1981 Emperor's Cup

Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1981 season.

Overview
It was contested by 28 teams, and Nippon Kokan won the championship.

1st round

 * Teijin 1–3 Toyota Motors
 * Mazda 1–2 Kyushu Sangyo University
 * Dainichi Cable Industries 0–2 Nippon Steel
 * Yomiuri 2–0 Osaka University of Commerce
 * Kawasaki Steel Mizushima 1–3 Matsushita Electric
 * Waseda University 6–0 Gonohe Town Hall
 * Fukuoka University 1–4 Doshisha University
 * Tsukuba University 6–0 YKK
 * Fujitsu 1–3 Hitachi
 * Yamaha Motors 1–2 Nissan Motors
 * Aichi Gakuin University 0–3 Honda
 * Nippon Kokan 6–1 Fujita Industries

2nd round

 * Yanmar Diesel 2–1 Toyota Motors
 * Kyushu Sangyo University 1–3 Nippon Steel
 * Yomiuri 1–0 Matsushita Electric
 * Waseda University 0–3 Mitsubishi Motors
 * Furukawa Electric 11–4 Doshisha University
 * Tsukuba University 3–1 Hitachi
 * Nissan Motors 1–2 Honda
 * Nippon Kokan 2–1 Fujita Industries

Quarterfinals

 * Yanmar Diesel 1–2 Nippon Steel
 * Yomiuri 0–0 (PK 7–6) Mitsubishi Motors
 * Furukawa Electric 1–2 Tsukuba University
 * Honda 2–4 Nippon Kokan

Semifinals

 * Nippon Steel 0–0 (PK 3–5) Yomiuri
 * Tsukuba University 0–1 Nippon Kokan

Final
Nippon Kokan won the championship.
 * Yomiuri 0–2 Nippon Kokan