The 97th Emperor's Cup All Japan Football Championship match schedule and seeded clubs

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08 December 2016

The 12th Executive Committee meeting of the Japan Football Association (JFA) was held on Thursday 8 December. In the meeting, they discussed the 97th Emperor's Cup All Japan Football Championship, and the match schedule and seeded teams were decided.

In addition, they also announced that Honda FC (JFL) was selected as the "Best Amateur Seed", which will be exempt from the Prefectural Football Championship.

The 97th Emperor's Cup All Japan Football Championship

Match schedule:

1st round	Sat. 22, Sun. 23 April 2017 * Participating teams include seeded clubs and teams qualified through Prefectural Football Championship
2nd round	Wed. 21 June * Participating teams include teams from the J.League Division 1 and Division 2
3rd round	Wed. 12 July
Round of 16 (4th round)	Wed. 20 September
Quater finals	Wed. 25 October
Semi finals	Sat. 23 December
Final	Mon. 1 January 2018/New Year's Day

Tournament regulations:

Total of 88 teams compete in a single-elimination format

Participating Teams:

J.League Division 1 - 18 teams, J.League Division 2 - 22 teams (*1), seeded amateur club - 1 team (*2), 47 teams qualified through Prefectural Football Championship

*1 J.League Division 1 and Division 2 teams for the 2017 season
*2 Honda FC

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