Round 3 ended with most of the J2 teams coming out on top. As always there was the odd exception of Kokushikan University, Tochigi SC and Matsumoto Yamaga all defeating Tokushima Vortis, Roasso Kumamoto and Shonan Bellmare respectively.
The round saw most of the non-J2 teams playing hard fought games and keeping respectable sorelines, although one of the suprises was Honda FC's 4-0 loss to Sagan Tosu.
In the J2 vs J2 game, Mito came out on top with an extra time 1-0 win over Avispa Fukuoka.
Round 3 results:
Ehime FC 2 - 1 Sagawa Insatsu
Sagan Tosu 4 - 0 Honda FC
Ventforet Kofu 1 - 0 Fagiano Okayama
Zweigen Kanazawa 0 - 1 FC Gifu
Cerezo Osaka 1 - 0 Sony Sendai
Tokushima Vortis 0 - 1 Kokushikan University
Yokohama FC 2 - 1 Kariyushi FC
Vegalta Sendai 2 - 0 New Wave Kitakyuushuu
Kusatsu Thespa 2 - 0 Tokushima Second
Montedio Yamagata 4 - 1 (Full-time 1-1) Hitachi Tochigi Uva
Osaka Sports University 0 - 6 Sanfreece Hiroshima
Shonan Bellmare 1 - 1 (PK 4-5) Matsumoto Yamaga
Tochigi SC 1 - 1 (PK5-3) Roasso Kumamoto
Avispa Fukuoka 0 - 1 (Full-time 0-0) Mito Hollyhock
Welcome to the Unofficial English Site for The Emperor's Cup!
The Emperor's Cup is a knock-out football competition that began in 1921 similar to the FA Cup in England. The first round begins with each of Japan's 47 Prefecture representatives and one University representative. Round 2 sees the introduction of the top JFL teams, J1 and J2 teams, and the battle continues until there is only one!
Who will be the next true football champion of Japan??
Who will be the next true football champion of Japan??
2 comments:
Great blog, Richy.
Cheers mate, just realised there wasnt much out there in way of English for the Emperors Cup so thought I better do something simple... especially since Furtho seems to be struggling with his Regional Leagues site at the moment!!
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