1998 Japanese Regional Leagues

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1998 season.

Japanese Regional Leagues

Season	1998
← 1997 1999 →

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Rules for classification: 2 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 0 points for a loss.

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

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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

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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

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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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