1971 Japanese Regional Leagues

Japanese Regional Leagues
Season	1971
Promoted	Towa Estate Development
	← 1970 1972 →

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues in the 1971 season.

Champions list

Region	Champions
Kanto	Towa Estate Development
Tokai	Toyota Motors
Kansai	Kyoto Shiko Club

By winning the All Japan Senior Football Championship and then defeating Nagoya Bank in a promotion/relegation Series, Towa ED was promoted to the Japan Soccer League; it and the remaining JSL clubs constituted the new JSL First Division, while Toyota, Kyoto and eight other clubs were chosen for the new JSL Second Division.

League standings

Kanto

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Towa Estate Development	14	11	1	2	51	12	+39	23	Promoted to First Division
2	Kofu	14	8	3	3	31	15	+16	19	Formed Second Division
3	Yomiuri	14	9	0	5	29	17	+12	18
4	Fujitsu	14	7	3	4	24	16	+8	17
5	Ibaraki Hitachi	14	3	4	7	12	22	−10	10
6	Kodama Club	14	5	0	9	14	32	−18	10
7	Hitachi Mito Katsuta	14	4	1	9	12	32	−20	9
8	Urawa	14	2	2	10	14	41	−27	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tōkai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toyota Motors	14	12	2	0	50	11	+39	26	Formed Second Division
2	Nippon Light Metal	14	8	4	2	33	17	+16	20
3	Toyoda Automatic Loom Works	14	8	1	5	38	22	+16	17
4	Nagoya	14	6	3	5	35	30	+5	15
5	Wakaayu Club	14	5	1	8	24	37	−13	11
6	Gifu Teachers	14	4	2	8	23	34	−11	10
7	Daikyo Oil	14	3	1	10	20	46	−26	7
8	Nippon Steel Nagoya	14	2	2	10	14	40	−26	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Kansai

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kyoto Shiko Club	14	12	0	2	43	12	+31	24	Formed Second Division
2	Tanabe Pharmaceuticals	14	8	2	4	26	16	+10	18
3	Dainichi Nippon Cable	14	8	2	4	28	28	0	18
4	NTT Kinki	14	7	2	5	27	25	+2	16
5	Nippon Steel Hirohata	14	5	2	7	24	24	0	12
6	Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto	14	5	2	7	22	28	−6	12
7	Yuasa Batteries	14	3	4	7	24	30	−6	10
8	Osaka Sportsman Club	14	0	2	12	16	47	−31	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}