1996 J.League Cup

1996 J.League Cup

J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Bellmare Hiratsuka Kashiwa Reysol
Tournament statistics
Matches played	115
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Statistics of

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

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

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

Semifinals

• Verdy Kawasaki
• 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