2023 Japanese Regional Football Champions League

Football tournament season

2023 Japanese Regional Champions LeagueTournament details

Country| Japan
Dates| 10–26 November 2023
Teams| 12
Final positions
Champions| Tochigi City FC (1st title)
Runner-up| Vonds Ichihara
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 24
Goals scored| 64 (2.67 per match)
Attendance| 9,411 (392 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)| Ryunosuke Suzuki
Paulo Junichi Tanaka
(4 goals)
All statistics correct as of 26 November 2023.

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The 2023 Japanese Regional Football Champions League (全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2023) 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 2023 Shakaijin Cup. [1] Promoted to the JFL, the club couldn't defend their title. Briobecca Urayasu 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[edit]

As usual, 12 teams will participate in the transitional tournament for regional league teams who want to join the JFL. Nine qualifies as champions of their respective Regional Leagues on 2023. 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).

In case the slot (s) can't be filled, in a situation where more than one semi-finalist has already qualified to the Champions League as Regional champions, the empty slot (s) is rewarded to the J.League 100 Year Plan club status holders that finished the season as a Regional League runner (s)-up. If more than one "status holders" finishes the season as the 2nd-placed team in their respective Regional Leagues, an annually-rotated order of priority will be taken into consideration. This year, the order is: Tohoku, Shikoku and Kanto. Tohoku and Shikoku's runners-up Cobaltore Onagawa and Lvnirosso NC are not "status holders". The slot was then assigned to Kanto's runners-up Tochigi City FC, the only status holder out of the three.

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 have 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 2023 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.[2]

Depending on the clubs that ended up as the top three teams in the Shakaijin Cup, a specific rank that would take the J.League 100 Year Plan club status clubs and its performances in the 2023 Regional Leagues into account would be applied to determine the final teams on this competition.[3][4]

## Participating teams[edit]

Returning teams from the previous season were noted in bold. Teams relegated from the previous JFL season were noted in italics.

Region | Slots | Team  | Rank

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Hokkaido | 1  | BTOP Hokkaido | 1st (League)
Tohoku | 1  | Blancdieu Hirosaki FC | 1st (League)
Kantō | 3  | Vonds Ichihara
Tsukuba FC
Tochigi City FC | 1st (League)
Semi-finalist (Cup)
Selected team (100 Year Plan)
Hokushin'etsu | 1  | Fukui United FC | 1st (League)
Tōkai | 2  | Wyvern FC
FC Kariya | 1st (League)
Finalist (Cup)
Kansai | 1  | Arterivo Wakayama | 1st (League)
Chugoku | 1  | Fukuyama City FC | 1st (League)
Shikoku | 1  | FC Tokushima | 1st (League)
Kyushu | 1  | Veroskronos Tsuno | 1st (League)

## Venues[edit]

* First round:
* Rifu, Miyagi: Miyagi Co-op Megumino Soccer Field
* Hikone, Shiga: Heiwado HATO Stadium
* Miyazaki, Miyazaki: Hinata Miyazaki Prefectural Comprehensive Sports Park
* Final round:
* Utsunomiya, Tochigi: Tochigi Green Stadium

## First round[edit]

Each group had its matches played in a round-robin format. Each team played three matches in just three days, from 11 to 13 November, with one being played at each day.[5] The draw was held on 28 October, and it was streamed live by Kansai Soccer League's official YouTube channel.[6][7]

### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Tochigi City | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 2  | +6  | 9  | Advance to the final round
2  | Vonds Ichihara | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 6
3  | FC Tokushima | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 3  |
4  | Veroskronos Tsuno | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 6  | −4  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2023. Source: JFA

Veroskronos Tsuno v Vonds Ichihara 10 November |  Veroskronos Tsuno | 0–1|  Vonds Ichihara | Miyazaki

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10:45 |  | Report |

* Yuji Kato  90+2'

| Stadium: Hinata Miyazaki Prefectural Comprehensive Sports Park
Attendance: 341
Referee: Ryo Munakata

Tochigi City v FC Tokushima 10 November |  Tochigi City | 4–1|  FC Tokushima | Miyazaki

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13:30 |

* Paulo Junichi Tanaka 67'
* Own goal  71' (o.g.)
* Masahide Hiraoka 78'
* Keisuke Ito  90+3'

| Report |

* Keigo Maeno  21'

| Stadium: Hinata Miyazaki Prefectural Comprehensive Sports Park
Attendance: 198
Referee: Takeshi Tsukahara

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Veroskronos Tsuno v Tochigi City 11 November |  Veroskronos Tsuno | 1–3|  Tochigi City | Miyazaki

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10:45 |

* Shoma Suzuki  22'

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* Akira Toshima 38'
* Shuto Masuda  60'
* Paulo Junichi Tanaka 88'

| Stadium: Hinata Miyazaki Prefectural Comprehensive Sports Park
Attendance: 384
Referee: Shohei Ofuji

Vonds Ichihara v FC Tokushima 11 November |  Vonds Ichihara | 2–0|  FC Tokushima | Miyazaki

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13:30 |

* Kento Kawada  31'
* Kodai Watanabe 54'

| Report |  | Stadium: Hinata Miyazaki Prefectural Comprehensive Sports Park
Attendance: 143
Referee: Ryo Munakata

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Veroskronos Tsuno v FC Tokushima 12 November |  Veroskronos Tsuno | 1–2|  FC Tokushima | Miyazaki

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10:45 |

* Reo Ino  55'

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* Shunsaku Akizuki  74'
* Yuta Motoyama  82'

| Stadium: Hinata Miyazaki Prefectural Comprehensive Sports Park
Attendance: 272
Referee: Takeshi Tsukahara

Vonds Ichihara v Tochigi City 12 November |  Vonds Ichihara | 0–1|  Tochigi City | Miyazaki

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13:30 |  | Report |

* Paulo Junichi Tanaka 90+1'

| Stadium: Hinata Miyazaki Prefectural Comprehensive Sports Park
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shohei Ofuji

### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Fukuyama City | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 5  | +4  | 7  | Advance to the final round
2  | Wyvern FC | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 6  |
3  | Blancdieu Hirosaki | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 2
4  | FC Kariya | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 6  | −2  | 1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2023. Source: JFA

FC Kariya v Blancdieu Hirosaki 10 November |  FC Kariya | 2–2|  Blancdieu Hirosaki | Rifu

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10:45 |

* Masato Nomura  49'
* Shuto Izuka  90+4'

| Report |

* Teruyuki Takagi  13', 43'

| Stadium: Miyagi Co-op Megumino Soccer Field
Attendance: 165
Referee: Yoshihito Hori

Fukuyama City v Wyvern FC 10 November |  Fukuyama City | 5–2|  Wyvern FC | Rifu

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13:30 |

* Kei Takahashi  31'
* Kengo Takata  36'
* Shuri Arita  45'
* Sota Hamaguchi 55'
* Shun Taguchi  74'

| Report |

* Itsuki Nishihara  14'
* Tomohiro Tsuda 87'

| Stadium: Miyagi Co-op Megumino Soccer Field
Attendance: 102
Referee: Yuki Nishida

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FC Kariya v Fukuyama City 11 November |  FC Kariya | 2–3|  Fukuyama City | Rifu

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10:45 |

* Naoto Suzuki  54'
* Chihiro Otomo  64'

| Report |

* Shuri Arita  6'
* Kei Takahashi  61'
* Kumpei Kakuta  80'

| Stadium: Miyagi Co-op Megumino Soccer Field
Attendance: 185
Referee: Yoshihito Hori

Blancdieu Hirosaki v Wyvern FC 11 November |  Blancdieu Hirosaki | 0–1|  Wyvern FC | Rifu

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13:30 |  | Report |

* Yusuke Taniguchi  59'

| Stadium: Miyagi Co-op Megumino Soccer Field
Attendance: 244
Referee: Kakuro Hori

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FC Kariya v Wyvern FC 12 November |  FC Kariya | 0–1|  Wyvern FC | Rifu

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10:45 |  | Report |

* Daiki Yamamoto 12'

| Stadium: Miyagi Co-op Megumino Soccer Field
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kakuro Hori

Blancdieu Hirosaki v Fukuyama City 12 November |  Blancdieu Hirosaki | 1–1|  Fukuyama City | Rifu

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13:30 |

* Kota Itabashi  86'

| Report |

* Daichi Soga 51'

| Stadium: Miyagi Co-op Megumino Soccer Field
Attendance: 190
Referee: Yuki Nishida

### Group C[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Joyful Honda Tsukuba | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 5  | Advance to the final round
2  | Fukui United | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 5  |
3  | BTOP Hokkaido | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 3
4  | Arterivo Wakayama | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 4  | −3  | 2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2023. Source: JFA

Arterivo Wakayama v Fukui United 10 November |  Arterivo Wakayama | 0–0|  Fukui United | Hikone

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10:45 |  | Report |  | Stadium: Heiwado HATO Stadium
Attendance: 274
Referee: Masakazu Kato

Joyful Honda Tsukuba v BTOP Hokkaido 10 November |  Joyful Honda Tsukuba | 3–2|  BTOP Hokkaido | Hikone

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13:30 |

* Shun Aoki  11'
* Ryunosuke Suzuki  35'
* Tatsunosuke Onzuka  90+3'

| Report |

* Toshiya Motozuka 67'
* Ryoka Abe  86'

| Stadium: Heiwado HATO Stadium
Attendance: 148
Referee: Yu Tezuka

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Arterivo Wakayama v Joyful Honda Tsukuba 11 November |  Arterivo Wakayama | 0–0|  Joyful Honda Tsukuba | Hikone

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10:45 |  | Report |  | Stadium: Heiwado HATO Stadium
Attendance: 471
Referee: Yasuhiro Udagawa

Fukui United v BTOP Hokkaido 11 November |  Fukui United | 2–1|  BTOP Hokkaido | Hikone

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13:30 |

* Mahiro Ano 49'
* Kohei Kitagawa 71'

| Report |

* Mun Hyong-jong  89'

| Stadium: Heiwado HATO Stadium
Attendance: 625
Referee: Yu Tezuka

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Arterivo Wakayama v BTOP Hokkaido 12 November |  Arterivo Wakayama | 1–4|  BTOP Hokkaido | Hikone

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10:45 |

* Tatsuro Yamauchi 47'

| Report |

* Toyoki Yoshiyuki  6'
* Ryoka Abe  57'
* Musashi Fujiyoshi  81'
* Kota Sawada  90+5'

| Stadium: Heiwado HATO Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Yasuhiro Udagawa

Fukui United v Joyful Honda Tsukuba 12 November |  Fukui United | 1–1|  Joyful Honda Tsukuba | Hikone

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13:30 |

* Tsugutoshi Oishi 90+1'

| Report |

* Ryunosuke Suzuki  32'

| Stadium: Heiwado HATO Stadium
Attendance: 415
Referee: Masakazu Kato

## Ranking of second-placed teams[edit]

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

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1  | Vonds Ichihara | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 6  | Qualification for the final round
2  | Wyvern FC | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 6  |
3  | Fukui United | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 5

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2023. Source: JFA

## Final round[edit]

The group had its matches played in a round-robin format, held in a five-days span, from 22 to 26 November.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion

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1  | Tochigi City (P) | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 6  | Promoted to the JFL
2  | Vonds Ichihara | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 6  | Qualification for JFL promotion/relegation play-off
3  | Joyful Honda Tsukuba | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 3  |
4  | Fukuyama City | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2022. Source: JFA
(P) Promoted

Vonds Ichihara v Joyful Honda Tsukuba 22 November |  Vonds Ichihara | 1–0|  Joyful Honda Tsukuba | Utsunomiya

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10:45 |

* Yuji Kato  72'

| Report |  | Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 384
Referee: Yuki Tanabe

Tochigi City v Fukuyama City 22 November |  Tochigi City | 1–2|  Fukuyama City | Utsunomiya

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13:30 |

* Masahide Hiraoka 85'

| Report |

* Sota Hamaguchi 27'
* Kengo Takata  63'

| Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 567
Referee: Masaki Adachi

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Vonds Ichihara v Tochigi City 24 November |  Vonds Ichihara | 0–1|  Tochigi City | Utsunomiya

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10:45 |  | Report |

* Paulo Junichi Tanaka 82'

| Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 691
Referee: Kenya Ohara

Joyful Honda Tsukuba v Fukuyama City 24 November |  Joyful Honda Tsukuba | 2–0|  Fukuyama City | Utsunomiya

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13:30 |  | Report |

* Ryunosuke Suzuki  35', 72'

| Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 416
Referee: Daichi Shiino

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Vonds Ichihara v Fukuyama City 26 November |  Vonds Ichihara | 2–0|  Fukuyama City | Utsunomiya

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10:45 |

* Koya Tanio 87'
* Shohei Kiyohara 90+3'

| Report |  | Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 923
Referee: Yoshihito Hori

Joyful Honda Tsukuba v Tochigi City 26 November |  Joyful Honda Tsukuba | 0–4|  Tochigi City | Utsunomiya

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13:30 |  | Report |

* Genta Omotehara 18', 55'
* Yuki Yamamura 46', 90+1'

| Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 1,673
Referee: Takamasa Funahashi

## Top scorers[edit]

Rank | Player | Club | Goals

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1  |  Ryunosuke Suzuki  | Joyful Honda Tsukuba  | 4
Paulo Junichi Tanaka | Tochigi City
3  |  Ryoka Abe  | BTOP Hokkaido  | 2
Shuri Arita  | Fukuyama City
Sota Hamaguchi | Fukuyama City
Masahide Hiraoka | Tochigi City
Yuji Kato  | Vonds Ichihara
Genta Omotehara | Tochigi City
Teruyuki Takagi  | Blancdieu Hirosaki
Kei Takahashi  | Fukuyama City
Kengo Takata  | Fukuyama City
Yuki Yamamura | Tochigi City

## References[edit]

1. ^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2023". jffms.jp. Japan Football Federation for Members of Society. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
2. ^ "【2023】ＪＦＬ・地域サッカーリーグ入れ替え方式". ginnojo.com. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
3. ^ "2023年全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ２０２３". soccergen.info (in Japanese). Soccer Gen. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
4. ^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2023 大会要項". jffms.jp. Japan Football Federation for Members of Society. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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7. ^ "全国地域サッカーチャンピオンズリーグ2023 日程・結果". jffms.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 October 2023.

## External links[edit]

* About the Tournament (JFA)
* Schedule/Result (JFA)

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