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Press Release プレスリリース
2022.12.20
The J.League announces that the tournament and match formats of the 2023 J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP have been decided as follows.
| Tournament | Date | Tournament format | Match format |
| Levain Cup (J1/18 teams, J2/2 teams) | ■ Group Stage 1st Sec. Wednesday, March 8 2nd Sec. Sunday, March 26 3rd Sec. Wednesday, April 5 4th Sec. Wednesday, April 19 5th Sec. Wednesday, May 24 6th Sec. Sunday, June 18 | A total of 20 teams comprising all 18 teams from J1 and two teams from J2 (the teams ranked 17th and 18th in the previous year) are divided into five groups. Each group plays in a home and away double round-robin league. Eight teams, comprising the top teams from each group and the top three second-placed teams advance to the Prime Stage. *Each group fixtures in the group stage are determined based on the rankings in the 2022 MEIJI YASUDA J1 and J2 LEAGUEs. | <Match format and determination of winners> In case a 90-minute match (two halves of 45 minutes each) is played and no winner is decided, the match ends in a tie. <Points> Winner: three (3) points, Tie: one (1) point, Loser: zero (0) points <Determination of ranking> (1) Ranking is determined by the total number of points at the end of the group stage. The teams with a higher number of points are ranked at the top. However, teams with the same number of points are ranked based on the following, in order of priority. ① Points among teams with the same points ② Goal difference among teams with the same points ③ Goals scored among teams with the same points If the ranking cannot be determined even with the application of ① to ③ above, ① to ③ are applied again only to the matches between the teams in question to determine the final ranking. If the ranking remains undecided through this process, ④ to ⑧ below are applied. ④ Goal difference for all matches within the group ⑤ Goals scored for all matches within the group ⑥ Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved in the determination of ranking, and both teams are on the field of play ⑦ In order from the lowest number of disciplinary points ⑧ Draw (2) When determining the ranking with the same ranked teams from different groups at the end of the group stage, the team with the highest total number of points will be ranked higher. However, teams with the same number of points are ranked based on the following, in order of priority. ① Goal difference ② Goals scored ③ Disciplinary points ④ Draw |
| Tournament | Date | Tournament format | Match format |
| Levain Cup (J1/18 teams, J2/2 teams) | ■Prime Stage （13 matches） ● Quarterfinals 1st leg. Wednesday, September 6 2nd leg Sunday, September 10 ● Semi-finals 1st leg. Wednesday, October 11 2nd leg Sunday, October 15 ● Final TBD | Total of eight winning teams from the Group Stage play in a home and away tournament. (There is only one match for the final.) Fixtures of Prime Stage shall be determined following the draws after the Group Stage. | <Match format and determination of winners> ● Quarterfinals, Semi-finals (home and away) In case a 90-minute match (two halves of 45 minutes each) is played and no winner is decided, the match ends in a tie. The winner in each round is the team with the highest number of wins for two matches. If the number of wins is the same, the ranking is determined based on the following, in order of priority. ① Goal difference for two matches ② 30-minute extra time (two halves of 15 minutes each) at the end of the second round ③ Penalty shoot-out (Five players from each team. If the winner is not decided, the sixth and subsequent players will take turns to kick until the winner is decided.) ● Final (One match) In case a 90-minute match (two halves of 45 minutes each) is played and no winner is decided, an extra 30 minutes (two halves of 15 minutes each) is played. If the winner is still not decided, the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out. (Five players from each team. If the winner is not decided, the sixth and subsequent players will take turns to kick until the winner is decided.) |
