1971 Japanese Regional Leagues

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		14	3	4	7	12	22	−10	10
6		14	5	0	9	14	32	−18	10
7		14	4	1	9	12	32	−20	9
8		14	2	2	10	14	41	−27	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Tokai[]

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		14	5	1	8	24	37	−13	11
6		14	4	2	8	23	34	−11	10
7	Daikyo Oil	14	3	1	10	20	46	−26	7
8		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		14	5	2	7	24	24	0	12
6		14	5	2	7	22	28	−6	12
7		14	3	4	7	24	30	−6	10
8		14	0	2	12	16	47	−31	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}