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2025.6.8

2025 J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP Kashiwa Reysol, Yokohama FC, Shonan Bellmare and Sanfrecce Hiroshima qualify for the Prime Round

Following the results of the 2025 J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP Play-off Round, Kashiwa Reysol, Yokohama FC, Shonan Bellmare and Sanfrecce Hiroshima have qualified for the Prime Round.
 Total of eight teams comprising four winning teams from the Play-off Round, three teams participated in AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25 (Vissel Kobe, Kawasaki Frontale and Yokohama F・Marinos) and Urawa Reds participates in FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will play the Prime Round in a home and away tournament.
The fixtures for the Prime Round will be decided by the draw which will be held on Monday 16th June.

 

 2025 J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP Play-off Round Results


Date

Kickoff

Fixture/ Result

Venue

1st Leg

Wednesday,
June 4

19:00

Tokyo Verdy 0-3 Kashiwa Reysol

Ajinomoto

19:00

Shonan Bellmare 2-0 Jubilo Iwata

LemonSHiratsuka

19:00

Cerezo Osaka 4-1 Yokohama FC

YODOKO STADIUM

19:00

Avispa Fukuoka 1-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

BEST-STA

2nd Leg

Sunday,
June 8

14:00

Jubilo Iwata 1-0 Shonan Bellmare

Yamaha

15:00

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1(4PK3) Avispa Fukuoka

E. PEACE

18:00

Yokohama FC 4-0 Cerezo Osaka

NHK SPRING .F

19:00

Kashiwa Reysol 2-1 Tokyo Verdy

SANKYO FKashiwa

 

Prime Round match schedule and competition format

 

- Match Schedule

Quarter finals 1st Leg: Wednesday, September 3 / 2nd Leg: Sunday, September 7

Semi-finals 1st Leg: Wednesday, October 8 / 2nd Leg: Sunday, October 12

Final TBD

 

- Competition Format

 Total of eight teams comprising four winning teams from the Play-off Round, three teams participated in AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25 (Vissel Kobe, Kawasaki Frontale and Yokohama F・Marinos) and Urawa Reds participates in FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will play the Prime Round in a home and away tournament (There is only one match for the final).


Quarter finals, 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.

 

           Goal difference for two matches

           30-minute extra time (two halves of 15 minutes each) at the end of the 2nd leg

           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).