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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title                      = J.League Cup
| year                       = 2000
| other_titles               = J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
| country                    = {{JPN}}
| dates                      = 12 April and <br> 4 November 2000
| num_teams                  = 27
| champions                  = [[Kashima Antlers]]
| count                      = 2
| runner-up                  = [[Kawasaki Frontale]]]
| semi-finalist1             = [[Kyoto Purple Sanga]]
| semi-finalist2             = [[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]]
| matches                    = 51
| goals                      = 
| attendance                 = 
| top_goal_scorer            = 
| player_label               = MVP Award
| player                     = [[Koji Nakata]]
| prevseason                 = [[1999 J.League Cup|1999]]
| nextseason                 = [[2001 J.League Cup|2001]]
}}
Statistics of [[J. League Cup]], officially the '''2000 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup''', in the 2000 season.

==Overview==
It was contested by 27 teams, and [[Kashima Antlers]] won the cup.
There were 22 teams played the first round, with 5 teams getting byes to the second round.

==Results==
===1st round===
*[[Montedio Yamagata]] 0–3 ; 1–0 '''[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]'''
*[[Omiya Ardija]] 0–4 ; 0–2 '''[[Vissel Kobe]]'''
*'''[[Kawasaki Frontale]]''' 3–0 ; 1–2 [[Urawa Red Diamonds]]
*[[Shonan Bellmare]] 2–3 ; 0–0 '''[[Avispa Fukuoka]]'''
*[[Ventforet Kofu]] 0–2 ; 1–5 '''[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]'''
*[[Albirex Niigata]] 0–1 ; 1–3 '''[[Kyoto Purple Sanga]]'''
*'''[[Cerezo Osaka]]''' 2–0 ; 1–0 [[Vegalta Sendai]]
*[[Sagan Tosu]] 0–1 ; 1–2 '''[[Verdy Kawasaki]]'''
*[[Oita Trinita]] 2–2 ; 1–3 '''[[JEF United Ichihara]]'''
*'''[[Gamba Osaka]]''' 2–1 ; 1–0 [[Consadole Sapporo]]
*'''[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]''' 4–1 ; 3–1 [[Mito HollyHock]]

===2nd round===
*'''[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]''' 4–1 ; 0–1 [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
*'''[[Kawasaki Frontale]]''' 1–0 ; 1–1 [[Kashiwa Reysol]]
*'''[[Verdy Kawasaki]]''' 1–0 ; 1–0 [[Cerezo Osaka]]
*'''[[Kyoto Purple Sanga]]''' 1–1 ; 0–1 [[FC Tokyo]]
*[[Gamba Osaka]] 0–1 ; 2–1 '''[[Jubilo Iwata]]'''
*[[Avispa Fukuoka]] 1–1 ; 2–3 '''[[Kashima Antlers]]'''
*[[JEF United Ichihara]] 1–1 ; 1–2 '''[[Nagoya Grampus Eight]]'''
*[[Vissel Kobe]] 2–0 ; 0–4 '''[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]'''

===Quarterfinals===
*[[Verdy Kawasaki]] 0–0 ; 0–2 '''[[Kawasaki Frontale]]'''
*[[Jubilo Iwata]] 1–1 ; 1–2 '''[[Kyoto Purple Sanga]]'''
*[[Yokohama F. Marinos]] 1–2 ; 1–1 '''[[Kashima Antlers]]'''
*[[Shimizu S-Pulse]] 4–6 ; 0–0 '''[[Nagoya Grampus Eight]]'''

===Semifinals===
*[[Kyoto Purple Sanga]] 0–2 ; 2–1 '''[[Kawasaki Frontale]]'''
*[[Nagoya Grampus Eight]] 1–3 ; 2–3 '''[[Kashima Antlers]]'''

===Final===
{{main|2000 J.League Cup Final}}
*'''[[Kashima Antlers]]''' 2–0 [[Kawasaki Frontale]]
[[Kashima Antlers]] won the cup.

==References==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/japchamp.html rsssf]
*{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110325124020/http://www.j-league.or.jp/yncup/cupwinners.html J. League]

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