1996 J.League Cup

Statistics of J. League Cup, officially the '96 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, in the 1996 season.

1996 J.League Cup

J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Shimizu S-Pulse (1st title)
Runner-up	Verdy Kawasaki
Semifinalists	Bellmare Hiratsuka Kashiwa Reysol
Tournament statistics
Matches played	115

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Shimizu S-Pulse won the championship.

Results

In what is the most unusual format ever used in the history of the J.League Cup, the win-draw-lose results were based on their aggregate score of the ties between teams, not the individual games' results.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kashiwa Reysol	7	5	0	2	24	16	+8	15	Semifinals
2	Bellmare Hiratsuka	7	4	1	2	23	15	+8	13
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	7	4	1	2	22	20	+2	13
4	Yokohama Marinos	7	4	0	3	22	20	+2	12
5	Jubilo Iwata	7	3	1	3	21	17	+4	10
6	Gamba Osaka	7	3	1	3	15	30	−15	10
7	Urawa Reds	7	2	0	5	16	20	−4	6
8	Kyoto Purple Sanga	7	2	0	5	14	19	−5	6

Source: rsssf.com

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shimizu S-Pulse	7	5	1	1	22	16	+6	16	Semifinals
2	Verdy Kawasaki	7	4	2	1	25	13	+12	14
3	Yokohama Flugels	7	3	3	1	27	20	+7	12
4	JEF United Ichihara	7	3	1	3	20	22	−2	10
5	Kashima Antlers	7	2	3	2	16	12	+4	9
6	Cerezo Osaka	7	2	1	4	23	26	−3	7
7	Nagoya Grampus Eight	7	2	1	4	19	26	−7	7
8	Avispa Fukuoka	7	1	0	6	14	31	−17	3

Source: rsssf.com

Semifinals

• Kashiwa Reysol 1–2 Verdy Kawasaki
• Shimizu S-Pulse 5–0 Bellmare Hiratsuka

Final

Main article: 1996 J.League Cup final

• Verdy Kawasaki 3–3 (PK 4–5) Shimizu S-Pulse

Shimizu S-Pulse won the cup

References

• rsssf
• (in Japanese) J. League