2024 Empress's Cup

2024 Empress's Cup
Dates17 November 2024 – 25 January 2025
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The 2024 Empress's Cup (Japanese: 皇后杯 JFA 第46回全日本女子サッカー選手権大会, Hepburn: Kōgō-hai JFA Dai 46-kai Zen'nihon Joshi Sakkā Senshuken Taikai) is the 46th season of the Japanese women's football main cup competition.[1]

Calendar and format

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:[2][3]

Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs
First Round 17 November 2024 4 8 → 4
Second round 23–25 November 2024 16 32 (16+12+4) → 16
Third round 30 November–1 December 2024 8 16 → 8
Fourth round 8 December 2024 4 8 → 4
Round of 16 14–15 December 2024 8 16 (12+4) → 8
Quarter-finals 22 December 2024 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 18 January 2025 2 4 → 2
Final 25 January 2025 1 2 → 1

Participating clubs

WE League

All 12 teams playing in the 2024–25 WE League. They all join in the Round of 16.

Club Apps. Prefecture
MyNavi Sendai 13th Miyagi
Urawa Red Diamonds 26th Saitama
Omiya Ardija Ventus 4th Saitama
Chifure AS Elfen Saitama 25th Saitama
JEF United Chiba 27th Chiba
Tokyo Verdy 42nd Tokyo
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 13th Kanagawa
Nagano Parceiro 19th Nagano
Albirex Niigata 22nd Niigata
Cerezo Osaka Yanmar 10th Osaka
INAC Kobe Leonessa 21st Hyogo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 4th Hiroshima

Nadeshiko League

All 12 teams playing in the 2024 Nadeshiko League 1st Division. They all join in the second round.

Club Apps. Prefecture
Bunnys GFC White Star 5th Gunma
Orca Kamogawa 9th Chiba
Sfida Setagaya 12th Tokyo
Yokohama FC Seagulls 10th Kanagawa
Nittaidai SMG Yokohama 26th Kanagawa
Shizuoka SSU Bonita 16th Shizuoka
Asahi Intecc Loveledge Nagoya 14th Aichi
Iga FC Kunoichi Mie 38th Mie
Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki 33rd Osaka
AS Harima Albion 11th Hyogo
Ehime FC 16th Ehime
Viamaterras Miyazaki 4th Miyazaki

Regional representatives

There are 24 regional representatives, who qualified through regional qualification. Eight join the competition in the first round, while the other 16 in the second. All teams up from the Nadeshiko League 2nd Division to the amateur leagues participates in regional qualification.

Region Team Prefecture League Apps.
Hokkaido Sapporo University Vista Hokkaido Hokkaido Football League 3rd
Tohoku JFA Academy Fukushima Fukushima Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 17th
MyNavi Sendai (Youth) Miyagi Tohoku Football League 1st Div. 2nd
Kanto Vonds Ichihara Chiba Kanto Soccer League 1st Div. 1st
Tokyo International University Tokyo Kanto Soccer League 1st Div. 3rd
Yamanashi Gakuin University Yamanashi Kanto Soccer League 2nd Div. 2nd
Nihon University Tokyo Kanto University Soccer League 1st Div. 2nd
Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Menina Tokyo Kanto U-18 Soccer League 17th
Yamato Sylphid Kanagawa Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 7th
Kanagawa University Kanagawa Kanto Soccer League 1st Div. 9th
Hokushin'etsu Niigata University of Health and Welfare Niigata Hokushin'etsu Football League 8th
Tokai Veertien Mie Mie Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 4th
Aichi Toho University Aichi Tokai Football League 1st Div. 3rd
Kansai Meiji University of Integrative Medicine Kyoto Kansai University Soccer League 1st Div. 1st
Chugoku Okayama Yunogo Belle Okayama Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 21st
KIU Charme Okayama Takahashi Okayama Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 19th
Diosa Izumo Shimane Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 5th
Diavorosso Hiroshima Hiroshima Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 3rd
AICJ High School Hiroshima Chugoku U-18 Football League 1st
Shikoku FC Imabari Ehime Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 5th
Naruto Uzushio High School Tokushima Shikoku Football League 3rd
Kyushu Fukuoka J. Anclas Fukuoka Nadeshiko League 2nd Div. 17th
Shugakukan High School Kumamoto Kyushu Football League 1st Div. 1st
Kamimura Gakuen High School Kagoshima Kyushu Football League 1st Div. 14th

Schedule

First round

17 November 2024 1 Diosa Izumo v Kamimura Gakuen High School Sakai
10:30 Report Stadium: Technoport Fukui Stadium
17 November 2024 2 Tokyo International University v AICJ High School Utsunomiya
14:00 Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
17 November 2024 3 KIU Charme Okayama Takahashi v Shugakukan High School Sakai
13:30 Stadium: Technoport Fukui Stadium
17 November 2024 4 Diavorosso Hiroshima v Aichi Toho University Utsunomiya
11:00 Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium

Second round

23 November 5 Viamaterras Miyazaki v Match 1 winner Tottori
11:00 Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium
23 November 6 Naruto Uzushio High School v JFA Academy Fukushima Tottori
14:00 Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium
23 November 7 Orca Kamogawa v JFA Academy Fukushima Ishinomaki
13:30 Report Stadium: Seihoku Park Ishinomaki Football Field
24 November 8 Sfida Setagaya v Yamanashi Gakuin University Ishinomaki
13:30 Report Stadium: Seihoku Park Ishinomaki Football Field
24 November 9 Asahi Intecc Loveledge Nagoya v Match 2 winner Fujieda
11:00 Report Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
24 November 10 Tokyo Verdy Menina v Sapporo University Vista Ishinomaki
10:30 Report Stadium: Seihoku Park Ishinomaki Football Field
23 November 11 Iga FC Kunoichi Mie v Niigata University HW Fujieda
14:00 Report Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
24 November 12 AS Harima Albion v Veertien Mie Miki
14:30 Report Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
24 November 13 Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki v Match 3 winner Miki
11:30 Report Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
23 November 14 Yamato Sylphid v Okayama Yunogo Belle Utsunomiya
14:00 Report Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
24 November 15 Bunnys GFC White Star v Fukuoka J. Anclas Tottori
14:00 Report Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium
24 November 16 Ehime FC v Nihon University Tottori
11:00 Report Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium
24 November 17 Yokohama FC Seagulls v Match 4 winner Utsunomiya
11:00 Report Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
23 November 18 Vonds Ichihara v MyNavi Sendai Youth Ishinomaki
10:30 Report Stadium: Seihoku Park Ishinomaki Football Field
23 November 19 Shizuoka SSU Bonita v FC Imabari Fujieda
11:00 Report Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
24 November 20 Nittaidai SMG Yokohama v Meiji University of Integrative Medicine Fujieda
14:00 Report Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium

Third round

1 December 21 Match 5 winner v Match 6 winner Ishinomaki
13:10 Report Stadium: Seihoku Park Ishinomaki Football Field
1 December 22 Match 7 winner v Match 8 winner Suzuka
11:00 Report Stadium: Mie Kotsu G Sports no Mori Suzuka
1 December 23 Match 9 winner v Match 10 winner Suzuka
14:00 Report Stadium: Mie Kotsu G Sports no Mori Suzuka
1 December 24 Match 11 winner v Match 12 winner Suzuka
14:00 Report Stadium: Mie Kotsu G Sports no Mori Suzuka
30 November 25 Match 13 winner v Match 14 winner Suzuka
11:00 Report Stadium: Mie Kotsu G Sports no Mori Suzuka
1 December 26 Match 15 winner v Match 16 winner Sakai
10:30 Report Stadium: Technoport Fukui Stadium
1 December 27 Match 17 winner v Match 18 winner Ishinomaki
10:30 Report Stadium: Seihoku Park Ishinomaki Football Field
1 December 28 Match 19 winner v Match 20 winner Sakai
13:30 Report Stadium: Technoport Fukui Stadium

Fourth round

8 December 29 Match 21 winner v Match 22 winner Fujieda
11:00 Report Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium
8 December 30 Match 23 winner v Match 24 winner Miki
14:30 Report Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
8 December 31 Match 25 winner v Match 26 winner Miki
11:30 Report Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
8 December 32 Match 27 winner v Match 28 winner Fujieda
14:00 Report Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium

Round of 16

14 December 33 Omiya Ardija Ventus v Match 29 winner Miki
11:30 Report Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
15 December 34 Tokyo Verdy Beleza v JEF United Chiba Hiratsuka
14:00 Report Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
15 December 35 Albirex Niigata v Match 30 winner Iga
13:00 Report Stadium: Ueno Sports Park Stadium
15 December 36 MyNavi Sendai v Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Miki
11:30 Report Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
15 December 37 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara v Match 31 winner Hiratsuka
11:00 Report Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
15 December 38 Nagano Parceiro v Urawa Red Diamonds Miki
14:30 Report Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
14 December 39 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina v Match 32 winner Miki
14:30 Report Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium
14 December 40 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama v INAC Kobe Leonessa Kumagaya
12:00 Report Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium

Quarter-finals

22 December 41 Match 33 winner v Match 34 winner Marugame
11:00 Report Stadium: Pikara Stadium
22 December 42 Match 35 winner v Match 36 winner Hiroshima
11:00 Report Stadium: Sanfrecce Village Hiroshima No.1 Ball Game Stadium
22 December 43 Match 37 winner v Match 38 winner Marugame
14:00 Report Stadium: Pikara Stadium
22 December 44 Match 39 winner v Match 40 winner Hiroshima
14:00 Report Stadium: Sanfrecce Village Hiroshima No.1 Ball Game Stadium

Semi-finals

18 January 2025 45 Match 41 winner v Match 42 winner Kyoto
--:-- Report Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
18 January 2025 46 Match 43 winner v Match 44 winner Kyoto
--:-- Report Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera

Final

25 January 2025 47 Match 45 winner v Match 46 winner Hiroshima
--:-- Report Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima

See also

References

  1. ^ "JFA Empress' Cup 2024 Main information". JFA. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ "JFA Empress's Cup 2024 schedule and results" (PDF). jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. ^ "JFA Empress's Cup 2024 venue access". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 25 October 2024.