L.League & Women's Football 2002/03

The 14th L.League 2002

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 2002
Final RankingWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
NTV Beleza4/2/0
(9/2/0)		6
(34)		4
(30)		14
(29)
Tasaki Perule F.C.4/1/1
(8/1/1)		11
(25)		7
(20)		13
(25)
Saitama Reinas FC1/1/4
(4/2/5)		3
(20)		-5
(7)		4
(14)
Iga football club Kunoichi1/0/5
(4/0/6)		2
(12)		-6
(1)		3
(12)
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC5/0/1
(6/1/3)		18
(21)		11
(9)		15
(19)
Speranza F.C. Takatsuki4/2/0
(5/3/2)		15
(22)		10
(5)		14
(18)
YKK Tohoku Flappers3/2/1
(6/3/2)		19
(35)		15
(25)		11
(21)
AS Elfen Sayama FC2/1/3
(3/2/6)		14
(21)		2
(-7)		7
(11)
JEF united ICHIHARA Ladies0/4/2
(1/5/5)		9
(16)		-9
(-22)		4
(8)
Shimizu Dai-hachi sports club1/1/4
(1/1/9)		10
(13)		-16
(42)		4
(4)
Renaissance Kumamoto football club0/2/4
(0/2/8)		4
(7)		-13
(-26)		2
(2)

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.
All teams play each other one time in the Consolation Final Rounds/Preliminary Rounds.

Saitama Reinas changes the team name from URAWA Reinas. Because the three cities which are URAWA, OMIYA and YONO have been merged into Saitama city.

Two new teams which are Ohara Gakuen JaSRA (Eastern Zone) and Okayama Yunogo (Western 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
SAKAI Tomoe (Beleza)
Goal-scoring leader (in Final Rounds)
5(+6): OTANI Mio (Tasaki)
Rookie of the year
ANDO Kozue (Reinas)
Fighting spirit Award
ONODERA Shiho (Beleza)
SATO Mai (AS Elfen) as Goal-scoring leader in Consolation Final Rounds
NAKAJIMA Mirai (Shimizu) as Goal-scoring leader in Consolation Final Rounds
Manager of the year
MIYAMURA Masashi (Beleza)
Special Award
NISHINA Kae (Iga FC) as the first prayer who appeared in 200 matches of the league.
Fair play Award
Iga football club Kunoichi
Best eleven
  • YAMAGOU Nozomi (Reinas)
  • ISOZAKI Hiromi (Tasaki)
  • YAMAGISHI Yasuyo (Iga FC)
  • YAMAZAKI Yuka (Iga FC)
  • FUJII Nana (Beleza)
  • SAKAI Tomoe (Beleza)
  • ITO Kanako (Beleza)
  • KAWAKAMI Naoko (Tasaki)
  • OTANI Mio (Tasaki)
  • ONO Shinobu (Beleza)
  • ANDO Kozue (Reinas)

Final Rounds

The first match day is 27th October, and the last match day is 30th November 2002.

tabel_.Final Round
HomeBELPERREIIGAWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
NTV Beleza1:11:01:04/2/06414
Tasaki Perule F.C.1:22:12:04/1/111713
Saitama Reinas FC0:00:31:01/1/43-54
Iga football club Kunoichi0:10:22:11/0/52-63

The first match day is 27th October, and the last match day is 1st December 2002.

tabel_.Consolation Final Round
TeamBUNTAKFLAELFJEFSDHRFCWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC1:21:03:25:35:03:05/0/1181115
Speranza F.C. Takatsuki2:10:04:20:04:15:14/2/0151014
YKK Tohoku Flappers0:10:02:17:09:11:13/2/1191511
AS Elfen Sayama FC2:32:41:21:13:25:02/1/31427
JEF united ICHIHARA Ladies3:50:00:71:14:41:10/4/29-94
Shimizu Dai-hachi sports club0:51:41:92:34:42:11/1/410-164
Renaissance Kumamoto football club0:31:51:10:51:11:20/2/44-132

Preliminary Rounds

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

The first match day is 7th July, and the last match day is 4th August 2002.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: Eastern Zone
HomeBELREIFLAELFJEFSDHWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- NTV Beleza3:23:07:06:09:05/0/0282615
x- Saitama Reinas FC2:32:23:05:05:03/1/1171210
YKK Tohoku Flappers0:32:23:05:16:03/1/1161010
AS Elfen Sayama FC0:70:30:32:25:11/1/37-94
JEF united ICHIHARA Ladies0:60:51:52:24:21/1/37-134
Shimizu Dai-hachi sports club0:90:50:61:52:40/0/53-260
tabel_.Preliminary Round: Western Zone
HomePERIGABUNTAKRFCWin/Draw/LossGoalsDif.Pts.
x- Tasaki Perule F.C.2:01:06:15:04/0/0141312
x- Iga football club Kunoichi0:22:04:04:13/0/11079
Takarazuka Bunnys Ladies SC0:10:21:12:11/1/23-24
Speranza F.C. Takatsuki1:60:41:15:11/1/27-54
Renaissance Kumamoto football club0:51:41:21:50/0/43-130

The 24th All Japan Women's Football Championship

finals

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

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Fukuoka Jo Gakuin0:4Ohara JaSRA12/1/2003Maebashi
Ragazza1:2
aet		Nippon Sport. Univ.12/1/2003Maebashi
IFC Fräulein2:5Yunogo Belle12/1/2003Ueno
Menina3:0Seiwa Gakuen HS12/1/2003Ueno
J. Sea gull2:0JFC Rosa12/1/2003Oita
tabel_.2nd Rounds
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Beleza1:0Ohara JaSRA18/1/2003Fuchu (Aki, Hiroshima)
JEF united3:1AS Elfen18/1/2003Fuchu (Aki, Hiroshima)
Bunnys1:3Nippon Sport. Univ.18/1/2003Oita
Yunogo Belle1:4Reinas18/1/2003Oita
Iga FC2:1Menina18/1/2003Ueno
Shimizu Dai-hachi0:4Flappers18/1/2003Ueno
FC Takatsuki8:0Renaissance FC18/1/2003Uji
J. Sea gull0:4Perule18/1/2003Uji
tabel_.Quarter-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Beleza4:0JEF united19/1/2003Hiroshima stadium
Nippon Sport. Univ.0:2Reinas19/1/2003Hiroshima stadium
Iga FC1:1
aet
(0:3)pso		Flappers19/1/2003Kyoto
FC Takatsuki0:1Perule19/1/2003Kyoto
tabel_.Semi-finals
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Beleza1:0
aet		Reinas25/1/2003Nishigaoka, Tokyo
Flappers1:3Perule25/1/2003Nishigaoka, Tokyo
tabel_.Final
TeamScoreTeamDateVenues
Beleza0:1Perule26/1/2003Tokyo 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.

Ragazza is a subordinate team of Speranza F.C. Takatsuki.