The 87th Emperor's Cup has been held between September 16, 2007 and January 1, 2008. It was won by Kashima Antlers.

2007 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Teams80
Final positions
ChampionsKashima Antlers (3rd title)
Runner-upSanfrecce Hiroshima
Tournament statistics
Matches played79
← 2006
2008 →

Schedule

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Round Date Fixture Clubs Byes/Exemptions
First Round 20 40→20 39: non-seeded prefectural representative clubs
1: University representative
Second Round 14 20+8→14 8: seeded prefectural representative clubs
Third Round 14 14+13+1→14 14: J2 clubs (13) and JFL Champions
Fourth Round 16 14+18→16 18: J1 clubs
Fifth Round December 8 and 15 8 16→8
Quarterfinals December 22 and 23 4 8→4
Semifinals December 29 2 4→2
Final January 1, 2008 1 2→1

Matches

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First round

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Viancone Fukushima0–1V-Varen Nagasaki
Oda   64'

Ohara Gakuen JaSRA4–5Hachinohe University
Shoji   14'
Toshima   42'
Ikarino   47',   81'
Konno   25'
Takahashi   37',   74'
Matsushima   89'
Ito   89'

Banditonce Kobe5–0Yamagata University
Yoshida   5',   16'
Kawabuchi   63',   83'
Yamamichi   74'





FC Gifu3–1Fukuoka University of Education
Moriyama   22'
Watada   33',   42'
Onoue   82'

Okinawa Kariyushi7–0Hisaeda FC
Miyagawa   5',   20',   54'
Takahata   59'
Asami   70',   89'
Matsuda   88'



Nirasaki Astros0–8TDK SC
Ozawa   1'
Matsuda   27',   39',   47'
(own goal)   37'
Togashi   55'
Ikeda   61',   79'

Yokkaichi University2–3MIO Biwako Shiga
Nonaka   64',   82' Abe   0'
Kotobuki   3'
Koyama   48'


Zweigen Kanazawa3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Roasso Kumamoto
Gondo   70',   76'
Nara   109'
Komorida   13'
Takahashi   29'

FC Ganju Iwate2–3Saitama SC
Okamoto   28'
Oda   89'
Furuichi   13',   57'
Shimizu   38'

FC Central Chūgoku2–5Kindai University High School
Saiki   39'
Fukuhara   69'
Miyamoto   7',   18',   86'
Kazumoto   82',   84'


Sagawa Printing SC6–0Sakai Phoenix
Machinaka   11',   79'
Azuma   21'
Takahashi   29'
Kanai   64'
Otsubo   83'

Second round

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V-Varen Nagasaki5–0Hachinohe University
Tagami   42',   89'
Sano   46'
Takemura   58'
Iwamoto   85'


Gainare Tottori1–3NIFS Kanoya
Tamura   73' Kimura   15'
Higa   58',   82'



Mitsubishi Mizushima FC0–2TDK SC
Ikeda   35'
Matsuda   42'

Tochigi SC2–1MIO Biwako Shiga
Yokoyama   4',   62' Tomita   34'







Meiji University3–2Sony Sendai FC
Yamamoto   54'
Hayashi   82',   89'
Ishihara   20'
Kirita   43'

Third round

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Avispa Fukuoka4–0Tochigi SC
Alex   44'
Lincoln   53',   61'
Hayashi   76'



Tokyo Verdy0 – 1 (a.e.t.)Honda FC
Suzuki   106'

Cerezo Osaka4–2Honda Lock SC
Kagawa   35',   89'
Morishima   50',   69'
Kishita   36'
Taniguchi   86'

Vegalta Sendai1 – 2 (a.e.t.)Juntendo University
Tanoue   118' Okamoto   117',   119'


Fourth round

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Played on November 4, except Gamba vs. Yamagata and Kawasaki vs. Cerezo (November 7) and Urawa vs. Ehime (November 28 due to 2007 Asian Champions League commitments).

Tie no Home team Score1 Away team
1 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Montedio Yamagata
Gamba won 5 – 3 on penalties
2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1–3 Oita Trinita
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–3 Meiji University
Shimizu won 5 – 4 on penalties
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–1 Sagawa Printing SC
5 Albirex Niigata 2–3 Sagan Tosu
6 FC Tokyo 2–1 TDK SC
7 Júbilo Iwata 6–1 Juntendo University
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Shonan Bellmare
9 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Ehime FC
10 Omiya Ardija 0–2 Yokohama FC
11 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Cerezo Osaka
12 Avispa Fukuoka 0–2 Vissel Kobe
13 Kashima Antlers 2–0 Mito HollyHock
14 Ventforet Kofu 1–1 Tokushima Vortis
Kofu won 3 – 1 after extra time
15 Kashiwa Reysol 2–2 Honda FC
Honda won 2 – 3 after extra time
16 Nagoya Grampus Eight 3–1 Thespa Kusatsu

1Score after 90 minutes

Fifth round

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Oita Trinita1–3Gamba Osaka
Takamatsu   45' Report
(in Japanese)
Terada   12',   75'
Bando   66'
Attendance: 3,285

Shimizu S-Pulse5 – 3 (a.e.t.)Yokohama F. Marinos
Ichikawa   1'
Own goal   21'
Nishizawa   98',   104'
Hara   100'
Report
(in Japanese)
Tanaka   71'
Ōshima   89'
Shimizu   116'
Attendance: 5,108

Sagan Tosu1–2FC Tokyo
Etō   9' Report
(in Japanese)
Kajiyama   19'
Hirayama   80'
Attendance: 4,512

Sanfrecce Hiroshima2–0Júbilo Iwata
Morisaki   18',   51' Report
(in Japanese)
Attendance: 3,177

Ehime FC2–1Yokohama FC
Miyahara   11'
Hoshino   88'
Report
(in Japanese)
Takizawa   21'

Vissel Kobe0–3Kawasaki Frontale
Report
(in Japanese)
Mori   2'
Chong   31',   35'

Kashima Antlers2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Ventforet Kofu
Tashiro   28'
Yanagisawa   109'
Report
(in Japanese)
Kuno

Honda FC2–0Nagoya Grampus
Suzuki   68'
Nitta   75'
Report
(in Japanese)
Attendance: 3,755

Quarterfinals

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Gamba Osaka1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Shimizu S-Pulse
Terada   92' Report
(in Japanese)
Attendance: 8,575

FC Tokyo0–2Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Report
(in Japanese)
Kashiwagi   13'
Komano   37'
Attendance: 5,148

Ehime FC0–2Kawasaki Frontale
Report
(in Japanese)
Ōhashi   43'
Juninho   65'
Attendance: 8,484

Kashima Antlers1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Honda FC
Yanagisawa   110' Report
(in Japanese)
Attendance: 8,573

Semifinals

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Gamba Osaka1–3Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Baré   39' Report
(in Japanese)
Satō   1'
Hirashige   38'
Takayanagi   89'
Attendance: 6,128

Kawasaki Frontale0–1Kashima Antlers
Report
(in Japanese)
Motoyama   72'
Attendance: 22,457

Final

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima0–2Kashima Antlers
Report
(in Japanese)
Uchida   8'
Danilo   35'
Attendance: 46,357
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