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The Emperor’s Cup - changes to the tournament format
13 November 2014
Regarding the Emperor’s Cup, the following items were decided upon approval by the Executive Committee Meeting held on 13 November 2014.
Participating clubs
- Four clubs participate in the ACL to take part from fourth round.
*The Emperor’s Cup Organizing Committee is going to select the participating club if ACL-qualified club does not advance to ACL quarter-final.
- The clubs ranked 17th, 18th of J1* (meaning 2nd placed club of J2* and the winner of J1 promotion playoff) to play from first round.
- All 22 clubs of J2 to play from first round.
- The champion team of JFL 1st stage will be first-seeded for first round.
- Eligibility of participating in the tournament is club registered as Category 1.
Note: Disallowed participation of club registered as Category 2
*J1: J.League Division1, J2: J.League Division2
The 95th Emperor’s Cup fixtures and the venue for the final
First Round: Sat. 29 & Sun. 30 August 2015
Second Round: Sat. , Sun. 6, Wed. 9 September 2015
Third Round: Sat. 10, Sun. 11, Wed. 14 October 2015
Fourth Round: Wed. 11, Sat. 14, Sun.15 November
Quarter-finals: Sat. 26 December 2015
Semi-finals: Tue. 29 December 2015
Final: Fri/Holiday 1 January 2016 Venue: Ajinomoto Stadium (Tokyo)
Reward for club enhancement
It was decided to broaden distribution of reward to 5th place clubs (clubs advanced to quarter-finals), used to be given to clubs up to 3rd place (clubs advanced to semi-final).
Champion 100,000,000 yen
Runner-up 50,000,000 yen
Third-place 20,000,000 yen (per club)
Fifth-place 10,000,000 yen (per club) *new scheme
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