2020 Emperor's Cup

{{Infobox football tournament season | title = Emperor's Cup | year = 2020 | dates = {{nowrap|16 September 2020 – 1 January 2021}} | other_title = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | country = Japan | num_teams = 52 | champions = Kawasaki Frontale | count = 1 | runner-up = Gamba Osaka | matches = | goals = | top goal scorer = | player = | attendance = | prevseason = 2019 | nextseason = 2021 }}

The '''2020 Emperor's Cup''' ({{nihongo|Emperor's Cup JFA 100th Japan Football Championship|天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会|lead=yes}}) was the 100th edition of the annual Japanese national football cup tournament. The tournament, originally scheduled to begin on 23 May, was rescheduled to begin on 16 September and ended with the final on 1 January 2021 at the National Stadium.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/news/00024708/|title=天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会 1回戦～4回戦組合せ決定|language=ja|work=Japan Football Association|date=24 March 2020}}</ref>

The number of teams was reduced to 50 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jfa.jp/news/00024807/|title=天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会大会方式について|language=ja|work=Japan Football Association|date=23 April 2020}}</ref> and subsequently changed to 52 teams.<ref name="release20200618">{{cite news|url=http://www.jfa.jp/news/00025014/|title=天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会大会方式について|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football Association|date=18 June 2020}}</ref> Both the champions of the 2020 J2 League and the 2020 J3 League entered at the quarter-finals. The top two teams from the 2020 J1 League entered at the semi-finals.

The defending champions were Vissel Kobe but they were unable to defend the title as they failed to qualify through the top two of the 2020 J1 League.

The J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale completed the double by beating the league's runners-up Gamba Osaka in the final, earning their first Emperor's Cup title.

==Calendar== The revised schedule was announced on 18 June 2020.<ref name="release20200618"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Orlowitz |first1=Dan |title=Emperor's Cup expands to 52 teams after adding J2 and J3 champions |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/06/19/soccer/j-league/emperors-cup-expands-52-teams-adding-j2-j3-champions/ |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=The Japan Times |date=19 June 2020}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! Round !! Date !! Matches !! style="width:100px;"| Clubs !! New entries this round |- ! First Round | 16 September || 16 || {{nowrap|32 → 16}} | *'''32''' prefectural cup winners |- ! Second Round | 23–30 September || 16 || 16+15+1 → 16 | *'''15''' prefectural cup winners *'''1''' Amateur Best Team |- ! Third Round | 28 October – 11 November || 8 || 16 → 8 | |- ! Fourth Round | 13 December || 4 || 8 → 4 | |- ! Fifth Round | 20 December || 2 || 4 → 2 | |- ! Quarter-finals | 23 December || 2 || 2+2 → 2 || * 2020 J2 '''champions''' club * 2020 J3 '''champions''' club |- ! Semi-finals | 27 December || 2 || 2+2 → 2 || * 2020 J1 '''Top two''' clubs |- ! Final | 1 January 2021 || 1 || 2 → 1 || |}

==Regional allocation== JFA decided that 48 amateur teams would be split into 8 regions, and each region would be represented by 1 team in the Fourth Round. 8 regions were based on 9 regional football associations in Japan (Hokkaido & Tohoku would be merged into a single region).

* Kantō (all 8 prefectural representative teams participate from First Round); * Kyushu (all 8 prefectural representative teams participate from First Round); * Hokushinetsu (5 prefectural representative teams, with 3 teams participate from Second Round and 2 teams participate from First Round); * Tōkai (4 prefectural representative teams plus Honda FC, with 3 teams participate from Second Round and 2 teams participate from First Round); * Chūgoku (5 prefectural representative teams, with 3 teams participate from Second Round and 2 teams participate from First Round); * Hokkaido & Tohoku (7 prefectural representative teams, with 1 team participate from Second Round and 6 teams participate from First Round); * Shikoku (all 4 prefectural representative teams participate from Second Round); * Kansai (6 prefectural representative teams, with 2 teams participate from Second Round and 4 teams participate from First Round);

==Participating clubs== 52 clubs will compete in the tournament. {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#d6e2b3; text-align:center;" | '''2020 J1 League''' top two clubs | '''2020 J2 League''', '''2020 J3 League''' champions clubs | '''Amateur Best Team''' | colspan="2" | '''47 prefectural tournament winners''' |- valign="top" | * Kawasaki Frontale * Gamba Osaka | * Tokushima Vortis * Blaublitz Akita | * Honda FC | * ''Hokkaido:'' Sapporo University * ''Aomori:'' ReinMeer Aomori * ''Iwate:'' Fuji University * ''Miyagi:'' Sony Sendai FC * ''Akita:'' Saruta Kogyo * ''Yamagata:'' Oyama SC * ''Fukushima:'' Iwaki FC * ''Ibaraki:'' University of Tsukuba * ''Tochigi:'' Tochigi City * ''Gunma:'' Tonan Maebashi * ''Saitama:'' Tokyo International University * ''Chiba:'' Vonds Ichihara * ''Tokyo:'' Tokyo Musashino City FC * ''Kanagawa:'' Toin University of Yokohama * ''Yamanashi:'' Yamanashi Gakuin University Pegasus  * ''Nagano:'' Artista Asama * ''Niigata:'' Niigata University of Health and Welfare * ''Toyama:'' Toyama Shinjo Club * ''Ishikawa:'' Kanazawa Seiryo University * ''Fukui:'' Fukui United * ''Shizuoka:'' Tokoha University * ''Aichi:'' FC Maruyasu Okazaki * ''Mie:'' Suzuka Point Getters * ''Gifu:'' {{ill|Nagara Club|ja|長良クラブ}} | * ''Shiga:'' MIO Biwako Shiga * ''Kyoto:'' Ococias Kyoto AC * ''Osaka:'' FC Tiamo Hirakata * ''Hyōgo:'' Cento Cuore Harima FC * ''Nara:'' Nara Club * ''Wakayama:'' Arterivo Wakayama * ''Tottori:'' {{ill|Yonago Genki SC|ja|Yonago Genki SC}} * ''Shimane:'' Matsue City FC * ''Okayama:'' Mitsubishi Mizushima FC * ''Hiroshima:'' Fukuyama City FC * ''Yamaguchi:'' FC Baleine Shimonoseki * ''Kagawa:'' Takamatsu University * ''Tokushima:'' FC Tokushima * ''Ehime:'' Matsuyama University * ''Kōchi:'' Kochi United * ''Fukuoka:'' Fukuoka University * ''Saga:'' EV Internacional * ''Nagasaki:'' {{ill|MD Nagasaki|ja|MD長崎}} * ''Kumamoto:'' {{ill|Kumamoto Teachers SC|ja|熊本県教員蹴友団}} * ''Ōita:'' Verspah Oita * ''Miyazaki:'' Tegevajaro Miyazaki * ''Kagoshima:'' National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya * ''Okinawa:'' Okinawa SV |}

== Bracket == Source:[http://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/window.html Tournament table (Official website in Japanese)]

=== Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions === {{7TeamBracket

|RD1=First Round |RD2=Second Round |RD3=Third Round

|RD1-seed1= |RD1-team1='''Sony Sendai FC''' |RD1-score1= 3 |RD1-seed2= |RD1-team2={{nowrap|Saruta Kogyo}} |RD1-score2= 0

|RD3-seed1= |RD3-team1=Fuji University |RD3-score1= 1 |RD3-seed2= |RD3-team2='''ReinMeer Aomori''' |RD3-score2= 2 }}

=== Kantō Region === {{8TeamBracket | RD1 =First Round | RD2 =Second Round | RD3 =Third Round

| RD1-seed7 = | RD1-team7 = '''Tokyo Musashino City FC''' {{pso}} | RD1-score7 = {{nowrap|3 (5)}} | RD1-seed8 = | RD1-team8 = Tochigi City FC | RD1-score8 = 3 (4)

| RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 = '''University of Tsukuba''' | RD3-score1 = 3 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 = Tokyo Musashino City FC | RD3-score2 = 2 }}

=== Hokushinetsu Region === {{5TeamBracket | RD1 =First Round | RD2 =Second Round | RD3 =Third Round

| seed-width = | team-width =250 | score-width =

| RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 = '''Fukui United FC''' | RD3-score1 = 2 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 = Niigata University of Health and Welfare | RD3-score2 = 0 }}

=== Tōkai Region === {{5TeamBracket | RD1 =First Round | RD2 =Second Round | RD3 =Third Round

| seed-width = | team-width =150 | score-width =

| RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 = FC Maruyasu Okazaki | RD3-score1 = 0 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 = '''Honda FC''' | RD3-score2 = 1 }}

=== Kansai Region === {{6TeamBracket | RD1 =First Round | RD2 =Second Round | RD3 =Third Round

| seed-width = | team-width =200 | score-width = 30

| RD1-seed1 = | RD1-team1 = Cento Cuore Harima | RD1-score1 = 1 (2) | RD1-seed2 = | RD1-team2 = '''MIO Biwako Shiga'''{{pso}} | RD1-score2 = 1 (4)

| RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 = '''Arterivo Wakayama''' | RD3-score1 = 3 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 = FC Tiamo Hirakata | RD3-score2 = 2 }}

=== Chūgoku Region === {{5TeamBracket | RD1 =First Round | RD2 =Second Round | RD3 =Third Round

| seed-width = | team-width =200 | score-width =

| RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 = '''Mitsubishi Mizushima FC''' {{aet}} | RD2-score1 = 1 | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 = Matsue City FC | RD2-score2 = 0

| RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 = Mitsubishi Mizushima FC | RD3-score1 = 0 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 = '''Fukuyama City FC''' | RD3-score2 = 2 }}

=== Shikoku Region === {{4TeamBracket | RD1 = Second Round | RD2 = Third Round

| RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 = '''Kochi United SC''' | RD2-score1 ='''2''' | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 = FC Tokushima | RD2-score2 =1 }}

=== Kyushu Region === {{8TeamBracket | RD1 =First Round | RD2 =Second Round | RD3 =Third Round

| seed-width = | team-width =260 | score-width =

| RD1-seed1 = | RD1-team1 = Kumamoto Teachers | RD1-score1 = 0 (1) | RD1-seed2 = | RD1-team2 = '''Fukuoka University''' {{pso}} | RD1-score2 = 0 (3)

| RD1-seed7 = | RD1-team7 = '''Verspah Oita''' {{pso}} | RD1-score7 = {{nowrap|2 (5)}} | RD1-seed8 = | RD1-team8 = Tegevajaro Miyazaki | RD1-score8 = 2 (4)

| RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 = NIFS Kanoya | RD3-score1 = 1 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 = '''Verspah Oita''' | RD3-score2 = 2 }}

=== Fourth & Fifth Round === {{8TeamBracket-info | maxround = 2

|RD1-name=Fourth Round |RD1-date=13 December |RD2-name=Fifth Round |RD2-date=20 December

|team-width=120

|RD1-team1='''Fukui United FC {{aet}}''' |RD1-score1='''2''' |RD1-team2=ReinMeer Aomori |RD1-score2=1

|RD1-team3=Fukuyama City FC |RD1-score3=2 |RD1-team4=Arterivo Wakayama |RD1-score4=1

|RD1-team5=Verspah Oita |RD1-score5=0 |RD1-team6='''Honda FC''' |RD1-score6='''1'''

|RD1-team7=University of Tsukuba |RD1-score7=3 |RD1-team8=Kochi United SC |RD1-score8=2

|RD2-team1=Fukui United FC |RD2-score1=0 |RD2-team2=Fukuyama City FC |RD2-score2=3

|RD2-team3=Honda FC |RD2-score3=2 |RD2-team4=University of Tsukuba |RD2-score4=1 }}

=== Finals === {{6TeamBracket

| RD1=Quarter-finals | RD2=Semi-finals | RD3=Final

| RD1-seed1 ='''{{abbr|J3|J3 League}}''' | RD1-team1 = '''Blaublitz Akita''' | RD1-score1 ='''3''' | RD1-seed2 ={{abbr|FR|Fifth Round qualifiers}} | RD1-team2 = Fukuyama City FC | RD1-score2 =1

| RD1-seed3 ='''{{abbr|J2|J2 League}}''' | RD1-team3 = '''Tokushima Vortis''' | RD1-score3 ='''3''' | RD1-seed4 ={{abbr|FR|Fifth Round qualifiers}} | RD1-team4 = Honda FC | RD1-score4 =0

| RD2-seed1 ='''{{abbr|J1|J1 League}}''' | RD2-team1 ='''Kawasaki Frontale''' | RD2-score1 ='''2''' | RD2-seed2 ={{abbr|J3|J3 League}} | RD2-team2 = Blaublitz Akita | RD2-score2 =0

| RD2-seed3 ='''{{abbr|J1|J1 League}}''' | RD2-team3 ='''Gamba Osaka''' | RD2-score3 ='''2''' | RD2-seed4 ={{abbr|J2|J2 League}} | RD2-team4 = Tokushima Vortis | RD2-score4 =0

| RD3-seed1 ='''{{abbr|J1|J1 League}}''' | RD3-team1 ='''Kawasaki Frontale''' | RD3-score1 ='''1''' | RD3-seed2 ={{abbr|J1|J1 League}} | RD3-team2 =Gamba Osaka | RD3-score2 =0 }}

== First round == The draw for the first through third rounds was conducted on 29 July 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jfa.jp/news/00025162/|title=第100回天皇杯 1回戦～3回戦組合せ決定|language=ja|work=Japan Football Association|date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

=== Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions === {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Sony Sendai FC |score = 3–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m1.html |team2 = '''Saruta Kogyo''' |goals1 = *Akimoto {{goal|45}} *Hirata {{goal|61}} *Suzuki {{goal|89}} |goals2 = |stadium = Yurtec Stadium Sendai |location = Sendai |attendance = 203 |referee = Tomokazu Sato }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 15:00 |team1 = Iwaki FC |score = 4–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m2.html |team2 = '''Oyama SC''' |goals1 = *Matsumoto {{goal|29}} *Tanimura {{goal|60}} *Takizawa {{goal|77}} *Hiraoka {{goal|90}} |goals2 = |stadium = J-Village Stadium |location = Fukushima |attendance = 0 |referee = Takeshi Tsukahara }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 13:00 |team1 = ReinMeer Aomori |score = 2–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m3.html |team2 = '''Sapporo University''' |goals1 = *Sakakibara {{goal|70}} *Hamada {{goal|88}} |goals2 = *Mukai {{goal|18}} |stadium = Prifoods Stadium |location = Hachinohe |attendance = 130 |referee = Kentaro Uematsu }}

=== Kantō Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = University of Tsukuba |score = 2–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m4.html |team2 = '''Tokyo International University''' |goals1 = *Kato {{goal|57}} *Yamahara {{goal|87}} |goals2 = |stadium = Hitachinaka City Stadium |location = Hitachinaka |attendance = 299 |referee = Yoshimi Yamashita }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Toin University of Yokohama |score = 4–2 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m5.html |team2 = '''Yamanashi Gakuin University''' |goals1 = *Teranuma {{goal|7}} *Endo {{goal|71}} *Yamada {{goal|86}} *Nakano {{goal|90+1}} |goals2 = *Higuchi {{goal|67}} *Hayasaka {{goal|90+3}} |stadium = Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka |location = Hiratsuka |attendance = 246 |referee = Tomoyuki Umeda }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 14:00 |team1 = '''Tonan Maebashi''' |score = 2–3 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m6.html |team2 = Vonds Ichihara |goals1 = *Nukaga {{goal|50||79}} |goals2 = *Ukai {{goal|58}} *Ikeda {{goal|81||87}} |stadium = Earth Care Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium |location = Maebashi |attendance = 0 |referee = Yusuke Ohashi }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 16:00 |team1 = Tokyo Musashino City FC |score = 3–3 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m7.html |team2 = '''Tochigi City FC''' |goals1 = *Taguchi {{goal||88||90+4}} *Ishihara {{goal|90+1}} |goals2 = *Uchida {{goal|60}} *Nagami {{goal|73}} *Yoshida {{goal|78}} |penaltyscore = 5–4 |penalties1 = *Ishihara {{penmiss}} *Taguchi {{pengoal}} *Sashinami {{pengoal}} *Kobayashi {{pengoal}} *Ko Kyung-te {{pengoal}} *Nakagawa {{pengoal}} |penalties2 = *{{pengoal}} Suzuki *{{pengoal}} Tanaka *{{pengoal}} Uchida *{{penmiss}} Okaniwa *{{pengoal}} Nagami *{{penmiss}} Okamoto |stadium = Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka |location = Kita |attendance = 0 |referee = Genki Tawara }}

=== Hokushinetsu Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 15:00 |team1 = '''Kanazawa Seiryo University''' |score = 1–2 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m8.html |team2 = Toyama Shinjo |goals1 = *Yamazaki {{goal|25}} |goals2 = *Yamada {{goal|67}} *Hosoki {{goal|90}} |stadium = Kanazawa Stadium |location = Kanazawa |attendance = 0 |referee = Naoto Uehara }}

=== Tōkai Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = FC Maruyasu Okazaki |score = 3–2 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m9.html |team2 = '''Suzuka Point Getters''' |goals1 = *Hirai {{goal|7}} *Funatani {{goal|29||64}} |goals2 = *Wada {{goal|24}} *Endo {{goal|88}} |stadium = Paloma Mizuho Stadium |location = Nagoya |attendance = 448 |referee = Takuya Ujihara }}

=== Kansai Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 18:00 |team1 = '''Cento Cuore Harima''' |score = 1–1 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m10.html |team2 = MIO Biwako Shiga |goals1 = *Uemura {{goal|102}} |goals2 = *Yoshiba {{goal|120+1}} |penaltyscore = 2–4 |penalties1 = *Saho {{penmiss}} *Fushiki {{pengoal}} *Shinohara {{pengoal}} *Katsuyama {{penmiss}} |penalties2 = *{{pengoal}} Kamo *{{pengoal}} Matsuda *{{pengoal}} Shinagawa *{{penmiss}} Kubo *{{pengoal}} Sugaya |stadium = Miki Athletic Stadium |location = Miki |attendance = 165 |referee = Hiroki Murata }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 15:00 |team1 = '''Ococias Kyoto AC''' |score = 0–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m11.html |team2 = Nara Club |goals1 = |goals2 = *Hayasaka {{goal|90}} |stadium = Yamashiro Sports Park |location = Uji |attendance = 252 |referee = Yasuyuki Matsumoto }}

=== Chūgoku Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = '''Yonago Genki SC''' |score = 0–5 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m12.html |team2 = Matsue City FC |goals1 = |goals2 = *Nakai {{goal|2||47}} *Kitahara {{goal|15||84}} *Sato {{goal|37}} |stadium = Axis Bird Stadium |location = Tottori |attendance = 315 |referee = Kakuro Hori }}

=== Kyushu Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = '''Kumamoto Teachers''' |score = 0–0 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m13.html |team2 = Fukuoka University |goals1 = |goals2 = |penaltyscore = 1–3 |penalties1 = |penalties2 = |stadium = Egao Kenko Stadium |location = Kumamoto |attendance = |referee = }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 17:00 |team1 = NIFS Kanoya |score = 1–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m14.html |team2 = '''Okinawa SV''' |goals1 = *Kihashi {{goal|23}} |goals2 = |stadium = Kokubu Sports Park Multipurpose Field |location = Kirishima |attendance = 189 |referee = Yuichi Hanakawa }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = '''EV Internacional''' |score = 0–4 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m15.html |team2 = MD Nagasaki |goals1 = |goals2 = *Nakano {{goal|7}} *Omote {{goal|17}} *Mizugashira {{goal|49}} *Fukamachi {{goal|77}} |stadium = Saga Sunrise Park Ball Game Field |location = Saga |attendance = 237 |referee = Kazuya Miyahara }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 16 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Verspah Oita |score = 2–2 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m16.html |team2 = '''Tegevajaro Miyazaki''' |goals1 = *Yabuuchi {{goal|16}} *Urashima {{goal|83}} |goals2 = *Umeda {{goal|9||18}} |penaltyscore = 5–4 |penalties1 = *Shinohara {{penmiss}} *Urashima {{pengoal}} *Maeda {{pengoal}} *Nishinoue {{penmiss}} *Uryu {{pengoal}} *Fukumoto {{pengoal}} *Nakano {{pengoal}} |penalties2 = *{{pengoal}} Saanumi *{{pengoal}} Tokunaga *{{penmiss}} Okuma *{{penmiss}} Aoyama *{{pengoal}} Ueda *{{pengoal}} Watahiki *{{penmiss}} Ohata |stadium = Showa Denko Dome Oita |location = Oita |attendance = 335 |referee = Shinya Sasaki }}

==Second round== === Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions === {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Fuji University |score = 3–2 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m17.html |team2 = '''Sony Sendai FC''' |goals1 = *Yachi {{goal|35}} *Own goal {{goal|62|o.g.}} *Abe {{goal|67}} |goals2 = *Fujiwara {{goal|83||87}} |stadium = Q&A Stadium Miyagi |location = Sendai |attendance = 239 |referee = Taku Nagaya }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 15:00 |team1 = '''Iwaki FC''' |score = 0–3 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m18.html |team2 = ReinMeer Aomori |goals1 = |goals2 = *Wada {{goal|18||79}} *Nitta {{goal|89}} |stadium = J-Village Stadium |location = Iwaki |attendance = 0 |referee = Masakazu Kato }}

=== Kantō Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = University of Tsukuba |score = 4–3 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m19.html |team2 = '''Toin University of Yokohama''' |goals1 = *Miura {{goal|3}} *Mori {{goal|18}} *Wada {{goal|77}} *Igawa {{goal|81}} |goals2 = *Kagami {{goal|20||51}} *Matsumoto {{goal|35}} |stadium = Hitachinaka City Stadium |location = Hitachinaka |attendance = 274 |referee = Yasuhiro Udagawa }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 17:00 |team1 = '''Vonds Ichihara''' |score = 2–3 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m20.html |team2 = Tokyo Musashino City FC |goals1 = *Mine {{goal|105}} *Saitai {{goal|119}} |goals2 = *Ishihara {{goal|98}} *Nakagawa {{goal|109}} *Taguchi {{goal|111}} |stadium = ZA Oripri Stadium |location = Ichihara |attendance = 0 |referee = Masashi Harada }}

=== Hokushin'etsu Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 17:00 |team1 = Niigata University HW |score = 3–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m21.html |team2 = '''Artista Asama''' |goals1 = *Arita {{goal|75||83}} *Tanaka {{goal|84}} |goals2 = |stadium = Green Stadium Shibata |location = Shibata |attendance = 220 |referee = Tomokazu Sato }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Fukui United FC |score = 2–1 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m22.html |team2 = '''Toyama Shinjo''' |goals1 = *Yamada {{goal|86}} *Okuno {{goal|116}} |goals2 = *Hosoki {{goal|52}} |stadium = Technoport Fukui Stadium |location = Sakai |attendance = 263 |referee = Yoshikazu Matsuzawa }}

=== Tōkai Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Honda FC |score = 2–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m23.html |team2 = '''Tokoha University''' |goals1 = *Omachi {{goal|14||26}} |goals2 = *Yamashita {{goal|90+2}} |stadium = Ecopa Stadium |location = Fukuroi |attendance = 879 |referee = Yasuyuki Matsumoto }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = '''Nagara Club''' |score = 0–4 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m24.html |team2 = FC Maruyasu Okazaki |goals1 = |goals2 = *Inukai {{goal|14||43}} *Tsuda {{goal|40}} *Terao {{goal|72}} |stadium = Gifu Nagaragawa Meadow |location = Gifu |attendance = 459 |referee = Yusuke Ohashi }}

=== Kansai Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 18:15 |team1 = Arterivo Wakayama |score = 1–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m25.html |team2 = '''MIO Biwako Shiga''' |goals1 = *Okita {{goal|27}} |goals2 = |stadium = Kimiidera Athletic Stadium |location = Wakayama |attendance = 393 |referee = Yuichi Hanakawa }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = FC Tiamo Hirakata |score = 1–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m26.html |team2 = '''Nara Club''' |goals1 = *Kato {{goal|11}} |goals2 = |stadium = Yanmar Stadium Nagai |location = Osaka |attendance = 507 |referee = Yuzo Sutani }}

=== Chūgoku Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 30 September 2020 |time = 16:00 |team1 = Fukuyama City FC |score = 1–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m27.html |team2 = '''FC Baleine Shimonoseki''' |goals1 = *Taguchi {{goal|25}} |goals2 = |stadium = Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Football Stadium |location = Hiroshima |attendance = 140 |referee = Kakuro Hori }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 14:00 |team1 = Mitsubishi Mizushima FC |score = 1–0 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m28.html |team2 = '''Matsue City FC''' |goals1 = *Nakagawa {{goal|104}} |goals2 = |stadium = Miyoshi Sports Park Athletics Stadium |location = Miyoshi |attendance = 60 |referee = Takuya Yokoyama }}

=== Shikoku Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Kochi United SC |score = 2–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m29.html |team2 = '''Takamatsu University''' |goals1 = *Akahoshi {{goal|37}} *Izumi {{goal|90+4}} |goals2 = *Yamauchi {{goal|81}} |stadium = Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium |location = Kochi |attendance = 325 |referee = Satoshi Michiyama }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 16:00 |team1 = FC Tokushima |score = 5–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m30.html |team2 = '''Matsuyama University''' |goals1 = *Nakabayashi {{goal|12||90+2}} *Matsumoto {{goal|40||83}} *Hiroi {{goal|57}} |goals2 = |stadium = Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium |location = Kochi |attendance = 101 |referee = Toshiki Tomomasa }}

=== Kyushu Region === {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 17:00 |team1 = '''Fukuoka University''' |score = 1–4 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m31.html |team2 = NIFS Kanoya |goals1 = *Imada {{goal|45+2}} |goals2 = *Igarashi {{goal|30}} *Nemoto {{goal|94}} *Sato {{goal|111}} *Morishige {{goal|120+1}} |stadium = Kokubu Track & Field Stadium |location = Kirishima |attendance = 431 |referee = Yoshihito Hori }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 23 September 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = '''MD Nagasaki''' |score = 0–2 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m32.html |team2 = Verspah Oita |goals1 = |goals2 = *Fukushima {{goal|45+2}} *Own goal {{goal|53|o.g.}} |stadium = Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki |location = Isahaya |attendance = 446 |referee = Yoshimi Yamashita }}

==Third round==

===Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions=== {{Football box collapsible |date = 28 October 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = '''Fuji University''' |score = 1–2 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m33.html |team2 = ReinMeer Aomori |goals1 = *Yachi {{goal|61}} |goals2 = *Yamada {{goal|10}} *Hori {{goal|17}} |stadium = Q&A Stadium Miyagi |location = Sendai |attendance = 163 |referee = Taku Nagaya }} ===Kantō Region=== {{Football box collapsible |date = 28 October 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = University of Tsukuba |score = 3–2 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m34.html |team2 = '''Tokyo Musashino City''' |goals1 = *Shoji {{goal|84}} *Kobayashi {{goal|103}} *Miura {{goal|120+1}} |goals2 = *Suzuki {{goal|49}} *Goto {{goal|97}} |stadium = K's denki Stadium Mito |location = Mito |attendance = 453 |referee = Takuya Ujihara }} ===Hokushinetsu Region=== {{Football box collapsible |date = 28 October 2020 |time = 18:00 |team1 = '''Niigata University HW''' |score = 0–2 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m35.html |team2 = Fukui United FC |goals1 = *Ishizuka {{goal|34}} *Fukuda {{goal|48}} |goals2 = |stadium = Technoport Fukui Stadium |location = Sakai |attendance = 230 |referee = Masakazu Kato }} ===Tōkai Region=== {{Football box collapsible |date = 28 October 2020 |time = 16:00 |team1 = Honda FC |score = 1–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m36.html |team2 = '''FC Maruyasu Okazaki''' |goals1 = *Okazaki {{goal|80}} |goals2 = |stadium = Ecopa Stadium |location = Fukuroi |attendance = 521 |referee = Yusuke Ohashi }} ===Kansai Region=== {{Football box collapsible |date = 28 October 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Arterivo Wakayama |score = 3–2 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m37.html |team2 = '''FC Tiamo Hirakata''' |goals1 = *Higuchi {{goal|68|o.g.}} *Yamamoto {{goal|70}} *Hayashi {{goal|109}} |goals2 = *Cho Young-cheol {{goal|42}} *Kida {{goal|53}} |stadium = Nagai Stadium |location = Osaka |attendance = 785 |referee = Yasuyuki Matsumoto }} ===Chūgoku Region=== {{Football box collapsible |date = 28 October 2020 |time = 13:00 |team1 = Fukuyama City |score = 2–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m38.html |team2 = '''Mitsubishi Mizushima''' |goals1 = *Taguchi {{goal|5}} *Ito {{goal|90}} |goals2 = |stadium = Miyoshi Sports Park Athletics Stadium |location = Miyoshi |attendance = 275 |referee = Takuya Yokoyama }}

===Shikoku Region=== {{Football box collapsible |date = 11 November 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Kochi United SC |score = 2–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m39.html |team2 = '''FC Tokushima''' |goals1 = *Taguchi {{goal|45+1}} *Nagao {{goal|76}} |goals2 = *Matsumoto {{goal|7}} |stadium = Pikara Stadium |location = Marugame |attendance = 202 |referee = Yoshihito Hori }}

===Kyushu Region=== {{Football box collapsible |date = 28 October 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = '''NIFS Kanoya''' |score = 1–2 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m40.html |team2 = Verspah Oita |goals1 = *Ito {{goal|90+2}} |goals2 = *Maeda {{goal|52}} *Miyauchi {{goal|62}} |stadium = Egao Kenko Stadium |location = Kumamoto |attendance = 191 |referee = Kazuya Miyahara }}

==Fourth round== {{Football box collapsible |date = 13 December 2020 |time = 13:00 |team1 = Fukui United FC |score = 2–1 |aet = yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m41.html |team2 = '''ReinMeer Aomori''' |goals1 = Noda {{goal|3}} Ishizuka {{goal|107}} |goals2 = Shindo {{goal|47}} |stadium = Technoport Fukui Stadium |location = Sakai |attendance = 344 |referee = Ryosuke Yamaoka }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 13 December 2020 |time = 14:00 |team1 = Fukuyama City FC |score = 2–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m42.html |team2 = '''Arterivo Wakayama''' |goals1 = *Takayama {{goal|33}} *Takahashi {{goal|48|pen.}} |goals2 = Hayashi {{goal|90}} |stadium = Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Football Stadium |location = Hiroshima |attendance = 596 |referee = Toru Kakinuma }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 13 December 2020 |time = 13:00 |team1 = '''Verspah Oita''' |score = 0–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m43.html |team2 = Honda FC |goals2 = Tomita {{goal|14}} |stadium = Oita Athletic Stadium |location = Oita |attendance = 502 |referee = Tetsuro Yoshida }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 13 December 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = University of Tsukuba |score = 3–2 |aet=yes |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m44.html |team2 = '''Kochi United SC''' |goals1 = Shimodo {{goal|50}} Mori {{goal|90+6}} Shoji {{goal|108}} |goals2 = Akahoshi {{goal|47}}, {{goal|70}} |stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium |location = Kashima |attendance = 552 |referee = Hiromichi Oka }}

==Fifth round== Venues for the fifth round through the semi-finals were only announced on 10 December, as the venues would be decided based on the qualified teams for the round.<ref>{{cite press release|title=天皇杯 JFA 第100回全日本サッカー選手権大会 5回戦～準決勝会場・テレビ放送・キックオフ時刻決定について|language=ja|publisher=Japan Football Association|url=http://jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/news/00025961/|date=10 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref>

{{Football box collapsible |date = 20 December 2020 |time = 13:00 |team1 = '''Fukui United FC''' |score = 0–3 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m45.html |team2 = Fukuyama City FC |goals1 = |goals2 = *Taguchi {{goal|16|pen.}}, {{goal|65}} *Tanaka {{goal|34}} |stadium = Hiroshima Park First Football Stadium |location = Hiroshima |attendance = 391 |referee = Ryo Tanimoto }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 20 December 2020 |time = 18:00 |team1 = Honda FC |score = 2–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m46.html |team2 = '''University of Tsukuba''' |goals1 = *Ishida {{goal|64}} *Sasaki {{goal|90+1}} |goals2 = Sera {{goal|22}} |stadium = ECOPA Stadium |location = Fukuroi |attendance = 767 |referee = Hayato Shimizu }}

==Quarter-finals== {{Football box collapsible |id = |date = 23 December 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Blaublitz Akita |round = |score = 3–1 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m47.html |team2 = '''Fukuyama City FC''' |goals1 = *Shige {{goal|15}} *Hisatomi {{goal|45+1}} *Eguchi {{goal|89}} |goals2 =Yoshii {{goal|41}} |stadium = Yurtec Stadium Sendai |location = Sendai |attendance = 202 |referee = Yoshiro Imamura }} {{Football box collapsible |id = |date = 23 December 2020 |time = 19:00 |team1 = Tokushima Vortis |round = |score = 3–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m48.html |team2 = '''Honda FC''' |goals1 = *Suzuki {{goal|42||50}} *Iwao {{goal|59|pen.}} |goals2 = |stadium = Noevir Stadium Kobe |location = Kobe |attendance = 576 |referee = Koichiro Fukushima }}

==Semi-finals== {{Football box collapsible |id=|date = 27 December 2020 |time = 13:05 |team1 = Kawasaki Frontale |round = |score = 2–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m49.html |team2 = '''Blaublitz Akita''' |goals1 = *Mitoma {{goal|39}} *Tanaka {{goal|83}} |stadium = Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |location = Kawasaki |attendance = 9,772 |referee = Yudai Yamamoto }} {{Football box collapsible |date = 27 December 2020 |time = 16:00 |team1 = Gamba Osaka |score = 2–0 |report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m50.html |team2 = '''Tokushima Vortis''' |goals1 = *Patric {{goal|52}} *Fukuda {{goal|82}} |stadium = Panasonic Stadium Suita |location = Suita |attendance = 7,055 |referee = Ryuji Sato }}

==Final== {{main|2020 Emperor's Cup Final}} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|2021|1|1|df=y}} | time = 14:40 JST | team1 = Kawasaki Frontale | score = 1–0 | report = https://www.jfa.jp/match/emperorscup_2020/match_page/m51.html | team2 = Gamba Osaka | goals1 = Mitoma {{goal|55}} | location = Shinjuku, Tokyo | stadium = Japan National Stadium | attendance = 13,318 | referee = Hiroyuki Kimura }}

==See also== * Japan Football Association (JFA)

* J.League * 2020 J1 League '''(I)''' * 2020 J2 League '''(II)''' * 2020 J3 League '''(III)''' * 2020 Japan Football League '''(IV)''' * 2020 Japanese Regional Leagues '''(V/VI)'''

* 2020 Fuji Xerox Super Cup '''(Super Cup)''' * 2020 Emperor's Cup '''(National Cup)''' * 2020 J.League YBC Levain Cup '''(League Cup)'''

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/match/emperorscup_2020/ 2020 Emperor's Cup] – official website at JLeague.jp {{in lang|en}}

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