The was the 2017 edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament, which began on 22 April 2017 and ended with the finals on 1 January 2018.

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won the tournament for the first time as a J.League club. It had won the cup 43 years ago, in

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when the club was playing for

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as Yanmar Diesel. As a result of this win, Cerezo automatically qualified to the group stage of the

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Calendar

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, organizers may assign other stadium instead.

Participating clubs

88 clubs competed in the tournament. Clubs playing in the

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received a bye to the second round of the tournament. The remaining teams entered in the first round.

Schedule and results

''All times given in UTC+09:00

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

References

External links

Japan Football Association page on the Emperor's Cup
(Japanese) {{2018 in Asian Football (AFC) Emperor's Cup

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