2018 Empress's Cup Explained

Empress's Cup
Year:	2018
Champions:	Nippon TV Beleza
Runner-Up:	INAC Kobe Leonessa
Semi-Finalist1:	Urawa Reds
Semi-Finalist2:	JEF United Chiba
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2019

Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2018 season.

Overview

It was contested by 48 teams, and Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.^[1]

Results

1st round

• JFA Academy Fukushima LSC 1-0 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
• Otani Muroran High School 1-4 Daito Bunka University
• Nippon TV Menina 5-2 Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi
• Fukuoka J. Anclas 0-3 Waseda University
• Mukogawa Women's University 5-4 Shikoku Gakuin University Kagawa West High School
• Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC 3-1 Albirex Niigata U-18
• Kanagawa University 3-2 Ryukyu Deigos
• Norddea Hokkaido 1-3 Bunnys Kyoto SC
• Fujieda Junshin High School 4-0 Sakuyo High School
• Seiwa Gakuen High School 0-4 AS Harima Albion
• Seisen University 0-6 Teikyo Heisei University
• Angeviolet Hiroshima 4-0 Fukui University of Technology Fukui High School
• Sendai University 2-5 Okayama Yunogo Belle
• JEF United Chiba U-18 3-0 Tokoha University Tachibana High School
• Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama Satellite 0-0 (PSO 5-4) Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
• NGU Loveledge Nagoya 3-0 Osaka Toin High School

2nd round

• Nippon TV Beleza 6-1 JFA Academy Fukushima LSC
• Orca Kamogawa FC 6-1 Daito Bunka University
• Cerezo Osaka Sakai 1-0 Nippon TV Menina
• Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies 2-0 Waseda University
• AC Nagano Parceiro 4-0 Mukogawa Women's University
• Ehime FC 0-1 Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC
• Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls 2-1 Kanagawa University
• Urawa Reds 5-1 Bunnys Kyoto SC
• Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 3-0 Fujieda Junshin High School
• Sfida Setagaya FC 0-4 AS Harima Albion
• Iga FC Kunoichi 1-2 Teikyo Heisei University
• JEF United Chiba 2-0 Angeviolet Hiroshima
• Albirex Niigata 3-2 Okayama Yunogo Belle
• Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama 1-0 JEF United Chiba U-18
• Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita 6-1 Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama Satellite
• INAC Kobe Leonessa 4-0 NGU Loveledge Nagoya

3rd round

• Nippon TV Beleza 4-0 Orca Kamogawa FC
• Cerezo Osaka Sakai 0-2 Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies
• AC Nagano Parceiro 1-0 Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC
• Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls 0-2 Urawa Reds
• Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 3-1 AS Harima Albion
• Teikyo Heisei University 0-1 JEF United Chiba
• Albirex Niigata 3-1 Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama
• Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita 0-2 INAC Kobe Leonessa

Quarterfinals

• Nippon TV Beleza 6-0 Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies
• AC Nagano Parceiro 0-1 Urawa Reds
• Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 0-1 JEF United Chiba
• Albirex Niigata 1-2 INAC Kobe Leonessa

Semifinals

• Nippon TV Beleza 1-0 Urawa Reds
• JEF United Chiba 0-1 INAC Kobe Leonessa

Final

• Nippon TV Beleza 4-2 INAC Kobe Leonessa

Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.

Notes and References

1. http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2018/schedule_result/ Japan Football Association