1998 Japanese Regional Leagues
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Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues in the 1998 season.
Contents
Champions list
| Regional | 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 | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (PK) | L (PK) | L (90) | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Hokuden | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | +24 |
| 2 | Nippon Steel Muroran | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 |
| 3 | Sapporo | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 |
| 4 | Obihiro | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 |
| 5 | Ẽfini Sapporo | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 |
| 6 | Blackpecker Hakodate | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -8 |
| 7 | Sapporo University OB | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 25 | -17 |
| 8 | Nippon Paper Tomakomai | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -15 |
Division 2
| Pos | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (PK) | L (PK) | L (90) | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Vankei | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 |
| 2 | JSW Muroran | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 |
| 3 | Hakodate Mazda | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 |
| 4 | Sapporo First Club | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | +4 |
| 5 | Asahikawa Daisetsu Club | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Kyokushukai | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | -8 |
| 7 | Nippon Oil Muroran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 27 | -22 |
| 8 | Otaru Shuyukai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -16 |
Tohoku
Division 1
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | NEC Tokin | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | +12 |
| 2 | Morioka Zebra | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 21 | +17 |
| 3 | TDK | 25 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | +12 |
| 4 | Yamagata | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 |
| 5 | Matsushima | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 27 | +3 |
| 6 | Aster Aomori | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | -1 |
| 7 | Akita City Government | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 40 | -6 |
| 8 | Tsuruoka TDK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 55 | -44 |
Division 2 North
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Nippon Steel Kamaishi | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 11 | +34 |
| 2 | Omiya | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | +4 |
| 3 | Kosei | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 24 | +3 |
| 4 | Nishime Pana | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -7 |
| 5 | Akisho Club | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -12 |
| 6 | Towada Kickers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 33 | -22 |
Division 2 South
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Primeiro | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 6 | +47 |
| 2 | Furukawa Battery | 18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 |
| 3 | Electric Power Nostalgia | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 29 | -5 |
| 4 | NEC Yonezawa | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -5 |
| 5 | Kanai Club | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 33 | -25 |
| 6 | Shichigahama | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 35 | -22 |
Kanto
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Yokogawa Electric | 46 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 12 | +37 |
| 2 | Honda Luminozo Sayama | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 20 | +22 |
| 3 | Ome | 27 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -11 |
| 4 | Kuyo | 26 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 42 | -5 |
| 5 | Nirasaki Astros | 25 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 39 | -4 |
| 6 | Kanagawa Teachers | 21 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 |
| 7 | Ibaraki Teachers | 21 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 38 | -8 |
| 8 | Aries Tokyo | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | -2 |
| 9 | Saitama Teachers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -17 |
| 10 | Jaeri Tokai | 14 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | -13 |
Hokushinetsu
| Pos | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (AET) | W (PK) | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | ALO's Hokuriku | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 |
| 2 | YKK | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8 | +29 |
| 3 | Yamaga | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 24 | -7 |
| 4 | Niigatashuyukai | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | +3 |
| 5 | Teihens | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 |
| 6 | Ueda Gentian | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | -7 |
| 7 | Nissei Plastic Industrial | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 |
| 8 | Nagano Elsa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 28 | -16 |
| 9 | Fukui Teachers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -19 |
Tokai
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Hitachi Shimizu | 24 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 17 | +32 |
| 2 | Chuo Bohan | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 17 | +25 |
| 3 | Yazaki Valente | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 29 | +14 |
| 4 | Nagoya Bank | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 29 | +17 |
| 5 | Fujieda City Government | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 24 | +9 |
| 6 | Nagoya | 18 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 23 | +5 |
| 7 | Maruyasu | 17 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 |
| 8 | Yamaha Motors | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| 9 | Matsushita Electric Iga | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -4 |
| 10 | Toyoda Automatic Loom Works | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 31 | -9 |
| 11 | Minolta | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 32 | -9 |
| 12 | Toyoda Machine Works | 12 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -8 |
| 13 | Toyota | 12 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 32 | -10 |
| 14 | Mind House | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 39 | -11 |
| 15 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -16 |
| 16 | Tomoegawa Papers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 58 | -42 |
Kansai
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Sagawa Express Osaka | 50 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 9 | +51 |
| 2 | Kyoken | 47 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 13 | +50 |
| 3 | NTT Kansai | 27 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 31 | +6 |
| 4 | Osaka Gas | 26 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| 5 | West Osaka | 24 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 24 | +3 |
| 6 | Kobe 1970 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 43 | -13 |
| 7 | Kyoto Shiko Club | 21 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 52 | -20 |
| 8 | Sanyo Electric Sumoto | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 40 | -15 |
| 9 | Central Kobe | 15 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 40 | -13 |
| 10 | Tanabe Pharmaceuticals | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 63 | -49 |
Chugoku
| Pos | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (PK) | L (PK) | L(90) | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Mazda | 37 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 14 | +51 |
| 2 | Hiroshima Fujita | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 21 | +29 |
| 3 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 |
| 4 | Hiroshima Teachers | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Oil | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 36 | -13 |
| 6 | NKK Fukuyama | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 45 | -25 |
| 7 | Yamako | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 53 | -27 |
| 8 | Tottori | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 49 | -35 |
Shikoku
| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Ehime | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17 | +18 |
| 2 | Himawari Milk Nangoku Club | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 |
| 3 | Kagawa Shiun | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +4 |
| 4 | Teijin | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | +7 |
| 5 | Prima Meat Packers | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 |
| 6 | NTT Shikoku | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -3 |
| 7 | Sanyo Electric Tokushima | 18 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 30 | -3 |
| 8 | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 45 | -31 |
Kyushu
| Pos | Club | Pts | W (90) | W (PK) | L (PK) | L(90) | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Blaze Kumamoto | 45 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 19 | +29 |
| 2 | Volca Kagoshima | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 35 | +13 |
| 3 | Nippon Steel Yawata | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 32 | -1 |
| 4 | NTT Kyushu | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 |
| 5 | Nippon Steel Oita | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 |
| 6 | Kyocera Sendai | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 46 | 0 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 44 | -9 |
| 8 | Honda Lock | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 37 | -3 |
| 9 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 52 | -29 |
| 10 | Kumamoto Teachers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 47 | -20 |
