L.League & Women's Football 2000/01

The 12th L.League 2000

In ranking table, the numbers (each points, goals and so on) in brackets are total of the Preliminary Rounds and Final Rounds.

tabel_.L.League 2000
Final RankingWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
NTV Beleza4/2/0
(9/3/0)		9
(34)		6
(30)		14
(30)
Iga football club Kunoichi2/2/2
(8/3/3)		9
(52)		1
(39)		8
(27)
Tasaki Perule F.C.0/4/2
(7/4/3)		7
(58)		-3
(42)		4
(25)
YKK Tohoku Flappers0/4/2
(3/6/3)		5
(27)		-4
(12)		4
(15)
Speranza F.C. Takatsuki4/0/0
(4/2/3)		19
(68)		16
(29)		12
(23)
Urawa Reinas FC3/0/1
(4/2/4)		20
(24)		17
(8)		9
(14)
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC2/0/2
(4/1/7)		10
(19)		1
(-13)		6
(13)
JEF united ICHIHARA Ladies1/0/3
(1/1/8)		3
(5)		-11
(-42)		3
(4)
Renaissance football club0/0/4
(0/0/12)		0
(1)		-23
(-105)		0
(0)

note

In L.League, the stated order of the top four teams is determined by adding the points for the Final Rounds. Rankings below fifth place are determined by adding the points for the Consolation Final Rounds.
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

All teams play each other two times (each at home and away) in the Final Rounds/Preliminary Rounds.
All teams play each other one time in the Consolation Final Rounds.

Prima Ham FC Kunoichi is reorganized into Iga football club.

Matsushita Panasonic Bambina ladies soccer club is reorganized into Football club Takatsuki.

NTV (Nittele) Beleza changes the team name from NTV Beleza. ('NTV' is a nickname of Nippon Television Network Corporation.)

Nippon Sport science University withdraws from the league just before this season.

A new team: JEF united ICHIHARA Ladies is a sister team of JEF united (J.League).

One new team which is Shimizu Dai-hachi sports club (Eastern Zone) join L.League in next season.

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

L.League Awards

Most Valuable Player
HARA Ayumi (Beleza)
Goal-scoring leader (in Final Rounds)
4: KOBAYASHI Yayoi (Beleza)
Rookie of the year
YAMAMOTO Emi (Tasaki)
Fighting spirit Award
KISHI Kazumi (Urawa) as Goal-scoring leader in Consolation Final Rounds
ITO Kanako (Beleza)
Manager of the year
OSUGA Maki (Beleza)
Fair play Award
NTV Beleza
Award
Tasaki Perule F.C.
Best eleven
  • ONODERA Shiho (Beleza)
  • OBE Yumi (Flappers)
  • FUJIMURA Tomomi (Iga FC)
  • ISOZAKI Hiromi (Tasaki)
  • NAKACHI Mai (Beleza)
  • HARA Ayumi (Beleza)
  • SAKAI Tomoe (Beleza)
  • KOBAYASHI Yayoi (Beleza)
  • KAWAKAMI Naoko (Tasaki)
  • SATO Harue (Flappers)
  • ISAKA Mito (Iga FC)

Final Rounds

The first match day is 5th November, and the last match day is 10th December 2000.

tabel_.Final Round
HomeBELIGAPERFLAWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
NTV Beleza2:02:01:04/2/09614
Iga football club Kunoichi0:12:14:12/2/2918
Tasaki Perule F.C.2:22:20:00/4/27-34
YKK Tohoku Flappers1:11:12:20/4/25-44

The first match day is 5th November, and the last match day is 3rd December 2000.

tabel_.Consolation Final Round
TeamTAKREIBUNJEFRFCWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Speranza F.C. Takatsuki3:14:22:010:04/0/0191612
Urawa Reinas FC1:34:010:05:03/0/120179
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC2:40:42:16:02/0/21016
JEF united ICHIHARA Ladies0:20:101:22:01/0/33-113
Renaissance football club0:100:50:60:20/0/40-230

Preliminary Rounds

The top two teams in each zone progress to the Final Round.

The first match day is 2nd July, and the last match day is 24th September 2000, interrupted by The Olympic Games Sydney 2000 from 17th July to 2nd September.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: Eastern Zone
HomeBELFLAREIJEFWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- NTV Beleza1:14:010:05/1/0252416
x- YKK Tohoku Flappers0:36:17:13/2/1221611
Urawa Reinas FC0:20:01:11/2/34-95
JEF united ICHIHARA Ladies0:50:80:20/1/52-311

The first match day is 1st July, and the last match day is 1st October 2000, interrupted by The Olympic Games Sydney 2000 from 17th July to 2nd September.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: Western Zone
HomePERIGATAKBUNRFCWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- Tasaki Perule F.C.2:11:04:117:07/0/1514521
x- Iga football club Kunoichi4:11:12:011:06/1/1433819
Speranza F.C. Takatsuki0:11:23:05:03/2/3491311
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC0:70:70:03:02/1/59-147
Renaissance football club0:180:151:90:50/0/81-820

The 22nd All Japan Women's Football Championship

finals

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

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Kamimura Gakuen HS0:1Seiwa Gakuen HS6/1/2001Fukuoka
Sapporo Linda0:2Shimizu Dai-hachi6/1/2001Shizuoka
Saibi HS0:7Nippon Sport. Univ.6/1/2001Hodogaya
tabel_.2nd Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Beleza8:0Seiwa Gakuen HS7/1/2001Fukuoka
Renaissance FC0:3JEF united7/1/2001Fukuoka
FC Takatsuki7:0Nawashiro Ladies7/1/2001Utsunomiya
Flappers5:0Menina7/1/2001Utsunomiya
Tasaki10:1Shimizu Dai-hachi7/1/2001Shizuoka
Osaka Univ. HSS0:1Reinas7/1/2001Shizuoka
Takarazuka3:0Scramble FC7/1/2001Hodogaya
Nippon Sport. Univ.0:3Iga FC7/1/2001Hodogaya
tabel_.Quarter-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Beleza3:0JEF united14/1/2001Hiroshima stadium
FC Takatsuki2:1Flappers14/1/2001Hiroshima stadium
Tasaki4:0Reinas14/1/2001Utsunomiya
Takarazuka0:4Iga FC14/1/2001Utsunomiya
tabel_.Semi-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Beleza5:1FC Takatsuki20/1/2001Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Tasaki1:0Iga FC20/1/2001Nishigaoka, Tokyo
tabel_.Final
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Beleza2:1Tasaki21/1/2001Tokyo 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.