The 2021 Emperor's Cup Final was the final of the

2021 Emperor's Cup The 2021 Emperor's Cup (Emperor's Cup JFA 101st Japan Football Championship (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会)) was the 101st annual Japanese national football cup tournament, which began on 22 May 2021 and ende ...

, the 101st edition of the

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. The match was contested at the

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Teams

Road to the final

Format

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time,

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

and, would it necessary, a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...

would have been used to decide the winning team.

Details

References

External links

Emperor's Cup JFA 101st Japan Football Championship

天皇杯 JFA 第101回全日本サッカー選手権大会
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