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2011 Emperor's Cup

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Country
  
Japan

Champions
  
F.C. Tokyo (1st title)

Teams
  
88

Runners-up
  
Kyoto Sanga

The 91st Emperor's Cup (第91回天皇杯) was a regular edition of an annual Japanese national cup tournament. It started on 3 September 2011 and ended on 1 January 2012 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, won by F.C. Tokyo 4–2 against Kyoto Sanga.

Contents

The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2012 AFC Champions League.

Calendar

(*1)a total number of four games were postponed to September 7 or 14 due to tropical storm.
(*2)a total number of eight games were postponed to October 12 due to event clashes of quarterfinals of 2011 J. League Cup, and November 9 was reserved for Cerezo Osaka and Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus in case of event clashes if Cerezo entered the 2011 AFC Champions League semi-finals (but game was not postponed as Cerezo was eliminated in quarter-finals).
(*3)Kashiwa Reysol's game was postponed to 21 December due to the participation in 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

Starting in the First Round

Prefectural finals winners – 47 teams
Prime Minister Cup University football tournament winners – 1 team
  • Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
  • Starting in the Second Round

    J. League Division 1 – 18 teams
    J. League Division 2 – 20 teams
    Japan Football League – 2 teams
  • Honda Lock !Honda Lock
  • FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu
  • ※Clubs that occupied two top places at the end of the 17th round (11th week) of 2011 Japan Football League.

    Matches

    All matches are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

    First Round

    Due to Tropical Storm Talas (Japanese: 台風12号, 2011 Japanese Typhoon 12), four matches were postponed.

    Note: The original schedule was 3 September 13:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.

    Note: The original schedule was 3 September 15:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.

    Note: The original schedule was 3 September 15:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.

    Note: The original schedule was 3 September 13:00 and but postponed due to tropical storm. The original venue was Naruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocarisweat Stadium but changed as a result of the postponement.

    Note: The venue of the match was originally planned to be Hiroshima Big Arch football ground 1 but changed on June 28.

    Note: The venue of the match was originally planned to be Kashiwanoha Park Stadium but changed due to stadium maintenance.

    Fourth Round

    Note: The original schedule was December 17 13:00 but changed due to Reysol's participation in 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

    Final

  • First final to feature two second-tier teams and first to feature such team since 1994 final.
  • Third time a second-tier champion wins the final since 1981 and 1982 finals.
  • Nakayama's goal was the first to be scored in the year 2012.
  • References

    2011 Emperor's Cup Wikipedia