1972 Emperor's Cup

Japanese football tournament Emperor's Cup 1972 Japan Hitachi Yanmar Diesel Nippon Kokan Toyo Industries 1971 1973 Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1972 season. Overview It was contested by 24 teams. Starting this season, the Japan Soccer League First Division clubs entered automatically while those in the Second Division participated in regional qualifying tournaments with clubs in the regional leagues and with university teams, which lost their automatic spots. Hitachi won the championship. Results First round Kofu Club 4–1 Nippon Steel Muroran Chuo University 3–1 Nippon Steel Kamaishi Osaka Sangyo University 1–3 Eidai Industries Dainichi Cable Industries 3–2 Fukuoka University NTT Kinki 1–3 Toyota Motors Waseda University 2–3 Nippon Light Metal Tanabe Pharmaceuticals 3–1 Teijin Matsuyama Keio University 4–2 Toyama Club Second round Hitachi 2–0 Kofu Club Towa Estate Development 2–0 Chuo University Nippon Kokan 3–1 Eidai Industries Mitsubishi Motors 9–0 Dainichi Cable Industries Nippon Steel 4–0 Toyota Motors Toyo Industries 2–0 Nippon Light Metal Furukawa Electric 4–2 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals Yanmar Diesel 4–0 Keio University Quarter-finals Hitachi 4–0 Towa Estate Development Nippon Kokan 3–0 Mitsubishi Motors Nippon Steel 2–2 (PK 4–5) Toyo Industries Furukawa Electric 1–4 Yanmar Diesel Semi-finals Hitachi 2–0 Nippon Kokan Toyo Industries 0–1 Yanmar Diesel Final 1972 Emperor's Cup Final Hitachi 2–1 Yanmar Diesel Hitachi won the championship. References ja NHK https://web.archive.org/web/20151226043326/http://www1.nhk.or.jp/sports/tennouhai/his/his.html 2015-12-26 1972 Category:1972 in Japanese men's football cups