Match Name

The 97th Emperor's Cup All Japan Football Championship

Organiser

Japan Football Association (JFA)
Japan Professional Football League (J.League)

Co-Organizer

NHK / Kyodo News
*Additionally for games of first round to quarter-finals, it will be cosponsored by News Paper company who is member of Kyodo News located in the prefecture of the game venue.

Host Association

Prefectural Football Associations

Special Sponsor

Suruga Bank

Official Sponsor

JFA Youth & Development Official Partner

NIKE Japan Corp.

JFA Youth & Development Official Supporter

TOYOTA Motor Corporation , NICHIBAN CO., LTD. , Meiji Co., Ltd.

JFA Youth & Development Official Provider

Molten Corporation

Tournament Regulation

Knock-out system (Entry of 88 teams)

Entry Clubs

J1 18 Clubs, J2 22 Clubs, Seeded 1 team(*), 47 teams representing prefecture
*The 18th Japan Football League Championship Team/ Honda FC

Schedule

[First Round]

Sat. 22 April, Sun. 23 April ・Participating teams include seeded clubs and teams qualified through Prefectural Football Championship

[Second Round]

Wed. 21 June ・Participating teams include teams from the J.League Division 1 and Division 2

[Third Round]

Wed. 12 July

[Round 16 (Fourth Round)]

Wed. 20 September

[Quarter-Finals]

Wed. 25 October

[Semi-Finals]

Sat. 23 December

[Final]

Mon. 1 January 2018

Prize Money

Champion: 150,000,000 yen (excluding tax)
Runnrer-up: 50,000,000 yen (excluding tax)
Third-place: 20,000,000 yen (excluding tax) *per club