2021 J.League Cup

2021 J.League Cup
2021 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Dates	2 March – 30 October
Teams	16 (group stage); 20 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Nagoya Grampus (1st title)
Runner-up	Cerezo Osaka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	69
Goals scored	172 (2.49 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sho Inagaki; Kasper Junker; Teruhito Nakagawa; Adaílton; (4 goals each)

The 2021 J.League Cup, known as the 2021 J.League YBC Levain Cup (Japanese: 2021 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ) for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th edition of J.League Cup, a Japanese association football cup competition. It began on 2 March 2021 and ended on 30 October that year.^[1]

FC Tokyo were the cup holders, having won their third title. They failed to defend their title after being eliminated by eventual winners Nagoya Grampus in the semi-finals. Nagoya Grampus won their first ever J.League Cup title, defeating one-time winners Cerezo Osaka in the final.

Format

All 20 teams playing in the 2021 J1 League participated. Four clubs involved in the 2021 AFC Champions League received byes for the group and playoff stages: Kawasaki Frontale, Gamba Osaka, Nagoya Grampus, and Cerezo Osaka.

Sixteen teams played in the group stage. They were divided into four groups of four teams by their finish on the 2020 J1 and J2 Leagues (parenthesized below).

Group A: Kashima Antlers (J1 5th), Consadole Sapporo (J1 12th), Sagan Tosu (J1 13th), Avispa Fukuoka (J2 2nd).
Group B: FC Tokyo (J1 6th), Oita Trinita (J1 11th), Vissel Kobe (J1 14th), Tokushima Vortis (J2 1st).
Group C: Kashiwa Reysol (J1 7th), Urawa Red Diamonds (J1 10th), Yokohama FC (J1 15th), Shonan Bellmare (J1 18th).
Group D: Sanfrecce Hiroshima (J1 8th), Yokohama F. Marinos (J1 9th), Shimizu S-Pulse (J1 16th), Vegalta Sendai (J1 17th).

Schedule

Stage	Round	Date^[1]
Group stage	Matchday 1	2–3 March 2021
	Matchday 2	27–28 March 2021
	Matchday 3	20–21 April 2021
	Matchday 4	28 April 2021
	Matchday 5	5 May 2021
	Matchday 6	19 May 2021
Play-off stage		2, 5, 6 June 2021 (first leg) 6, 13 June 2021 (second leg)
Prime stage
	Quarter-finals	1 September 2021 (first leg) 5 September 2021 (second leg)
	Semi-finals	6 October 2021 (first leg) 10 October 2021 (second leg)
	Final	30 October 2021

Group stage

Each group were played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. Each match were played in 90 minutes.

All times listed are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9).

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams in a group were ranked by points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If the points were tied, the following tiebreakers were applied accordingly:

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and applying all head-to-head criteria above remains a part of teams still tied, reapply the criteria above only for the tied teams.
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
Fewer disciplinary points;
Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kashima Antlers	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	12	Advance to play-off stage
2	Consadole Sapporo	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to play-off stage
3	Avispa Fukuoka	6	2	2	2	10	11	−1	8
4	Sagan Tosu	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1

Source: J.League
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03)	Avispa Fukuoka	2–3	Consadole Sapporo	Fukuoka
18:03	Mikuni 18' Jogo 88'	Report	Douglas 15' (pen.), 35' Nakashima 41'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 1,564 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03)	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Sagan Tosu	Kashima
19:03	Everaldo 10' Izumi 64' Someno 71'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,784 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)	Sagan Tosu	1–5	Consadole Sapporo	Tosu
14:03	Tashiro 67'	Report	Yamashita 8' (o.g.) Matsumoto 9' (o.g.) Fukai 37' Anderson Lopes 56' Fernandes 86'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 4,399 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)	Avispa Fukuoka	1–5	Kashima Antlers	Fukuoka
18:03	Carlos 75'	Report	Ueda 9', 35' Araki 28' Everaldo 61' Hirose 90+1'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 3,964 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20)	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Consadole Sapporo	Kashima
19:03	Matsumura 32' Araki 39' Shirasaki 81'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,477 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21)	Sagan Tosu	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Tosu
19:03		Report	Croux 82'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Takuto Okabe

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)	Consadole Sapporo	1–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Sapporo
19:03	Anderson Lopes 84'	Report	Mary 90+4'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 4,446 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)	Sagan Tosu	2–2	Kashima Antlers	Tosu
19:03	Ofoedu 14' Yuzawa 73'	Report	Sugioka 29' Sagara 45+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 3,402 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05)	Consadole Sapporo	2–1	Sagan Tosu	Sapporo
14:03	Douglas 26' (pen.) Aoki 60'	Report	Yuzawa 90+1'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 7,507 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05)	Kashima Antlers	1–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Kashima
15:03	Shirasaki 31'	Report	Mary 24'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,343 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)	Consadole Sapporo	0–0	Kashima Antlers	Sapporo
19:03		Report		Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 2,829 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)	Avispa Fukuoka	4–1	Sagan Tosu	Fukuoka
19:03	Jogo 8', 56' Ishizu 60' Juanma 72'	Report	Hayashi 74'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 979 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Tokyo	6	3	3	0	6	2	+4	12	Advance to play-off stage
2	Vissel Kobe	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8	Advance to play-off stage
3	Oita Trinita	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	6
4	Tokushima Vortis	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5

Source: J.League
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02)	Oita Trinita	1–3	Vissel Kobe	Ōita
19:03	Fujimoto 20'	Report	Masuyama 44' Nakasaka 51' Tanaka 81'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 3,320 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03)	FC Tokyo	1–0	Tokushima Vortis	Chōfu
18:03	Tagawa 59'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 3,788 Referee: Takuto Okabe

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)	Tokushima Vortis	0–1	Oita Trinita	Naruto
14:03		Report	Nagasawa 5'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 2,322 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)	FC Tokyo	2–0	Vissel Kobe	Chōfu
14:03	Diego Oliveira 11' Mita 14'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 6,512 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21)	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Tokushima Vortis	Kobe
18:03		Report	Kawata 30'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 2,184 Referee: Dai Matsumoto

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21)	Oita Trinita	0–1	FC Tokyo	Ōita
19:03		Report	Nagai 50'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 2,806 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)	Vissel Kobe	0–0	Oita Trinita	Kobe
18:03		Report		Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)	Tokushima Vortis	1–1	FC Tokyo	Naruto
19:03	Hamashita 12'	Report	Uvini 47'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 1,969 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05)	Oita Trinita	1–1	Tokushima Vortis	Ōita
14:03	Takazawa 14'	Report	Cacá 84'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 3,987 Referee: Masaaki Toma

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05)	Vissel Kobe	0–0	FC Tokyo	Kashima
15:03		Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)	FC Tokyo	1–1	Oita Trinita	Chōfu
19:03	Nagai 63'	Report	Yumiba 45+2'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 2,842 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)	Tokushima Vortis	0–3	Vissel Kobe	Naruto
19:03		Report	Yamaguchi 2' Masika 63', 90+3'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 3,448 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9	Advance to play-off stage
2	Shonan Bellmare	6	1	5	0	4	3	+1	8	Advance to play-off stage
3	Yokohama FC	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6

Source: J.League
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02)	Shonan Bellmare	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiratsuka
18:03		Report		Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Masaaki Toma

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03)	Kashiwa Reysol	0–1	Yokohama FC	Kashiwa
18:03		Report	S. Ito 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 2,260 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)	Shonan Bellmare	1–0	Yokohama FC	Hiratsuka
15:03	Nemoto 47'	Report		Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 4,865 Referee: Ryosuke Yamaoka

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Saitama
15:03		Report	Cristiano 79'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 8,024 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21)	Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	Shonan Bellmare	Kashiwa
18:03	Goya 28'	Report	Kobayashi 90'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 2,152 Referee: Yusuke Araki

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21)	Yokohama FC	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama
19:03	Kléber 14'	Report	Sugimoto 45', 57'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 2,481 Referee: Masaya Ueda

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Shonan Bellmare	Saitama
18:03		Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 4,231 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)	Yokohama FC	2–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Yokohama
19:03	Germain 58' Iwatake 85'	Report		Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 1,891 Referee: Shu Kawamata

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05)	Yokohama FC	1–1	Shonan Bellmare	Yokohama
14:03	Kléber 78'	Report	Hiraoka 42'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 4,004 Referee: Takuto Okabe

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05)	Kashiwa Reysol	3–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashiwa
16:03	Rodrigo 59', 67' (pen.) Koga 90+3'	Report	Junker 9' A. Ito 90+2' Sekine 90+3'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 3,775 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Yokohama FC	Saitama
19:03	Sekine 3' Yuruki 61'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 4,252 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)	Shonan Bellmare	1–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Hiratsuka
19:03	Ikeda 50'	Report	Takahashi 90+2'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 3,521 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	4	2	0	17	4	+13	14	Advance to play-off stage
2	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8	Advance to play-off stage
3	Vegalta Sendai	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	1	2	3	3	11	−8	5

Source: J.League
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03)	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Vegalta Sendai	Yokohama
18:03	Onaiwu 16'	Report		Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 3,851 Referee: Yuki Noda

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hiroshima
19:03		Report		Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 1,904 Referee: Jumpei Iida

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)	Vegalta Sendai	0–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Sendai
14:03		Report	Yu. Suzuki 70'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 3,196 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)	Yokohama F. Marinos	5–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yokohama
14:03	Onaiwu 28', 90' Nakagawa 53', 64' Iwata 58'	Report		Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Hiroshima
19:03		Report	C. Kato 75'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 1,739 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21)	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Shizuoka
19:03		Report		Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 3,466 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)	Vegalta Sendai	2–5	Yokohama F. Marinos	Sendai
18:03	Minagawa 35' Kida 90+4'	Report	Amano 8', 47' Kabayama 33' Mizunuma 51', 90+3'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 1,953 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28)	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Shizuoka
19:03	Ibusuki 69'	Report	Naganuma 37' Valdo 48' (o.g.)	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 3,511 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05)	Shimizu S-Pulse	4–1	Vegalta Sendai	Shizuoka
14:03	Fukumori 41' Kaneko 45+1' (pen.) Disaró 48' Nakayama 89'	Report	Sasaki 36'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 5,376 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshima
14:03	Ayukawa 90+6'	Report	Ceará 28'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 4,491 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)	Vegalta Sendai	3–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sendai
19:03	Sasaki 34' C. Kato 56' Martinus 75'	Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 1,560 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)	Yokohama F. Marinos	5–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Yokohama
19:03	Kabayama 40', 51' Wada 48' Nakagawa 79' Ceará 89'	Report	Katayama 2'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Play-off stage

Summary

The play-off stage was played as two-legged ties of two teams each. The away goals rule, an extra time (away goals rule not applied for the scores in the extra time), and a penalty shoot-out would have been used if needed.

The play-off stage was held over two legs; on 2, 5, and 6 June 2021 (first), and 6 and 13 June 2021 (second). All times listed are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shimizu S-Pulse	1–3	Kashima Antlers	0–1	1–2
FC Tokyo	4–2	Shonan Bellmare	0–1	4–1
Consadole Sapporo	4–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	3–1
Vissel Kobe	3–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	2–2

Matches

2 June 2021

19:03

Shimizu S-Pulse	0–1	Kashima Antlers
	Report	Hayashi 8'

IAI Stadium Nihondaira, Shizuoka

Attendance: 3,626

Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

6 June 2021

15:03

Kashima Antlers	2–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Juan Alano 45' Everaldo 71'	Report	Thiago Santana 21'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 7,274

Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Kashima Antlers won 3–1 on aggregate.

5 June 2021

14:03

FC Tokyo	0–1	Shonan Bellmare
	Report	Wellington 71'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Setagaya

Attendance: 4,284

Referee: Hayato Shimizu

13 June 2021

17:03

Shonan Bellmare	1–4	FC Tokyo
Nakamura 44'	Report	Leandro 11' Diego Oliveira 35' Adaílton 41', 90+2'

Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka, Hiratsuka

Attendance: 4,690

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

FC Tokyo won 4–2 on aggregate.

6 June 2021

13:03

Consadole Sapporo	1–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
Aoki 26'	Report	Nakagawa 45+2'

Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium, Sapporo

Attendance: 3,814

Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

13 June 2021

17:03

Yokohama F. Marinos	1–3	Consadole Sapporo
Mizunuma 61'	Report	Hatanaka 7' (o.g.) Suga 51' Yanagi 87'

NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 4,909

Referee: Masaaki Toma

Consadole Sapporo won 4–2 on aggregate.

6 June 2021

18:03

Vissel Kobe	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Douglas 3'	Report	A. Ito 45+1' Koroki 71'

Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe

Attendance: 4,720

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

13 June 2021

18:03

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	Vissel Kobe
Koizumi 16' Junker 45+3'	Report	Douglas 22' Iniesta 77'

Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 4,892

Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Urawa Red Diamonds won 4–3 on aggregate.

Prime stage (Knockout stage)

The prime stage (knockout stage) was played between four teams which won at the play-off stage and the four 2021 AFC Champions League participants entering the tournament at this stage. The prime stage was played as two-legged ties of two teams each. The away goals rule, an extra time (away goals rule not applied for the scores in the extra time), and a penalty shoot-out were used if needed.

The quarter-finals and the semi-finals were played as two-legged ties (same as the play-off stage). The final was played as a single game.

Quarter-finals

Summary

The quarter-finals were held over two legs; on 1 (first) and 5 September 2021 (second). All times listed are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Consadole Sapporo	2–3	FC Tokyo	2–1	0–2
Nagoya Grampus	4–0	Kashima Antlers	2–0	2–0
Cerezo Osaka	4–1	Gamba Osaka	0–1	4–0
Urawa Red Diamonds	4–4 (a)	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	3–3

Matches

1 September 2021

19:03

Consadole Sapporo	2–1	FC Tokyo
Tanaka 21' Arano 80'	Report	Watanabe 14'

Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium, Sapporo

Attendance: 3,204

Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

5 September 2021

18:03

FC Tokyo	2–0	Consadole Sapporo
Leandro 20' Higashi 68'	Report

Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka, Hiratsuka

Attendance: 3,272

Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

FC Tokyo won 3–2 on aggregate.

1 September 2021

19:03

Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Kashima Antlers
Kakitani 13' Inagaki 53'	Report

Toyota Stadium, Toyota

Attendance: 5,744

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

5 September 2021

18:03

Kashima Antlers	0–2	Nagoya Grampus
	Report	Inagaki 22' Świerczok 57'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Nagoya Grampus won 4–0 on aggregate.

1 September 2021

19:03

Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Gamba Osaka
	Report	Yamami 89'

Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka

Attendance: 4,205

Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

5 September 2021

19:03

Gamba Osaka	0–4	Cerezo Osaka
	Report	Yamada 24' M. Kato 32' Fujita 56' Riki Matsuda 68'

Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka

Attendance: 4,869

Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Cerezo Osaka won 4–1 on aggregate.

1 September 2021

19:03

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale
Sekine 35'	Report	Ienaga 72' (pen.)

Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 4,629

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

5 September 2021

18:03

Kawasaki Frontale	3–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
Leandro Damião 40' Yamamura 77' João Schmidt 83'	Report	Esaka 8' Junker 87' Makino 90+4'

Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

Attendance: 4,936

Referee: Masaaki Toma

4–4 on aggregate. Urawa Red Diamonds won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Summary

The semi-finals were held over two legs; on 6 (first) and 10 October 2021 (second). All times listed are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nagoya Grampus	4–3	FC Tokyo	3–1	1–2
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Cerezo Osaka	1–1	0–1

Matches

6 October 2021

19:03

Nagoya Grampus	3–1	FC Tokyo
Kakitani 17' Kimoto 69' Mateus 90+4'	Report	Adaílton 90+3'

Toyota Stadium, Toyota

Attendance: 7,778

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

10 October 2021

14:03

FC Tokyo	2–1	Nagoya Grampus
Adaílton 15' Takahagi 55'	Report	Inagaki 79'

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 9,910

Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Nagoya Grampus won 4–3 on aggregate.

6 October 2021

19:03

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Cerezo Osaka
Junker 12'	Report	Yamada 66'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 8,734

Referee: Ryuji Sato

10 October 2021

15:03

Cerezo Osaka	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds
M. Kato 53'	Report

Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka

Attendance: 8,654

Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Cerezo Osaka won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

30 October 2021

13:09 JST (UTC+9)

Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Cerezo Osaka
Maeda 47' Inagaki 79'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 17,933

Referee: Masaaki Toma

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Sho Inagaki	Nagoya Grampus	4
	Kasper Junker	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Teruhito Nakagawa	Yokohama F. Marinos

Adaílton	FC Tokyo
5	Hisashi Jogo	Avispa Fukuoka	3
	Ryonosuke Kabayama	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Kota Mizunuma	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Douglas Oliveira	Consadole Sapporo
	Ado Onaiwu	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Takahiro Sekine	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Everaldo Stum	Kashima Antlers

References

1 2 "大会概要：2021ＪリーグYBCルヴァンカップ". JLeague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
↑ "Goals / J League YBC Levain Cup". J.League Data Site. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

External links

J.League official website

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[outline-1] 1 2 "大会概要：2021ＪリーグYBCルヴァンカップ". JLeague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[2] "Goals / J League YBC Levain Cup". J.League Data Site. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

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