L.League & Women's Football 1996/97

L.League Championship 1996

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L.League 1996 Championship play-off match is cancelled because Nikko Dream Ladies wins both stage.
L.League Champion 1996 is Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies.

Nikko as L.League Champion shall be eligible to play in L.League Champion Final 1996.

The 8th L.League 1996

z'-Teams play the replace matches.

tabel_.L.League 1996
Final Ranking	Win(V/s.o)/Loss(V/s.o)	Goals	Dif.
Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies	17(2,0)/1(0,0)	75	64
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	16(0,1)/2(1,0)	59	42
Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza	12(0,0)/6(1,2)	59	39
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	9(0,2)/9(0,1)	41	11
Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club	9(2,1)/9(1,1)	29	-2
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	8(0,2)/10(0,0)	28	-28
Tasaki Perule F.C.	7(2,0)/11(2,2)	29	-10
Shiroki FC Selena	6(0,0)/12(0,1)	30	-12
Fujita SC Mercury	5(0,1)/13(1,0)	14	-23
z'- OKI FC Winds	1(0,1)/17(0,1)	13	-81

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L.League matches are played in two stages. During each stage, each team meets every other team once either at home or away (the home and away teams are reversed in the second stage).
If different teams win the two stages, the two stage winners play-off for the championship to determine the overall first and second places.

In L.League, when regulation time (90 minutes) of league match play fails to determine a winner, teams play a sudden-death extra time. If the match is still undecided, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.

The stated order is determined by the wins. If two or more teams have the same wins, more regulation time wins team takes rank of the less team.

L.League Championship team is winner of play-off matches for the championship, and runner-up is loser of the matches. Rankings below third place are determined by adding the wins for the both stages.
The ranking is determined as follows:1-1) total of all wins including extra time win and penalty shoot-out win in both stage, 1-2) total of regulation time wins in both stage, 2) goal difference in both stage, 3) total of goals in both stage.

The bottom one team shall play in L.League play-off matches 1996.

The scores of away matches in my documents are italic small violet numbers.

L.League Awards

Most Valuable Player

Linda MEDALEN (Nikko)

Goal-scoring leader

29: Linda MEDALEN (Nikko)

Assists leader

15: Hege RIISE (Nikko)

Rookie of the year

Natalie N. (Yomiuri-Seiyu)

Fighting spirit Award

WEN Lirong (Prima FC)

Special Award

Linda MEDALEN (Nikko)

Manager of the year

SUZUKI Tamotsu (Nikko)

Fair play Award

OKI FC Winds

Best eleven

YAMAGOU Nozomi (Prima FC)
YAMAKI Rie (Nikko)
TOMEI Yumi (Prima FC)
SAKAI Tomoe (Yomiuri-Seiyu)
HANETA Maki (Matsushita)
Hege RIISE (Nikko)
OBE Yumi (Nikko)
SAWA Homare (Yomiuri-Seiyu)
Linda MEDALEN (Nikko)
OMATSU Mayumi (Nikko)
Charmaine HOOPER (Prima FC)

L.League 1st stage 1996

The first match day is 18th August, and the last match day is 13th October 1996.

tabel_.L.League 1st stage 1996
Home	NIK	PRI	BEL	BUN	SUZ	MAT	PER	FUJ	SHI	OKI	Win(V/s.o)/Loss(V/s.o)	Goals	Dif.
x- Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies		3:1	3:1	7:1	1:0	3:0	1:0 aet	3:1	4:0	16:1	9(1,0)/0(0,0)	41	36
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	1:3		2:1	3:0	3:0	5:1	4:1	4:1	5:2	9:0	8(0,0)/1(0,0)	36	27
Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza	1:3	1:2		7:0	2:1	3:0	7:2	3:0	1:0	5:0	7(0,0)/2(0,0)	30	22
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	1:7	0:3	0:7		3:3 aet (4:3)	4:0	1:0	2:0	3:1	6:2	6(0,1)/3(0,0)	20	-3
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	0:1	0:3	1:2	3:3 aet (3:4)		0:2	1:1 aet (3:2)	1:0	1:1 aet (3:1)	2:1	4(0,2)/5(0,1)	9	-5
Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club	0:3	1:5	0:3	0:4	2:0		2:3 aet	1:1 aet (5:6)	2:0	3:0	3(0,0)/6(1,1)	11	-8
Tasaki Perule F.C.	0:1 aet	1:4	2:7	0:1	1:1 aet (2:3)	3:2 aet		2:0	1:2	6:0	3(1,0)/6(1,1)	16	-2
Fujita SC Mercury	1:3	1:4	0:3	0:2	0:1	1:1 aet (6:5)	0:2		2:0	3:0	3(0,1)/6(0,0)	8	-8
Shiroki FC Selena	0:4	2:5	0:1	1:3	1:1 aet (1:3)	0:2	2:1	0:2		6:3	2(0,0)/7(0,1)	12	-10
OKI FC Winds	1:16	0:9	0:5	2:6	1:2	0:3	0:6	0:3	3:6		0(0,0)/9(0,0)	7	-49

L.League 2nd stage 1996

The first match day is 27th October, and the last match day is 22nd December 1996.

tabel_.L.League 2nd stage 1996
Home	NIK	PRI	MAT	BEL	SUZ	SHI	PER	FUJ	BUN	OKI	Win(V/s.o)/Loss(V/s.o)	Goals	Dif.
x- Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies		1:2	1:0	2:1 aet	4:2	4:1	2:0	4:0	9:0	7:0	8(1,0)/1(0,0)	34	28
Prima Ham FC Kunoichi	2:1		2:1	1:1 aet (5:4)	2:1	2:1	1:2 aet	5:1	4:0	4:0	8(0,1)/1(1,0)	23	15
Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club	0:1	1:2		2:2 aet (3:2)	4:2	1:2	3:2 aet	1:0 aet	3:0	3:1	6(2,1)/3(0,0)	18	6
Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza	1:2 aet	1:1 aet (4:5)	2:2 aet (2:3)		1:4	5:2	6:0	2:0	4:1	7:0	5(0,0)/4(1,2)	29	17
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	2:4	1:2	2:4	4:1		4:1	2:3	2:0	6:1	9:0	5(0,0)/4(0,0)	32	16
Shiroki FC Selena	1:4	1:2	2:1	2:5	1:4		3:0	1:2	4:1	3:1	4(0,0)/5(0,0)	18	-2
Tasaki Perule F.C.	0:2	2:1 aet	2:3 aet	0:6	3:2	0:3		2:1	2:1	2:2 aet (2:4)	4(1,0)/5(1,1)	13	-8
Fujita SC Mercury	0:4	1:5	0:1 aet	0:2	0:2	2:1	1:2		0:3	2:1	2(0,0)/7(1,0)	6	-15
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	0:9	0:4	0:3	1:4	1:6	1:4	1:2	3:0		1:1 aet (5:4)	2(0,1)/7(0,0)	8	-25
OKI FC Winds	0:7	0:4	1:3	0:7	0:9	1:3	2:2 aet (4:2)	1:2	1:1 aet (4:5)		1(0,1)/8(0,1)	6	-32

The 1st L.League Cup 1996

finals

x-Teams progress to next round.

Yomiuri-Seiyu
- Yomiuri-Seiyu (1st of East)
- Matsushita (2nd of West)
Prima FC
- Suzuyo Shimizu (2nd of East)
- Prima FC (1st of West)

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	2:1	Matsushita	6/7/1996	Shimizu
Suzuyo Shimizu	0:2	Prima FC	6/7/1996	Shimizu

tabel_.Consolation final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Matsushita	1:2	Suzuyo Shimizu	7/7/1996	Shimizu

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	0:0 aet (4:3)pso	Prima FC	7/7/1996	Shimizu

Preliminary Rounds

The first match day is 2nd June, and the last match day is 30th June 1996.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: Eastern Zone
Team	BEL	SUZ	NIK	FUJ	OKI	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza		1:1	2:0	1:1	4:0	2/2/0	8	6	8
x- Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies	1:1		1:1	4:2	3:1	2/2/0	9	4	8
Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies	0:2	1:1		2:0	4:0	2/1/1	7	4	7
Fujita SC Mercury	1:1	2:4	0:2		4:0	1/1/2	7	0	4
OKI FC Winds	0:4	1:3	0:4	0:4		0/0/4	1	-14	0

tabel_.Preliminary Round: Western Zone
Team	PRI	MAT	PER	BUN	SHI	Win/Draw/Loss	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Prima Ham FC Kunoichi		3:0	1:0	5:0	1:1	3/1/0	10	9	10
x- Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club	0:3		1:0	1:1	2:0	2/1/1	4	0	7
Tasaki Perule F.C.	0:1	0:1		2:0	2:0	2/0/2	4	2	6
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC	0:5	1:1	0:2		4:1	1/1/2	5	-4	4
Shiroki FC Selena	1:1	0:2	0:2	1:4		0/1/3	2	-7	1

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In the Preliminary Rounds, all teams play each other one time.
Teams are allotted three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of all points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.

Points

3: a Win
1: a Draw
0: a Loss

The top two teams in each zone progress to the Semi-finals.

Yomiuri-Seiyu as L.League Cup winner shall be eligible to play in L.League Champion Final 1996.

L.League Champion Final 1996

tabel_.Champion Final 1996
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Yomiuri-Seiyu	3:1	Nikko	29/12/1996	Osaka

note

Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza: L.League Cup winner
Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies: L.League Champion

L.League Challenge match 1996

tabel_.L.League Challenge match 1996
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Urawa Ladies FC (Saitama)	2:0 1:0	Akita Ladies FC (Kumamoto)	26/1/1997 2/2/1997	Ohara, Urawa Kumamoto

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Urawa Ladies FC shall be eligible to play in L.League play-off match.

L.League play-off match 1996

tabel_.L.League play-off match 1996
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
OKI Winds	3:1 3:0	Urawa Ladies	16/2/1997 23/2/1997	Nishigaoka, Tokyo Ohara, Urawa

The 18th All Japan Women's Football Championship

finals

x-Teams progress to next round.
Results of championship are beneath.

Nikko
- Nikko
  - Nikko
    - Nikko securities SC Dream Ladies (L.League)
    - OKI
      - Akita FC Ladies (Kyushu)
      - OKI FC Winds (L.League)
  - Fujita SC
    - Scramble FC Keets (Chugoku)
    - Fujita SC Mercury (L.League)
- Suzuyo Shimizu
  - Suzuyo Shimizu
    - Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies (L.League)
    - Sapporo Linda (Hokkaido)
  - Takarazuka
    - Yomiuri Menina
      - Kochi JFC Rosa (Shikoku)
      - Yomiuri Nippon SC Menina (Kanto#1)
    - Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC (L.League)
Yomiuri-Seiyu
- Yomiuri-Seiyu
  - Yomiuri-Seiyu
    - Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza (L.League)
    - Shimizu Dai-hachi
      - Toyama Ladies SC (Hoku-shin-etsu)
      - Shimizu Dai-hachi sports club (Tokai)
  - Matsushita
    - Morioka Zebra Ladies FC (Tohoku)
    - Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club (L.League)
- Prima FC
  - Tasaki
    - Tasaki Perule F.C. (L.League)
    - Urawa Ladies FC (Kanto#2)
  - Prima FC
    - Shiroki
      - Shiroki FC Selena (L.League)
      - Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies junior (Kansai)
    - Prima Ham FC Kunoichi (L.League)

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Akita Ladies	0:3	OKI	4/1/1997	Kumamoto
JFC Rosa	0:6	Yomiuri Menina	4/1/1997	Haruno
Toyama Ladies	0:4	Shimizu Dai-hachi	4/1/1997	Minato, Nagoya
Shiroki	5:0	Takarazuka Jr.	4/1/1997	Ebina

tabel_.2nd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nikko	4:0	OKI	6/1/1997	Kumamoto
Scramble FC	0:11	Fujita SC	4/1/1997	Kumamoto
Suzuyo Shimizu	7:0	Sapporo Linda	4/1/1997	Haruno
Yomiuri Menina	2:3	Takarazuka	6/1/1997	Haruno
Yomiuri-Seiyu	8:0	Shimizu Dai-hachi	6/1/1997	Minato, Nagoya
Morioka Zebra	0:8	Matsushita	4/1/1997	Minato, Nagoya
Tasaki	2:0	Urawa Ladies	4/1/1997	Ebina
Shiroki	1:5	Prima FC	6/1/1997	Ayase

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nikko	3:1	Fujita SC	12/1/1997	Atsugi
Suzuyo Shimizu	8:5	Takarazuka	12/1/1997	Fukuoka
Yomiuri-Seiyu	2:1	Matsushita	12/1/1997	Utsunomiya
Tasaki	3:4	Prima FC	12/1/1997	Okayama

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nikko	3:2	Suzuyo Shimizu	15/1/1997	Hiroshima stadium
Yomiuri-Seiyu	3:2	Prima FC	15/1/1997	Matsuyama

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Nikko	3:0	Yomiuri-Seiyu	19/1/1997	Tokyo National stadium

note

In 1st and 2nd Rounds, regulation time is 80 minutes.

In the tournament, when regulation time of the match play fails to determine a winner, teams play 'V-goal'(golden-goal) extra time for 20 minutes. If the match is still undecided, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.

Yomiuri Menina is a subordinate team of Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza.