Aoto 28' Takahashi 38' Hagiwara 77' Hayashi 80' Ibrahim 89'	Attendance: 1,114 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

9 June 2021 2	Montedio Yamagata	1–2	Verspah Oita	ND Soft Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Matsumoto 16'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tone 45', 49'	Attendance: 1,809 Referee: Toru Kakinuma (ja)

9 June 2021 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Honda FC	NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Élber 67' Léo Ceará 102'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kusumoto (ja) 28' Okazaki 106'	Attendance: 2,804 Referee: Hirokazu Otsubo
		Penalties
	Thiago Martins Bunmathan Élber Marcos Júnior		Okazai Suzuki (ja) Hirouchi (ja) Hachinohe (ja) Kawanami

9 June 2021 2	Júbilo Iwata	3–0	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth	Yamaha Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ogawa 56', 86' Miki 71'	Report		Attendance: 1,905 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi (ja)

9 June 2021 2	Cerezo Osaka	2–0	Gainare Tottori	Yodoko Sakura Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ōkubo 5' Okuno 31'	Report		Attendance: 0^[11] Referee: Hajime Matsuo (ja)

9 June 2021 2	Albirex Niigata	4–1	Zweigen Kanazawa	Denka Big Swan Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tagami 23' Mito 26' Yamura 42', 51'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Motozuka 53'	Attendance: 3,896 Referee: Yu Fujita

9 June 2021 2	Sagan Tosu	1–0	Roasso Kumamoto	Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Yamashita 22'	Report		Attendance: 3,390 Referee: Dai Matsumoto

9 June 2021 2	Avispa Fukuoka	6–0	Kagoshima United FC	Best Denki Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Sugimoto 34' Croux 66', 75' Yamagishi 71', 78', 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Hiromichi Oka (ja)

16 June 2021 2	Kashima Antlers	8–1	YSCC Yokohama	Kashima Soccer Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Endo 10', 31' Everaldo Stum 12', 49' Matsumura 21' Ueda 52', 70', 78'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ogochukwu 83'	Attendance: 2,458 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

9 June 2021 2	Tochigi SC	2–0	FC Machida Zelvia	Tochigi Green Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Matsuoka 15', 36'	Report		Attendance: 837 Referee: Koki Nagamine

9 June 2021 2	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	5–3	Sony Sendai FC	Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ono 14' Lucas Fernandes 16' Nakashima 22', 28', 84'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Uchino 7', 16' Sato 56'	Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami (ja)

9 June 2021 2	V-Varen Nagasaki	2–0	Okinawa SV	Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ibarbo 29' Otake 90'	Report		Attendance: 1,884 Referee: Yusuke Ohashi

16 June 2021 2	Gamba Osaka	3–1	Kwansei Gakuin University	Panasonic Stadium Suita
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Onose 11' Wellington Silva 21' Patric 87'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Waki 55'	Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

9 June 2021 2	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	1–0	FC Ryukyu	Sunpro Alwin
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Murakoshi 52'	Report		Attendance: 2,241 Referee: Tomokazu Sato

16 June 2021 2	Yokohama FC	1–2	Vanraure Hachinohe	NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kléber 88'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shimada 63' Aida 74'	Attendance: 1,075 Referee: Shu Kawamata

9 June 2021 2	Shonan Bellmare	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	F.C. Osaka	Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
19:00 JST		Report		Attendance: 1,385 Referee: Masaki Tsuruoka
		Penalties
	Umesaki Oiwa Tanaka Machino		Tsukegi (ja) Sakamoto Tanaka Kitsui (ja) Iwamoto (ja)

9 June 2021 2	Kashiwa Reysol	3–0	Tochigi City FC	Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Cristiano 19' Mitsumaru 35' Angelotti 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 1,597 Referee: Naoto Uehara

9 June 2021 2	Kyoto Sanga FC	3–1	FC Imabari	Takebishi Stadium Kyoto
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Lee 10', 69' Kozuki 62'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Takei 82'	Attendance: 1,507 Referee: Toshihiro Nakai

9 June 2021 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Kataller Toyama	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Junker 80'	Report		Attendance: 4,269 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

9 June 2021 2	Giravanz Kitakyushu	0–1	SC Sagamihara	Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
18:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nakayama 45+1'	Attendance: 837 Referee: Yuki Noda

9 June 2021 2	Nagoya Grampus	5–0	Mitsubishi Mizushima FC	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Fujii 36' Nagasawa 39' Mateus 64', 90+1' Ishida 89'	Report		Attendance: 1,886 Referee: Masuya Ueda

16 June 2021 2	Tokyo Verdy	0–1	Fagiano Okayama	Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
18:00 JST		Report	Noguchi 61'	Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

16 June 2021 2	Vissel Kobe	4–0	Suzuka Point Getters	Noevir Stadium Kobe
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tanaka 29', 61' Kobayashi 49' Yasui 90'	Report		Attendance: 1,938 Referee: Reo Tanaka (ja)

9 June 2021 2	Tokushima Vortis	2–1	Kochi United SC	Pocarisweat Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Iwao 4' Hirata 45+1' (o.g.)	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shimodo 52'	Attendance: 1,395 Referee: Koei Koya

9 June 2021 2	FC Tokyo	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Juntendo University	Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nagai 9'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shirai 88' Kobayashi 105+2'	Attendance: 1,682 Referee: Takuto Okabe (ja)

9 June 2021 2	Mito HollyHock	0–3	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Kashima Soccer Stadium
19:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shin 39' Takahashi 44' Omae 71'	Attendance: 907 Referee: Reo Tanaka (ja)

9 June 2021 2	Oita Trinita	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Honda Lock SC	Showa Denko Dome Oita
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hasegawa 49' Takazawa 74' Inoue 108'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tanaka 80' Suwazono 85'	Attendance: 1,613 Referee: Takao Nishiyama

9 June 2021 2	Ventforet Kofu	1–2	Fukui United FC	JIT Recycle Ink Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Paulo Baya 23'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kazawa (ja) 90+1' Kanamura 90+5'	Attendance: 1,381 Referee: Tatsuya Sakai

Third round

The third round schedule was announced on 17 June 2021.^[12]

21 July 2021 3	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	JEF United Chiba	Fukuda Denshi Arena
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ienaga 59' (pen)	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Miki 53'	Referee: Hayato Shimizu (ja)
		Penalties
	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Chinen Yamamura Hasegawa Kurumaya		<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Sakuragawa Yada Iwasaki Fukumitsu Kumagai

7 July 2021 3	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	Iwate Grulla Morioka	Iwagin Stadium
18:30 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ibusuki 54' Taki 83'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kagami 38'	Attendance: 1,976 Referee: Koei Koya

7 July 2021 3	Ococias Kyoto AC	1–3	Verspah Oita	Showa Denko Dome Oita
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ibrahim 62'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Maeda 24', 27' Tone (ja) 59'	Attendance: 458 Referee: Reo Tanaka (ja)

7 July 2021 3	Honda FC	1–4	Júbilo Iwata	Yamaha Stadium
18:30 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Suzuki (ja) 57'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> González 2' Ogawa 27', 35' Miki 85'	Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

4 August 2021 3	Cerezo Osaka	3–2	Albirex Niigata	Yodoko Sakura Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kiyotake 21', 30' Kato 67'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Hoshi 66' Homma 90+1'	Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

7 July 2021 3	Sagan Tosu	1–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Higuchi 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 5,303 Referee: Shinji Murakami (ja)

7 July 2021 3	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Tochigi SC	Kanseki Stadium Tochigi
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Everaldo Stum 80', 90' Arthur Caíke 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 4,442 Referee: Jumpei Iida

7 July 2021 3	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1–2	V-Varen Nagasaki	Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Aoki 64'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Otake 5' Uenaka 7'	Attendance: 2,565 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

18 August 2021 3	Gamba Osaka	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	Panasonic Stadium Suita
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Yanagisawa 95' Ideguchi 100'	Report		Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto (ja)

7 July 2021 3	Vanraure Hachinohe	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Shonan Bellmare	Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Tsuboi 62'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Umesaki 53' Hiraoka 113'	Attendance: 1,452 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

7 July 2021 3	Kashiwa Reysol	1–2	Kyoto Sanga FC	Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Toshima 12'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nakano 40' Araki 89'	Attendance: 1,907 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

7 July 2021 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	SC Sagamihara	Urawa Komaba Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Junker 87'	Report		Attendance: 4,528 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

2 August 2021^{[lower-alpha 1]} 3	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Fagiano Okayama	Nagoya Minato Stadium
18:00 JST	Nakatani 33'	Report		Attendance: 2,001 Referee: Takuto Okabe (ja)

7 July 2021 3	Vissel Kobe	1–0	Tokushima Vortis	Noevir Stadium Kobe
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Furuhashi 38'	Report		Attendance: 2,836 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (ja)

7 July 2021 3	Juntendo University	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shirai 43' Terayama 81'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Uchida 83' Omae 90+4' Takagi 115'	Attendance: 699 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

7 July 2021 3	Oita Trinita	2–0	Fukui United FC	Technoport Fukui Stadium
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Watanabe 8' Takazawa 29'	Report		Attendance: 1,421 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima (ja)

↑ Game originally kicked off on 14 July, but postponed at half-time due to inclement weather. The match was replayed from the beginning, with the previous in-progress match being annulled.

Round of 16

18 August 2021 4	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kobayashi 57' (pen) Leandro Damião 74'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nakayama 64'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 2,795 Referee: Masuya Ueda (ja)

18 August 2021 4	Verspah Oita	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Júbilo Iwata	Showa Denko Dome Oita
19:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> González 101'	Attendance: 512 Referee: Yoshiaki Imai (ja)

18 August 2021 4	Cerezo Osaka	1–0	Sagan Tosu	Yodoko Sakura Stadium
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Kato 34'	Report		Attendance: 2,562 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi (ja)

18 August 2021 4	Kashima Antlers	3–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
19:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Arthur Caíke 50' Everaldo 60' Hayashi 74'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Maikuma 7'	Attendance: 3,357 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

22 September 2021 4	Gamba Osaka	4–1	Shonan Bellmare	Panasonic Stadium Suita
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Patric 2', 56' Wellington Silva 26' Kurata 42'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shibata 64'	Attendance: 2,874 Referee: Koei Koya (ja)

18 August 2021 4	Kyoto Sanga FC	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Takebishi Stadium Kyoto
18:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Iwanami 15'	Attendance: 3,416 Referee: Jumpei Iida

18 August 2021 4	Nagoya Grampus	1–0	Vissel Kobe	Toyota
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Świerczok 89'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,453 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

18 August 2021 4	Thespakusatsu Gunma	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Oita Trinita	Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shiraishi 13'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Watanabe 18' Kobayashi 96'	Attendance: 890 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura (ja)

Quarter-finals

A draw was held on 24 September 2021^[13]^[14] to determine the matchups of the quarter-final stage and onwards. Nagoya Grampus was guaranteed to have home advantage in quarter-finals as they advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2021 AFC Champions League, while Urawa Red Diamonds, Kashima Antlers and Oita Trinita were drawn as the away team in quarter-finals as they could not guarantee their home stadium at the moment.

27 October 2021 QF	Gamba Osaka	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Suita, Osaka
18:30 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Junker 10' Sekine 42'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 5,553 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

27 October 2021 QF	Nagoya Grampus	0–3	Cerezo Osaka	Toyota, Aichi
18:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Toriumi 32' Tiago Pagnussat 38' Taggart 62'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,202 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

27 October 2021 QF	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
18:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Machida 32' (o.g.) Hatate 48' Wakizaka 51'	Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Araki 90'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 9,776 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami (ja)

27 October 2021 QF	Júbilo Iwata	0–2	Oita Trinita	Fukuroi, Shizuoka
19:00 JST		Report	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Nagasawa 65' Fujimoto 90+1'	Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Attendance: 3,418 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Semi-finals

12 December 2021 SF	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Cerezo Osaka	Saitama
16:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Ugajin 29' Koizumi 89'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 30,933 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura (ja)

12 December 2021 SF	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Oita Trinita	Kawasaki
14:00 JST	Kobayashi 113'	Report	Trevisan 120+1'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 17,595 Referee: Hajime Matsuo (ja)
		Penalties
	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Chinen Yamamura Kozuka Tsukagawa Yu Kobayashi Taniguchi Yamane		<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Shimoda Nagasawa Matsumoto Trevisan Yuk. Kobayashi Misao Machida

Final

19 December 2021 Final	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Oita Trinita	Shinjuku, Tokyo
14:00 JST	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> Esaka 6' Makino 90+3'	Report	Pereira 90'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 57,785 Referee: Yusuke Araki

References

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External links

Emperors Cup 2021, JFA.jp

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[cnote_Note_YMN] Original prefecture winners Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus were disqualified after fielding ineligible players during the final against Nirasaki Astros.^[5]

[cnote_Note_Uni] Despite recruiting their players from the respective universities, Niigata University of Health and Welfare FC, and FC Hokuriku (both Hokushinetsu Football League) are independent teams competing in men's leagues sanctioned by the Japan Football Association and serve as de facto reserve teams feeding into their respective schools' senior squads, which compete in the university football leagues of Japan.

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