1973 Japanese Regional Leagues

Japanese amateur leagues football season Japanese Regional Leagues 1973 1972 1974 Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1973 season. Champions list Region ChampionsKantōFurukawa ChibaTōkaiHondaKansaiSumitomo MetalsChūgokuMazda Auto HiroshimaKyushuMitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki League standings Kantō The 7th Kantō Adult Soccer League. (Shōwa 48) main WDL QR 2 PRO1 PRO2 REL1 REL2 green1 green4 red2 red2 Promoted to JSL 2nd Division Relegated to Tokyo Metropolitan League Relegated to Kanagawa Prefectural League FUR Furukawa Chiba HMK Hitachi Mito Katsuta URA Urawa KOD Kodama Club TTI Toho Titanium IBA Ibaraki Hitachi Ibaraki Hitachi, who finished second in the All-Japan Adult Soccer Championship, was promoted to the JSL 2nd Division due to the closure of the Eidai Industrial Soccer Club. Saitama Teachers' Club, which won the Kanto Adult Soccer Tournament, was automatically promoted to the Kanto League. AOY Aoyama The 7th and 8th place teams participated in the replacement match and were relegated to the Tokyo Prefectural League after losing to the runner-up Denden Kanto and the 3rd place Metropolitan Police Department Soccer Club. YOK Yokohama Club 8 5 1 43 18 C 9 2 3 30 19 8 3 3 30 23 8 2 4 30 22 4 3 7 24 27 2 6 6 16 24 P 3 2 9 18 34 R 1 3 10 11 35 R complete RSSSF Tōkai main WDL Q 2 PRO green1 HON Honda DAI Daikyo Oil NAG Nagoya SBA Sumitomo Bakelite WAK Wakaayu Club GTE Gifu Teachers TMW Toyoda Machine Works IGA Iga 12 1 1 48 13 C 7 5 2 39 16 8 2 4 42 20 6 5 3 33 29 5 3 6 25 32 3 3 8 18 45 2 3 9 12 28 1 2 11 21 55 complete RSSSF With the expansion of the number of teams to 10 for the following 1974 season, the 7th and 8th places teams that would normally be relegated, stayed in the division. Kansai main WDL Q 2 PRO green1 SME Sumitomo Metals The Sumitomo Metal Industries Football Club, the champion of the All-Japan Adult Soccer Championship, was promoted to the second division of the JSL and due to this promotion, the eighth-place team (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe) in the league would normally be relegated, were not. YAN Yanmar Club NSH Nippon Steel Hirohata OMI Omi Club MMK Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto WTE Wakayama Teachers YUA Yuasa Batteries MHI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe 9 2 3 37 22 C 8 3 3 22 13 7 2 5 30 16 7 1 6 25 25 5 4 5 24 27 6 0 8 24 26 4 2 8 20 32 1 4 9 13 34 complete RSSSF Chūgoku This was the 1st edition of the Chūgoku Football League. main WDL Q 2 PRO green1 MAH Mazda Auto Hiroshima HTE Hiroshima Teachers MSH Mitsui Shipbuilding MTB Mitsubishi Oil MTS Mitsui Oil HKA Hitachi Kasado 9 0 1 36 8 C 8 0 2 28 15 6 0 4 23 10 4 0 6 12 17 2 1 7 8 32 0 1 9 5 30 complete RSSSF Kyushu This is the 1st edition of the Kyushu Football League Division main WDL QR 2 PRO REL green1 red2 Participation in the play-off match, lost and was relegated to Kumamoto Prefectural League. MCK Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki C SNC Saga Nanyo Club KGT Kagoshima Teachers NNR Nishi-Nippon Railroad KMT Kumamoto Teachers KAG Kagoshima Club TSU Tsuruya Department Store R 4 1 1 18 7 4 0 2 18 11 3 1 2 19 10 3 1 2 14 10 3 1 2 15 13 1 0 5 11 23 1 0 5 5 26 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored complete RSSSF Promotion/relegation playoff Tsuruya Department Store (Kumamoto)（Kyushu Football League 7th place） 1–2 Oita Sportsman Club (Oita) (Kyushu Football League Promotion Championship runner-up) regional 1973 Jap Jap 3