# 1978 Japanese Regional Leagues

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1978 season.

## Champions list

| Region | Champions |
| Hokkaido | Hakodate 76 |
| Tohoku | Nippon Steel Kamaishi |
| Kantō | Toho Titanium |
| Hokushinetsu | Nissei Plastic Industrial |
| Tōkai | Yamaha Motors |
| Kansai | Dainichi Nippon Cable |
| Chūgoku | Mazda Auto Hiroshima |
| Shikoku | Otsuka Pharmaceutical |
| Kyushu | Nakatsu Club |

## League standings
### Hokkaido

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hakodate 76 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 | Hokushukai | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 | Hakodate Mazda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Sapporo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 |

### Tohoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nippon Steel Kamaishi | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 | 14 |
| 2 | Kureha | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 35 | −21 | 9 |
| 3 | Morioka Zebra | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 8 |
| 4 | Towada Kickers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 7 |
| 5 | Tohoku Oil | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 0 |

### Kanto

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Toho Titanium | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 59 |
| 2 | Furukawa Chiba | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 49 |
| 3 | Yokogawa Electric | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 41 |
| 4 | Ibaraki Hitachi | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 38 |
| 5 | Metropolitan Police | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 33 |
| 6 | Hitachi Mito Katsuta | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 31 |
| 7 | Saitama Teachers | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 27 |
| 8 | Yamatake Honeywell | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 25 |
| 9 | Tokyo Gas | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 20 |
| 10 | Kodama Club | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 19 |

### Hokushinetsu

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nissei Plastic Industrial | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 | 16 |
| 2 | YKK | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 15 |
| 3 | Toyama Club | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 13 |
| 4 | Fukui Teachers | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 12 |
| 5 | Fukui Bank | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 9 |
| 6 | Teihens | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 8 |
| 7 | Nagano Teachers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 8 |
| 8 | Fuji Electric Matsumoto | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 5 |
| 9 | Uozu Club | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 32 | −18 | 2 |
| 10 | Yamaga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 2 |

### Tokai

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Yamaha Motors | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 | +56 | 26 |
| 2 | Daikyo Oil | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 19 |
| 3 | Maruyasu | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 13 |
| 4 | Honda Hamayukai | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 12 |
| 5 | Sumitomo Bakelite | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 11 |
| 6 | Nagoya | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Minolta Camera | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 13 |
| 8 | Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 9 |
| 9 | Wakaayu Club | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 7 |
| 10 | Tomoegawa Papers | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 6 |

### Kansai

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dainichi Nippon Cable | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 19 | +21 | 23 |
| 2 | NTT Kinki | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 20 |
| 3 | Hyōgo Teachers | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 19 |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 17 |
| 6 | Nippon Steel Hirohata | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 15 |
| 7 | Osaka Teachers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 14 |
| 8 | Yuasa Batteries | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 14 |
| 9 | Wakayama Teachers | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 42 | −34 | 4 |

### Chūgoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Mazda Auto Hiroshima | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 19 |
| 2 | Mitsui Shipbuilding | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 17 |
| 3 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 17 |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Oil | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 14 |
| 5 | Kawasaki Steel Mizushima | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 14 |
| 6 | Hitachi Kasado | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 12 |
| 7 | Hiroshima Fujita | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 12 |
| 8 | Masuda Club | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 7 |

### Shikoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Otsuka Pharmaceutical | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 16 | +34 | 22 |
| 2 | Showa Club | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 19 |
| 3 | Nangoku Club | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 18 |
| 4 | Imabari Club | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 18 |
| 5 | Ogata Club | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 15 |
| 6 | Daio Paper | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 11 |
| 7 | Kogei Club | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 35 | −21 | 5 |
| 8 | Takasho OB Club | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 4 |

### Kyushu

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nakatsu Club | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 12 |
| 2 | Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 8 |
| 3 | Saga Nanyo Club | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 8 |
| 4 | Nippon Steel Ōita | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 7 |
| 5 | Kagoshima Teachers | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 |
| 6 | Miyanoh Club | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 |
| 7 | Kumamoto Teachers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 |
| 8 | Sanwa Rakushu Club | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 1 |
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