2022–23 WE League Cup (original) (raw)

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2022–23 WE League Cup

Tournament details
Country Japan
Dates 20 August – 1 October 2022
Teams 11
Final positions
Champions Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies(1st title)
Runner-up Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Tournament statistics
Matches played 26
Goals scored 54 (2.08 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Riko Ueki (6 goals)
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The 2022–23 WE League Cup is the 1st season of the WE League Cup, a women's football cup tournament that will be contested annually between WE League clubs. As the league have as of the 2022–23 season only 11 clubs featuring in the tournament and the plan was to make a group stage between the knockouts, it was necessary that six teams featured in a group, and five in another. The winner of each group got a ticket to the final, which will be contested by Urawa Red Diamonds and Tokyo Verdy Beleza. Despite the tournament refers to itself as if it was played between two different years, the tournament starts and ends on 2022, as the "–23" refers to the Japan professional women's football season on the WE League, which starts in 2022 and (actually) ends on 2023. The final of this edition will be played on 1 October 2022.

| | Matchday | Date[1][2][3] | | | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | Group stage | Matchday 1 | 20 or 21 August | | Matchday 2 | 27 or 28 August | | | Matchday 3 | 3 or 4 September | | | Matchday 4 | 10 or 11 September | | | Matchday 5 | 17 or 18 or 19 September | | | Matchday 6 | 24 or 25 September | | | Final | 1 October | |

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 5 3 2 0 12 5 +7 11 Advance to the final
2 AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies 5 3 2 0 7 4 +3 11
3 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama 5 1 2 2 6 8 −2 5
4 Mynavi Sendai Ladies 5 1 2 2 5 8 −3 5
5 Omiya Ardija Ventus 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 4
6 Albirex Niigata Ladies 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza 4 2 2 0 9 3 +6 8 Advance to the final
2 INAC Kobe Leonessa 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 8
3 JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
4 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 4 0 2 2 3 6 −3 2
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 4 0 2 2 5 10 −5 2
Award Player Club
MVP

As of 1 October 2022

Rank Player Club Goals[5][6][7]
1 Riko Ueki Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza 6
2 Kozue Ando Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 4
3 Yuika Sugasawa Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 3
Aoba Fujino Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Rio Takizawa AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies
6 Miyu Yakata MyNavi Sendai 2
Hikaru Naomoto Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
Kiko Seike Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
Mayu Karahashi Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
Miho Kamogawa JEF United Chiba Ladies
Tomoko Muramatsu Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Kana Fujiwara Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Ayaka Michigami Albirex Niigata Ladies
Mina Tanaka INAC Kobe Leonessa
Moeno Sakaguchi INAC Kobe Leonessa
Haruna Kawashima Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina

Internet live streaming

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  1. ^ "「2022-23 WEリーグカップ」開催決定！ グループステージは8/20・21・22開幕、決勝は10/1(土)". weleague.jp (in Japanese). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ "「2022-23 WEリーグカップ」 試合日程が決定 決勝は10/1(土) 味の素フィールド西が丘で開催". weleague.jp (in Japanese). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Dan Orlowitz (16 August 2022). "WE League aims to build on first-season challenges". The Japan Times. Tokyo. Retrieved 25 September 2022. Fans will be able to witness one of the first signs of improvement on Saturday with the launch of the WE League Cup, which will see teams compete in round-robin group action before an Oct. 1 final in Tokyo.
  4. ^ a b "2022-23 WE League Cup: Match schedule confirmed. Final will be held on Saturday, 1st October at Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka". WE League. Tokyo. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Stats". weleague.jp. Japan Women's Empowerment Professional Football League WE League. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ "2022-23 WE League Cup Group Stage Group A Scorers". WE League Data Site. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "2022-23 WE League Cup Group Stage Group B Scorers". WE League Data Site. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "2022-23 WE LEAGUE CUP: Group Stage matches will be streamed live on WE LEAGUE's official YouTube Channel!". weleague.jp. WE League. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  9. ^ "「2022-23 WEリーグカップ」 グループステージはWEリーグ公式YouTubeでライブ配信！". weleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2022.