Football tournament season
Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus Tournament statistics Matches played 61 The 2008 edition of the J. League Cup, officially the 2008 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup , sponsored by Nabisco began on March 20. The top team in each of the four qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best two remaining runners-up. Both Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-final stage due to their participation in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.
Oita Trinita defeated Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0 in the final on November 1 at the Tokyo National Stadium. They qualified for the 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2009 Suruga Bank Championship.
Group stage
Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Nagoya Grampus 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Vissel Kobe 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 Kyoto Sanga FC 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 0 2 4 8 16 −8 2
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Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 20, 2008 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Kyoto Sanga Urawa Reds 0–1 Vissel Kobe March 23, 2008 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Nagoya Grampus Kyoto Sanga 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds April 16, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kyoto Sanga Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Vissel Kobe May 25, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 0–1 Vissel Kobe Nagoya Grampus 4–2 Urawa Red Diamonds May 31, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Nagoya Grampus Vissel Kobe 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds June 8, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–5 Nagoya Grampus Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kyoto Sanga
Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Shimizu S-Pulse 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11 FC Tokyo 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Júbilo Iwata 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 Tokyo Verdy 6 0 1 5 2 17 −15 1
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Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 20, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 0–2 Jubilo Iwata Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 FC Tokyo March 23, 2008 Jubilo Iwata 0–2 FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy 0–0 Shimizu S-Pulse April 16, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 5–0 Tokyo Verdy FC Tokyo 1–1 Jubilo Iwata May 25, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 4–2 Jubilo Iwata FC Tokyo 3–0 Tokyo Verdy May 31, 2008 FC Tokyo 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Jubilo Iwata 3–0 Tokyo Verdy June 8, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 2–4 FC Tokyo Jubilo Iwata 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse
Group C
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Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 20, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 JEF United Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 Consadole Sapporo March 23, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale JEF United 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol April 16, 2008 JEF United 0–0 Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol May 25, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 1–2 JEF United Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale May 31, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Consadole Sapporo Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 JEF United June 8, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 0–3 Kashiwa Reysol JEF United 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale
Group D
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Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 20, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 Oita Trinita Albirex Niigata 2–2 Omiya Ardija March 23, 2008 Omiya Ardija 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Oita Trinita 3–0 Albirex Niigata April 16, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–0 Omiya Ardija Albirex Niigata 1–1 Oita Trinita May 25, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–2 Oita Trinita Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 Albirex Niigata May 31, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–1 Albirex Niigata Oita Trinita 2–2 Yokohama F. Marinos June 8, 2008 Albirex Niigata 0–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Oita Trinita 1–0 Omiya Ardija
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
First leg Attendance: 8,472
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Ishikawa Stadium
Attendance: 10,702
Attendance: 6,757
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Second leg Attendance: 13,483
Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe
Attendance: 8,365
Referee: Akio Okutani
Gamba Osaka advances to the semi-finals on Away goals rule .
Attendance: 8,949
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura
Semifinals
First leg Attendance: 7,792
Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi
Second leg
Final The 2008 final
Awards
External links J.League Official Site (in English)
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