2001 J.League Cup

{{Infobox football tournament season | title = J.League Cup | year = 2001 | other_titles = J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup | country = Japan | dates = 4 April – 27 October 2001 | num_teams = 28 | champions = Yokohama F. Marinos | count = 1 | runner-up = Júbilo Iwata | semi-finalist1 = Kashima Antlers | semi-finalist2 = Nagoya Grampus Eight | matches = 53 | goals = 130 | attendance = 310277 | top_goal_scorer = Tuto Shoji Jo Masashi Nakayama Masanobu Matsunami Tatsuhiko Kubo Wagner Lopes (4 goals each) | player_label = MVP Award | player = Tatsuya Enomoto | prevseason = 2000 | nextseason = 2002 }} Statistics of J. League Cup, officially the '''2001 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup''', in the 2001 season.

==Overview== It was contested by 28 teams, and Yokohama F. Marinos won the cup.

==Results==

===First round=== The first legs were played on 4 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April. 12 teams from the Division 1 and all 12 teams from the Division 2 entered this round. <section begin=R32 /> {{TwoLeg start}} {{TwoLegResult|Shonan Bellmare||0–1|'''Kashiwa Reysol'''||0–1|0–0}} {{TwoLegResult|Montedio Yamagata||2–3|'''Urawa Red Diamonds'''||2–0|0–3}} {{TwoLegResult|Kyoto Purple Sanga||0–4|'''Gamba Osaka'''||0–2|0–2}} {{TwoLegResult|Omiya Ardija||1–2|'''JEF United Ichihara'''||1–1|0–1}} {{TwoLegResult|'''Oita Trinita'''||3–2|Consadole Sapporo||2–0|1–2}} {{TwoLegResult|'''Júbilo Iwata'''||4–3|Cerezo Osaka||2–2|2–1}} {{TwoLegResult|'''Yokohama FC'''||3–1|Tokyo Verdy||1–1|2–0}} {{TwoLegResult|Mito HollyHock||1–4|'''Yokohama F. Marinos'''||0–1|1–3}} {{TwoLegResult|Vegalta Sendai||3–4|'''Avispa Fukuoka'''||1–2|2–2}} {{TwoLegResult|Sagan Tosu||1–7|'''Vissel Kobe'''||1–3|0–4}} {{TwoLegResult|'''FC Tokyo'''||6–0|Ventforet Kofu||5–0|1–0}} {{TwoLegResult|Albirex Niigata||0–4|'''Sanfrecce Hiroshima'''||0–2|0–2}} |}<section end=R32 /> ;1st Leg {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 0–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5640 |team1 = Shonan Bellmare |goals1 = |team2 = Kashiwa Reysol |goals2 = Kato {{goal|8}} |stadium = Hiratsuka Stadium |location = Hiratsuka |attendance = 3,036 |referee = Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:04 |score = 2–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5641 |team1 = Montedio Yamagata |goals1 = Y. Sato {{goal|33}} Horii {{goal|43}} |team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds |goals2 = |stadium = Yamagata Park Stadium |location = Tendō |attendance = 3,771 |referee = Toshimitsu Yoshida }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 0–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5642 |team1 = Kyoto Purple Sanga |goals1 = |team2 = Gamba Osaka |goals2 = Matsunami {{goal|8||40}} |stadium = Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium |location = Kyoto |attendance = 3,405 |referee = Yoshitsugu Katayama }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:01 |score = 1–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5643 |team1 = Omiya Ardija |goals1 = Jorginho {{goal|69}} |team2 = JEF United Ichihara |goals2 = H. Satō {{goal|84}} |stadium = Omiya Football Stadium |location = Ōmiya-ku |attendance = 2,343 |referee = Masayoshi Okada }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 2–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5644 |team1 = Oita Trinita |goals1 = Yoshida {{goal|13}} K. Sato {{goal|49}} |team2 = Consadole Sapporo |goals2 = |stadium = Oita Athletic Stadium |location = Ōita |attendance = 4,419 |referee = Hirofumi Yamanishi }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 2–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5645 |team1 = Júbilo Iwata |goals1 = Takahara {{goal|77||80}} |team2 = Cerezo Osaka |goals2 = Ōkubo {{goal|6}} Manaka {{goal|89}} |stadium = Júbilo Iwata Stadium |location = Iwata |attendance = 6,536 |referee = Kazuhisa Osada }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:05 |score = 1–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5646 |team1 = Yokohama FC |goals1 = Morita {{goal|39}} |team2 = Tokyo Verdy |goals2 = Iio {{goal|58}} |stadium = Mitsuzawa Football Stadium |location = Yokohama |attendance = 2,935 |referee = Yasuhiro Matsuzaki }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 0–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5647 |team1 = Mito HollyHock |goals1 = |team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos |goals2 = Jo {{goal|85}} |stadium = Tochigi Green Stadium |location = Utsunomiya |attendance = 6,211 |referee = Kazuhiko Matsumura }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 1–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5648 |team1 = Vegalta Sendai |goals1 = Ōtomo {{goal|69}} |team2 = Avispa Fukuoka |goals2 = Yamashita {{goal|61}} Villalonga {{goal|65}} |stadium = Sendai Stadium |location = Sendai |attendance = 5,422 |referee = Yasuhiro Hemmi }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:01 |score = 1–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5649 |team1 = Sagan Tosu |goals1 = Fukudome {{goal|12}} |team2 = Vissel Kobe |goals2 = Nunobe {{goal|61}} Tsuchiya {{goal|79}} Miura {{goal|89}} |stadium = Tosu Stadium |location = Tosu |attendance = 3,632 |referee = Hideaki Harada }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:03 |score = 5–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5650 |team1 = FC Tokyo |goals1 = Lopes {{goal|53||69||89}} Kagami {{goal|58}} Miura {{goal|73}} |team2 = Ventforet Kofu |goals2 = |stadium = Tokyo Stadium |location = Tokyo |attendance = 5,885 |referee = Tetsuya Hamana }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|4|df=y}} |time = 19:01 |score = 0–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5651 |team1 = Albirex Niigata |goals1 = |team2 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima |goals2 = Fujimoto {{goal|44}} Hattori {{goal|81}} |stadium = Niigata Athletic Stadium |location = Niigata |attendance = 2,261 |referee = Toru Kamikawa }} ;2nd Leg {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 0–0 |aggregatescore = 1–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5652 |team1 = Kashiwa Reysol |goals1 = |team2 = '''Shonan Bellmare''' |goals2 = |stadium = Hitachi Stadium |location = Kashiwa |attendance = 5,163 |referee = Takao Onshi }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 3–0 |aggregatescore = 3–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5653 |team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds |goals1 = Tuto {{goal|15||86}} Donizete {{goal|70}} |team2 = '''Montedio Yamagata''' |goals2 = |stadium = Urawa Komaba Stadium |location = Urawa-ku |attendance = 9,919 |referee = Joji Kashihara }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 2–0 |aggregatescore = 4–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5654 |team1 = Gamba Osaka |goals1 = Matsunami {{goal|40}} Vital {{goal|68}} |team2 = '''Kyoto Purple Sanga''' |goals2 = |stadium = Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |location = Osaka |attendance = 2,638 |referee = Hiroyuki Umemoto }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 1–0 |aggregatescore = 2–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5655 |team1 = JEF United Ichihara |goals1 = Milinovič {{goal|56}} |team2 = '''Omiya Ardija''' |goals2 = |stadium = Ichihara Stadium |location = Ichihara |attendance = 1,914 |referee = Leslie Mottram (Scotland) }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 2–1 |aggregatescore = 2–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5656 |team1 = '''Consadole Sapporo''' |goals1 = Will {{goal|15||43}} |team2 = Oita Trinita |goals2 = K. Sato {{goal|33}} |stadium = Muroran Irie Stadium |location = Muroran |attendance = 2,439 |referee = Toru Kamikawa }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 1–2 |aggregatescore = 3–4 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5657 |team1 = '''Cerezo Osaka''' |goals1 = Manaka {{goal|89}} |team2 = Júbilo Iwata |goals2 = Zivkovic {{goal|87}} Nakayama {{goal|89}} |stadium = Nagai Stadium |location = Osaka |attendance = 7,136 |referee = Toshimitsu Yoshida }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 0–2 |aggregatescore = 1–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5658 |team1 = '''Tokyo Verdy''' |goals1 = |team2 = Yokohama FC |goals2 = Yokoyama {{goal|36}} Sato {{goal|76}} |stadium = Tokyo Stadium |location = Tokyo |attendance = 2,960 |referee = Akio Okutani }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 3–1 |aggregatescore = 4–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5659 |team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos |goals1 = Hato {{goal|1}} Nakamura {{goal|68}} Jo {{goal|89}} |team2 = '''Mito HollyHock''' |goals2 = Kawamura {{goal|85}} |stadium = Mitsuzawa Football Stadium |location = Yokohama |attendance = 5,078 |referee = Noboru Ishiyama }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 2–2 |aggregatescore = 4–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5660 |team1 = Avispa Fukuoka |goals1 = Villalonga {{goal|57}} Miyoshi {{goal|89}} |team2 = '''Vegalta Sendai''' |goals2 = Iwamoto {{goal|25}} Hasumi {{goal|74}} |stadium = Hakatanomori Football Stadium |location = Fukuoka |attendance = 4,617 |referee = Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 4–0 |aggregatescore = 7–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5661 |team1 = Vissel Kobe |goals1 = Nunobe {{goal|69}} Sidic Lei {{goal|75}} Miura {{goal|84}} Mori {{goal|89}} |team2 = '''Sagan Tosu''' |goals2 = |stadium = Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |location = Kobe |attendance = 2,190 |referee = Hiroyushi Onishi }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 0–1 |aggregatescore = 0–6 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5662 |team1 = '''Ventforet Kofu''' |goals1 = |team2 = FC Tokyo |goals2 = Lopes {{goal|59}} |stadium = Kose Sports Park Stadium |location = Kōfu |attendance = 1,700 |referee = Masayoshi Okada }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|4|18|df=y}} |score = 2–0 |aggregatescore = 4–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5663 |team1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima |goals1 = Takahashi {{goal|11}} Kubo {{goal|26}} |team2 = '''Albirex Niigata''' |goals2 = |stadium = Hiroshima Stadium |location = Hiroshima |attendance = 2,859 |referee = Kazuhiko Matsumura }}

===Second round=== The first legs were played on 13 June, and the second legs were played on 20 June. The 4 remaining teams from the Division 1 entered this round. <section begin=R16 /> {{TwoLeg start}} {{TwoLegResult|Kashiwa Reysol||3–5|'''Kashima Antlers'''||3–1|0–4}} {{TwoLegResult|Gamba Osaka||3–6|'''Urawa Red Diamonds'''||1–3|2–3}} {{TwoLegResult|'''JEF United Ichihara'''||2–2 {{pso|5–4}}|Shimizu S-Pulse||1–0|1–2 {{aet}}}} {{TwoLegResult|'''Júbilo Iwata'''||2–1|Oita Trinita||1–0|1–1}} {{TwoLegResult|Yokohama FC||1–3|'''Kawasaki Frontale'''||0–1|1–2}} {{TwoLegResult|Avispa Fukuoka||0–5|'''Yokohama F. Marinos'''||0–3|0–2}} {{TwoLegResult|Vissel Kobe||3–4|'''Nagoya Grampus Eight'''||2–2|1–2}} {{TwoLegResult|'''Sanfrecce Hiroshima'''||5–4|FC Tokyo||3–3|2–1 {{aet}}}} |}<section end=R16 /> ;1st Leg {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|13|df=y}} |time = 19:02 |score = 3–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5664 |team1 = Kashiwa Reysol |goals1 = Watanabe {{goal|20}} Kato {{goal|35}} Kitajima {{goal|86}} |team2 = Kashima Antlers |goals2 = Yanagisawa {{goal|73}} |stadium = Kashiwanoha Stadium |location = Kashiwa |attendance = 7,395 |referee = Kazuhisa Osada }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|13|df=y}} |time = 19:01 |score = 1–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5665 |team1 = Gamba Osaka |goals1 = Futagawa {{goal|61}} |team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds |goals2 = Ono {{goal|44||83}} Tuto {{goal|64}} |stadium = Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |location = Osaka |attendance = 4,147 |referee = Masayoshi Okada }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|13|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 1–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5666 |team1 = JEF United Ichihara |goals1 = ''unknown'' {{goal|32|o.g.}} |team2 = Shimizu S-Pulse |stadium = Ichihara Stadium |location = Ichihara |attendance = 2,219 |referee = Tetsu Karakida }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|13|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 1–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5667 |team1 = Júbilo Iwata |goals1 = Shimizu {{goal|17}} |team2 = Oita Trinita |stadium = Júbilo Iwata Stadium |location = Iwata |attendance = 6,770 |referee = Hiroyuki Umemoto }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|13|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 0–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5668 |team1 = Yokohama FC |team2 = Kawasaki Frontale |goals2 = Ganaha {{goal|54}} |stadium = Mitsuzawa Football Stadium |location = Yokohama |attendance = 2,086 |referee = Noboru Ishiyama }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|13|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 0–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5669 |team1 = Avispa Fukuoka |team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos |goals2 = Kazuma {{goal|7}} Jo {{goal|38||42}} |stadium = Hakatanomori Football Stadium |location = Fukuoka |attendance = 4,580 |referee = Kazuhiro Matsumura }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|13|df=y}} |time = 19:05 |score = 2–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5670 |team1 = Vissel Kobe |goals1 = Yabuta {{goal|42}} Watada {{goal|62}} |team2 = Nagoya Grampus Eight |goals2 = Ueslei {{goal|36}} Hiraoka {{goal|51}} |stadium = Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |location = Kobe |attendance = 4,739 |referee = Joji Kashihara }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|13|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 3–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5671 |team1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima |goals1 = Kubo {{goal|40||62||63}} |team2 = FC Tokyo |goals2 = Kobayashi {{goal|23||65}} Kelly {{goal|89}} |stadium = Hiroshima Stadium |location = Hiroshima |attendance = 2,440 |referee = Yasuhiro Matsuzaki }} ;2nd Leg {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|20|df=y}} |time = 19:04 |score = 4–0 |aggregatescore = 5–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5672 |team1 = Kashima Antlers |goals1 = ''unknown'' {{goal|39|o.g.}} Hirase {{goal|57}} Suzuki {{goal|69}} Yanagisawa {{goal|82}} |team2 = '''Kashiwa Reysol''' |stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium |location = Kashima |attendance = 7,848 |referee = Toshimitsu Yoshida }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|20|df=y}} |time = 19:05 |score = 3–2 |aggregatescore = 6–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5673 |team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds |goals1 = Tuto {{goal|28}} Nagai {{goal|60}} Shinji Ono {{goal|80}} |team2 = '''Gamba Osaka''' |goals2 = Vital {{goal|66}} Matsunami {{goal|77}} |stadium = Urawa Komaba Stadium |location = Saitama |attendance = 9,285 |referee = Dick Jol (Netherlands) }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|20|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 2–1 |aet = yes |aggregatescore = 2–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5674 |team1 = '''Shimizu S-Pulse''' |goals1 = Sawanobori {{goal|17}} Alex {{goal|19}} |team2 = JEF United Ichihara |goals2 = Oshiba {{goal|3}} |penalties1 = Alex {{pengoal}} Ito {{pengoal}} Hiramatsu {{penmiss}} Baron {{pengoal}} Morioka {{pengoal}} |penaltyscore = 4–5 |penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Choi Yong-soo {{pengoal}} Muto {{pengoal}} Mujčin {{pengoal}} Ibata {{pengoal}} Nakanishi |stadium = Kusanagi Athletic Stadium |location = Shizuoka |attendance = 8,039 |referee = Takao Onshi }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|20|df=y}} |time = 19:02 |score = 1–1 |aggregatescore = 1–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5675 |team1 = '''Oita Trinita''' |goals1 = Takamatsu {{goal|9}} |team2 = Júbilo Iwata |goals2 = Nakayama {{goal|66}} |stadium = Kumamoto Athletics Stadium |location = Kumamoto |attendance = 9,741 |referee = Hideaki Harada }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|20|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 2–1 |aggregatescore = 3–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5676 |team1 = Kawasaki Frontale |goals1 = Emerson Sheik {{goal|28}} Watanabe {{goal|51}} |team2 = '''Yokohama FC''' |goals2 = Shingi Ono {{goal|60}} |stadium = Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |location = Kawasaki |attendance = 3,756 |referee = Hiroyuki Onishi }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|20|df=y}} |time = 19:01 |score = 2–0 |aggregatescore = 5–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5677 |team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos |goals1 = Hirama {{goal|1||29}} |team2 = '''Avispa Fukuoka''' |stadium = Mitsuzawa Football Stadium |location = Yokohama |attendance = 6,256 |referee = Tetsu Karakida }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|20|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 2–1 |aggregatescore = 4–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5678 |team1 = Nagoya Grampus Eight |goals1 = Oulida {{goal|15}} Ueslei {{goal|52}} |team2 = '''Vissel Kobe''' |goals2 = Conceicao {{goal|28}} |stadium = Mizuho Athletics Stadium |location = Nagoya |attendance = 6,476 |referee = Akio Okutani }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|6|20|df=y}} |time = 19:04 |score = 1–2 |aet = yes |aggregatescore = 4–5 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5679 |team1 = '''FC Tokyo''' |goals1 = Kelly {{goal|44}} |team2 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima |goals2 = Takahashi {{goal|71}} Oki {{golden goal|110}} |stadium = Tokyo Stadium |location = Tokyo |attendance = 5,956 |referee = Kazuhisa Osada }}

===Quarterfinals=== The first legs were played on 8 August, and the second legs were played from 22 to 29 August. <section begin=QF /> {{TwoLeg start}} {{TwoLegResult|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||2–4|'''Nagoya Grampus Eight'''||2–3|0–1}} {{TwoLegResult|'''Júbilo Iwata'''||4–2|JEF United Ichihara||2–2|2–0}} {{TwoLegResult|Urawa Red Diamonds||1–2|'''Kashima Antlers'''||1–0|0–2 {{aet}}}} {{TwoLegResult|'''Yokohama F. Marinos'''||5–0|Kawasaki Frontale||3–0|2–0}} |}<section end=QF /> ;1st Leg {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|8|8|df=y}} |time = 19:01 |score = 2–3 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5683 |team1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima |goals1 = Oki {{goal|21||38}} |team2 = Nagoya Grampus Eight |goals2 = Nakamura {{goal|27||39}} Okayama {{goal|49}} |stadium = West Hiroshima Stadium |location = Hiroshima |attendance = 4,080 |referee = Leslie Mottram (Scotland) }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|8|8|df=y}} |time = 19:06 |score = 2–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5681 |team1 = Júbilo Iwata |goals1 = Nakayama {{goal|36||80}} |team2 = JEF United Ichihara |goals2 = Choi Yong-soo {{goal|68||76}} |stadium = Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium |location = Kagoshima |attendance = 11,038 |referee = Dick Jol (Netherlands) }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|8|8|df=y}} |time = 19:05 |score = 1–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5680 |team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds |goals1 = Adriano {{goal|89}} |team2 = Kashima Antlers |stadium = Urawa Komaba Stadium |location = Saitama |attendance = 12,062 |referee = Masayoshi Okada }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|8|8|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 3–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5682 |team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos |goals1 = Ueno {{goal|15}} Endō {{goal|43||67}} |team2 = Kawasaki Frontale |stadium = Mitsuzawa Football Stadium |location = Yokohama |attendance = 7,249 |referee = Joji Kashihara }} ;2nd Leg {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|8|22|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 1–0 |aggregatescore = 4–2 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5684 |team1 = Nagoya Grampus Eight |goals1 = Ueslei {{goal|62}} |team2 = '''Sanfrecce Hiroshima''' |stadium = Mizuho Athletics Stadium |location = Nagoya |attendance = 7,521 |referee = Shinichiro Obata }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|8|28|df=y}} |time = 19:00 |score = 0–2 |aggregatescore = 2–4 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5685 |team1 = '''JEF United Ichihara''' |team2 = Júbilo Iwata |goals2 = Kawaguchi {{goal|80}} Maeda {{goal|85}} |stadium = Ichihara Stadium |location = Ichihara |attendance = 4,809 |referee = Tetsuya Hamana }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|8|29|df=y}} |time = 19:04 |score = 2–0 |aet = yes |aggregatescore = 2–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5686 |team1 = Kashima Antlers |goals1 = Akita {{goal|47}} Hasegawa {{golden goal|92}} |team2 = '''Urawa Red Diamonds''' |stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium |location = Kashima |attendance = 11,472 |referee = Yasuhiro Matsuzaki }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|8|29|df=y}} |time = 19:05 |score = 0–2 |aggregatescore = 0–5 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5687 |team1 = '''Kawasaki Frontale''' |team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos |goals2 = Brito {{goal|6||50}} |stadium = Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |location = Kawasaki |attendance = 6,115 |referee = Takao Onshi }}

===Semifinals=== The first legs were played on 26 September, and the second legs were played on 10 October. <section begin=SF /> {{TwoLeg start}} {{TwoLegResult|'''Júbilo Iwata'''||1–0|Kashima Antlers||1–0|0–0}} {{TwoLegResult|Nagoya Grampus Eight||0–1|'''Yokohama F. Marinos'''||0–1|0–0}} |}<section end=SF /> ;1st Leg {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|9|26|df=y}} |time = 19:05 |score = 1–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5688 |team1 = Júbilo Iwata |goals1 = Shimizu {{goal|54}} |team2 = Kashima Antlers |stadium = Júbilo Iwata Stadium |location = Iwata |attendance = 8,547 |referee = Wolfgang Stark (Germany) }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|9|26|df=y}} |time = 19:05 |score = 0–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5689 |team1 = Nagoya Grampus Eight |team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos |goals2 = Nakamura {{goal|61}} |stadium = Mizuho Athletics Stadium |location = Nagoya |attendance = 4,754 |referee = Toru Kamikawa }} ;2nd Leg {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|10|10|df=y}} |time = 19:04 |score = 0–0 |aggregatescore = 0–1 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5690 |team1 = '''Kashima Antlers''' |team2 = Júbilo Iwata |stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium |location = Kashima |attendance = 7,367 |referee = Toru Kamikawa }} {{football box collapsible |date = {{Start date|2001|10|10|df=y}} |time = 19:05 |score = 0–0 |aggregatescore = 1–0 |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5691 |team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos |team2 = '''Nagoya Grampus Eight''' |stadium = Mitsuzawa Football Stadium |location = Yokohama |attendance = 4,042 |referee = Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) }}

===Final=== {{main|2001 J.League Cup Final}} {{Football box |date = {{Start date|2001|10|27|df=y}} |time = 14:00 |team1 = Júbilo Iwata |score1 = 0 |team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos |score2 = 0 |aet = yes |report = https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5692 |stadium = National Stadium |location = Tokyo |attendance = 31,019 |referee = Leslie Mottram (Scotland) |penalties1 = Fujita {{penmiss}} Nakayama {{pengoal}} Živković {{penmiss}} Maeda {{penmiss}} |penaltyscore = 1–3 |penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Nakamura {{pengoal}} Sakata {{penmiss}} Hato {{penmiss}} Dutra {{pengoal}} Omura }} Yokohama F. Marinos won the cup.

==References== *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/japchamp.html rsssf] *{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110325124020/http://www.j-league.or.jp/yncup/cupwinners.html J. League]

{{DEFAULTSORT:J.League Cup}} Cup 2001 Category:2001 in Japanese men's football cups Japan