2001 Emperor's Cup Final was the 81st final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2002. Shimizu S-Pulse won the championship.^[1]

Shimizu S-Pulse won their 1st title, by defeating Cerezo Osaka 3–2 with Alessandro Santos, Ryuzo Morioka and Baron goal.

January 1, 2002

Shimizu S-Pulse	3–2	Cerezo Osaka
Alessandro Santos 20' Ryuzo Morioka 68' Baron 97'		Hiroaki Morishima 79' Yoon Jong-hwan 89'

National Stadium

Shimizu S-Pulse GK 20 Takaya Kurokawa DF 11 Ryuzo Morioka DF 6 Katsumi Oenoki DF 3 Takuma Koga MF 13 Kohei Hiramatsu MF 12 Yasuhiro Yoshida MF 4 Kazuyuki Toda MF 8 Alessandro Santos MF 10 Masaaki Sawanobori FW 15 Yoshikiyo Kuboyama  64' FW 18 Baron Substitutes: GK 16 Keisuke Hada DF 19 Shohei Ikeda MF 30 Jumpei Takaki FW 17 Takayuki Yokoyama  64' FW 26 Kotaro Yamazaki Manager: Zemunović

Cerezo Osaka GK 1 Seigo Shimokawa DF 3 Daisuke Saito DF 14 Satoru Suzuki DF 36 Ichiei Muroi MF 16 Nobuki Hara MF 4 Kazuaki Tasaka MF 32 Takeshi Hamada  70' MF 24 Michiharu Sugimoto  59' MF 6 Yoon Jong-hwan FW 8 Hiroaki Morishima FW 9 Kenji Oshiba  59' Substitutes: GK 21 Kazumasa Kawano DF 5 Shigeki Kurata MF 15 Yoshito Ōkubo  59' FW 25 Kazunari Okayama  59' FW 33 Yasuo Manaka  70' Manager: Akihiro Nishimura

• 2001 Emperor's Cup