2022 Empress's Cup

2022 Empress's Cup
(Japanese: 皇后杯 JFA 第44回全日本女子サッカー選手権大会)
Dates	26 November 2022 – 28 January 2023
Final positions
Champions	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza (16th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	149 (3.24 per match)
	All statistics correct as of 22 January 2023.

The 2022 Empress's Cup is the 44th season of the Japanese women's football main cup competition.^[1] All the non-relegated teams from the 1st and 2nd division of the 2021 Nadeshiko League (except for Tsukuba FC) automatically qualified to the first and second round (allocated to Nadeshiko League Top 3), while all 11 teams from the 2022–23 WE League earned an automatic entry to the Round of 16.

Calendar and format

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:^[2]^[3]

Round	Date(s)	Number of fixtures	Clubs
First Round	26 & 27 November 2022	17	34 → 17
Second round	3 & 4 December 2022	10	20 (17+3) → 10
Third round	10 & 11 December 2022	5	10 → 5
Round of 16	17 & 18 December 2022	8	16 (11+5) → 8
Quarter-finals	15 January 2023	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	22 January 2023	2	4 → 2
Final	28 January 2023	1	2 → 1

Participating clubs

2021–22 WE League season All 11 clubs join in the fourth round	2021 Nadeshiko League Top 3 clubs join in the second round	2021 Nadeshiko League 17 clubs join in the first round	Non-league entrants All 17 clubs join in the first round
AC Nagano Parceiro Albirex Niigata Chifure AS Elfen Saitama INAC Kobe Leonessa JEF United Chiba MyNavi Sendai Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Omiya Ardija Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Tokyo Verdy Beleza Urawa Red Diamonds	AS Harima Albion Iga FC Kunoichi Sfida Setagaya	Ange Violet Hiroshima Bunnys GFC White Star Cerezo Osaka Sakai Diosa Izumo Ehime FC NGU Loveledge Nagoya Nittaidai SMG Yokohama Orca Kamogawa Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki Yokohama FC Seagulls Fukuoka J. Anclas JFA Academy Fukushima KIU Charme Okayama Norddea Hokkaido Okayama Yunogo Belle Shizuoka SSU Bonita	Aichi: Aichi Toho University Ehime: FC Imabari Ishikawa: Lily Wolf F Ishikawa Hokkaido: Sapporo University Vista Hyōgo: Hinomoto Gakuen High School Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School Kanagawa: SEISA OSA Rhea Shonan Miyagi: Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC Miyazaki: Viamaterras Miyazaki Okayama: Sakuyo High School Osaka: Daisho Gakuen High School Saitama: Toyo University Shizuoka: Fujieda Junshin High School Yamanashi: FC Fujizakura Yamanashi Tokyo 1: Tokai University Tokyo 2: Tokyo International University Tokyo 3: Waseda University

First round

27 November 2022 Match 1	Tokyo International University	0−4	Viamaterras Miyazaki	Miki, Hyōgo
11:00		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Own goal 11' (o.g.) Saito 31' Shimada 45+2' Kakazu 64'	Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium

26 November 2022 Match 2	Ange Violet Hiroshima	5−0	Okayama Yunogo Belle	Tottori, Tottori
14:00	Konomi 12', 20', 27' Kanda 54' Shinjo 77'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium Attendance: 325

26 November 2022 Match 3	Toyo University	5−0	Norddea Hokkaido	Ishinomaki, Miyagi
13:30	Inayama 14', 54' Kitagawa 26' Kadowaki 47', 60'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Ishinomaki City Sports Park Attendance: 169

27 November 2022 Match 4	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC	2−1	FC Imabari	Ishinomaki, Miyagi
10:30	Ito 77' Shiraki 79'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Ochi 32'	Stadium: Ishinomaki City Sports Park Attendance: 253

27 November 2022 Match 5	Ehime FC	2−0	Lily Wolf F Ishikawa	Miki, Hyōgo
14:00	Hiratsuka 45' Sakurai 67'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium

26 November 2022 Match 6	SEISA OSA Rhea Shonan	1−1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Aichi Toho University	Iga, Mie
10:30	Suzuki 1'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Kamiya 55'	Stadium: Ueno Sports Park Attendance: 153
	Penalties
	Kamiya Koketsu Hirosaki Ogawa Daido Yonezawa		Natsume Takahashi Miyamoto Suzuki Kuniyoshi Endo

27 November 2022 Match 7	Fujieda Junshin High School	3−0	Fukuoka J. Anclas	Fujieda, Shizuoka
13:30	Tsujisawa 23', 36', 42'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium Attendance: 224

26 November 2022 Match 8	Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki	1−2	University of Tsukuba	Fujieda, Shizuoka
13:30	Mochida 58'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Hiranaka 44' Yamada 90+2'	Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium Attendance: 118

26 November 2022 Match 9	Sakuyo High School	2−1	Kamimura Gakuen High School	Miki, Hyōgo
14:00	Yuba 37' Ishida 52'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Kuroiwa 14'	Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 116

26 November 2022 Match 10	Cerezo Osaka Sakai	6−0	Hinomoto Gakuen High School	Miki, Hyōgo
11:00	Koyama 17' Momono 23' Takawa 29', 36', 63' Tsutsui 90'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 244

26 November 2022 Match 11	KIU Charme Okayama	1−4	Shizuoka SSU Bonita	Fujieda, Shizuoka
10:30	Unoki 27'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Miwa 42' Nakagawa 65' Koike 75', 90+1'	Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium Attendance: 148

27 November 2022 Match 12	Nittaidai SMG Yokohama	0−1	Fujizakura Yamanashi	Fujieda, Shizuoka
10:30		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Hamana 45+1'	Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium Attendance: 168

26 November 2022 Match 13	Yokohama FC Seagulls	2−1	JFA Academy Fukushima	Iga, Mie
13:30	Kurata 9' Uchida 90+4'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Matsukubo 22'	Stadium: Ueno Sports Park Attendance: 192

27 November 2022 Match 14	Orca Kamogawa	4−0	Daisho Gakuen High School	Iga, Mie
13:00	Matsuo 5', 45+2' Kaneshige 66' Kira 69'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Ueno Sports Park Attendance: 182

26 November 2022 Match 15	Diosa Izumo	3−0	Tokai University	Tottori, Tottori
11:00	Ichihara 45+1' Thays 61' Yamamoto 85'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium Attendance: 245

26 November 2022 Match 16	NGU Loveledge Nagoya	6−0	Sapporo University Vista	Ishinomaki, Miyagi
10:30	Yamada 4', 11', 77' Ezaki 24' Mizuno 33' Ueda 75'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Ishinomaki City Sports Park Attendance: 108

27 November 2022 Match 17	Bunnys Gunma FC White Star	1−3	Waseda University	Ishinomaki, Miyagi
13:30	Oya 85'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Kasahara 21', 74' Takahashi 87'	Stadium: Ishinomaki City Sports Park Attendance: 135

Second round

3 December 2022 Match 18	Sfida Setagaya	3−1	Viamaterras Miyazaki	Miyazaki, Miyazaki
13:30	Otake 17', 77' Horie 26'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Asuka 72'	Stadium: Miyazaki Athletic Park Stadium Attendance: 458

4 December 2022 Match 19	Ange Violet Hiroshima	0−4	Toyo University	Sakai, Fukui
10:30		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Kitagawa 6' Inayama 43' Kadowaki 47' Muraoka 67'	Stadium: Nitto Shinto Stadium Maruoka Attendance: 130

3 December 2022 Match 20	Iga FC Kunoichi	2−0	Tokiwagi Gakuen High School LSC	Ishinomaki, Miyagi
10:30	Sakuma 9' Fujita 41'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Ishinomaki City Sports Park Attendance: 210

3 December 2022 Match 21	Ehime FC	3−2	SEISA OSA Rhea Shonan	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
14:00	Fujisawa 12' Kojima 15' Hiratsuka 90+5'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Nakajima 3' Takahashi 48'	Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 70

3 December 2022 Match 22	AS Harima Albion	6−3 (a.e.t.)	Fujieda Junshin High School	Sakai, Fukui
13:30	Shinbori 2', 103' Chiba 26', 63' Nakano 93' Inowaki 112'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Kubota 5' Masano 51' Hamano 57'	Stadium: Nitto Shinto Stadium Maruoka Attendance: 103

3 December 2022 Match 23	University of Tsukuba	0−1	Sakuyo High School	Miyazaki, Miyazaki
10:30		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Okura 50'	Stadium: Miyazaki Athletic Park Stadium Attendance: 132

3 December 2022 Match 24	Cerezo Osaka Sakai	0−0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Shizuoka SSU Bonita	Sakai, Fukui
10:30		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Nitto Shinto Stadium Maruoka Attendance: 120
	Penalties
	Tsutsui Maegawa Yoneda Matsumoto Ogikubo Tanaka Wada		Yamada Watanabe Takashima Kamiyanagi Shiozawa Hikosaka Kojima

3 December 2022 Match 25	Fujizakura Yamanashi	0−3	Yokohama FC Seagulls	Ishinomaki, Miyagi
13:30		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Katayama 22' Uchida 32', 61'	Stadium: Ishinomaki City Sports Park

4 December 2022 Match 26	Orca Kamogawa	5−0	Diosa Izumo	Sakai, Fukui
13:30	Saito 24' Urashima 67', 82' Fuchigami 78' Namiki 84'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Nitto Shinto Stadium Maruoka Attendance: 81

3 December 2022 Match 27	NGU Loveledge Nagoya	1−2	Waseda University	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
11:00	Yamada 69'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Takahashi 27' Tsukuji 76'	Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 77

Third round

10 December 2022 Match 28	Sfida Setagaya	6−0	Toyo University	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
11:00	Mitsumoto 7', 18' Horie 12', 38' Kurakami 66', 76'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 224 Referee: Chihiro Ueda

10 December 2022 Match 29	Iga FC Kunoichi	1−1 (6–5 p)	Ehime FC	Miki, Hyōgo
11:00	Nishibayashi 83'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Hiratsuka 56'	Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 192 Referee: Chikako Matozaki
	Penalties
	Okino Tsuneda Kawasaki Shimano Ogawa Miyasako Mori		Hiratsuka Taketa Maeda Murakami Osajima Mitsunaga Kamimura

10 December 2022 Match 30	AS Harima Albion	2−0	Sakuyo High School	Miki, Hyōgo
14:00	Chiba 69' Yoshida 77'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 289 Referee: Marika Iwamoto

11 December 2022 Match 31	Cerezo Osaka Sakai	2−3	Yokohama FC Seagulls	Miki, Hyōgo
13:00	Tabata 39', 54'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Uchida 43' Miyashita 66' Kobayashi 81'	Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 284 Referee: Michiko Fujita

10 December 2022 Match 32	Orca Kamogawa	0−0 (4–5 p)	Waseda University	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
14:00		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 163 Referee: Kumi Hiruma
	Penalties
	Urashima Kira Yamahata A. Yamada Kodama Y. Yamada		Yoshino Takahashi Tsukiji Munakata Inoue Urabe

Round of 16

18 December 2022 Match 33	MyNavi Sendai	1−4	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
14:00	Yakata 65'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Ueki 1', 38' Kitamura 11' Kobayashi 17'	Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi Attendance: 452 Referee: Mari Yamamoto

18 December 2022 Match 34	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	1−0	Yokohama FC Seagulls	Hiroshima, Hiroshima
13:00	Shiota 41'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1 Attendance: 568 Referee: Chihiro Ikki

17 December 2022 Match 35	Albirex Niigata	2−0	JEF United Chiba	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
14:00	Michigami 2', 57'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 305 Referee: Saori Takahashi

17 December 2022 Match 36	Omiya Ardija Ventus	1−0	Waseda University	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
11:00	Yamazaki 2'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 291 Referee: Satomi Arakawa

18 December 2022 Match 37	Urawa Red Diamonds	2−1	Nagano Parceiro	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
11:00	Naomoto 5' Sugasawa 18'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Okutsu 45+1'	Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi Attendance: 887 Referee: Kazue Kusadokoro

18 December 2022 Match 38	INAC Kobe Leonessa	2−1	AS Harima Albion	Miki, Hyōgo
14:00	Tanaka 7' Hamano 56'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Shinbori 17'	Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 684 Referee: Miu Sone

18 December 2022 Match 39	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	1−0	Sfida Setagaya	Miki, Hyōgo
11:00	Matsumoto 1'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 282 Referee: Kumi Hiruma

18 December 2022 Match 40	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	2−1 (a.e.t.)	Iga FC Kunoichi	Fujieda, Shizuoka
13:00	Kishi 86' Nishikawa 98'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Mori 55'	Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium Attendance: 213 Referee: Junko Kirihara

Quarter-finals

15 January 2023 Match 41	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	3−0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
14:00	Ueki 44', 78' Fujino 67'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi Attendance: 664 Referee: Satomi Arakawa

15 January 2023 Match 42	Albirex Niigata	1−0	Omiya Ardija Ventus	Miki, Hyōgo
13:00	Michigami 90+2'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Miki Athletic Stadium Attendance: 364 Referee: Kumi Hiruma

15 January 2023 Match 43	Urawa Red Diamonds	1−2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
18:00	Ando 75'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Narumiya 21', 23'	Stadium: Kanseki Stadium Tochigi Attendance: 799 Referee: Emi Chiba

15 January 2023 Match 44	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara	0−2	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	Hiroshima, Hiroshima
13:00		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Nishikawa 31' Miura 57'	Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1 Attendance: 144 Referee: Misako Kajiyama

Semi-finals

22 January 2023 Match 45	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	3−1	Albirex Niigata	Kameoka, Kyoto
13:00	Fujino 3' Ueki 12', 66'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Own goal 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 1,019 Referee: Asaka Koizumi

22 January 2023 Match 46	INAC Kobe Leonessa	2−1	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	Kameoka, Kyoto
16:00	Takase 32' Narumiya 62'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Yoshida 39'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 1,398 Referee: Haruna Kanematsu

Final

28 January 2023 Match 47	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	4−0	INAC Kobe Leonessa	Osaka, Osaka
15:00	Ueki 39', 49' Kobayashi 81' Fujino 90'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 1,939 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

Top scorers

As of 22 January 2023.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Riko Ueki	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	6
2	Misuzu Uchida	Yokohama FC Seagulls	4
2	Nina Yamada	NGU Loveledge Nagoya	4
4	Sonoko Chiba	AS Harima Albion	3
	Miyu Inayama	Toyo University
	Maki Hiratsuka	Ehime FC
	Mitsuki Horie	Sfida Setagaya
	Mai Kadowaki	Toyo University
	Taketoya Konomi	Ange Violet Hiroshima
	Ayaka Michigami	Albirex Niigata
	Yui Narumiya	INAC Kobe Leonessa
	Kanami Shinbori	AS Harima Albion
	Seriwa Takawa	Cerezo Osaka Sakai
	Ai Tsujisawa	Fujieda Junshin High School

References

↑ "JFA Empress' Cup 2022 Main information". JFA. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
↑ "JFA Empress's Cup 2022 schedule and results" (PDF). jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
↑ "JFA Empress's Cup 2022 venue access". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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[1] "JFA Empress' Cup 2022 Main information". JFA. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

[2] "JFA Empress's Cup 2022 schedule and results" (PDF). jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

[3] "JFA Empress's Cup 2022 venue access". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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