The 2019

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() was the 99th edition of the annual Japanese national football cup tournament. The tournament began on 25 May and ended with the final on 1 January 2020. The final was the first event held at the

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after its rebuilding. The defending champions were

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, but they lost to

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in the Round of 16.

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won their first trophy after winning the final. As the winners, they automatically qualified to the group stage of the

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Calendar

First round

The draw for the first three rounds was held on 4 April 2019.

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

The draw for the Fourth Round to the final was held on 16 August 2019. There was no seeding in the draw, however, the draw took into consideration the teams whose home or away in the round of 16 were predetermined: (13m43s – 16m20s) *

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and

, who were to play the round of 16 home due to the participations in 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals, could not be drawn in the same tie. * Yokohama F. Marinos,

and

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, who were to play the round of 16 away since they could not provide stadiums on the designated match day, could not be drawn in the same tie each other. The round of 16 matches were played on 18 September 2019, except for the matches involving

and

, which were delayed as they were playing in the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

The final was played on 1 January 2020 at the newly rebuilt

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References

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