2014 J.League Cup
The 2014 J.League Cup, also known as the 2014 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, is the 39th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 22nd edition under the current J.League Cup format. Format. Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2014 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven . The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League. Group stage. Results. All times are JST () Knock-out stage. All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Quarter-finals. Second leg. "2-2 on aggregate. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won on away goals" "Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate." "Kawasaki Frontale won 5–4 on aggregate." "Gamba Osaka won 4–1 on aggregate." Semi-finals. Second leg. "Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 3–2 on aggregate." "Gamba Osaka won 5-4 on aggregate."