Regional Football 1997

The 21st Regional Football League Competition

The match days are 23rd, 24th and 25th January 1998 at Kagoshima.

y-Teams are promoted to the Japan Football League automatically.

tabel_.Final Round
Team	SON	ALB	YOK	KYO	Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o)	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
y- Sony Sendai		5:3	0:0 (4:3)	1:0	3(1)/0(0)	6	3	8
y- Albirex Niigata	3:5		3:1	6:3	2(0)/1(0)	12	3	6
Yokogawa Electric	0:0 (3:4)	1:3		3:1	1(0)/2(1)	4	0	4
Kyoikukenkyusha	0:1	3:6	1:3		0(0)/3(0)	4	-6	0

Preliminary Rounds

The match days are 16th,17th and 18th January 1998 at Naraha (group A&B) and Mimasaka (group C&D).

x-Teams progress to the Final Round.

tabel_.Preliminary Round: group A
Team	SON	MAZ	SAP	KAG	Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o)	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Sony Sendai (Tohoku)		3:2	9:0	5:0	3(0)/0(0)	17	15	9
Mazda soccer club (Chugoku#1)	2:3		3:1	6:0	2(0)/1(0)	11	7	6
Sapporo Univ. OB (Hokkaido#2)	0:9	1:3		1:0	1(0)/2(0)	2	-10	3
Kagawa Shiun football club (Shikoku)	0:5	0:6	0:1		0(0)/3(0)	0	-12	0

tabel_.Preliminary Round: group B
Team	KYO	HEP	LUM	Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o)	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Kyoikukenkyusha (Kansai)		0:0 (7:6)	1:0	2(1)/0(0)	1	1	5
Hokkaido Electric Power (Hokkaido#1)	0:0 (6:7)		4:4 (1:4)	0(0)/2(2)	4	0	2
Honda Luminozo Sayama football club (Kanto#2)	0:1	4:4 (4:1)		1(1)/1(0)	4	-1	2

tabel_.Preliminary Round: group C
Team	ALB	HSE	MOM	Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o)	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Albirex Niigata (Hoku-shin-etsu)		1:1 (4:3)	5:0	2(1)/0(0)	6	5	5
Hitachi Shimizu (Tokai#1)	1:1 (3:4)		3:0	1(0)/1(1)	4	3	4
Mitsubishi Oil Mizushima (Chugoku#2)	0:5	0:3		0(0)/2(0)	0	-8	0

tabel_.Preliminary Round: group D
Team	YOK	FUJ	KYU	Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o)	Goals	Dif.	Pts.
x- Yokogawa Electric (Kanto#1)		3:0	1:0	2(0)/0(0)	4	4	6
Fujieda public office (Tokai#2)	0:3		3:2	1(0)/1(0)	3	2	3
NTT Kyushu (Kyushu)	0:1	2:3		0(0)/2(0)	2	2	0

note

Nine champion teams of each Regional Leagues and 2nd place teams of the Regions including the top four teams of last year's tournament are qualified for the tournament.

In the tournament, when regulation time of the match play fails to determine a winner, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.

All teams play each other one times.
Teams are allotted three points for a win in regulation play, two points for a shoot-out win, one point for a shoot-out loss, and no points for a loss (except shoot-out loss).
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.

Albirex changes the team name from Albireo.

The 33rd All Japan Adults Footall Tournament

finals

x-Teams progress to next round.

Luminozo Sayama
- Luminozo Sayama
  - Luminozo Sayama
    - Kyoikukenkyusha FC (Kansai)
    - Luminozo Sayama
      - Sapporo football team (Hokkaido)
      - Honda Luminozo Sayama football club (Kanto)
  - NTT Kyushu
    - NTT Kyushu
      - Yazaki Valente FC (Tokai)
      - NTT Kyushu (Kyushu)
    - Teijin
      - Teijin (Shikoku)
      - Saitama teachers club (Kanto)
- Albirex
  - NTT Kansai
    - Blaze Kumamoto
      - Hokoku Kogyo (Kansai)
      - Blaze Kumamoto (Kyushu)
    - NTT Kansai
      - NTT Kansai (Kansai)
      - River Free Kickers (Chugoku)
  - Albirex
    - Sony Sendai
      - Yono Shukon-kai (Kanto)
      - Sony Sendai (Tohoku)
    - Albirex
      - Hitachi Shimizu (Tokai)
      - Albirex Niigata (Hoku-shin-etsu)
Yokogawa
- Kanagawa tchr.
  - Kanagawa tchr.
    - Kanagawa teachers (Host: Kanagawa)
    - Aries Tokyo
      - Chuoh Bohhan ACM Fujieda soccer club (Tokai)
      - Aries football club Tokyo (Kanto)
  - Osaka Gas
    - Atsugi Marcus
      - Volca Kagoshima (Kyushu)
      - The Maritime Self-Defense Force Atsugi Marcus (Kanto)
    - Osaka Gas
      - Osaka Gas (Kansai)
      - Kagawa Shiun football club (Shikoku)
- Yokogawa
  - Sagawa Exp.
    - YKK
      - YKK (Hoku-shin-etsu)
      - Mitsubishi Oil Mizushima (Chugoku)
    - Sagawa Exp.
      - Sagawa Express SC (Kansai)
      - TDK (Tohoku)
  - Yokogawa
    - Hokkaido Electric Power
      - Nagoya soccer club (Tokai)
      - Hokkaido Electric Power (Hokkaido)
    - Yokogawa Electric (Kanto)

Results

tabel_.1st Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Sapporo football	0:1	Luminozo Sayama	15/11/1997	Fujisawa
Yazaki Valente	1:1 aet (2:4)pso	NTT Kyushu	15/11/1997	Fujisawa
Teijin	3:0	Saitama tchr.	15/11/1997	Fujisawa
Hokoku Kogyo	0:1	Blaze Kumamoto	15/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
NTT Kansai	2:1	R.F.K.	15/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
Yono s.	0:1	Sony Sendai	15/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
Hitachi Shimizu	0:2	Albirex	15/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
Chuoh Bohhan ACM	0:1	Aries Tokyo	15/11/1997	Fujisawa
Volca Kagoshima	1:3	Atsugi Marcus	15/11/1997	Fujisawa
Osaka Gas	2:0	Kagawa Shiun	15/11/1997	Fujisawa
YKK	6:0	Mitsubishi Mizushima	15/11/1997	Fujisawa
Sagawa Exp.	5:0	TDK	15/11/1997	Fujisawa
Nagoya SC	2:3	Hokkaido Electric Power	15/11/1997	Fujisawa

tabel_.2nd Rounds
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Kyoikukenkyusha	0:0 aet (1:4)pso	Luminozo Sayama	16/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
NTT Kyushu	5:0	Teijin	16/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
Blaze Kumamoto	0:1	NTT Kansai	16/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
Sony Sendai	0:3	Albirex	16/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
Kanagawa tchr.	2:1	Aries Tokyo	16/11/1997	Fujisawa
Atsugi Marcus	0:3	Osaka Gas	16/11/1997	Fujisawa
YKK	4:5	Sagawa Exp.	16/11/1997	Fujisawa
Hokkaido Electric Power	3:4 aet	Yokogawa	16/11/1997	Fujisawa

tabel_.Quarter-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Luminozo Sayama	1:1 aet (5:3)pso	NTT Kyushu	17/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
NTT Kansai	0:4	Albirex	17/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
Kanagawa tchr.	1:0	Osaka Gas	17/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama
Sagawa Exp.	0:1	Yokogawa	17/11/1997	Hodogaya, Yokohama

tabel_.Semi-finals
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Luminozo Sayama	0:0 aet (5:3)pso	Albirex	18/11/1997	Fujisawa
Kanagawa tchr.	0:1	Yokogawa	18/11/1997	Fujisawa

tabel_.Final
Team	Score	Team	Date	Venues
Luminozo Sayama	0:1 aet	Yokogawa	19/11/1997	Fujisawa

note

Albirex changes the team name from Albireo.

Chuoh Bohhan ACM Fujieda changes the team name from ACM Blux. 'Blux' is a nickname of the team.

Osaka Tai-dai Kemari-dan is reorganized into Sagawa Express SC.