2024 Japanese Regional Football Champions League

2024 Japanese Regional Champions League
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Dates	8–24 November 2024
Teams	12
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
	← 2023 2025 →; All statistics correct as of 10 November 2024.

The 2024 Japanese Regional Football Champions League (全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024) is the 47th edition of the referred annually contested cup for the best-placed teams of each of their respective Regional Leagues, and of the 2024 Shakaijin Cup. ^[1] Promoted to the JFL, the club couldn't defend their title. Tochigi City are the title holders, as they won the championship at the final round. Currently playing in the Japan Football League, they are unable to defend their title.

Format

Twelve teams will participate in the transitional tournament for regional league teams who want to join the JFL. Nine qualify as champions of their respective Regional Leagues on 2024. The other three spots are by default allocated to the best three Shakaijin Cup teams out of its semi-finalists that were not yet qualified to the Champions League via the Regional Leagues (being placed below the champions of their league).

Only teams that want to join the JFL can be promoted. If a team with no intention to join the JFL ends up winning the final round, the promotion spot will be allocated to the runner-up. If the runner-up also has no intention to be promoted, a spot will be allocated to the third-placed team. If they also refuse, the bottom-placed team will be promoted instead. In all mentioned scenarios, the bottom-placed team of the 2024 Japan Football League will not be relegated, and no play-off will be held. If both Regional Champions League winner and runner-up aims to be promoted, the winner will be automatically promoted, whereas the runner-up will hold a play-off match with JFL's bottom-placed team.

First round

Each group had its matches played in a round-robin format. Each team played three matches in just three days, from 8 to 10 November.^[2] The draw was held on 26 October, and it was streamed live by Kansai Soccer League's official YouTube channel.^[3]^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	J-Lease	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to the final round
2	Veroskronos Tsuno	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	FC Tokushima	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	FC Ise-Shima	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: JFA

8 November	FC Tokushima	1–1	Veroskronos Tsuno	Iwata
10:45	Takabatake 69'	Report	Hiiragi 38'	Stadium: Iwata Sports Exchange Village Yumeria Stadium Attendance: 284 Referee: Kazuyoshi Karashima

8 November	J-Lease	3–2	FC Ise-Shima	Iwata
13:30	Sonoda 39' Ogino 58' Shimazu 63'	Report	Hamada 31' Miyadera 34'	Stadium: Iwata Sports Exchange Village Yumeria Stadium Attendance: 308 Referee: Takeshi Tsukahara

9 November	FC Tokushima	0–1	J-Lease	Iwata
10:45		Report	Watanabe 87'	Stadium: Iwata Sports Exchange Village Yumeria Stadium Attendance: 259 Referee: Masaaki Hiratsuka

9 November	Veroskronos Tsuno	1–0	FC Ise-Shima	Iwata
13:30	Yamada 24'	Report		Stadium: Iwata Sports Exchange Village Yumeria Stadium Attendance: 321 Referee: Takeshi Tsukahara

10 November	FC Tokushima	3–0	FC Ise-Shima	Iwata
10:45	Minamino 15' Yamahara 70' Nomura 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Iwata Sports Exchange Village Yumeria Stadium Attendance: 369 Referee: Masatoshi Hiratsuka

10 November	Veroskronos Tsuno	1–1	J-Lease	Iwata
13:30	Yamada 63'	Report	Nobu 13'	Stadium: Iwata Sports Exchange Village Yumeria Stadium Attendance: 298 Referee: Kazuyoshi Karashima

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vonds Ichihara	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to the final round
2	Asuka FC	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to the final round
3	FC Kariya	3	1	2	7	6	+1	3
4	Blancdieu Hirosaki	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: JFA

8 November	Vonds Ichihara	4–0	Kariya	Hitachinaka
10:45	Suzuki 17' Ichiki 23' Nakamura 64' Kato 71'	Report		Stadium: Hitachinaka City Stadium

8 November	Asuka FC	3–2	Blancdieu Hirosaki	Hitachinaka
13:30	Okura 9' Ohara 40' Kiyokawa 90+4'	Report	Takagi 16' Narita 86'	Stadium: Hitachinaka City Stadium

9 November	Vonds Ichihara	1–0	Asuka FC	Hitachinaka
10:45	Numa 84'	Report		Stadium: Hitachinaka City Stadium

9 November	FC Kariya	7–0	Blancdieu Hirosaki	Hitachinaka
13:30	Tanaka 12', 28', 70' Suzuki 35', 44', 85' Arai 75'	Report		Stadium: Hitachinaka City Stadium

10 November	Vonds Ichihara	2–1	Blancdieu Hirosaki	Hitachinaka
10:45	Kato 56' 75'	Report	own goal 5'	Stadium: Hitachinaka City Stadium Attendance: 367 Referee: Kiyoto Takeuchi

10 November	FC Kariya	0–2	Asuka FC	Hitachinaka
13:30		Report	Uryu 47' Kiyokawa 59'	Stadium: Hitachinaka City Stadium Attendance: 196 Referee: Sho Takagi

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fukui United	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	5	Advance to the final round
2	Fukuyama City	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4
3	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	Japan Soccer College	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: JFA

8 November	Fukui United	0–0	Fukuyama City	Matsue
10:45		Report		Stadium: Matsue City Stadium

8 November	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth	2–1	Japan Soccer College	Matsue
13:30	Maruoka 23' Kaneda 57'	Report	Miyama 90'	Stadium: Matsue City Stadium

9 November	Fukuyama City	4–0	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth	Matsue
10:45	Okubo 28' Yoshii 31' Fujii 45+2' Takahashi 81'	Report		Stadium: Matsue City Stadium

9 November	Fukui United	1–0	Japan Soccer College	Matsue
13:30	Nakajima 59'	Report		Stadium: Matsue City Stadium

10 November	Fukuyama City	0–1	Japan Soccer College	Matsue
10:45		Report		Stadium: Matsue City Stadium

10 November	Fukui United	0–0	Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth	Matsue
13:30		Report		Stadium: Matsue City Stadium

Ranking of second-placed teams

The three winners of each group of the first round will qualify for the final round, alongside the best-placed team among the runners-up of each group.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Asuka FC	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Qualification for the final round
2	Veroskronos Tsuno	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Fukuyama City	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: JFA

Final Round

The final round is played in double round-robin. The winner of the group is promoted to Japan Football League and the runners-up qualified for the play-out against the 16th place of the JFL. All the matches are disputed in Takebishi Stadium in the city of Kyoto.

Pos	Team	Promotion
1	J-Lease	Promoted to the JFL
2	Vonds Ichihara	Qualification for JFL promotion/relegation play-off
3	Fukui United
4	Asuka FC

Updated to match(es) played on TBD. Source: JFA

20 November	Asuka FC	v	Vonds Ichihara	Kyoto
10:45		Report		Stadium: Takebishi Stadium, Kyoto

20 November	Fukui United	v	J-Lease	Kyoto
13:30		Report		Stadium: Takebishi Stadium, Kyoto

22 November	Fukui United	v	Asuka FC	Kyoto
10:45				Stadium: Takebishi Stadium, Kyoto

22 November	Vonds Ichihara	v	J-Lease	Kyoto
13:30				Stadium: Takebishi Stadium, Kyoto

24 November	Asuka FC	v	J-Lease	Kyoto
10:45				Stadium: Takebishi Stadium, Kyoto

24 November	Vonds Ichihara	v	Fukui United	Kyoto
13:30				Stadium: Takebishi Stadium, Kyoto

References

^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024". jffms.jp. Japan Football Federation for Members of Society. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024" (PDF). jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
^ "開催概要及び抽選結果について全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024 日程・結果". jffms.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 October 2024.

[1] "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024". jffms.jp. Japan Football Federation for Members of Society. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

[2] "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024" (PDF). jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

[3] "開催概要及び抽選結果について全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

[4] "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2024 日程・結果". jffms.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 October 2024.

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