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. Cerezo Osaka won the tournament for the first time as a J.League club. It had won the cup 43 years ago, in 1974 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

From Third round up to Quarter-finals, the team playing in lower-tier of the league system (or lower ranked team if in same level) will have home advantage. Should the home team's stadium not fulfill requirements or the playing team is involved in

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, organizers may assign other stadium instead.

Participating clubs

88 clubs competed in the tournament. Clubs playing in the 2017 J1 League and 2017 J2 League 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 Emperor's Cup

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