# 1998 Japanese Regional Leagues

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1998 season.

## Champions list

| Region | Champions |
| Hokkaido | Hokuden |
| Tohoku | NEC Tokin |
| Kanto | Yokogawa Electric |
| Hokushinetsu | ALO's Hokuriku |
| Tokai | Hitachi Shimizu |
| Kansai | Sagawa Express Osaka |
| Chugoku | Mazda |
| Shikoku | Ehime |
| Kyushu | Blaze Kumamoto |

## League standings
### Hokkaido

Division 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hokuden | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 20 |
| 2 | Nippon Steel Muroran | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 18 |
| 3 | Sapporo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 14 |
| 4 | Obihiro | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 |
| 5 | Ẽfini Sapporo | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 |
| 6 | Blackpecker Hakodate | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 7 |
| 7 | Sapporo University OB | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 6 |
| 8 | Nippon Paper Tomakomai | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 3 |
Division 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vankei | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 18 |
| 2 | JSW Muroran | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 17 |
| 3 | Hakodate Mazda | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 15 |
| 4 | Sapporo First Club | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 12 |
| 5 | Asahikawa Daisetsu Club | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Kyokushukai | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 7 |
| 7 | Nippon Oil Muroran | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 3 |
| 8 | Otaru Shuyukai | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 2 |

### Tohoku

Division 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | NEC Tokin | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 29 |
| 2 | Morioka Zebra | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 27 |
| 3 | TDK | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 25 |
| 4 | Yamagata | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 23 |
| 5 | Matsushima | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 23 |
| 6 | Aster Aomori | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 17 |
| 7 | Akita City Government | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 15 |
| 8 | Tsuruoka TDK | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 55 | −44 | 1 |
Division 2 North :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nippon Steel Kamaishi | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 11 | +34 | 25 |
| 2 | Omiya | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 19 |
| 3 | Kosei | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 15 |
| 4 | Nishime Pana | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 13 |
| 5 | Akisho Club | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 10 |
| 6 | Towada Kickers | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 33 | −22 | 6 |
Division 2 South :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Primeiro | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 6 | +47 | 30 |
| 2 | Furukawa Battery | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 18 |
| 3 | Electric Power Nostalgia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 15 |
| 4 | NEC Yonezawa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 13 |
| 5 | Kanai Club | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 33 | −25 | 9 |
| 6 | Shichigahama | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 4 |

### Kanto

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Yokogawa Electric | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 12 | +37 | 46 | Promoted to new Japan Football League |
| 2 | Honda Luminozo Sayama | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 37 | |
| 3 | Ome | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 27 | |
| 4 | Kuyo | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 26 | |
| 5 | Nirasaki Astros | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 25 | |
| 6 | Kanagawa Teachers | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 21 | |
| 7 | Ibaraki Teachers | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 21 | |
| 8 | Aries Tokyo | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 19 | |
| 9 | Saitama Teachers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | −17 | 18 | |
| 10 | Jaeri Tokai | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 14 | |

### Hokushinetsu

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | PKW | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | ALO's Hokuriku | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 22 |
| 2 | YKK | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8 | +29 | 21 |
| 3 | Yamaga | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 12 |
| 4 | Niigatashuyukai | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 11 |
| 5 | Teihens | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 9 |
| 6 | Ueda Gentian | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 9 |
| 7 | Nissei Plastic Industrial | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 7 |
| 8 | Nagano Elsa | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 6 |
| 9 | Fukui Teachers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 0 |

### Tokai

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hitachi Shimizu | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 24 |
| 2 | Chūō Bōhan | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 23 |
| 3 | Yazaki Valente | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 21 |
| 4 | Nagoya Bank | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 20 |
| 5 | Fujieda City Government | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 19 |
| 6 | Nagoya | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 18 |
| 7 | Maruyasu | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 17 |
| 8 | Yamaha Motors | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Matsushita Electric Iga | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 14 |
| 10 | Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 14 |
| 11 | Minolta | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 13 |
| 12 | Toyoda Machine Works | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 12 |
| 13 | Toyota | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 12 |
| 14 | Mind House | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 9 |
| 15 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 9 |
| 16 | Tomoegawa Papers | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 58 | −42 | 1 |

### Kansai

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 9 | +51 | 50 |
| 2 | Kyoken | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 13 | +50 | 47 |
| 3 | NTT Kansai | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 27 |
| 4 | Osaka Gas | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | West Osaka | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 24 |
| 6 | Kobe 1970 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 22 |
| 7 | Kyoto Shiko Club | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 21 |
| 8 | Sanyo Electric Sumoto | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 18 |
| 9 | Central Kobe | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 15 |
| 10 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 63 | −49 | 6 |

### Chugoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Mazda | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 14 | +51 | 37 |
| 2 | Hiroshima Fujita | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 31 |
| 3 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 28 |
| 4 | Hiroshima Teachers | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 24 |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Oil | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 17 |
| 6 | NKK Fukuyama | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 14 |
| 7 | Yamako | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 10 |
| 8 | Tottori | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 49 | −35 | 7 |

### Shikoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ehime | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 30 |
| 2 | Himawari Milk Nangoku Club | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 23 |
| 3 | Kagawa Shiun | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 22 |
| 4 | Teijin | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 20 |
| 5 | Prima Meat Packers | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 20 |
| 6 | NTT Shikoku | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 20 |
| 7 | Sanyo Electric Tokushima | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 18 |
| 8 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 7 |

### Kyushu

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Blaze Kumamoto | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 45 |
| 2 | Volca Kagoshima | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 34 |
| 3 | Nippon Steel Yawata | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 34 |
| 4 | NTT Kyushu | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 30 |
| 5 | Nippon Steel Oita | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 28 |
| 6 | Kyocera Sendai | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 23 |
| 8 | Honda Lock | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 21 |
| 9 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 17 |
| 10 | Kumamoto Teachers | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 13 |
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