Emperors Cup Quarter Final
Quarter Final (December 26th)
Vissel Kobe 0-3 Urawa Red Diamonds
Vegalta Sendai 3-3 Kashiwa Reysol – Kashiwa win 5-3 on pens
Gamba Osaka 3-1 Sagan Tosu
FC Tokyo 1-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Semi Final (December 29th)
Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Kashiwa Reysol
Gamba Osaka 3-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Final (Friday, 1st January 2016)
Urawa Red Diamonds 1-2 Gamba Osaka
Emperors Cup
Quarter Final
Saturday 26th December
Vissel Kobe 0-3 Urawa Red Diamonds
Vegalta Sendai 3-3 Kashiwa Reysol – Kashiwa win 5-3 on pens
Gamba Osaka 3-1 Sagan Tosu
FC Tokyo 1-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Semi Final
Tuesday 29th December
Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Kashiwa Reysol
Gamba Osaka 3-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Final
Friday, 1st January 2016
Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka
The Nadeshiko Japan squad was recently revealed, here are the players that will be going to Canada for the Women’s World Cup 2015
Goalkeepers:
Miho Fukumoto (Okayama Yunogo Belle)
Ayumi Kaihori (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Erina Yamane (JEF United Chiba)
Defenders:
Yukari Kinga (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Megumi Kamionobe (Albirex Niigata)
Azusa Iwashimizu (NTV Beleza)
Aya Sameshima (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Saori Ariyoshi (NTV Beleza)
Kana Kitahara (Albirex Niigata)
Yuri Kawamura (Vegalta Sendai)
Saki Kumagai (Olympique Lyonnais – FRA)
Midfielders:
Homare Sawa (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Kozue Ando (1.FFC Frankfurt – GER)
Aya Miyama (Okayama Yunogo Belle)
Nahomi Kawasumi (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Mizuho Sakaguchi (NTV Beleza)
Asuna Tanaka (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Rumi Utsugi (Montpellier HSC – FRA)
Asano Nagasato (1.FFC Turbine Potsdam – GER)
Forwards:
Shinobu Ono (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Yuki Ogimi (Wolfsburg – GER)
Yuika Sugasawa (JEF United Chiba)
Mana Iwabuchi (Bayern Munich – GER)
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A reminder of the games Nadeshiko Japan has to play,
Group C
Monday 8th June – Nadeshiko Japan v Switzerland
Friday 12th June – Nadeshiko Japan v Cameroon
Tuesday 16th June – Ecuador v Nadeshiko Japan
The Fixtures for the 2015 JLeague Division 1, 2 & 3 have been released, so here are the 1st matchday’s
Division 1
Matchday 1
Saturday, 7th March
Vegalta Sendai v Montedio Yamagata
Nagoya Grampus v Matsumoto Yamaga
Gamba Osaka v FC Tokyo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Ventforet Kofu
Sagan Tosu v Albirex Niigata
Yokohama F. Marinos v Kawasaki Frontale
Vissel Kobe v Kashiwa Reysol
shonan Bellmare v Urawa Red Diamonds
Shimizu S-Pulse v Kashima Antlers (Sun, 8th)
Division 2
Matchday 1
Sunday, 8th March
Mito Hollyhock v Roasso Kumamoto
Thespa Kusatsu Gunma v Yokohama FC
Jubilo Iwata v Giravanz Kitakyushu
Avispa Fukuoka v Kyoto Sanga
V-Varen Nagasaki v JEF United Chiba
Omiya Ardija v Zweigen Kanazawa
Fagiano Okayama v FC Gifu
Tokushima Vortis v Ehime FC
Tochigi SC v Consadole Sapporo
Tokyo Verdy v Cerezo Osaka
Kamatamare Sanuki v Oita Trinita
Division 3
Matchday 1
Sunday, 15th March
Fukushima United v Fujieda MYFC
SC Sagamihara v J League U22
Kataller Toyama v Blaublitz Akita
FC Ryukyu v YSCC Yokohama
Machida Zerubia v Nagano Parceiro
Renofa Yamaguchi v Gainare Tottori
The 4 Japanese Teams who Qualifed for ACL are:
Gamba Osaka (J1 Winners, Emperors Cup Winners & Nabisco Cup Winners)
Urawa Red Diamonds (J1 Runners Up)
Kashima Antlers (J1 3rd Place)
Kashiwa Reysol (Entering in Play-Off Round & J1 4th Place)
Kashiwa Reysol will play either Chonburi (Thailand) or Kitchee (Hong King) in the play off round, Chonburi v Kitchee will be played on the 10th Feb 2015 in the Preliminary Round, the Kashiwa play off round game will be played on the 17th Feb 2015, who ever wins the play off round game will go into Group E with Jeonbuk Hyundai (S Korea), Shandong Luneng (Chiba) & Becamex Binh (Vietnam)
Onto the other 3 JLeague teams –
Gamba Osaka were drawn in Group F with Seongnam FC (S Korea), Buriram United (Thailand) & Winner of Play off East 3 (could be either Central Coast Mariners (Aus), Guangzhou R&F (China), Yadanarbon (Burma) or Warriors (Singapore) after prem round/play off’s)
Urawa Reds were drawn in Group G with Brisbane Roar (Aus), Suwon Bluewings (S Korea) & Winner of Play off East 4 (could be either Beijing Guoan (China), Bangkok Glass (Thailand), Johor Darul Ta’zim (Malaysia) or Bengaluru (India) after prem round/play off’s
Kashima Antlers were drawn in Group H with Guangzhou Evergrande (China), Western Sydney Wanderers (Aus) & Winner of Play off East 1 (could be either FC Seoul (S Korea), Ha Noi T&T (Vietnam) or Persib Bandung (Indonesia) after prem round/play off’s)
Women’s World Cup 2015 Draw
On the Saturday, 6th December the Women’s World Cup draw was done in Canada, the Pot’s for the Women’s teams were:
Pot 1 – Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Nadeshiko Japan & United States
Pot 2 – Cameroon, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Mexico, New Zealand & Nigeria
Pot 3 – Australia, China PR, Colombia, Ecuador, Korea Republic & Thailand
Pot 4 – England, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden & Switzerland
To The Draw:
Nadeshiko Japan were placed into Group C, from pot 2 Cameroon came out and placed in C3, from pot 3 Ecuador came out and placed in C4 & then in pot 4 Switzerland were placed into C2, so the 1st game of Group C for Nadeshiko Japan is against Switzerland on the Monday 8th June 2015
So the fixtures for Nadeshiko Japan in the WWC 2015,
Monday, 8th June – Japan v Switzerland – BC Place, Vancouver
Friday, 12th June – Japan v Cameroon – BC Place, Vancouver
Monday, 16th June – Ecuador v Japan – Investors Group Field, Winnipeg
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