# 2022 All Japan Senior Football Championship

The 58th All Japan Senior Football Championship (Japanese: 第58回全国社会人サッカー選手権大会, Hepburn: Dai 58-kai zenkoku shakai hito sakkā senshuken taikai), officially the 2022 All Japan Adults Football Tournament, and most known as the 2022 Shakaijin Cup, was the first edition of the annually contested single-elimination tournament (or cup) since 2019. Both the 2020 and 2021 edition of the tournament was deemed cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The defending champions Tiamo Hirakata did not participate on this tournament. As it's restricted to non-league clubs (Participating on Regional or Prefectural Leagues; not included in the nation-wide league competitions), they can't enter the competition as Tiamo played the 2022 season in the Japan Football League, Japan's 4th-tier league. All the matches were streamed in the "Shakaijin Cup" channel.

## Venues

The championship was organized by Japan Football Association, in collaboration with the All-Japan Football Federation and the city of Shibushi. The collaboration with the Kagoshima's city of Shibushi happened due to the 2023 National Sports Conference. The 2022 All Japan Senior Football Championship served as a rehearsal for the National Sports Conference, which was also held at Shibushi. The venues hosting the tournament was entirely centered on the Shibushi Sports Park, and on the Shiokaze Park.

## Holding method

Every match at the tournament were played under the unusual method of 40 minutes per half, instead of the usual 45, with every match being played under 80 minutes of action in total, excluding added times. The match would go directly to a penalty shoot-out, if the winner could not be decided after the full-time whistle. Up to five substitutions in three or less substitution breaks (excluding half-time) were allowed at the tournament, as per FIFA recommendation. Both methods are applied for the tournament due to the tiny 1-day interval between the matches, which could be even more tiring to the players in question if the matches had extra-time.
The top 3threeteams would qualify to play on the 2022 edition of the Japanese Regional Champions League, which serves as Japan Football League's play-off tournament. Since eight of the nine 2022 regional champions were already participating (Tōkai champions FC Kariya did not qualify) at the Shakaijin, and since clubs belonging to leagues below the main regional league tiers were not eligible for the Champions League, the top three teams did not necessarily mean the semi-finalists.

## Participating teams

Regional champions who were at the time already qualified for the Regional Champions League are denoted in bold. Lower-tier clubs who are not eligible to play in the Regional Champions League are denoted in italics.
| Region | Slots | Team | Division (tier) |
| Kagoshima (Host) | 1 | NIFS Kanoya FC | Kyushu Soccer League (5) |
| Hokkaido | 2 | BTOP Thank Kuriyama | Hokkaido Soccer League (5) |
| Hokkaido | 2 | Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth | Hokkaido Soccer League (5) |
| Tohoku | 2 | Cobaltore Onagawa | Tohoku Soccer League (5) |
| Tohoku | 2 | Fuji Club 2003 | Tohoku Soccer League (5) |
| Kantō | 7 | Briobecca Urayasu | Kantō Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kantō | 7 | Joyful Honda Tsukuba | Kantō Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kantō | 7 | Nankatsu SC | Kantō Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kantō | 7 | Tochigi City | Kantō Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kantō | 7 | Vonds Ichihara | Kantō Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kantō | 7 | Aries Tokyo | Kantō Soccer League D2 (6) |
| Kantō | 7 | Toin University of Yokohama FC | Kantō Soccer League D2 (6) |
| Hokuriku/Shin'etsu | 2 | Artista Asama | Hokushin'etsu Football League (5) |
| Hokuriku/Shin'etsu | 2 | Fukui United | Hokushin'etsu Football League (5) |
| Tōkai | 4 | Chukyo Univ. FC | Tōkai Adult Soccer League (5) |
| Tōkai | 4 | Chukyo University | Tōkai Adult Soccer League (5) |
| Tōkai | 4 | Gakunan F. Mosuperio | Shizuoka Prefectural League (7) |
| Tōkai | 4 | SS Izu | Shizuoka Prefectural League (7) |
| Region | Slots | Team | Division (tier) |
| Kansai | 5 | Arterivo Wakayama | Kansai Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kansai | 5 | Cento Cuore Harima | Kansai Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kansai | 5 | Laranja Kyoto | Kansai Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kansai | 5 | Ococias Kyoto | Kansai Soccer League D1 (5) |
| Kansai | 5 | Kansai FC 2008 | Kansai Soccer League D2 (6) |
| Chugoku | 3 | Belugarosso Hamada | Chugoku Soccer League (5) |
| Chugoku | 3 | Fukuyama City | Chugoku Soccer League (5) |
| Chugoku | 3 | Mitsubishi Mizushima | Chugoku Soccer League (5) |
| Shikoku | 2 | Lvnirosso NC | Shikoku Soccer League (5) |
| Shikoku | 2 | FC Tokushima | Shikoku Soccer League (5) |
| Kyushu | 4 | J-Lease FC | Kyushu Soccer League (5) |
| Kyushu | 4 | Nobeoka Agata | Kyushu Soccer League (5) |
| Kyushu | 4 | Okinawa SV | Kyushu Soccer League (5) |
| Kyushu | 4 | Veroskronos Tsuno | Kyushu Soccer League (5) |

## Schedule

The tournament schedule was officially released on 29 August 2022. The kick-off times are displayed in accordance with the Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

### Semi-finals

As BTOP Thank Kuriyama is already qualified to the 2022 Regional Champions League as Hokkaido champions, the other three semi-finalists have qualified for the Champions League.

### Final

| BRIOBECCA |
| GK | 16 | Koichi Sakuma |
| DF | 4 | Yuya Fujioka |
| DF | 9 | Ryosuke Iizawa | 68' |
| DF | 23 | Shuji Uenaka |
| DF | 26 | Tetta Kasashima |
| MF | 5 | Yuto Takechi | 59' |
| MF | 14 | Yo Uematsu (c) | 42' 75' |
| MF | 27 | Kanji Hirano | 68' |
| MF | 29 | Hiroki Ishihara |
| FW | 11 | Koyu Murakami |
| FW | 30 | Shotaro Inoue |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 25 | Yusuke Taniguchi |
| DF | 13 | Ryuto Koizumi | 68' |
| DF | 20 | Daisuke Kato | 75' |
| MF | 18 | Ryo Togashi | 68' |
| MF | 19 | Tsubasa Nihei |
| MF | 32 | Taku Ikawa | 59' |
| FW | 24 | Yohei Hayashi |
| Manager: ||
| Kei Shibata ||
| BTOP |
| GK | 30 | Shun Sato |
| DF | 2 | Kakeru Kumagawa |
| DF | 5 | Rai Anda |
| DF | 11 | Kenta Ito |
| DF | 13 | Kodai Enomoto |
| MF | 7 | Toshiya Motozuka (c) |
| MF | 16 | Yuichiro Edamoto | 61' |
| MF | 34 | Kotaro Kawasato |
| FW | 21 | Kutsuwada Kisa | 78' |
| FW | 22 | Shuto Kammera |
| FW | 77 | Masahide Hiraoka |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 36 | Masaya Tawarafuji |
| DF | 3 | Asahi Ishiwata |
| DF | 4 | Kento Mitsuo |
| MF | 6 | Shunta Shimura |
| MF | 19 | Ryosuke Ochi | 61' |
| MF | 23 | Takuya Iwade |
| FW | 24 | Toyoki Yoshiyuki | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Yuta Sugiyama ||
| Assistant referees: Yuki Tanabe Kazuki Nakamura Fourth official: Ryo Ogawa | Match rules 80 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions. |