In the Emperor's Cup = All Japan Championship, which competes for the best soccer in Japan, two quarter-finals were held, and J2 Tokushima Vortis and J3 Blaublitz Akita each won and advanced to the semi-finals against the J1 team.
▽ Vortis, who won the J2, played against the amateur seed Honda FC and won 3-0 with 2 goals from Tokuma Suzuki.
▽ Blaublitz, who won the J3, played against Fukuyama City in Hiroshima, which had won while appearing for the first time, and Ken Hisatomi scored a goal just before the end of the first half of 1: 1.
Blaublitz scored additional points in the second half and won 3 to 1.
From the semi-finals on the 27th, the top teams of J1 will appear, and J1 champion Kawasaki Frontale will play Blaublitz Akita and second place Gamba Osaka will play Tokushima Vortis.
This season's 100th Emperor's Cup has been scaled down by drastically reviewing the tournament system due to the influence of the new coronavirus and limiting the participation from the J League to four teams.