Due to Emperor’s Cup games being a pre-arranged, seeded draw, we will now begin to see some strage games in Round 3 – not the least being two JFL teams – Nagano Parceiro and Yokogawa Musashino – playing each other in Sapporo or FC Imabari and Machida Zelvia slugging it out in Hiroshima! Also we will see Sagawa Shiga taking on JEF Chiba in Vissel Kobe’s Home’s Stadium! But, it does seem that from Round 4 (to be held December 15th) onwards the grounds are “to be decided”. Hopefully that means that we won’t see, for example, JEF v. Jubilo in Kobe – let’s save the fans SOME expense, please, JFA!

The full draw for Round 4 – All games to be staged 19.00 on Wednesday, October 10th…

Kashiwa Reysol vs Shonan Bellmare at Kashiwa Stadium
AC Nagano Parceiro vs Yokogawa Musashino FC at Atsubetsu Stadium
Jubilo Iwata vs Kyoto Sanga FC at Yamaha Stadium
Sagawa Shiga FC vs JEF Utd Ichihara Chiba at Home’s Stadium
Vegalta Sendai vs Roasso Kumamoto at Yurtec/Sendai
Omiya Ardija vs Avispa Fukuoka at Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Yokohama F.Marinos vs Yokohama FC at Nissan Stadium
Cerezo Osaka vs Montedio Yamagata at Kincho Stadium
Fagiano Okayama vs Nagoya Grampus at Toyama Athletic
Kamatamare Sanuki vs Urawa Reds at Saga
FC Imabari vs Machida Zelvia at Hiroshima Big Arch
Shimizu S-Pulse vs Tokyo Verdy at Nihondaira Stadium
Gamba Osaka vs Mito Hollyhock at Banpaku Stadium
Albirex Niigata vs Fukushima United FC at Tohoku Den Stadium
Kashima Antlers vs Gainare Tottori at Kashima Stadium
Kawasaki Frontale vs Tokushima Vortis at Todoroki

Enjoy the Emperor’s Cup – there’s nothing better than the magic of a special moment in Cup Football!! Ask the players and fans of Fukushima United, Sagawa Shiga, Nagano Pareiro or Yokogawa Musashino!