The 76th Emperor's Cup

x-Teams progress to next round.

Sanfrecce
- Gamba
  - Sanga
    - Flügels
      - YOKOHAMA Flügels (J.League)
      - Denso
        
        Denso
        
        Denso (Aichi)
        Juntendo University (Chiba)
        
        Blaze Kumamoto
        
        Blaze Kumamoto (Kumamoto)
        Kwansei Gakuin University (Kansai Students)
    - Sanga
      - KYOTO Purple Sanga (J.League)
      - Vissel
        
        Vissel
        
        World Blitz Oyama (Tochigi)
        Vissel KOBE (Japan Football League)
        
        Mitsubishi Mizushima
        
        Nippon Bunri University (Oita)
        Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (Okayama)
  - Gamba
    - Gamba
      - Gamba OSAKA (J.League)
      - Montedio
        
        Montedio
        
        Kaiho club (Okinawa)
        Montedio YAMAGATA (Japan Football League)
        
        Renaiss Koga
        
        Renaiss gakuen Koga SC (Shiga)
        Hokkaido University of education Hakodate (Hokkaido)
    - Fujitsu Kawasaki
      - JEF united ICHIHARA (J.League)
      - Fujitsu Kawasaki
        
        Fujitsu Kawasaki
        
        Morioka Zebra (Iwate)
        Fujitsu Kawasaki (Japan Football League)
        
        Fukuoka Univ.
        
        Fukuoka University (Fukuoka)
        Albireo NIIGATA (Niigata)
- Sanfrecce
  - Sanfrecce
    - Reysol
      - KASHIWA Reysol (J.League)
      - Kokushikan Univ.
        
        Ventforet
        
        Kawazoe club (Saga)
        Ventforet KOFU (Yamanashi)
        
        Kokushikan Univ.
        
        FC Matsue (Shimane)
        Kokushikan University (Kanto College)
    - Sanfrecce
      - Sanfrecce HIROSHIMA (J.League)
      - Brummel
        
        Brummel
        
        Matsuyama University (Ehime)
        Brummel SENDAI (Japan Football League)
        
        Tokai Univ.
        
        Tokai University (Kanagawa)
        Osaka University of Commerce (Osaka)
  - S-Pulse
    - S-Pulse
      - SHIMIZU S-Pulse (J.League)
      - Consadole
        
        Consadole
        
        Wakayama University (Wakayama)
        Consadole SAPPORO (Japan Football League)
        
        Gonohe pub. ofc.
        
        Gonohe public officeSC (Aomori)
        Sanyo Electric (Gunma)
    - Fukushima FC
      - Júbilo IWATA (J.League)
      - Fukushima FC
        
        Fukushima FC
        
        Fukushima football club (Fukushima)
        Hitachi Shimizu (Shizuoka)
        
        Univ. Tsukuba
        
        Teihens football club (Ishikawa)
        University of Tsukuba (Kanto College)
Verdy
- Reds
  - Reds
    - Reds
      - URAWA Red Diamonds (J.League)
      - NTT Kanto
        
        NTT Kanto
        
        NTT Kanto (Saitama)
        Doshisha University (Kyoto)
        
        Waseda Univ.
        
        YKK (Toyama)
        Waseda University (Kanto College)
    - Cerezo
      - Cerezo OSAKA (J.League)
      - Tokyo Gas
        
        Tokyo Gas
        
        MIND HOUSE (Mie)
        Tokyo Gas (Japan Football League)
        
        Kunimi FC
        
        Ueda Gentian (Nagano)
        Kunimi FC (Nagasaki)
  - Bellmare
    - Bellmare
      - Bellmare HIRATSUKA (J.League)
      - Futures
        
        Futures
        
        Central SC Kobe (Hyogo)
        TOSU Futures (Japan Football League)
        
        Sony Sendai
        
        Sony Sendai (Miyagi)
        Hiroshima teachers SC (Hiroshima)
    - Cosmo
      - NAGOYA Grampus eight (J.League)
      - Cosmo
        
        Cosmo
        
        Tenri University (Nara)
        COSMO Yokkaichi (Japan Football League)
        
        Komazawa Univ.
        
        Prima ham FC Tsuchiura (Ibaraki)
        Komazawa University (Kanto College)
- Verdy
  - Verdy
    - Verdy
      - Verdy KAWASAKI (J.League)
      - Oita FC
        
        Oita FC
        
        Tokushima commercial High school (Tokushima)
        OITA football club (Japan Football League)
        
        Volca Kagoshima
        
        Volca Kagoshima (Kagoshima)
        TDK (Akita)
    - Otsuka
      - YOKOHAMA Marinos (J.League)
      - Otsuka
        
        Otsuka
        
        Yamagata football club (Yamagata)
        Otsuka FC (Japan Football League)
        
        Kochi Univ.
        
        Kochi University (Kochi)
        Miyazaki teachers (Miyazaki)
  - Antlers
    - Avispa
      - Avispa FUKUOKA (J.League)
      - Honda
        
        Honda
        
        Aoyama Gakuin University (Tokyo)
        Honda Motor (Japan Football League)
        
        Univ. East Asia
        
        University of East Asia (Yamaguchi)
        Kagawa Shiun football club (Kagawa)
    - Antlers
      - KASHIMA Antlers (J.League)
      - Kansai Univ.
        
        Seino Transportation
        
        Maruoka High school (Fukui)
        Seino Transportation (Gifu)
        
        Kansai Univ.
        
        Yonago Higashi High school (Tottori)
        Kansai University (Kansai Students)

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Denso	3:1	Juntendo Univ.	3/11/1996	Minato, Nagoya
Blaze Kumamoto	2:1	Kwansei Gakuin Univ.	3/11/1996	Kumamoto
World Blitz	0:7	Vissel	3/11/1996	Utsunomiya
Nippon Bunri Univ.	1:3	Mitsubishi Mizushima	3/11/1996	Saiki
Kaiho club	0:4	Montedio	3/11/1996	Okinawa
Renaiss Koga	1:1 aet (5:3)pso	Hokkaido educ. Univ. Hakodate	3/11/1996	Otsu
Morioka Zebra	0:6	Fujitsu Kawasaki	3/11/1996	Morioka
Fukuoka Univ.	2:2 aet (5:4)pso	Albireo	3/11/1996	Fukuoka
Kawazoe club	2:5	Ventforet	3/11/1996	Tosu
Matsue	0:9	Kokushikan Univ.	3/11/1996	Matsue
Matsuyama Univ.	0:11	Brummel	3/11/1996	Matsuyama
Tokai Univ.	1:0	Osaka Univ. Comm.	3/11/1996	Atsugi
Wakayama Univ.	0:3	Consadole	3/11/1996	Wakayama
Gonohe pub. ofc.	2:1	Sanyo Electric	3/11/1996	Gonohe
Fukushima FC	2:1	Hitachi SE	3/11/1996	Kagamiishi
Teihens FC	0:4	Univ. Tsukuba	3/11/1996	Kanazawa
NTT Kanto	2:0	Doshisha Univ.	3/11/1996	Omiya
YKK	0:5	Waseda Univ.	3/11/1996	Toyama
Mind House	1:5	Tokyo Gas	3/11/1996	Suzuka
Ueda Gentian	1:2	Kunimi FC	3/11/1996	Iida
Central Kobe	0:3	Futures	3/11/1996	Kobe
Sony Sendai	2:1	Hiroshima tchrs.	3/11/1996	Miyagi, Sendai
Tenri Univ.	0:1	Cosmo	3/11/1996	Nara
Prima-ham Tsuchiura	2:3	Komazawa Univ.	3/11/1996	Naka
Tokushima comm. HS	1:5	Oita FC	3/11/1996	Tokushima
Volca Kagoshima	3:1	TDK	3/11/1996	Sendai (Kagoshima)
Yamagata FC	1:7	Otsuka	3/11/1996	Tendo
Kochi Univ.	8:1	Miyazaki tchrs.	3/11/1996	Haruno
Aoyama Gakuin Univ.	0:4	Honda	3/11/1996	Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Univ. East Asia	4:3	Kagawa Shiun	3/11/1996	Hofu
Maruoka HS	0:4	Seino Transportation	3/11/1996	Mikuni
Yonago Higashi HS	0:4	Kansai Univ.	3/11/1996	Tottori

tabel_.2nd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Denso	3:1	Blaze Kumamoto	10/11/1996	Ichinomiya
Vissel	4:2	Mitsubishi Mizushima	10/11/1996	Himeji
Montedio	6:0	Renaiss Koga	10/11/1996	Tendo
Fujitsu Kawasaki	3:0	Fukuoka Univ.	10/11/1996	Yamato
Ventforet	1:2	Kokushikan Univ.	10/11/1996	Kofu
Brummel	4:1	Tokai Univ.	10/11/1996	Miyagi, Sendai
Consadole	4:0	Gonohe pub. ofc.	10/11/1996	Muroran
Fukushima FC	3:0	Univ. Tsukuba	10/11/1996	Fukushima
NTT Kanto	1:0	Waseda Univ.	10/11/1996	Kounosu
Tokyo Gas	8:0	Kunimi FC	10/11/1996	Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Futures	5:2	Sony Sendai	10/11/1996	Tosu
Cosmo	3:0	Komazawa Univ.	10/11/1996	Suzuka
Oita FC	6:1	Volca Kagoshima	10/11/1996	Saiki
Otsuka	2:1	Kochi Univ.	10/11/1996	Tokushima
Honda	3:2	Univ. East Asia	10/11/1996	Hamamatsu
Seino Transportation	1:2	Kansai Univ.	10/11/1996	Gifu

tabel_.3rd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Flügels	4:0	Denso	17/11/1996	Mitsuzawa, Yokohama
Sanga	4:3	Vissel	17/11/1996	Kyoto
Gamba	4:1	Montedio	17/11/1996	Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
JEF united	0:0 aet (4:5)pso	Fujitsu Kawasaki	17/11/1996	Ichihara
Reysol	1:0	Kokushikan Univ.	17/11/1996	Kashiwa
Sanfrecce	2:0	Brummel	17/11/1996	Hiroshima stadium
S-Pulse	1:0	Consadole	17/11/1996	Shimizu
Júbilo	1:2	Fukushima FC	17/11/1996	Iwata
Reds	3:0	NTT Kanto	17/11/1996	Urawa
Cerezo	3:1	Tokyo Gas	16/11/1996	Nagai II, Osaka
Bellmare	1:0	Futures	17/11/1996	Toyama
Grampus	0:1	Cosmo	17/11/1996	Mizuho, Nagoya
Verdy	4:0	Oita FC	17/11/1996	Tottori
Marinos	1:2 aet	Otsuka	17/11/1996	Mikuni
Avispa	3:1	Honda	17/11/1996	Fukuoka
Antlers	2:0	Kansai Univ.	17/11/1996	Kashima

tabel_.4th Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Flügels	0:1	Sanga	23/12/1996	Matsuyama
Gamba	3:1	Fujitsu Kawasaki	23/12/1996	*~~Ichihara~~ Kawasaki
Reysol	1:2	Sanfrecce	23/12/1996	Hiroshima stadium
S-Pulse	2:1	Fukushima FC	23/12/1996	Gifu
Reds	4:0	Cerezo	23/12/1996	Utsunomiya
Bellmare	3:1	Cosmo	23/12/1996	Kagoshima
Verdy	4:0	Otsuka	23/12/1996	Kawasaki
Avispa	0:2	Antlers	23/12/1996	Fukuoka

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Sanga	2:3	Gamba	26/12/1996	Mitsuzawa, Yokohama
Sanfrecce	3:0	S-Pulse	26/12/1996	Kobe Universiade
Reds	3:0	Bellmare	26/12/1996	Nagoya
Verdy	2:1	Antlers	26/12/1996	Tosu

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Gamba	0:2	Sanfrecce	29/12/1996	Osaka
Reds	0:3	Verdy	29/12/1996	Tokyo National stadium

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Sanfrecce	0:3	Verdy	1/1/1997	Tokyo National stadium

note

16 J-League's teams, the top eleven teams of the Japan Football League in first half season of the League, the top four teams of Kanto College League in last autumn season, the top two teams of Kansai Students League in spring season and 47 representative teams of administrative divisions are qualified for the competition.

Since this competition, a part of category 2 teams, 126 High schools and 15 clubs (under-18), participated the preliminary competitions besides 23 clubs participated the preliminary pre-competitions.

If two teams are level at the end of regulation time, extra time shall be played.
If the match is still undecided, the winning team (in the final, the winner) shall be decided in a penalty shoot-out.

Verdy as the winner shall be eligible to play in Asian Cup Winners Cup 1997/98.

Verdy as the winner shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 1997.