2024 J.League Cup

2024 J.League Cup
2024 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Dates	6 March – 2 November
Teams	60
Defending champions	Avispa Fukuoka
Final positions
Champions	Nagoya Grampus (2nd title)
Runner-up	Albirex Niigata
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	212 (3.03 per match)
Attendance	465,654 (6,652 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Motoki Nagakura; (6 goals)
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 J.League Cup, known as the 2024 J.League YBC Levain Cup (Japanese: 2024 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ) for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of J.League Cup, a Japanese association football cup competition. This season, all 60 J.League clubs participated in an updated tournament format, aimed to grow the J2 and J3 Leagues and improve the J.League as a whole.^[1]

The defending champions were Avispa Fukuoka, who were eliminated in the third round.

Format

In a change from previous seasons, all clubs from the season's J1, J2, and J3 Leagues participated, thus including the clubs from all J.League divisions for the first time since 2001.^[2] As many as 29 teams participated in the tournament for the first time in their history.

The tournament was divided into three sections each with a different format: the first round, the play-off round and the prime round.

First round

57 clubs took part in the first round, split into 10 groups. The three clubs participating in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League knockout stage (Kawasaki Frontale, Yokohama F. Marinos and Ventforet Kofu) were introduced to the tournament at the prime round. Each group participated in a single-elimination tournament, leaving 10 clubs to advance to the play-off round. The draw for the first round was based on rankings from the 2023 league season.^[3] As a general rule, the lower league club played their fixture at home. In the case of clubs being in the same league, the club with the lower ranking from the 2023 season served as the home team. In the case of a draw, games go to extra time and penalties to determine a winner if necessary.

The first round groups are as follows:

Teams participating in the first round of the 2024 J.League Cup
Group	Teams
1	Vissel Kobe (J1 1st)	Shimizu S-Pulse (J2 4th)	Montedio Yamagata (J2 5th)	Kataller Toyama (J3 3rd)	FC Imabari (J3 4th)	-
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (J1 3rd)	Tokyo Verdy (J2 3rd)	JEF United Chiba (J2 6th)	Kagoshima United (J3 2nd)	Nara Club (J3 5th)	-
3	Urawa Reds (J1 4th)	Júbilo Iwata (J2 2nd)	V-Varen Nagasaki (J2 7th)	Ehime FC (J3 1st)	Gainare Tottori (J3 6th)	-
4	Kashima Antlers (J1 5th)	Machida Zelvia (J2 1st)	Oita Trinita (J2 9th)	Zweigen Kanazawa (J2 22nd)	Vanraure Hachinohe (J3 7th)	Giravanz Kitakyushu (J3 20th)
5	Nagoya Grampus (J1 6th)	Yokohama FC (J1 18th)	Fagiano Okayama (J2 10th)	Omiya Ardija (J2 21st)	FC Gifu (J3 8th)	Tegevajaro Miyazaki (J3 19th)
6	Avispa Fukuoka (J1 7th)	Kashiwa Reysol (J1 17th)	Thespa Gunma (J2 11th)	Renofa Yamaguchi (J2 20th)	Matsumoto Yamaga (J3 9th)	SC Sagamihara (J3 18th)
7	Cerezo Osaka (J1 9th)	Gamba Osaka (J1 16th)	Fujieda MYFC (J2 12th)	Tochigi SC (J2 19th)	Iwate Grulla Morioka (J3 10th)	FC Ryukyu (J3 17th)
8	Albirex Niigata (J1 10th)	Shonan Bellmare (J1 15th)	Blaublitz Akita (J2 13th)	Iwaki FC (J2 18th)	FC Osaka (J3 11th)	Kamatamare Sanuki (J3 16th)
9	FC Tokyo (J1 11th)	Sagan Tosu (J1 14th)	Roasso Kumamoto (J2 14th)	Mito HollyHock (J2 17th)	YSCC Yokohama (J3 12th)	Fukushima United FC (J3 15th)
10	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (J1 12th)	Kyoto Sanga (J1 13th)	Tokushima Vortis (J2 15th)	Vegalta Sendai (J2 16th)	Azul Claro Numazu (J3 13th)	AC Nagano Parceiro (J3 14th)

Notes

Teams in italic participated in their first J.League Cup tournament.

Playoff round

The 10 clubs that qualified from the first round would be drawn into five, two-legged fixtures and would play each other home and away. The remaining five clubs would advance to the prime round.

Prime round

A single-elimination tournament would be held between eight clubs: the five clubs that qualified from the playoff round plus the AFC Champions League clubs — Kawasaki Frontale, Yokohama F. Marinos, and Ventforet Kofu. Each round would be a two-legged home and away fixture, except the final which would be a one-game tie played at a neutral venue. The draw for the brackets would be held on July 2.

Schedule

The schedule was announced on 19 December 2023.^[4] All the matches took place in 2024.^[5]

Stage	Round	Date
First round	Round 1	6–13 March
	Round 2	17–24 March
	Round 3	22 May
Playoff round		5 June (First leg) 9 June (Second leg)
Prime round	Quarter-finals	4 September (First leg) 8 September (Second leg)
	Semi-finals	9 October (First leg) 13 October (Second leg)
	Final	2 November

First round

Group 1

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3




		17 April – Imabari

		FC Imabari	1

		Vissel Kobe	2

				22 May – Toyama

				Kataller Toyama	1 (5)
13 March – Toyama
				Vissel Kobe	1 (4)
Kataller Toyama	2
		24 April – Toyama
Montedio Yamagata	1
		Kataller Toyama	0

		Shimizu S-Pulse	0

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) Round 1	Kataller Toyama (3)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	(2) Montedio Yamagata	Toyama
19:03	Usui 111' Ito 114'	Report	Kato 92'	Stadium: Toyama Stadium Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Yusuke Araki

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	FC Imabari (3)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	(1) Vissel Kobe	Imabari
19:03	Ichihara 5'	Report	Patric 40' Sasaki 95' (pen.)	Stadium: Imabari Satoyama Stadium Attendance: 5,097 Referee: Yusuke Araki

23 April 2024 (2024-04-23) Round 2	Kataller Toyama (3)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	(2) Shimizu S-Pulse	Toyama
07:03		Report		Stadium: Toyama Stadium Attendance: 3,257 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
	Penalties
	Matsumoto Shiina Takahashi Kawakami Imase Usui Kamiyama Tagawa		Chiba Kawamoto Nishizawa Hara Naruoka Shirasaki Kitazume Oki

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	Kataller Toyama (3)	1–1 (5–4 p)	(1) Vissel Kobe	Toyama
19:03	Hirose 70' (o.g.)	Report	Ide 19'	Stadium: Toyama Stadium Attendance: 8,223 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
	Penalties
	Matsumoto Imase Leiria Takahashi Kawakami		Miyashiro Iwanami Ideguchi Hatsuse Hirose

Group 2

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3




		24 April – Nara

		Nara Club	0

		Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6

				22 May – Chofu

				Tokyo Verdy	2
6 March – Kagoshima
				Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3
Kagoshima United	1
		17 April – Kagoshima
JEF United Chiba	0
		Kagoshima United	0

		Tokyo Verdy	1

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	Kagoshima United (2)	1–0	(2) JEF United Chiba	Kagoshima
19:00	Suzuki 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Shiranami Stadium Attendance: 3,570 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Round 2	Nara Club (3)	0–6	(1) Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nara
19:00		Report	Kashiwa 43' Ohashi 48' Mitsuta 52' (pen.) Higashi 89' Sotiriou 90+1' Marcos Júnior 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Rohto Field Nara Attendance: 2,818 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	Kagoshima United (2)	0–1	(1) Tokyo Verdy	Kagoshima
19:03		Report	Yamamoto 45+1'	Stadium: Shiranami Stadium Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Masuya Ueda

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	Tokyo Verdy (1)	2–3	(1) Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Chofu
19:03	Miki 74', 83'	Report	Ohashi 5', 14' Kawamura 78'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 6,150 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Group 3

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3




		24 April – Tottori

		Gainare Tottori	2

		Urawa Red Diamonds	5

				22 May – Isahaya

				V-Varen Nagasaki	1
6 March – Matsuyama
				Urawa Red Diamonds	0
Ehime FC	3
		17 April – Isahaya
V-Varen Nagasaki	4
		V-Varen Nagasaki	1

		Júbilo Iwata	0

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	Ehime FC (2)	3–4 (a.e.t.)	(2) V-Varen Nagasaki	Matsuyama
19:03	Duncan 23' (pen.) Funahashi 77' Sato 82'	Report	Junio 2' Jesus 32', 118' Juanma 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 1,411 Referee: Reo Tanaka

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Round 2	Gainare Tottori (3)	2–5	(1) Urawa Red Diamonds	Tottori
19:33	Tanaka 36' Matsuki 64'	Report	Takeda 13' Thiago Santana 17' (pen.) Ito 52' Nakajima 55', 90+3'	Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium Attendance: 7,677 Referee: Koji Takasaki

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	V-Varen Nagasaki (2)	1–0	(1) Júbilo Iwata	Isahaya
19:03	Kushibiki 53'	Report		Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 2,560 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	V-Varen Nagasaki (2)	1–0	(1) Urawa Red Diamonds	Isahaya
19:03	Juanma 78'	Report		Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 7,872 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

Group 4

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

6 March – Kitakyushu

Giravanz Kitakyushu	1
		17 April – Kitakyushu
Oita Trinita	0
		Giravanz Kitakyushu	1

		FC Machida Zelvia	2

				22 May – Machida

				FC Machida Zelvia	2
13 March – Hachinohe
				Kashima Antlers	0
Vanraure Hachinohe	0
		17 April – Hachinohe
Zweigen Kanazawa	0
		Vanraure Hachinohe	1

		Kashima Antlers	2

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	Giravanz Kitakyushu (3)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	(2) Oita Trinita	Kitakyushu
19:03	Watanabe 113'	Report		Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) Round 1	Vanraure Hachinohe (3)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	(3) Zweigen Kanazawa	Hachinohe
18:33		Report		Stadium: Prifoods Stadium Attendance: 719 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
	Penalties
	Maezawa Sunday Sato Yamauchi Yagishita		Marlyson Sugiura Nagamine Kojima

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	Giravanz Kitakyushu (3)	1–2	(1) FC Machida Zelvia	Kitakyushu
19:03	Wakaya 54'	Report	Vásquez 49' Yasui 79'	Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Attendance: 4,221 Referee: Takuto Okabe

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	Vanraure Hachinohe (3)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	(1) Kashima Antlers	Hachinohe
19:03	Shibata 25'	Report	Anzai 82' Chinen 108'	Stadium: Prifoods Stadium Attendance: 4,844 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	FC Machida Zelvia (1)	2–0	(1) Kashima Antlers	Machida
19:00	Duke 20', 36'	Report		Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 4,537 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Group 5

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

13 March – Gifu

FC Gifu	1
		17 April – Saitama
Omiya Ardija	2
		Omiya Ardija	0

		Nagoya Grampus	2

				22 May – Yokohama

				Yokohama FC	1
6 March – Shintomi
				Nagoya Grampus	3
Tegevajaro Miyazaki	1
		24 April – Okayama
Fagiano Okayama	4
		Fagiano Okayama	3

		Yokohama FC	3

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) Round 1	FC Gifu (3)	1–2	(3) Omiya Ardija	Gifu
19:03	Aihara 66'	Report	Urakami 51' Taneda 84'	Stadium: Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Shuhei Ishimaru

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	Tegevajaro Miyazaki (3)	1–4	(2) Fagiano Okayama	Shintomi
19:03	Ueno 50'	Report	Lucão 4' Semba 66' Yoshio 70' Kawano 90'	Stadium: Unilever Stadium Shintomi Attendance: 708 Referee: Naoto Uehara

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	Omiya Ardija (3)	0–2	(1) Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:03		Report	Patric 45+1', 54' (pen.)	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Naoto Uehara

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Round 2	Fagiano Okayama (2)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	(2) Yokohama FC	Okayama
17:03	Tanaka 15', 93' Kimura 60'	Report	Ogura 42' Sakuragawa 55' Caprini 107'	Stadium: City Light Stadium Attendance: 2,827 Referee: Hayato Shimizu
	Penalties
	Iwabuchi Kimura Wasaka Motoyama		Caprini Mita Iwatake Nduka Nakano

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	Yokohama FC (2)	1–3	(1) Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
19:03	Ogura 44'	Report	Nagai 5' Nogami 7' Yoshida 63'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 3,423 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Group 6

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

13 March – Matsumoto

Matsumoto Yamaga	3
		17 April – Matsumoto
Renofa Yamaguchi	3
		Matsumoto Yamaga	1 (2)

		Avispa Fukuoka	1 (4)

				22 May – Kashiwa

				Kashiwa Reysol	2
6 March – Maebashi^[a]
				Avispa Fukuoka	1
Thespa Gunma	4
		24 April – Maebashi
SC Sagamihara	1
		Thespa Gunma	1

		Kashiwa Reysol	3

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) Round 1	Matsumoto Yamaga (3)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	(2) Renofa Yamaguchi	Matsumoto
19:00	Sumida 23' Nonomura 94', 102'	Report	Yamamoto 69' Suenaga 104' Sílvio 120'	Stadium: Sunpro Alwin Attendance: 2,919 Referee: Koki Nagamine

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	Thespa Gunma (2)	4–1 (a.e.t.)	(3) SC Sagamihara	Maebashi
19:00	Kitagawa 13' Wada 96', 111' Sagawa 120+4'	Report	Bruno Santos 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Attendance: 1,710 Referee: Genki Tawara

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	Matsumoto Yamaga (3)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	(1) Avispa Fukuoka	Matsumoto
19:00	Inoue 42' (o.g.)	Report	Inoue 73'	Stadium: Sunpro Alwin Attendance: 3,281 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita
	Penalties
	Murakoshi Ando Yasunaga Yamamoto		Shigemi Matsuoka Konno Wellington

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Round 2	Thespa Gunma (2)	1–3	(1) Kashiwa Reysol	Maebashi
19:03	Sato 90+2'	Report	Muto 33' Tatsuta 40' Toshima 45+2'	Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	Kashiwa Reysol (1)	2–1	(1) Avispa Fukuoka	Kashiwa
19:03	Unoki 11' Noda 90+2'	Report	Inoue 47'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 3,848 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

Group 7

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

13 March – Morioka

Iwate Grulla Morioka	1
		17 April – Morioka
Tochigi SC	0
		Iwate Grulla Morioka	0

		Cerezo Osaka	1

				22 May – Okinawa

				FC Ryukyu	0
6 March – Okinawa
				Cerezo Osaka	1
FC Ryukyu	2
		24 April – Okinawa
Fujieda MYFC	1
		FC Ryukyu	2

		Gamba Osaka	1

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) Round 1	Iwate Grulla Morioka (3)	1–0	(2) Tochigi SC	Morioka
19:00	Otabor 70'	Report		Stadium: Iwagin Stadium Attendance: 757 Referee: Takuto Okabe

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	FC Ryukyu (3)	2–1	(2) Fujieda MYFC	Okinawa
19:03	Sato 52', 80'	Report	Nakashima 49'	Stadium: Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium Attendance: 881 Referee: Koei Koya

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	Iwate Grulla Morioka (3)	0–1	(1) Cerezo Osaka	Morioka
19:03		Report	Vitor Bueno 67'	Stadium: Iwagin Stadium Attendance: 2,362 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Round 2	FC Ryukyu (3)	2–1	(1) Gamba Osaka	Okinawa
19:30	Tomidokoro 43' Shirai 76'	Report	Suzuki 49'	Stadium: Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium Attendance: 5,406 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	FC Ryukyu (3)	0–1	(1) Cerezo Osaka	Okinawa
19:03		Report	Hirano 6'	Stadium: Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Group 8

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

13 March – Higashiōsaka

FC Osaka	0
		17 April – Iwaki
Iwaki FC	2
		Iwaki FC	0

		Albirex Niigata	2

				22 May – Akita

				Blaublitz Akita	0
6 March – Marugame
				Albirex Niigata	2
Kamatamare Sanuki	0
		24 April – Akita
Blaublitz Akita	2
		Blaublitz Akita	2

		Shonan Bellmare	1

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) Round 1	FC Osaka (3)	0–2	(2) Iwaki FC	Higashiōsaka
19:00		Report	Yamaguchi 71' Kondo 87'	Stadium: Hanazono Rugby Stadium Attendance: 1,980 Referee: Masuya Ueda

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	Kamatamare Sanuki (3)	0–2	(2) Blaublitz Akita	Marugame
19:03		Report	Sato 35' Niwa 90+2'	Stadium: Pikara Stadium Attendance: 689 Referee: Yuzo Sutani

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	Iwaki FC (2)	0–2	(1) Albirex Niigata	Iwaki
19:03		Report	Hasegawa 6' Taniguchi 90+1'	Stadium: Hawaiians Stadium Iwaki Attendance: 3,618 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Round 2	Blaublitz Akita (2)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	(1) Shonan Bellmare	Akita
19:03	Aoki 74' Komatsu 97'	Report	Fukuda 54'	Stadium: Soyu Stadium Attendance: 1,335 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	Blaublitz Akita (2)	0–2 (a.e.t.)	(1) Albirex Niigata	Akita
19:03		Report	Ishiyama 99' Okumura 111'	Stadium: Soyu Stadium Attendance: 2,810 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Group 9

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

6 March – Yokohama

YSCC Yokohama	1
		17 April – Yokohama
Mito HollyHock	0
		YSCC Yokohama	0

		FC Tokyo	4

				22 May – Tosu

				Sagan Tosu	1 (4)
13 March – Fukushima
				FC Tokyo	1 (5)
Fukushima United FC	1
		24 April – Kumamoto
Roasso Kumamoto	2
		Roasso Kumamoto	0

		Sagan Tosu	1

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	YSCC Yokohama (3)	1–0	(2) Mito HollyHock	Yokohama
19:03	Matsumura 67'	Report		Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 1,192 Referee: Yoshikazu Matsuzawa

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) Round 1	Fukushima United FC (3)	1–2	(2) Roasso Kumamoto	Fukushima
19:00	Yajima 90+3'	Report	Fujita 4' Osaki 35'	Stadium: Toho Stadium Attendance: 690 Referee: Keisuke Nobori

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	YSCC Yokohama (3)	0–4	(1) FC Tokyo	Yokohama
19:03		Report	Ogashiwa 13' Harakawa 39' Endo 61' Jajá 90+3'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Round 2	Roasso Kumamoto (2)	0–1	(1) Sagan Tosu	Kumamoto
19:03		Report	Yokoyama 26'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 4,120 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	Sagan Tosu (1)	1–1 (4–5 p)	(1) FC Tokyo	Tosu
19:03	Marcelo Ryan 90+1'	Report	Morishige 56'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Keigo Sendachi
	Penalties
	Marcelo Ryan Tezuka Yamazaki Yokoyama Naganuma		Morishige Araki Endo Tokumoto Koizumi

Group 10

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

6 March – Numazu

Azul Claro Numazu	3
		17 April – Numazu
Vegalta Sendai	2
		Azul Claro Numazu	1

		Consadole Sapporo	3

				22 May – Nagano

				AC Nagano Parceiro	1 (3)
13 March – Nagano
				Consadole Sapporo	1 (5)
AC Nagano Parceiro	5
		24 April – Nagano
Tokushima Vortis	1
		AC Nagano Parceiro	3

		Kyoto Sanga	2

6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) Round 1	Azul Claro Numazu (3)	3–2	(2) Vegalta Sendai	Numazu
19:03	Tokunaga 79' Numata 87' Hama 90+4'	Report	Sugawara 54' Goke 83'	Stadium: Ashitaka Park Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Yusuke Ohashi

13 March 2024 (2024-03-13) Round 1	AC Nagano Parceiro (3)	5–1	(2) Tokushima Vortis	Nagano
19:00	Lee Seung-won 18' Kondo 31', 40' Kato 66' Kihara 88'	Report	Kaique 55'	Stadium: Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium Attendance: 2,248 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) Round 2	Azul Claro Numazu (3)	1–3	(1) Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Numazu
19:03	Akatsuka 53'	Report	Tanaka 10' Kobayashi 55', 60'	Stadium: Ashitaka Park Stadium Attendance: 3,455 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) Round 2	AC Nagano Parceiro (3)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	(1) Kyoto Sanga	Nagano
19:03	Sanda 39' Kuroishi 84' Sugii 109'	Report	Iida 14' Hiraga 28'	Stadium: Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Koei Koya

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) Round 3	AC Nagano Parceiro (3)	1–1 (3–5 p)	(1) Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Nagano
19:03	Konishi 18'	Report	Ieizumi 90+7'	Stadium: Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Masuya Ueda
	Penalties
	Kato Shin Yamanaka Sunamori		Omori K. Tanaka H. Tanaka Hasegawa Nakamura

Notes

^ Since Sagamihara's home stadium, Sagamihara Gion Stadium was unusable due to renovation work, the game was held as a home game for Gunma.^[6]

Playoff round

Kataller Toyama from J3 League were the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kataller Toyama (3)	2–3	(1) Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1–1	1–2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1)	5–2	(1) FC Tokyo	2–1	3–1
V-Varen Nagasaki (2)	2–3	(1) Albirex Niigata	1–2	1–1
Machida Zelvia (1)	5–3	(1) Cerezo Osaka	3–1	2–2
Nagoya Grampus (1)	2–1	(1) Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	1–0

Matches

5 June 2024 (2024-06-05)	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	1–1	Kataller Toyama	Sapporo
19:33	Hasegawa 81'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Usui 8'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 4,922 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)	Kataller Toyama	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Toyama
14:03	Usui 90'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Suzuki 40' Nakamura 51'	Stadium: Toyama Stadium Attendance: 7,701 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

5 June 2024 (2024-06-05)	FC Tokyo	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Chofu
19:03	Diego Oliveira 25' (pen.)	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Kato 10' Matsumoto 11'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 7,265 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	FC Tokyo	Hiroshima
18:03	Kato 53', 68' Ohashi 55'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Otani 77'	Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima Attendance: 17,924 Referee: Jumpei Iida

5 June 2024 (2024-06-05)	Albirex Niigata	2–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Niigata
19:03	Komi 69' Nagakura 82'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Yamada 18'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 7,325 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)	V-Varen Nagasaki	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Albirex Niigata	Isahaya
18:03	Junio 71'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Nagakura 80'	Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 6,534 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

5 June 2024 (2024-06-05)	Cerezo Osaka	1–3	Machida Zelvia	Osaka
19:03	Croux 6'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Shimoda 61' Na Sang-ho 62' Erik 87'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 7,372 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)	Machida Zelvia	2–2 (5–3 agg.)	Cerezo Osaka	Machida
14:03	Na Sang-ho 5' Shoji 21'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Shoji 26' (o.g.) Uejo 36'	Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 5,243 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

5 June 2024 (2024-06-05)	Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Kashiwa
19:03	Takamine 72'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)	Yamagishi 15'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 4,372 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)	Nagoya Grampus	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Kashiwa Reysol	Toyota
16:03	Nakayama 33'	JLeague.co (EN) (JA)		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 11,093 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Prime round

The pairings and match-ups for the prime round were announced on 2 July 2024.^[7]

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1)	2–2 (3–1 p)	(1) Nagoya Grampus	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (1)	4–7	(1) Yokohama F. Marinos	1–6	3–1
Ventforet Kofu (2)	1–2	(1) Kawasaki Frontale	0–1	1–1
Machida Zelvia (1)	2–5	(1) Albirex Niigata	0–5	2–0

Matches

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04)	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
19:03		Report	Arslan 58'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 11,918 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Nagoya Grampus	Hiroshima
18:33	Higashi 102'	Report	Patric 9' Koshimichi 112' (o.g.)	Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima Attendance: 20,993 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
	Penalties
	Paciência Mitsuta Nakajima Matsumoto		Inagaki Langerak Morishima

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04)	Yokohama F. Marinos	6–1	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Yokohama
19:03	Uenaka 30', 36' Park Min-kyu 59', o.g.' Amano 63', 74' Mizunuma 86'	Report	Shirai 77'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 7,996 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	3–1 (4–7 agg.)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Sapporo
14:03	Suga 48', 77' Sánchez 90+3'	Report	Yan 14'	Stadium: Daiwa House Premist Dome Attendance: 10,930 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04)	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Ventforet Kofu	Kawasaki
19:03	Tono 27'	Report		Stadium: Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu Attendance: 14,847 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)	Ventforet Kofu	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Kawasaki Frontale	Kofu
18:03	Son 31'	Report	Tono 90+3'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 10,273 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04)	Albirex Niigata	5–0	Machida Zelvia	Niigata
19:03	Nagakura 16', 49', 87', 90+5' Ono 42'	Report		Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 9,130 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

8 September 2024 (2024-09-08)	Machida Zelvia	2–0 (2–5 agg.)	Albirex Niigata	Machida
18:03	Nakashima 41' Shimoda 45'	Report		Stadium: Machida GION Stadium Attendance: 6,726 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nagoya Grampus (1)	4–3	Yokohama F. Marinos (1)	1–3	1–2
Kawasaki Frontale (1)	1–6	Albirex Niigata (1)	4–1	0–2

Matches

9 October 2024 (2024-10-09)	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–3	Nagoya Grampus	Yokohama
19:03	Anderson Lopes 31'	Report	Shiihashi 3' Mikuni 15' Yamagishi 76'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 10,529 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

13 October 2024 (2024-10-13)	Nagoya Grampus	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Toyota
15:00	Yamagishi 47'	Report	Nishimura 33' Uenaka 82'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 29,081 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

9 October 2024 (2024-10-09)	Albirex Niigata	4–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Niigata
19:03	Taniguchi 25' Ota 45' Hasegawa 50' Hoshi 53'	Report	Segawa 71'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 12,501 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

13 October 2024 (2024-10-13)	Kawasaki Frontale	0–2 (1–6 agg.)	Albirex Niigata	Kawasaki
15:00		Report	Komi 31' Ota 89'	Stadium: Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu Attendance: 21,159 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Final

2 November 2024

13:05 JST

Nagoya Grampus	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Albirex Niigata
Nagai 31', 42' Nakayama 93'	Report	Taniguchi 71' Komi 90+11' (pen.), 111'
Penalties
Inagaki Langerak Yamanaka Junker Yamagishi	5–4	Akiyama Nagakura Deng Hoshi Komi

Japan National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Attendance: 62,517

Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[8]
1	Motoki Nagakura	Albirex Niigata	6
2	Yota Komi	Albirex Niigata	4
2	Yuki Ohashi	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4
4	Mutsuki Kato	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3
	Kensuke Nagai	Nagoya Grampus
	Patric	Nagoya Grampus
	Kaito Taniguchi	Albirex Niigata
	Shosei Usui	Kataller Toyama
9	Jun Amano	Yokohama F. Marinos	2
	Mitchell Duke	Machida Zelvia
	Seiya Inoue	Avispa Fukuoka
	Matheus Jesus	V-Varen Nagasaki
	Juanma	V-Varen Nagasaki
	Edigar Junio	V-Varen Nagasaki
	Yuki Kobayashi	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
	Takashi Kondo	Nagano Parceiro
	Tomoya Miki	Tokyo Verdy
	Na Sang-ho	Machida Zelvia
	Shoya Nakajima	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Katsuhiro Nakayama	Nagoya Grampus
	Takato Nonomura	Matsumoto Yamaga
	Hinata Ogura	Yokohama FC
	Yuta Sato	FC Ryukyu
	Haruto Shirai	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
	Daiki Suga	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
	Yudai Tanaka	Fagiano Okayama
	Asahi Uenaka	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Masashi Wada	Thespa Gunma
	Hokuto Shimoda	Machida Zelvia
	Daiya Tono	Kawasaki Frontale
	Shunki Higashi	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	Yuya Yamagishi	Nagoya Grampus