# 2014 Emperor's Cup

The 94th Emperor's Cup (第94回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) was the regular edition of the annual Japanese national football cup tournament, which was held from 5 July 2014 to 13 December 2014
It was the first tournament since the 47th edition that the final match was not held on 1 January in the following year; it was moved to December due to the timing of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in January 2015. It was also the first tournament since the 46th edition where the final match was not held at the National Stadium in Tokyo, due to major renovations that were scheduled in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Nissan Stadium in Yokohama was chosen as the venue for the 94th Final.
Normally, the winner would have qualified to the group stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League; however, Gamba Osaka had already qualified for this by virtue of being 2014 J.League Division 1 champions.

## Calendar

All dates are in 2014
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
| First round | 5, 6 (26) July | 24 | 47+1 → 24 | 47 prefectural cup winners 1 2013 Emperor's Cup best amateur club |
| Second round | 12, 13 July (6 August) | 32 | 24+18+22 → 32 | 18 J1 clubs 22 J2 clubs |
| Third round | 20 August | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| Fourth round | 6, 7 (10) September | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| Quarter-finals | 11, 12 (15) October | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| Semi-finals | 26 November | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | 13 December | 1 | 2 → 1 | |
* ↑ only for match number 6, due to delay in prefectural qualifier of Hokkaido
* ↑ only for match number 32, due to delay in match number 6, denoted above
* ↑ match day for J.League Division 1 clubs advanced to the quarter-finals of 2014 J.League Cup, as well as all clubs from J.League Division 2 and J3 League advanced to the quarter-finals
* ↑ match day for J.League Division 1 clubs advanced to the semifinals of 2014 J.League Cup, as well as all clubs from J.League Division 2 and J3 League advanced to the quarterfinals

## Participating clubs

88 clubs compete in the tournament. The 18 clubs from 2014 J.League Division 1 and 22 clubs from 2014 J.League Division 2 receive a bye to the second round of the tournament. Due to the establishment of J3 League, one seeded spot is given to A.C. Nagano Parceiro, the best amateur club participated in 2013 Emperor's Cup, along with the other 47 teams earned berths by winning their respective prefectural cup tournaments, which 10 clubs from 2014 J3 League (all clubs except Nagano and J.League Under-22 Team) and 14 clubs from 2014 Japan Football League have to go through to qualify, and enter from the first round.
| 2014 J.League Division 1 all clubs | 2014 J.League Division 2 all clubs | 2013 Emperor's Cup best amateur club | 47 prefectural tournament winners | 47 prefectural tournament winners |
| Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija Cerezo Osaka Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol Shimizu S-Pulse Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Tokushima Vortis | Avispa Fukuoka Shonan Bellmare Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kamatamare Sanuki Kataller Toyama Montedio Yamagata Roasso Kumamoto Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi SC Oita Trinita Tokyo Verdy V-Varen Nagasaki Matsumoto Yamaga Yokohama FC | Nagano Parceiro | Hokkaido: Norbritz Hokkaido Aomori: Vanraure Hachinohe Iwate: Grulla Morioka Miyagi: Sony Sendai Akita: Blaublitz Akita Yamagata: Montedio Yamagata U-18 Fukushima: Fukushima United Ibaraki: University of Tsukuba Tochigi: Tochigi Uva Gunma: Tonan Maebashi Satellite Saitama: Saitama SC Chiba: Urayasu SC Tokyo: Meiji University Kanagawa: YSCC Yokohama Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin University High School Nagano: FC Ueda Gentian Niigata: Japan Soccer College Toyama: Toyama Shinjo Ishikawa: Zweigen Kanazawa Fukui: Saurcos Fukui Shizuoka: Fujieda MYFC Aichi: Toyota Shūkyūdan Mie: Veertien Kuwana Gifu: Gifu Keizai University | Shiga: Biwako Seikei Sport College Kyoto: Kyoto Sangyo University Osaka: FC Osaka Hyōgo: Kwansei Gakuin University Nara: Nara Club Wakayama: Arterivo Wakayama Tottori: Gainare Tottori Shimane: Dezzolla Shimane Okayama: Fagiano Okayama Next Hiroshima: SRC Hiroshima Yamaguchi: Tokuyama University Kagawa: Tadotsu FC Tokushima: Tokushima Ichiritsu High School Ehime: FC Imabari Kōchi: Kōchi University Fukuoka: Fukuoka University Saga: Saga University Nagasaki: Mitsubishi Nagasaki SC Kumamoto: Kumamoto Teachers SC Ōita: Verspah Oita Miyazaki: Honda Lock Kagoshima: Kagoshima United Okinawa: FC Ryukyu |

## Results
### Final

This was the sixth final in the history of the Emperor's Cup involving at least one club from the second division.