The Emperor's Cup 1996 '''''''''''''''''''''' round 1 : 3 November (all J.League teams get a bye) round 2 : 10 November (all J.League teams get a bye) round 3 : 17 November (J.League teams participate; 16 matches) round 4 : 23 December 1996 quarterfinals: 26 December 1996 semifinals : 29 December 1996 final : 1 January 1997 First round (3 November 1996) Denso 3 - 1 Juntendo Univ. Blaze Kumamoto 2 - 1 Kwansei Gakuin Univ. World Blitz Oyama 0 - 7 Vissel Kobe Nihon Bunri Univ. 1 - 3 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima Kaiho Club 0 - 4 Montedio Yamagata Runes Gakuen Koga SC 1 - 1 Hokkaido Educ. Univ. at Hakodate 5 PK 3 Morioka Zebra 0 - 6 Fujitsu Kawasaki Fukuoka Univ. 2 - 2 Alvileo Niigata 5 PK 4 Kawazoe Club 2 - 5 Ventforet Kofu FC Matsue 0 - 9 Kokushikan Univ. Matsuyama Univ. 0 - 11 Brummel Sendai Tokai Univ. 1 - 0 Osaka Commerce Univ. Wakayama Univ. 0 - 3 Consadole Sapporo Gonohe Town Office SC 2 - 1 Sanyo Electrics Fukushima FC 2 - 1 Hitachi Shimizu Teihenzu 0 - 4 Tsukuba Univ. NTT Kanto 2 - 0 Doshisha Univ. YKK 0 - 5 Waseda Univ. MIND HOUSE 1 - 5 Tokyo Gas Ueda Jenshan 1 - 2 Kunimi FC Central Kobe 0 - 3 Tosu Futures Sony Sendai 2 - 1 Hiroshima Teachers Selection Tenri Univ. 0 - 1 Cosmo Yokkaichi Prima Ham Tsuchiura 2 - 3 Komazawa Univ. Tokushima Commerce High School 1 - 5 Oita F.C. Volca Kagoshima 3 - 1 TDK Yamagata FC 1 - 7 Otsuka F.C. Kochi Univ. 8 - 1 Miyazaki Teachers Selection Aoyama Gakuin Univ. 0 - 4 Honda Giken Toa Univ. 3 - 4 Kagawa Shiun Club Maruoka High School 0 - 4 Seino Transport Yonago Hogashi High School 0 - 4 Kansai Univ. Second round (10 November 1996) Denso 3 - 1 Blaze Kumamoto Vissel Kobe 4 - 2 Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima Montedio Yamagata 6 - 0 Runes Gakuen Koga SC Fujitsu Kawasaki 3 - 0 Fukuoka Univ. Ventforet Kofu 1 - 2 Kokushikan Univ. Brummel Sendai 4 - 1 Tokai Univ. Consadole Sapporo 4 - 0 Gonohe Town Office SC Fukushima FC 3 - 0 Tsukuba Univ. NTT Kanto 1 - 0 Waseda Univ. Tokyo Gas 8 - 0 Kunimi FC Tosu Futures 5 - 2 Sony Sendai Cosmo Yokkaichi 3 - 0 Komazawa Univ. Oita F.C. 6 - 1 Volca Kagoshima Otsuka F.C. 2 - 1 Kochi Univ. Honda Giken 3 - 2 Kagawa Shiun Club Seino Transport 1 - 2 Kansai Univ. Third Round (16, 17 November 1996) Cerezo Osaka - Tokyo Gas 3- 1 Yokohama Flugels - Nippon Densou 4- 0 Kyoto Purple Sanga - Vissel Kobe 4- 3 Gamba Osaka - Montedio Yamagata 4- 1 JEF United Ichihara - Fujitsu Kawasaki 0- 0 (4-5) Kashiwa Reysol - Kokushikan Univ. 1- 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Brummel Sendai 2- 0 Shimizu S-Pulse - Consadole Sapporo 1- 0 Jubilo Iwata - Fukushima FC 1- 2 Urawa Reds - NTT Kanto 3- 0 Bellmare Hiratsuka - Tosu Futures 1- 0 Nagoya Grampus Eight - Cosmo Yokkaichi 0- 1 Verdy Kawasaki - Ooita FC 4- 0 Yokohama Marinos - Vortis Tokushima 1- 2 (OT) Avispa Fukuoka - Honda Giken 3- 1 Kashima Antlers - Kwansei Univ. 2- 0 Fourth Round (23 December 1996) Avispa Fukuoka - Kashima Antlers 0- 2 Kyoto Purple Sanga - Yokohama Flugels 1- 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kashiwa Reysol 2- 1 Fukushima FC - Shimizu S-Pulse 1- 2 Urawa Reds - Cerezo Osaka 4- 0 Bellmare Hiratsuka - Cosmo Oil 3- 1 Verdy Kawasaki - Vortis Tokushima 4- 0 Fujitsu Kawasaki - Gamba Osaka 1- 3 QUARTERFINALS (played on 26 december 1996) Verdy Kawasaki - Kashima Antlers 2- 1 Gamba Osaka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3- 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Shimizu S-Pulse 3- 0 Urawa Reds - Bellmare Hiratsuka 3- 0 SEMIFINALS (played on 29 December 1996) Gamba Osaka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 2 8,452 Urawa Reds - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 3 28,994 Cup Final, played on 1 January 1997. Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 3 38,737 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (h1) 3. Kitazawa 0-1, 11. Y.Miura 0-2, (h2) 14. Kurihara 0-3. Shots at goal: 10-12. At Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo. Sanfrecce Hiroshima - GK Maekawa, DF Naitou, Yanagimoto, Kojima, MF Michiki, Moriyasu, Yoshida, Santos, Kuwabara, FW Noh, Takagi. Subs: Kubo (h2-26 for Naitou), Abe (h2-33 for Yoshida). Cards: Santos. Verdy Kawasaki - GK S.Kikuchi, DF T.Kikuchi, Argel, Hayashi, Nakamura, Sugawara, MF Y.Miura, Bismarck, Kitazawa, FW Kurihara, K.Miura. Subs: Ishizuka (h2-36 for Kurihara). Cards: Y.Miura. Author: Eric Visser (ericv@gol.com) Last updated: 1 Feb 2004 (C) Copyright Eric Visser and RSSSF 1999/2004