2020 Japanese Regional Leagues

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Japanese Regional Leagues
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A total of 134 teams competed, split into 9 groups, in the Japanese Regional Leagues, the fifth tier of the Japanese association football league system, in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, all matches in all regions were changed from double round-robin into single round-robin, except Chūgoku and Tōkai.

All regional champions qualified for the . Like the J.League, there was no relegation in this season to Prefectural Leagues (promotion and relegation between divisions were still available for some regions).

Chūgoku[]

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Chūgoku region played in a tournament known as the CSL Championship 2020, or C-1 Cup, with 8 teams competing for a spot in the 2020 Regional Promotion Series. and Dezzolla Shimane did not participate in this season.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6 Qualification to the Knockout stage
2 SRC Hiroshima 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mitsubishi Mizushima 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Qualification to the Knockout stage
2 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals
September 20th 		Final
September 27th
      
1A 2 (5)
2B 2 (3)
0
SRC Hiroshima 2
1B Mitsubishi Mizushima 0 (2)
2A SRC Hiroshima 0 (4)

Hokkaido[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth 7 7 0 0 38 4 +34 21 Qualification to the
2 Norbritz Hokkaido 7 6 0 1 38 5 +33 18
3 7 5 0 2 23 11 +12 15
4 7 4 0 3 28 10 +18 12
5 7 3 0 4 13 32 −19 9
6 7 2 0 5 11 25 −14 6
7 7 1 0 6 8 29 −21 3
8 7 0 0 7 7 50 −43 0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Hokushinetsu[]

Division 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Fukui United 7 7 0 0 18 4 +14 21 Qualification to the
2 Artista Asama 7 5 1 1 11 3 +8 16
3 Toyama Shinjo 7 5 0 2 20 11 +9 15
4 Japan Soccer College 7 4 1 2 12 9 +3 13
5 7 2 0 5 13 12 +1 6
6 7 1 1 5 6 10 −4 4
7 7 1 0 6 8 20 −12 3 Relegation to the
8 7 1 0 6 6 25 −19 3
Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2020. Source: Soccerway, Hokushinetsu Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Division 2[]

Kansai[]

Division 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Tiamo Hirakata 7 3 4 0 14 6 +8 13 Qualification to the
2 7 4 1 2 14 9 +5 13
3 Cento Cuore Harima 7 4 1 2 11 6 +5 13
4 Ococias Kyoto 7 3 2 2 11 11 0 11
5 7 3 2 2 8 8 0 11
6 Arterivo Wakayama 7 2 2 3 9 15 −6 8
7 7 1 2 4 6 8 −2 5 Relegation to the
8 Lagend Shiga 7 0 2 5 1 11 −10 2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Division 2[]

Kantō[]

Division 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Tochigi City 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Qualification to the
2 Briobecca Urayasu 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6 6
3 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
4 Tokyo United 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
5 Vonds Ichihara 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
6 Tokyo 23 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
7 Criacao Shinjuku 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Ryugasaki 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 Qualification to the Relegation play-off
9 Joyful Honda Tsukuba 2 0 0 2 3 8 −5 0 Relegation to the
10 Ryutsu Keizai University 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
Source: Soccerway, Goal Note Cloud, Kanto Soccer League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Division 2[]

Kyushu[]

On August 11, the Kyushu League was abandoned, due to Kaiho Bank's withdrawal and the spread of coronavirus in Okinawa and Kumamoto. Okinawa SV, as the 2019 Kyushu League champions, are elected to play in the .

League table at the time of abandonment[]

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Okinawa 4 3 1 0 0 12 2 +10 11 Qualification to the
2 Miyazaki 3 3 0 0 0 12 2 +10 9
3 3 2 1 0 0 6 3 +3 8
4 3 2 1 0 0 4 2 +2 8
5 3 0 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
6 4 1 0 0 3 6 10 −4 3
7 4 1 0 0 3 3 12 −9 3
8 4 0 0 2 2 3 6 −3 2
9 4 0 0 1 3 1 9 −8 1
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Source: Soccerway, KYFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Shikoku[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Qualification to the
2 2 2 0 0 16 2 +14 6
3 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
4 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
5 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
6 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
7 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
8 3 0 0 3 2 16 −14 0
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Tohoku[]

Division 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Blancdieu Hirosaki 9 8 1 0 48 4 +44 25 Qualification to the
2 Sendai University 9 7 1 1 29 12 +17 22
3 Cobaltore Onagawa 9 6 3 0 31 7 +24 21
4 Ganju Iwate 9 4 1 4 16 17 −1 13
5 9 3 3 3 15 20 −5 12
6 9 3 1 5 9 21 −12 10
7 9 2 2 5 10 22 −12 8
8 9 1 4 4 14 23 −9 7
9 9 2 0 7 10 27 −17 6 Relegation to the
10 [tl] 9 0 2 7 5 34 −29 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Division 2[]

Division 2 North[]

Division 2 South[]

Tōkai[]

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tōkai region played a knockout tournament to decide the team qualifying for the 2020 Regional Promotion Series (for Division 1 only).

In Division 1, did not participate, so Kariya received a bye to the semi-finals.

Division 1 Bracket[]

  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
  Fujieda City Hall SC    
  w/o    
        FC Kariya 1  
            0    
               
      FC Kariya 4
  4               1
  0              
        3    
        Tokoha University 1  
  FC Ise-Shima 2 (3)    
  Tokoha University 2 (5)  

Division 2 Bracket[]

  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
  Nagoya SC      
       
        Toyota Industries SC    
                     
               
           
                       
                 
                 
             
  FC Gifu SECOND      
  Yokkaichi University    

See also[]

  • Japan Football Association (JFA)
League(s)
  • J.League
    • 2020 J1 League (Tier 1)
    • 2020 J2 League (Tier 2)
    • 2020 J3 League (Tier 3)
  • 2020 Japan Football League (JFL) (Tier 4)
  • (Promotion playoffs to JFL)
Cup(s)

References[]

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