2020 Empress's Cup

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Round !! Date(s) !! Number of fixtures !! width=100 | Clubs
align=left|First round	align=right| 5 & 6 December 2020	16	32 →16
align=left|Second round	align=right| 12 & 13 December 2020	8	16 →8
align=left|Quarter-final	align=right| 19 & 20 December 2020	4	8 →4
align=left|Semi-final	align=right| 24 December 2020	2	4 →2
align=left|Final	align=right| 29 December 2020	1	2 →1

32 teams competed in this round.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/japan/empresss-cup/2020/s18475/final-stages/|title=Empress's Cup (2020) - Soccerway|work=Soccerway|date=7 December 2020}}

{{OneLegStart}}

|colspan="3" style="background-color:blue1|5 December 2020

{{OneLegResult|Kamogawa||4–0|Daisho Gakuen High School}}

{{OneLegResult|Sfida Setagaya||3–2|Shizuoka Sangyo University}}

{{OneLegResult|Harima||2–1 {{aet}}|Waseda University}}

{{OneLegResult|Elfen Saitama||1–0|Nittaidai}}

{{OneLegResult|Iga Kunoichi||11–0|Diosa Izumo}}

{{OneLegResult|Vegalta Sendai||1–0|Kanagawa University}}

{{OneLegResult|JEF United||2–0|Fukuoka J. Anclas}}

{{OneLegResult|Cerezo Osaka||2–1|Speranza Osaka}}

|-

|colspan="3" style="background-color:blue1|6 December 2020

{{OneLegResult|Yamato Sylphid||4–1|Imabari}}

{{OneLegResult|Yokohama||1–0 {{aet}}|Nagano Parceiro}}

{{OneLegResult|Nojima Stella||1–0|Gunma}}

{{OneLegResult|Ehime||4–1|Okayama SHS}}

{{OneLegResult|Albirex Niigata||4–0|NGU Loveledge}}

{{OneLegResult|Urawa Red||5–0|Jumonji Ventus}}

{{OneLegResult|INAC Kobe||4–0|Norddea Hokkaido}}

{{OneLegResult|NTV Beleza||3–1|Nitere Menina}}

|}

The remaining 16 teams played in this round.

{{OneLegStart}}

|colspan="3" style="background-color:blue1|12 December 2020

{{OneLegResult|JEF United||1–0 {{aet}}|Iga Kunoichi}}

{{OneLegResult|Nojima Stella||2–1|Ehime}}

{{OneLegResult|Cerezo Osaka||3–0|Elfen Saitama}}

{{OneLegResult|Urawa Red||2–0|Yamato Sylphid}}

{{OneLegResult|INAC Kobe||1–0|Orca Kamogawa}}

{{OneLegResult|NTV Beleza||2–0|Harima}}

|-

|colspan="3" style="background-color:blue1|13 December 2020

{{OneLegResult|Albirex Niigata||3–1|Yokohama}}

{{OneLegResult|Vegalta Sendai||1–1 {{aet}} (5–3 {{pen.}}|Sfida Setagaya}}

|}

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|date= 12 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|11:00|+9}}

|team1= JEF United

|score= 1–0

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m34.html

|team2= Iga Kunoichi

|goals1= Otaki {{goal|111}}

|goals2=

|referee=

|aet=yes

|stadium= Axis Bird Stadium, Tottori

}}

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|date= 12 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|11:00|+9}}

|team1= Nojima Stella

|score= 2–1

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m38.html

|team2= Ehime

|goals1=

• Hirata {{goal|2}}
• Minamino {{goal|62}}

|goals2= Yamaguchi {{goal|19}}

|referee=

|stadium= Tochigi Green Stadium, Utsunomiya

}}

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|date= 12 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|11:00|+9}}

|team1= Cerezo Osaka

|score= 3–0

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m39.html

|team2= Elfen Saitama

|goals1=

• Yakata {{goal|17||84}}
• Nojima {{goal|52}}

|goals2=

|referee=

|stadium= Miki Athletic Stadium, Miki

}}

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|date= 12 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|14:00|+9}}

|team1= Urawa Red

|score= 2–0

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m33.html

|team2= Yamato Sylphid

|goals1= Kozue Ando {{goal|18||51}}

|goals2=

|referee=

|stadium= Tochigi Green Stadium, Utsunomiya

}}

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|date= 12 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|14:00|+9}}

|team1= INAC Kobe

|score= 1–0

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m35.html

|team2= Orca Kamogawa

|goals1= Sameshima {{goal|33}}

|goals2=

|referee=

|stadium= Miki Athletic Stadium, Miki

}}

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|date= 12 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|14:00|+9}}

|team1= NTV Beleza

|score= 2–0

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m37.html

|team2= Harima

|goals1=

• Miura {{goal|22}}
• Kinoshita {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=

|referee=

|stadium= Axis Bird Stadium, Tottori

}}

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|date= 13 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|11:00|+9}}

|team1= Albirex Niigata

|score= 3–1

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m36.html

|team2= Yokohama

|goals1=

• Kawamura {{goal|67}}
• Kono Kaede {{goal|75||88}}

|goals2= Nagashima {{goal|37}}

|referee=

|stadium= Tochigi Green Stadium, Utsunomiya

}}

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|date= 13 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|14:00|+9}}

|team1= Vegalta Sendai

|score= 1–1

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m40.html

|team2= Sfida Setagaya

|goals1= Arimachi {{goal|94}}

|goals2= Takishita {{goal|110}}

|referee=

|aet= yes

|penalties1= Arimachi {{pengoal}}
Kunitake {{pengoal}}
Hamada {{pengoal}}
Ono {{pengoal}}
Manya {{pengoal}}

|penalties2= Seno {{pengoal}}
Misaki {{pengoal}}
Kaneko {{pengoal}}
Ayaka {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore = 5–3

|stadium= Tochigi Green Stadium, Utsunomiya

}}

{{OneLegStart}}

|colspan="3" style="background-color:blue1|19 December 2020

{{OneLegResult|INAC Kobe||2–3|Albirex Niigata}}

{{OneLegResult|NTV Beleza||5–0|Nojima Stella}}

|-

|colspan="3" style="background-color:blue1|20 December 2020

{{OneLegResult|Urawa Red||3–2|JEF United}}

{{OneLegResult|Cerezo Osaka||3–3 {{aet}} 3–5 {{pen.}}|Vegalta Sendai}}

|}

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|date= 19 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|11:00|+9}}

|team1= INAC Kobe

|score= 2–3

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m42.html

|team2= Albirex Niigata

|goals1=

• Takase {{goal|36}}
• Nakajima {{goal|38}}

|goals2=

• Takikawa {{goal|48}}
• Kawamura {{goal|51}}
• Ishibuchi {{goal|53}}

|referee=

|stadium= Tochigi Green Stadium, Utsunomiya

}}

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|date= 19 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|14:00|+9}}

|team1= NTV Beleza

|score= 5–0

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m43.html

|team2= Nojima Stella

|goals1=

• Miyazawa {{goal|16}}
• Kobayashi {{goal|76||79||83}}
• Endo {{goal|82}}

|goals2=

|referee=

|stadium= Tochigi Green Stadium, Utsunomiya

}}

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|date= 20 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|11:00|+9}}

|team1= Urawa Red

|score= 3–2

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m41.html

|team2= JEF United

|goals1=

• Seike {{goal|12}}
• Shiokoshi {{goal|15}}
• Minami {{goal|83}}

|goals2=

• Ozawa {{goal|74}}
• Setoguchi {{goal|77}}

|referee=

|stadium= Yurtec Stadium, Sendai City

}}

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|date= 20 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|14:00|+9}}

|team1= Cerezo Osaka

|score=

|aet= yes

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m44.html

|team2= Vegalta Sendai

|goals1=

• Hamano {{goal|65||104}}
• Nojima {{goal|82}}

|goals2=

• Hamada {{goal|2||25}}
• Arimachi {{goal|111}}

|penaltyscore= 3–5

|penalties1= Takarada {{penmiss}}
Riko {{pengoal}}
Kitamura {{pengoal}}
Koyama {{pengoal}}

|penalties2= Hitomi {{pengoal}}
Hamada {{pengoal}}
Manya {{pengoal}}
Sumida {{pengoal}}
Arimachi {{pengoal}}

|referee=

|stadium= Yurtec Stadium, Sendai City

}}

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|NTV Beleza||4–1|Vegalta Sendai}}

{{OneLegResult|Urawa Red||1–1 {{aet}} 5–3 {{pen.}}|Albirex Niigata}}

|}

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|date= 24 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|15:00|+9}}

|team1= NTV Beleza

|score= 4–1

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m46.html

|team2= Vegalta Sendai

|goals1=

• Endo {{goal|26||57||79}}
• Miyazawa {{goal|52}}

|goals2= Hamada {{goal|85}}

|referee=

|stadium= Sanga Stadium, Kameoka

}}

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|date= 24 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|18:00|+9}}

|team1= Urawa Red

|score= 1–1

|aet= yes

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m45.html

|team2= Albirex Niigata

|goals1= Naomoto {{goal|13}}

|goals2= Megumi {{goal|24}}

|referee=

|stadium= Sanga Stadium, Kameoka

}}

The final was played on 29 December 2020 at the Sanga Stadium in Kameoka, Kyoto

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Urawa Red||3–4|NTV Beleza}}

|}

{{footballbox collapsible

|date= 29 December 2020

|time= {{UTZ|14:00|+9}}

|team1= Urawa Red

|score= 3–4

|report=

http://www.jfa.jp/match/empressscup_2020/match_page/m47.html

|team2= NTV Beleza

|goals1=

• Takahashi {{goal|53}}
• Sugasawa {{goal|69}}
• Ando {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

• Endo {{goal|11}}
• Miyazawa {{goal|41}}
• Kobayashi {{goal|73||88}}

|referee=

|stadium= Sanga Stadium, Kameoka

}}

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