Emperor’s Cup is ready for another round to take place, but the competition’s history has been long and deep. So please enjoy the fifth contribution of this column by Tobias Dreimann (you can follow him on Twitter @ConDrei), who’s gonna follow the steps throughout history of one of the oldest football tournaments in Asia. When you […]
Read More Emperor’s Cup: a century of history (Part 5)Emperor’s Cup is ready for another round to take place, but the competition’s history has been long and deep.
Read More Emperor’s Cup: a century of history (Part 4)With another round of the Emperor’s Cup in sight, Tobias Dreimann gives us another look at the history of the competition over the years.
Read More Emperor’s Cup: a century of history (Part 3)Emperor’s Cup is ready to see its First Round going on. Following a first part in-depth piece we had on May, please enjoy this first contribute by Tobias Dreimann (you can follow him on Twitter @ConDrei), who’s gonna follow the steps throughout history of one of the oldest football competition in Asia. When you think […]
Read More Emperor’s Cup: a century of history (Part 2)Disclaimer: This week would’ve seen the first round of the 100th edition of the Emperor’s Cup. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, all competitions in Japan are on halt until further notice. On the first draft by JFA, instead of the regular tournament, we would witness this year only 47 prefectural winners, J. League gatekeeper Honda […]
Read More Emperor’s Cup: a century of history (Part 1)There were less thrills & spills in the third round of this year’s Emperor’s Cup, but once again it was the students of Tsukuba University that stole the headlines. Tsukuba, vanquishers of J1 club Vegalta Sendai in the previous round, “hosted” J2 high-flyers Avispa Fukuoka in their third round match up. Tsukuba once again proved […]
Read More Emperor’s Cup Round Up: Students at it againWednesday was a horrible day weather-wise in a lot of Japan, making travel to Emperor’s Cup games for both players & supporters difficult – FC Osaka had their travel plans disrupted on their way to play Yokohama F.Marinos. But, those hardy souls who did make their way to games were rewarded with some exciting games […]
Read More Tennouhai fun gamesThis weekend marks a significant staging post in Pieter Huistra’s Iwaki FC revolution, as they take on Fukushima United for the right to represent Fukushima prefecture in this year’s Emperor’s Cup. For the uninitiated, the Emperor’s Cup is Japan’s national football competition, open to all clubs in Japan. Those outside of the top two leagues […]
Read More Iwaki FC’s final frontier
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