# 1996 Japanese Regional Leagues

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1996 season.

## Champions list

| Region | Champions |
| Hokkaido | Hokuden |
| Tohoku | Sony Sendai |
| Kanto | Honda Luminozo Sayama |
| Hokushinetsu | Albireo Niigata |
| Tokai | Jatco |
| Kansai | NTT Kansai |
| Chugoku | Hiroshima Fujita |
| Shikoku | Teijin |
| Kyushu | NTT Kyushu |

## League standings
### Hokkaido

Division 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hokuden | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 11 | +59 | 38 |
| 2 | Sapporo University OB | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 32 |
| 3 | Sapporo | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 28 |
| 4 | Nippon Steel Muroran | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 25 |
| 5 | Ẽfini Sapporo | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 17 |
| 6 | Nippon Paper Tomakomai | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 15 |
| 7 | Asahikawa Daisetsu Club | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 71 | −49 | 7 |
| 8 | Sapporo First Club | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 52 | −34 | 6 |
Division 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Blackpecker Hakodate | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 20 |
| 2 | BIG 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 18 |
| 3 | JSW Muroran | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 13 |
| 4 | Otaru Shuyukai | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 12 |
| 5 | Hakodate Mazda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 9 |
| 6 | Kyokushukai | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 8 |
| 7 | Nippon Oil Muroran | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 4 |
| 8 | Komazawa University OB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 30 | −24 | 0 |

### Tohoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sony Sendai | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 16 | +31 | 23 |
| 2 | Akita City Government | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 17 |
| 3 | Matsushima | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 16 |
| 4 | NEC Tokin | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 16 |
| 5 | TDK | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 14 |
| 6 | Yamagata | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 11 |
| 7 | Morioka Zebra | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 10 |
| 8 | Tsuruoka TDK | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 41 | −27 | 5 |

### Kanto

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Honda Luminozo Sayama | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 43 |
| 2 | Prima Meat Packers | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 15 | +43 | 40 |
| 3 | Kanagawa Teachers | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 32 |
| 4 | Yokogawa Electric | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 26 |
| 5 | Kuyo | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 23 |
| 6 | Saitama Teachers | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 20 |
| 7 | Aries Tokyo | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 19 |
| 8 | Toho Titanium | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 17 |
| 9 | Ome | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 13 |
| 10 | Ibaraki Hitachi | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 15 |

### Hokushinetsu

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Albireo Niigata | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 5 | +44 | 25 |
| 2 | ALO's Hokuriku | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | +33 | 25 |
| 3 | YKK | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 19 |
| 4 | Renaiss College | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 12 |
| 5 | Yamaga | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 11 |
| 6 | Kanazawa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 10 |
| 7 | Fukui Teachers | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 9 |
| 8 | Ueda Gentian | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 8 |
| 9 | Teihens | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 8 |
| 10 | Macky | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 1 |

### Tokai

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Jatco | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 13 | +43 | 27 |
| 2 | Hitachi Shimizu | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 27 |
| 3 | Yazaki Valente | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 16 | +27 | 22 |
| 4 | Fujieda City Government | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 22 |
| 5 | Maruyasu | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 19 |
| 6 | Toyota | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 18 |
| 7 | Yamaha Motors | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 17 |
| 8 | Nagoya Bank | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 16 |
| 9 | Mind House | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 13 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 11 |
| 11 | Nagoya | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 9 |
| 12 | Toyoda Machine Works | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 9 |
| 13 | Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 9 |
| 14 | Minolta | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 8 |
| 15 | Fujitsu Numazu | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 7 |
| 16 | Oigawa Government | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 52 | −33 | 6 |

### Kansai

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | NTT Kansai | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 39 |
| 2 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 34 |
| 3 | Osaka Gas | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 33 |
| 4 | Sanyo Electric Sumoto | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 31 |
| 5 | Osaka University of Health and Sport sciences Club | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 30 |
| 6 | Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 27 |
| 7 | West Osaka | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 26 |
| 8 | Central Kobe | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 21 |
| 9 | Takada | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 9 |
| 10 | Kyoto Police | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 62 | −45 | 3 |

### Chugoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hiroshima Fujita | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 31 |
| 2 | Mazda | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 26 |
| 3 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 26 |
| 4 | Hiroshima Teachers | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 26 |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Oil | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 20 |
| 6 | Yamaguchi Teachers | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 15 |
| 7 | Ẽfini Hiroshima | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 10 |
| 8 | Yamako | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 4 |

### Shikoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Teijin | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 | +38 | 40 |
| 2 | Kagawa Shiun | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 31 |
| 3 | Ehime | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 28 |
| 4 | Himawari Milk Nangoku Club | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 18 |
| 5 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 14 |
| 6 | Prima Meat Packers | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 13 |
| 7 | NTT Shikoku | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 9 |
| 8 | Kuroshio | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 49 | −34 | 7 |

### Kyushu

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | NTT Kyushu | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 37 |
| 2 | Blaze Kumamoto | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 13 | +31 | 35 |
| 3 | Volca Kagoshima | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 33 |
| 4 | Nippon Steel Yawata | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 33 |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 21 |
| 6 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 20 |
| 7 | Kumamoto Teachers | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 15 |
| 8 | Fukuoka Dreams | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 12 |
| 9 | Kyushu Mitsubishi Motors | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 10 |
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