100th Emperor's Cup QF and SF

No. 16 for Fukuyama City, Hiroki Takahashi. Source.

Quarter-finals (December 23)

Match No. 47: Blaublitz Akita (J3) 3 - 1 Fukuyama City (Hiroshima I)

Match No. 48: Tokushima Vortis (J2) 3 - 0 Honda FC (JFL)

Semi-finals

Match No. 49: Kawasaki Frontale (J1) [2 - 0] Blaublitz Akita (J3)

Match No. 50: Gamba Osaka (J1) [2 - 0] Tokushima Vortis (J2)

Fukuyama City's drive to the 100th Emperor's Cup:

Hiroshima Prefecture Championship:

QF    Fukuyama City 1 - 0 Fukuyama University

SF    Fukuyama City 5 - 2 Hiroshima University of Economics

  F    Fukuyama City 3 - 0 SRC Hiroshima

Emperor's Cup:

R2    Fukuyama City 1 - 0 Baleine Shimonoseki

R3    Mitsubishi Mizushima 0 - 2 Fukuyama City

R4    Fukuyama City 2 - 1 Arterivo Wakayama

R5    Fukui United 0 - 3 Fukuyama City

QF    Blaublitz Akita 3 - 1 Fukuyama City

Ongoing consecutive-year streaks in the Emperor's Cup:

This year the Emperor's Cup was reformatted to include only a handful of top-flight clubs (two from J1, and one each from J2 and J3), which means that a lot of consecutive-year streaks have come to an end. What are the continuing ones?

40    Gamba Osaka (29) + Matsushita Electric (11)

30    Tokushima Vortis (16) + Otsuka Pharmaceutical (14)

26    Kawasaki Frontale (24) + Fujitsu SC (2)

18    Blaublitz Akita (10) + TDK (8)

12    Nara Club

12    Arterivo Wakayama

  6    Tokyo International University

  6    Matsue City FC

  5    Honda FC

  5    Niigata University of Health and Welfare

  5    FC Tokushima

  5    Kōchi United

  4    Iwaki FC

  4    Verspah Oita

  3    MIO Biwako Shiga

  2    Tochigi City FC

  2    Toin University of Yokohama

  2    Yamahashi Gakuin University

  2    Fukui United

  2    Matsuyama University

  2    MD Nagasaki

  2    NIFS Kanoya

  2    Okinawa SV

J3 versus JFL in the Emperor's Cup:

2015/8/29      Nara Club (JFL) 0 - 0 Fujieda MYFC (J3) (MYFC won on PK.)

2016/8/27      Blaublitz Akita (J3) 2 - 0 Vanraure Hachinohe (JFL)

2016/8/27      FC Ryukyu (J3) 1 - 0 Honda Lock (JFL)

2017/4/23      FC Ryukyu (J3) 5 - 5 FC Imabari (JFL) (Imabari won on PK.)

2017/4/23      Grulla Morioka (J3) 2 - 0 Sony Sendai (JFL)

2018/5/26      FC Ryukyu (J3) 1 - 1 FC Imabari (JFL) (Imabari won on PK.)

2018/5/27      Gainare Tottori (J3) 1 - 1 Verspah Oita (JFL) (Gainare won on PK.)

2019/5/26      Roasso Kumamoto (J3) 2 - 0 Verspah Oita (JFL)

2019/5/26      Matsue City (JFL) 2 - 2 Kamatamare Sanuki (J3) (Sanuki won on PK.)

J3 leads the JFL seven wins to two.