The 33rd annual
Japanese Regional Football League Competition took place from 21 November 2009 to 6 December 2009. It took place across the prefectures of
Fukushima,
Toyama,
Tottori,
Kōchi and
Nagano. It is the tournament which decided promotion to the
Japan Football League
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for the 2010 season. The top two teams in this competition (
Matsumoto Yamaga and
Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club) were given promotion to the Japan Football League. Third place
Zweigen Kanazawa achieved promotion via a
two-leg play off with
F.C. Kariya
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.
Tournament outline
Preliminary round - Four groups of four teams play each other once in a
round-robin tournament
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. The top placed team in each group advances to the final round.
Final Round - The four winners from the preliminary round play each other once in a round-robin tournament.
Three points are awarded for a win in standard time and zero for a lose. If at the end of standard time the result is a tie, a
penalty shoot-out
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is held; the winning team is awarded 2 points and the losing team 1.
If the number of points are the same, the league position is ordered by goal difference, then the number of goals scored, and finally the result between the respective teams. If the 1st-place position cannot be decided by these factors, a play off will be contested between top two teams.
Venues
;Preliminary round
*Group A -
Iwaki Greenfield,
Iwaki,
Fukushima prefecture
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*Group B -
Takaoka Sports Core,
Takaoka,
Toyama prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 993,848 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...
*Group C -
Tottori Athletics Stadium,
Tottori,
Tottori prefecture
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*Group D -
Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium,
Kōchi,
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tok ...
;Final round
*
Matsumotodaira Football Stadium,
Matsumoto,
Nagano prefecture
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Participating teams
9 Regional League champions
*
Hokkaido
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:
Satsudai Goal Plunderers
*
Tohoku:
Grulla Morioka
is a Japanese association football club based in Morioka, capital of Iwate Prefecture. They play in Japan Football League from 2025, the Japanese fourth tier of semi-professional football after relegation from J3 League in 2024.
Name origin
...
*
Kanto:
Yokohama Sports and Culture Club
*
Hokushinetsu:
College of Upward Players in Soccer
*
Tokai:
Yazaki Valente
*
Kansai
The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropoli ...
:
Sanyo Denki Sumoto Football Club
*
Chugoku:
Renofa Yamaguchi
is a Japanese professional football club based in Yamaguchi, the capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture. They currently play in the J2 League, the second tier of professional football in Japan's football league system.
History
The original footbal ...
*
Shikoku
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:
Tokushima Vortis Second
*
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's Japanese archipelago, four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa Island, Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Ryukyu Islands, Islands ...
:
Okinawa Kariyushi
Runner-Up from selected leagues
Regional Leagues whose representative reached the final round in 2008, are eligible for a second team to represent them.
*Kanto:
Hitachi Tochigi Soccer Club
*Chugoku:
NTN Okayama S.C.
*Kyushu:
Volca Kagoshima
is a Japanese professional football (soccer), football club based in Kagoshima, Capital of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. That was formed from the merger of ''Volca Kagoshima'' and ''FC Kagoshima''. Both clubs played in the Kyushu Soccer League be ...
High performing teams in the All Japan Senior Football Championship
*
Matsumoto Yamaga (Hokushinetsu) (winner)
*
Zweigen Kanazawa (Hokushinetsu) (runner-up)
Invited teams
*
AS Laranja Kyoto
is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Kyoto (city), Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. They play in the Kansai Soccer League Division 2, having been shifting between Division 1 and Division 2 on recent times. The clu ...
(Kansai)
*
Hamamatsu University (Tokai)
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Final Round
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References
* Japan Football Association
The 33rd National Regional Football League Competition - Final Round
* Japan Football Association
* Japan Football Association
* The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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