The 77th Emperor's Cup

x-Teams progress to next round.

Antlers
- Antlers
  - Antlers
    - Antlers
      - KASHIMA Antlers (J.League)
      - Juntendo Univ.
        
        Brummel
        
        Brummel SENDAI (Miyagi)
        Yamaga SC (Nagano)
        
        Juntendo Univ.
        
        Iwami football club (Shimane)
        Juntendo University (Kanto College)
    - Avispa
      - Verdy
        
        Verdy KAWASAKI (J.League)
        Mitsubishi Nagasaki
        
        Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki (Nagasaki)
        Hatsushiba Hashimoto High school (Wakayama)
      - Avispa
        
        Hollyhock
        
        MITO Hollyhock (Ibaraki)
        Hokkaido Electric Power (Hokkaido)
        
        Avispa FUKUOKA (J.League)
  - Gamba
    - Reds
      - URAWA Red Diamonds (J.League)
      - NTT Kanto
        
        NTT Kanto
        
        Nirasaki Astros (Yamanashi)
        NTT Kanto (Japan Football League)
        
        Yamagata FC
        
        Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (Okayama)
        Yamagata football club (Yamagata)
    - Gamba
      - Gamba OSAKA (J.League)
      - Sagan
        
        Sagan
        
        Kusatsu-Higashi High school (Shiga)
        Sagan TOSU (Japan Football League)
        
        Nara Sangyo Univ.
        
        Nara Sangyo University (Nara)
        Nippon Steel Oita (Oita)
- Tokyo Gas
  - Tokyo Gas
    - Marinos
      - YOKOHAMA Marinos (J.League)
      - St. Andrew's Univ.
        
        Oita FC
        
        Saga commercial High school (Saga)
        OITA football club (Japan Football League)
        
        St. Andrew's Univ.
        
        MIND HOUSE Teachers club (Mie)
        St. Andrew's University (Kansai Students)
    - Tokyo Gas
      - NAGOYA Grampus eight (J.League)
      - Tokyo Gas
        
        Tokyo Gas
        
        Kansai University (Osaka)
        Tokyo Gas (Japan Football League)
        
        Ehime youth
        
        Ehime football club youth (Ehime)
        Alo's Hokuriku (Toyama)
  - Bellmare
    - Sanga
      - KYOTO Purple Sanga (J.League)
      - Honda
        
        Honda
        
        Blaze Kumamoto (Kumamoto)
        Honda Motor (Japan Football League)
        
        Albirex
        
        Kwansei Gakuin University (Hyogo)
        Albirex NIIGATA (Niigata)
    - Bellmare
      - Bellmare HIRATSUKA (J.League)
      - Jatco
        
        Jatco
        
        JATCO (Shizuoka)
        Okinawa International University (Okinawa)
        
        Kagawa Shiun
        
        Kagawa Shiun football club (Kagawa)
        Waseda University (Kanto College)
Flügels
- Júbilo
  - Reysol
    - Reysol
      - KASHIWA Reysol (J.League)
      - Kokushikan Univ.
        
        Seino Transportation
        
        Seino Transportation (Gifu)
        Kochi University (Kochi)
        
        Kokushikan Univ.
        
        Mooka High school (Tochigi)
        Kokushikan University (Kanto College)
    - Vissel
      - Vissel KOBE (J.League)
      - Frontale
        
        Frontale
        
        SC Tottori (Tottori)
        KAWASAKI Frontale (Japan Football League)
        
        Luminozo Sayama
        
        Honda Luminozo Sayama football club (Saitama)
        Nippon Steel Kamaishi (Iwate)
  - Júbilo
    - Cerezo
      - Cerezo OSAKA (J.League)
      - Ventforet
        
        Ventforet
        
        Kanagawa University (Kanagawa)
        Ventforet KOFU (Japan Football League)
        
        Fukuoka Univ.
        
        Fukuoka University (Fukuoka)
        Akita public office (Akita)
    - Júbilo
      - Júbilo IWATA (J.League)
      - Hannan Univ.
        
        Aoyama Gakuin Univ.
        
        Aoyama Gakuin University (Tokyo)
        Denso (Japan Football League)
        
        Hannan Univ.
        
        FC Primeiro (Fukushima)
        Hannan University (Kansai Students)
- Flügels
  - S-Pulse
    - S-Pulse
      - SHIMIZU S-Pulse (J.League)
      - Fukushima FC
        
        Fukushima FC
        
        Maebashi commercial High school (Gunma)
        Fukushima football club (Japan Football League)
        
        Fukui tchrs.
        
        Bank of Nagoya (Aichi)
        Fukui teachers (Fukui)
    - Sanfrecce
      - Sanfrecce HIROSHIMA (J.League)
      - Montedio
        
        Montedio
        
        Kyoikukenkyusha (Kyoto)
        Montedio YAMAGATA (Japan Football League)
        
        Hosho HS
        
        Hosho High school (Miyazaki)
        Tatara Gakuen High school (Yamaguchi)
  - Flügels
    - JEF united
      - JEF united ICHIHARA (J.League)
      - Consadole
        
        Consadole
        
        Kagoshima jitsugyo High school (Kagoshima)
        Consadole SAPPORO (Japan Football League)
        
        Aster Aomori
        
        Hiroshima University (Hiroshima)
        Aster Aomori (Aomori)
    - Flügels
      - YOKOHAMA Flügels (J.League)
      - Komazawa Univ.
        
        Otsuka
        
        Otsuka FC (Tokushima)
        Teihens football club (Ishikawa)
        
        Komazawa Univ.
        
        Funabashi municipal High school (Chiba)
        Komazawa University (Kanto College)

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Brummel	7:0	Yamaga	30/11/1997	Sendai
Iwami	0:7	Juntendo Univ.	30/11/1997	Matsue
Mitsubishi Nagasaki	2:1	Hatsushiba Hashimoto HS	30/11/1997	Isahaya
Hollyhock	3:0	Hokkaido Electric Power	30/11/1997	Naka
Nirasaki Astros	0:2	NTT Kanto	30/11/1997	Kofu
Mitsubishi Mizushima	0:0 aet (6:7)pso	Yamagata FC	30/11/1997	Tsuyama
Kusatsu-Higashi HS	0:3	Sagan	30/11/1997	Otsu
Nara Sangyo Univ.	3:1	Nippon Steel Oita	30/11/1997	Nara
Saga comm. HS	1:5	Oita FC	30/11/1997	Tosu
Mind House TC	0:3	St. Andrew's Univ.	30/11/1997	Suzuka
Kansai Univ.	0:9	Tokyo Gas	30/11/1997	Takatsuki
Ehime youth	2:1 aet	Alo's H.	30/11/1997	Matsuyama
Blaze Kumamoto	0:2	Honda	30/11/1997	Kumamoto
Kwansei Gakuin Univ.	2:6	Albirex	30/11/1997	Kobe
Jatco	1:0	Okinawa Int. Univ.	30/11/1997	Numazu
Kagawa Shiun	1:0	Waseda Univ.	30/11/1997	Takamatsu
Seino Transportation	5:0	Kochi Univ.	30/11/1997	Nagaragawa, Gifu
Mooka HS	1:5	Kokushikan Univ.	30/11/1997	Utsunomiya
SC Tottori	0:7	Frontale	30/11/1997	Tottori
Luminozo Sayama	4:1	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	30/11/1997	Omiya
Kanagawa Univ.	1:3	Ventforet	30/11/1997	Atsugi
Fukuoka Univ.	5:1	Akita pub. ofc.	30/11/1997	Fukuoka
Aoyama Gakuin Univ.	1:0	Denso	30/11/1997	Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Primeiro	0:1	Hannan Univ.	30/11/1997	Koriyama
Maebashi comm. HS	0:6	Fukushima FC	30/11/1997	Maebashi
Bank of Nagoya	3:4	Fukui tchrs.	30/11/1997	Nagoya
Kyoikukenkyusha	0:5	Montedio	30/11/1997	Kyoto
Hosho HS	3:2	Tatara Gakuen HS	30/11/1997	Miyazaki
Kagoshima jitsugyo HS	1:2	Consadole	30/11/1997	Kagoshima
Hiroshima Univ.	2:3	Aster Aomori	30/11/1997	Fukuyama
Otsuka	8:1	Teihens FC	30/11/1997	Tokushima
Funabashi mun. HS	0:2	Komazawa Univ.	30/11/1997	Kamogawa

tabel_.2nd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Brummel	0:1	Juntendo Univ.	7/12/1997	Sendai
Verdy	2:0	Mitsubishi Nagasaki	7/12/1997	Wakayama
Hollyhock	1:2	Avispa	7/12/1997	Naka
NTT Kanto	1:0	Yamagata FC	7/12/1997	Omiya
Sagan	4:0	Nara Sangyo Univ.	7/12/1997	Tosu
Oita FC	1:1 aet (3:5)pso	St. Andrew's Univ.	7/12/1997	Oita
Tokyo Gas	2:1 aet	Ehime youth	7/12/1997	Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Honda	3:1	Albirex	7/12/1997	Hamamatsu
Jatco	6:0	Kagawa Shiun	7/12/1997	Numazu
Seino Transportation	1:2	Kokushikan Univ.	7/12/1997	Ogaki
Frontale	3:0	Luminozo Sayama	7/12/1997	Hiratsuka
Ventforet	2:1	Fukuoka Univ.	7/12/1997	Kofu
Aoyama Gakuin Univ.	0:1	Hannan Univ.	7/12/1997	Nagoya
Fukushima FC	1:0	Fukui tchrs.	7/12/1997	Iwaki
Montedio	8:0	Hosho HS	7/12/1997	Utsunomiya
Consadole	4:1	Aster Aomori	7/12/1997	Himeji
Otsuka	1:3	Komazawa Univ.	7/12/1997	Tokushima

tabel_.3rd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Antlers	4:1	Juntendo Univ.	17/12/1997	Kashima
Verdy	0:2	Avispa	14/12/1997	Kawasaki
Reds	2:1	NTT Kanto	14/12/1997	Urawa
Gamba	3:2 aet	Sagan	14/12/1997	Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Marinos	5:0	St. Andrew's Univ.	14/12/1997	Fukuoka
Grampus	1:3	Tokyo Gas	14/12/1997	Nagoya
Sanga	3:2 aet	Honda	14/12/1997	Kyoto
Bellmare	7:0	Jatco	14/12/1997	Hiratsuka
Reysol	4:1	Kokushikan Univ.	14/12/1997	Kashiwa
Vissel	2:0	Frontale	14/12/1997	Kobe Universiade
Cerezo	5:1	Ventforet	14/12/1997	Nagai II, Osaka
Júbilo	3:0	Hannan Univ.	17/12/1997	Iwata
S-Pulse	3:0	Fukushima FC	14/12/1997	Shimizu
Sanfrecce	3:1	Montedio	14/12/1997	Hiroshima stadium
JEF united	1:0	Consadole	14/12/1997	Ichihara
Flügels	4:3	Komazawa Univ.	14/12/1997	Mitsuzawa, Yokohama

tabel_.4th Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Antlers	6:0	Avispa	20/12/1997	Kagoshima
Reds	1:2 aet	Gamba	20/12/1997	Tottori
Marinos	1:2	Tokyo Gas	20/12/1997	Gifu
Sanga	1:5	Bellmare	20/12/1997	Marugame
Reysol	2:1	Vissel	20/12/1997	Kashiwa
Cerezo	2:3	Júbilo	20/12/1997	Isahaya
S-Pulse	3:1	Sanfrecce	20/12/1997	Utsunomiya
JEF united	1:2	Flügels	20/12/1997	Sendai

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Antlers	3:0	Gamba	23/12/1997	Urawa
Tokyo Gas	3:2 aet	Bellmare	23/12/1997	Nagoya
Reysol	1:2	Júbilo	23/12/1997	Osaka
S-Pulse	1:6	Flügels	23/12/1997	Matsuyama

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Antlers	3:1	Tokyo Gas	28/12/1997	Tokyo National stadium
Júbilo	2:3	Flügels	28/12/1997	Kobe Universiade

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Antlers	3:0	Flügels	1/1/1998	Tokyo National stadium

note

17 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 spring season, the top two teams of Kansai Students League in spring season and 47 representative teams of administrative divisions are qualified for the competition.

If two teams are level at the end of regulation time, 30 minutes of 'V-goal'(golden-goal) extra time (two 15 minutes halfs) 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.

Antlers as the winner shall be eligible to play in Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998/99.

Antlers as the winner shall be eligible to play in Super Cup 1998.