A x-Team progress to next round.
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kofu club | 4:1 | Nippon Steel Muroran | 10/12/1972 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Chuo Univ. | 3:1 | Nippon Steel Kamaishi | 10/12/1972 | Sendai |
| Osaka Univ. Comm. | 1:3 | Eidai | 10/12/1972 | Nishinomiya |
| Dainichi Cables | 3:2 | Fukuoka Univ. | 10/12/1972 | Nishinomiya |
| T&T Public Kinki | 1:3 | Toyota | 10/12/1972 | Nagoya |
| Waseda Univ. | 2:3 ext. | Nippon Light Metal | 10/12/1972 | Nagoya |
| Tanabe | 3:1 | Teijin Matsuyama | 10/12/1972 | Matsuyama |
| Keio Univ. | 4:2 | Toyama club | 10/12/1972 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi | 2:0 | Kofu club | 17/12/1972 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Towa RE | 2:0 | Chuo Univ. | 17/12/1972 | Utsunomiya |
| Nippon Kokan | 3:1 | Eidai | 17/12/1972 | Fujieda |
| Mitsubishi | 9:0 | Dainichi Cables | 17/12/1972 | Kobe |
| Nippon Steel | 4:0 | Toyota | 17/12/1972 | Fukuoka |
| Toyo | 2:0 | Nippon Light Metal | 17/12/1972 | Hiroshima |
| Furukawa | 4:2 | Tanabe | 17/12/1972 | Yokkaichi |
| Yanmar | 4:0 | Keio Univ. | 17/12/1972 | Kyoto |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi | 4:0 | Towa RE | 24/12/1972 | Nishigaoka stadium, Tokyo |
| Nippon Kokan | 3:0 | Mitsubishi | 24/12/1972 | Nagoya |
| Nippon Steel | 2:2 ext. (4:5) | Toyo | 24/12/1972 | Hiroshima |
| Furukawa | 1:4 | Yanmar | 24/12/1972 | Osaka |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi | 2:0 | Nippon Kokan | 30/12/1972 | National stadium, Tokyo |
| Toyo | 0:1 | Yanmar | 30/12/1972 | National stadium, Tokyo |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi | 2:1 | Yanmar | 1/1/1973 | National stadium, Tokyo |
The competition is changed into an open football tournament since this competition.
8 teams of Japan Soccer League division-1 and 16 representative teams of nine regions are qualified for the competition.
If two teams are level at the end of regulation time, extra time shall be played.
If the match is still undecided, the winning team (in the final, the winner) shall be decided in a penalty shoot-out.
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Last update: 19/02/2007, except minor update
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