As expected, the overall number of games has been reduced by abandoning the group stage system and returning to the old tournament format. The 4 ACL teams (Cerezo, Gamaba, Grampus and Kashima) will enter at the quarter final stage, while the other 14 teams will play 2 legs home and away in the first and second rounds. Due to the format, two teams (Omiya and Niigata) were also lucky enough to get a bye in the first round. Vissel will play Yokohama F. Marinos on June 5 (away) and July 27 (home).
It's understandable that the competition has returned to the tournament format, but I find the spacing between games rather odd. There are 52 days between the first and second legs in the first round, but only 4 days between the quarter-finals and semi-finals.
2011 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup (post-earthquake format) | |||||
Rd | Date | Venue | Against | Result | Report |
1 | Jun 5 (Sun) 15:00 | Nissan | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
1 | Jul 27 (Wed) 19:00 | Home's | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
2 | Sep 14 (Wed) | ||||
2 | Sep 28 (Wed) | ||||
QF | Oct 5 (Wed) | ||||
SF | Oct 9 (Sun) | ||||
F | Nov 3 (Thu) |
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