1980 JSL Cup explained

JSL Cup
Year:	1980
Winners:	Nippon Kokan
Second:	Hitachi
Semifinal1:	Nissan Motors FC
Semifinal2:	Teijin Matsuyama
Prev Season:	1979
Next Season:	1981

Statistics of JSL Cup in the 1980 season.

Overview

It was contested by 20 teams, and Nippon Kokan won the championship.

Results

1st round

• Yomiuri 3-2 Yamaha Motors
• Furukawa Electric 3-2 Fujita Industries
• Honda 3-0 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
• Yanmar Diesel 2-0 Fujitsu

2nd round

• Hitachi 5-1 Sumitomo Metals
• Yomiuri 1-3 Toyo Industries
• Mitsubishi Motors 0-1 Furukawa Electric
• Nissan Motors 2-0 Daikyo Oil
• Nippon Steel 2-4 Nippon Kokan
• Honda 0-1 Toshiba
• Kofu 0-3 Yanmar Diesel
• Teijin Matsuyama 4-2 Toyota Motors

Quarterfinals

• Hitachi 4-1 Toyo Industries
• Furukawa Electric 1-1 (PK 4–5) Nissan Motors
• Nippon Kokan 1-0 Toshiba
• Yanmar Diesel 1-2 Teijin Matsuyama

Semifinals

• Hitachi 2-0 Nissan Motors
• Nippon Kokan 2-1 Teijin Matsuyama

Final

• Hitachi 1-3 Nippon Kokan

Nippon Kokan won the championship

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110817144924/http://gzeppelin.web.infoseek.co.jp/data/nenpyo.html