Country Japan Champion Urawa Red Diamonds Teams 18 | Dates 23 Mar 2016 – 15 Oct 2016 Location Japan | |
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Champions Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Runners-up Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Top goal scorer(s) Toshiyuki Takagi (4 goals) Similar 2016 J1 League, 2015 J1 League, 2014 JLeague Division 1 | ||
The 2016 J.League Cup (also known as the 2016 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, later changed to J.League YBC Levain Cup for sponsoring purposes) is the 41st edition of the most prestigious Japanese football league cup tournament and the 24th edition under the current J.League Cup format.
Contents
Format
Teams from the J1 League will take part in the tournament. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Gamba Osaka, Urawa Red Diamonds and FC Tokyo were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2016 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.
Group stage
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Knock-out stage
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Second leg
2–2 on aggregate. Yokohama F. Marinos won on away goals
Urawa Red Diamonds won 6-1 on aggregate.
Gamba Osaka won 7-4 on aggregate.
FC Tokyo won 3-1 on aggregate.
Second leg
1–1 on aggregate. Gamba Osaka won on away goals
Urawa Red Diamonds won 5-2 on aggregate.
Top scorers
Updated to games played on 15 October 2016
Names of players in bold are still active.
Source: J. League Data