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2022 Emperor's Cup final
2022年天皇杯決勝 (in Japanese)
Event	2022 Emperor's Cup
	After extra time; Ventforet won 5–4 on penalties
Date	15 October 2022
Venue	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Referee	Ryuji Sato
Attendance	37,998
Weather	Cloudy ; 25.4 °C (77.7 °F); 60% humidity
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The 2022 Emperor's Cup final was the final of the 2022 Emperor's Cup, the 102nd edition of the Emperor's Cup. Ventforet Kofu played their first-ever Emperor's Cup final, as their past best performances were defeats in the quarter-finals in 2006, 2013, 2018, and 2019. It is also their first-ever elite cup final, as Kofu never got past the quarter-finals in the J.League Cup. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had their sixth major chance to win the trophy in the J.League era, having qualified for the final five times; in 1995, 1996, 1999, 2007, and 2013, losing in all five finals. As J2 League's Ventforet Kofu became one of the finalists, this 2022 Final was the seventh of the competition to feature at least one team from the second tier of Japanese football, with a J2 League team appearing in the competition's final for the first time in 1980.

After the match, leaving as the final winners of the 2022 Emperor's Cup,^[1]^[2] Ventforet Kofu were granted the right to qualify for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League. For the second consecutive time, a club playing in the second division will be playing in a continental competition, repeating Jeonnam Dragons' feat at the 2022 AFC Champions League.

Teams

Team	League	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Ventforet Kofu	J2 League	0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	14 (1954, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2007, 2013)

Road to the final

Ventforet Kofu		Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Opponent	Result	2022 Emperor's Cup	Opponent	Result
Bye		First round	Bye
International Pacific University (CSL)	5–1	Second round	Honda Lock SC (JFL)	2–0
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (J1)	2–1	Third round	Yokohama FC (J2)	5–0
Sagan Tosu (J1)	3–1	Round of 16	Thespakusatsu Gunma (J2)	1–0
Avispa Fukuoka (J1)	2–1 (a.e.t)	Quarter-finals	Cerezo Osaka (J1)	2–1
Kashima Antlers (J1)	1–0	Semi-finals	Kyoto Sanga (J1)	2–1

Format

The final was played in a single leg format. It was hurried to be played in mid-October, instead of January, as usual, due to the schedule conflict with the realization and holding period of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Should the match remained tied after regulation time, extra time would have been added. Would it necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.

Details

15 October 2022

14:03 JST

Ventforet Kofu	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Mitsuhira 26'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Kawamura 84'
Penalties
Lira Getúlio Matsumoto Ishikawa Yamamoto	5–4	Sotiriou Matsumoto Ben Khalifa Kawamura Mitsuta

Japan National Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Attendance: 37,998

Referee: Ryuji Sato

Ventforet Kofu

Sanfrecce Hiroshima


GK	1	Shuhei Kawata
DF	2	Hidehiro Sugai
DF	5	Niki Urakami	112'
DF	23	Masahiro Sekiguchi
DF	40	Eduardo Mancha
MF	7	Sho Araki (c)	66'
MF	18	Yoshiki Torikai	62'
MF	24	Riku Yamada	112'
MF	26	Toshiki Ishikawa
MF	41	Motoki Hasegawa	101'
FW	9	Kazushi Mitsuhira	62'
Substitutes:
GK	31	Kosuke Okanishi
DF	4	Hideomi Yamamoto	112'
DF	22	Riku Nozawa	66'
DF	32	Foguete	112'
MF	20	Nagi Matsumoto	62'
FW	10	Willian Lira	62'
FW	29	Getúlio	101'
Manager:
Tatsuma Yoshida


GK	38	Keisuke Osako
DF	3	Tsukasa Shiotani
DF	4	Hayato Araki
DF	19	Sho Sasaki (c)
MF	25	Yusuke Chajima	70'
MF	27	Takumu Kawamura
MF	7	Gakuto Notsuda	79'
MF	18	Yoshifumi Kashiwa	70'
MF	10	Tsukasa Morishima	32' 46'
MF	39	Makoto Mitsuta
FW	9	Douglas Vieira	46'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Goro Kawanami
DF	2	Yuki Nogami	70'
DF	21	Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi	91'
MF	14	Ezequiel	46' 91'
MF	17	Taishi Matsumoto	70'
FW	13	Nassim Ben Khalifa	46'
FW	20	Pieros Sotiriou	79'
Manager:
Michael Skibbe