1997 Japanese Regional Leagues
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Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues in the 1997 season.
Contents
Champions list
| Regional | Champions |
| Hokkaido | Hokuden |
| Tohoku | Sony Sendai |
| Kanto | Yokogawa Electric |
| Hokushinetsu | Albirex Niigata |
| Tokai | Hitachi Shimizu |
| Kansai | Kyoken |
| Chugoku | Mazda |
| Shikoku | Kagawa Shiun |
| Kyushu | NTT Kyushu |
League standings
Hokkaido
Division 1
| Pos | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (PK) | L (PK) | L (90) | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Hokuden | 42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 7 | +82 |
| 2 | Sapporo University OB | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 |
| 3 | Ẽfini Sapporo | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 22 | +6 |
| 4 | Sapporo | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 32 | +6 |
| 5 | Blackpecker Hakodate | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 46 | -24 |
| 6 | Nippon Steel Muroran | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 34 | -7 |
| 7 | Nippon Paper Tomakomai | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 46 | -23 |
| 8 | Asahikawa Daisetsu Club | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 82 | -63 |
Division 2
| Pos | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (PK) | L (PK) | L (90) | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Obihiro | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 15 | +12 |
| 2 | Sapporo First Club | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 19 | +6 |
| 3 | JSW Muroran | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 |
| 4 | Kyokushukai | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 |
| 5 | Otaru Shuyukai | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -2 |
| 6 | Nippon Oil Muroran | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 22 | -12 |
| 7 | Hakodate Mazda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -1 |
| 8 | BIG 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -8 |
Tohoku
Division 1
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Sony Sendai | 39 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 13 | +44 |
| 2 | Morioka Zebra | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | +11 |
| 3 | TDK | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 27 | +1 |
| 4 | Yamagata | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +6 |
| 5 | Matsushima | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 27 | +5 |
| 6 | NEC Tokin | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | +2 |
| 7 | Akita City Government | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 |
| 8 | Tsuruoka TDK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 77 | -70 |
Division 2 North
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Aster Aomori | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 5 | +31 |
| 2 | Nippon Steel Kamaishi | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 14 | +21 |
| 3 | Omiya | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 |
| 4 | Nishime Pana | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -10 |
| 5 | Akisho Club | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 25 | -19 |
| 6 | Towada Kickers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 36 | -27 |
Division 2 South
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Furukawa Battery | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 14 | +28 |
| 2 | Shichigahama | 18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Sendai Nakada Club | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 30 | +4 |
| 4 | Matsushita Audio Fukushima | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 26 | +4 |
| 5 | NEC Yonezawa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -10 |
| 6 | Kanai Club | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 46 | -26 |
Kanto
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Yokogawa Electric | 46 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 8 | +29 |
| 2 | Honda Luminozo Sayama | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 11 | +19 |
| 3 | Aries Tokyo | 31 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | +11 |
| 4 | Kuyo | 28 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 32 | +7 |
| 5 | Ome | 22 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 29 | -3 |
| 6 | Saitama Teachers | 22 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 31 | -7 |
| 7 | Kanagawa Teachers | 19 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 27 | -2 |
| 8 | Jaeri Tokai | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | -14 |
| 9 | Toho Titanium | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -8 |
| 10 | PNC Tokai | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 46 | -32 |
Hokushinetsu
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | +33 |
| 2 | ALO's Hokuriku | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 5 | +30 |
| 3 | YKK | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5 | +21 |
| 4 | Nagano Elsa | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -8 |
| 5 | Teihens | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -2 |
| 6 | Ueda Gentian | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -4 |
| 7 | Fukui Teachers | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -10 |
| 8 | Yamaga | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -12 |
| 9 | Renaiss College | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 31 | -18 |
| 10 | Macky | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 39 | -30 |
Tokai
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Hitachi Shimizu | 26 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 13 | +34 |
| 2 | Fujieda City Government | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | +22 |
| 3 | Toyota | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 21 | +15 |
| 4 | Maruyasu | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 18 | +16 |
| 5 | Yazaki Valente | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 23 | +11 |
| 6 | Nagoya | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 22 | +9 |
| 7 | Yamaha Motors | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 35 | +6 |
| 8 | Chuo Bohan | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -2 |
| 9 | Nagoya Bank | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 32 | -10 |
| 10 | Minolta | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 32 | -14 |
| 12 | Toyoda Machine Works | 11 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 31 | -10 |
| 13 | Mind House | 11 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -13 |
| 14 | Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 8 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -9 |
| 15 | Gifu Teachers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 37 | -21 |
| 16 | Fujitsu Numazu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 46 | -34 |
Kansai
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Kyoken | 45 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 15 | +31 |
| 2 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 41 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 10 | +29 |
| 3 | Osaka Gas | 33 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 25 | +4 |
| 4 | NTT Kansai | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 20 | +18 |
| 5 | Central Kobe | 19 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 33 | -5 |
| 6 | Sanyo Electric Sumoto | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 32 | -10 |
| 7 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 39 | -17 |
| 8 | West Osaka | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | -23 |
| 9 | Renaiss College | 17 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 37 | -11 |
| 10 | Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto | 15 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 31 | -16 |
Chugoku
| Pos | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (PK) | L (PK) | L(90) | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Mazda | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 16 | +32 |
| 2 | Mitsubishi Oil | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 22 | +1 |
| 3 | Hiroshima Fujita | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 33 | -2 |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 |
| 5 | Yamako | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 |
| 6 | Hiroshima Teachers | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 30 | -7 |
| 7 | NKK Fukuyama | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 32 | -14 |
| 8 | Yamaguchi Teachers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 31 | -17 |
Shikoku
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Kagawa Shiun | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 24 | +23 |
| 2 | Teijin | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 12 | +20 |
| 3 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 24 | +18 |
| 4 | Ehime | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 |
| 5 | Himawari Milk Nangoku Club | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 35 | -11 |
| 6 | Prima Meat Packers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 33 | -11 |
| 7 | NTT Shikoku | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 32 | -15 |
| 8 | Kuroshio | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 33 | -24 |
Kyushu
| Pos | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (PK) | L (PK) | L(90) | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | NTT Kyushu | 44 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 12 | +48 |
| 2 | Volca Kagoshima | 41 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 19 | +31 |
| 3 | Blaze Kumamoto | 41 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 18 | +22 |
| 4 | Nippon Steel Yawata | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 31 | +1 |
| 5 | Honda Lock | 26 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 31 | +1 |
| 6 | Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 36 | -6 |
| 7 | Kyocera Sendai | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 39 | -3 |
| 8 | Kumamoto Teachers | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 36 | -12 |
| 9 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 56 | -29 |
| 10 | Kyushu Mitsubishi Motors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 66 | -53 |
