J. League Cup 2008

The 2008 edition of the J. League Cup sponsored by Nabisco began on March 20. The top 4 teams of each qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best two remaining runners-up. Both Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-final stage due to their participation in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.

The final will be played on November 1 at the Tokyo National Stadium between Oita Trinita and Shimizu S-Pulse.

Group Stage

Group A

Group D

Knockout Stage

8TeamBracket-Tennis3 | RD1=Quarter-finals | RD2=Semi-finals | RD3=Final
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RD3-score2-3=

Quarter Finals

First Leg

footballbox
date = July 2, 2008
team1 = FC Tokyo
score = 1ndash2
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200601103_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = Trinita
goals1 = Naohiro Ishikawa goal|44
goals2 = Shunsuke Maeda goal|28 Edmilson goal|83
stadium = Ajinomoto Stadium
attendance = 11,378
referee = Kenji Ogiya----footballbox
date = July 2, 2008
team1 = JEF
score = 0ndash1
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200601102_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = Grampus
goals1 =
goals2 = Frode Johnsen goal|14
stadium = Fukuda Denshi Arena
attendance = 8,472
referee = Nobutsugu Murakami----footballbox
date = July 2, 2008
team1 = Gamba
score = 1ndash0
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200601104_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = Marinos
goals1 = Shoki Hirai goal|78
goals2 =
stadium = Ishikawa Stadium
attendance = 10,702
referee = Hiroyoshi Takayama----footballbox
date = July 2, 2008
team1 = Antlers
score = 0ndash0
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200601101_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = S-Pulse
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Kashima Stadium
attendance = 6,757
referee = Hajime Matsuo

econd Leg

footballbox
date = August 6, 2008
team1 = Trinita
score = 1 ndash 1
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200602104_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = FC Tokyo
goals1 = Edmilson goal|40
goals2 = Cabore goal|3
stadium = Kyushu Oil Dome
attendance = 13,483
referee = Hiroshi Tanabe----footballbox
date = August 6, 2008
team1 = Grampus
score = 1 ndash 0
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200602103_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = JEF
goals1 = Takahiro Masukawa goal|60
goals2 =
stadium = Mizuho Athletic Stadium
attendance = 6,344
referee = Minoru Tojo----footballbox
date = August 6, 2008
team1 = Marinos
score = 2 ndash 1
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200602101_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = Gamba
goals1 = Takanobu Komiyama goal|32
Lopes goal|84
goals2 = Takahiro Futagawa goal|34
stadium = Mitsuzawa Stadium
attendance = 8,365
referee = Akio Okutani

Gamba Osaka advances to the semi finals on Away goals rule.----footballbox
date = August 6, 2008
team1 = S-Pulse
score = 2 ndash 1
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200602102_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = Antlers
goals1 = Keisuke Iwashita goal|16
Akihiro Hyodo goal|48
goals2 = Marquinhos goal|57
stadium = Nihondaira Sports Stadium
attendance = 8,949
referee = Kazuhiko Matsumura

emi Finals

First Leg

footballbox
date = September 3, 2008
team1 = Grampus
score = 1 ndash 1
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200603102_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = Trinita
goals1 = Frode Johnsen goal|64
goals2 = Ueslei goal|69
stadium = Mizuho Athletic Stadium
attendance = 7,792
referee = Hirofumi Yamanishi----footballbox
date = September 3, 2008
team1 = S-Pulse
score = 1 ndash 1
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200603101_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = Gamba
goals1 = Takuma Edamura goal|54
goals2 = Takahiro Futagawa goal|10
stadium = Nihondaira Sports Stadium
attendance = 8,013
referee = Kenji Ogiya

econd Leg

footballbox
date = September 7, 2008
team1 = Trinita
score = 1 ndash 0
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200604102_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = Grampus
goals1 = Ueslei goal|49
goals2 =
stadium = Kyushu Oil Dome
attendance = 20,371
referee = Masayoshi Okada----footballbox
date = September 7, 2008
team1 = Gamba
score = 2 ndash 3
report = [http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/cup/200800200604101_W0201_E.html Report]
team2 = S-Pulse
goals1 = Roni goal|11 Lucas Severino goal|79
goals2 = Masaki Yamamoto goal|3 Takuma Edamura goal|46 goal|55
stadium = Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
attendance = 9,103
referee = Yuichi Nishimura

Final

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date = November 1, 2008
team1 = Oita Trinita
score = ndash
report =
team2 = Shimizu S-Pulse
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = National Stadium, Tokyo
attendance =
referee =

Awards

* MVP:
* Top Scorer:
* New Hero Prize:

External links

* [http://www.j-league.or.jp/eng/ J.League Official Site] en icon

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