The first games for this year's Yamazaki Japan Nabisco Cup will be played on Wednesday March 29.

The groups are split as follows (Note: due to ACL scheduling, Gamba Osaka has been seeded, and will participate after the group rounds):

Points - Goal Diff - Team so far... In BOLD go to the second round Group A 16 | +9 | Urawa Reds 10 | +1 | Yokohama F Marinos 5 | -4 | Avispa Fukuoka 2 | -6 | FC Tokyo Group B 15 | +6 | Kawasaki Frontale 9 | +3 | Kashima Antlers 9 | -3 | Oita Trinita 3 | -6 | Kyoto Purple Sanga Group C 13 | +3 | Jef Chiba 8 | -0 | Shimizu S-Pulse 6 | -1 | Albirex Niigata 5 | -2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Group D 12 | +3 | Cerezo Osaka 10 | +1 | Jubilo Iwata 8 | +1 | Ventforet Kofu 7 | -1 | Omiya Ardija 3 | -4 | Nagoya Grampus	----	2006 Nabisco Cup QuarterFinal Fixtures Gamba Osaka vs Kashima Antlers Jef Chiba vs Cerezo Osaka Jubilo Iwata vs Yokohama F Marinos Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Reds March 29 2006 Urawa Reds 2-0 FC Tokyo Yokohama F Marinos 1-0 Avispa Fukuoka Kashima Antlers 4-1 Oita Trinita Kyoto Purple Sanga 3-4 Kawasaki Frontale Jef Chiba 2-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Albirex Niigata 3-3 Shimizu S-Pulse Nagoya Grampus 1-3 Ventforet Kofu Cerezo Osaka 1-0 Jubilo Iwata April 5 2006 Jubilo Iwata 2-1 Omiya Ardija April 12 2006 Urawa Reds 3-1 Avispa Fukuoka Yokohama F Marinos 2-0 FC Tokyo Kashima Antlers 3-1 Kawasaki Frontale Oita Trinita 2-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga Jef Chiba 3-2 Albirex Niigta Shimizu S-Pulse 2-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Ventforet Kofu 2-2 Jubilo Iwata Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Nagoya Grampus April 26 2006 FC Tokyo 1-2 Yokohama F Marinos Avispa Fukuoka 1-3 Urawa Reds Kawasaki Frontale 4-1 Kyoto Purple Sanga Oita Trinita 1-0 Kashima Antlers Shimizu S-Pulse 1-2 Albirex Niigata Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-4 Jef Chiba Omiya Ardija 2-3 Jubilo Iwata Ventforet Kofu 1-1 Nagoya Grampus May 10 2006 Ventforet Kofu 0-1 Cerezo Osaka Nagoya Grampus 1-2 Omiya Ardija May 14 2006 FC Tokyo 0-1 Avispa Fukuoka Yokohama F Marinos 1-2 Urawa Reds Kashima Antlers 3-2 Kyoto Purple Sanga Oita Trinita 0-2 Kawasaki Frontale Shimizu S-Pulse 1-0 Jef Chiba Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-0 Albirex Niigata Omiya Ardija 1-0 Ventforet Kofu Nagoya Grampus 1-1 Cerezo Osaka May 17 2006 FC Tokyo 0-0 Urawa Reds Avispa Fukuoka 1-1 Yokohama F Marinos Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 Oita Trinita Kyoto Purple Sange 2-1 Kashima Antlers Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-1 Shimizu S-Pulse Omiya Ardija 1-1 Cerezo Osaka May 18 2006 Albirex Niigata 0-0 Jef Chiba Jubilo Iwata 1-2 Ventforet Kofu May 21 2006 Urawa Reds 4-2 Yokohama F Marinos Avispa Fukuoka 0-0 FC Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Kashima Antlers Kyoto Purple Sanga 1-2 Oita Trinita Jef Chiba 1-0 Shimizu S-Pulse Albirex Niigata 0-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Jubilo Iwata 2-1 Nagoya Grampus Cerezo Osaka 3-2 Omiya Ardija
The group stage is complete, I will lay out the tournament in the space below.