1998 Japanese Regional Leagues#Kansai
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| competition = Japanese Regional Leagues
| season = 1998
| winners =
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| prevseason = 1997
| nextseason = 1999
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Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues for the 1998 season.
Champions list
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Region | 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=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL PK
|sortable_table=y
|title=Division 1
|team1=HOK|name_HOK=Hokuden
|team2=NSM|name_NSM=Nippon Steel Muroran
|team3=SAP|name_SAP=Sapporo
|team4=OBI|name_OBI=Obihiro
|team5=ẼFI|name_ẼFI=Ẽfini Sapporo
|team6=BPH|name_BPH=Blackpecker Hakodate
|team7=SUO|name_SUO=Sapporo University OB
|team8=NPT|name_NPT=Nippon Paper Tomakomai
|win_HOK=6|PKwin_HOK=1|PKloss_HOK=0|loss_HOK=0|gf_HOK=25|ga_HOK=1
|win_NSM=6|PKwin_NSM=0|PKloss_NSM=0|loss_NSM=1|gf_NSM=18|ga_NSM=6
|win_SAP=4|PKwin_SAP=1|PKloss_SAP=0|loss_SAP=2|gf_SAP=21|ga_SAP=11
|win_OBI=2|PKwin_OBI=1|PKloss_OBI=1|loss_OBI=3|gf_OBI=9|ga_OBI=10
|win_ẼFI=2|PKwin_ẼFI=0|PKloss_ẼFI=1|loss_ẼFI=4|gf_ẼFI=8|ga_ẼFI=13
|win_BPH=2|PKwin_BPH=0|PKloss_BPH=1|loss_BPH=4|gf_BPH=12|ga_BPH=20
|win_SUO=2|PKwin_SUO=0|PKloss_SUO=0|loss_SUO=5|gf_SUO=8|ga_SUO=25
|win_NPT=1|PKwin_NPT=0|PKloss_NPT=0|loss_NPT=6|gf_NPT=6|ga_NPT=21
|update=complete|source=
}}
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL PK
|sortable_table=y
|title=Division 2
|team1=VAN|name_VAN=Vankei
|team2=JSW|name_JSW=JSW Muroran
|team3=HDM|name_HDM=Hakodate Mazda
|team4=SFC|name_SFC=Sapporo First Club
|team5=ADC|name_ADC=Asahikawa Daisetsu Club
|team6=KYO|name_KYO=Kyokushukai
|team7=NOM|name_NOM=Nippon Oil Muroran
|team8=OTA|name_OTA=Otaru Shuyukai
|win_VAN=5|PKwin_VAN=1|PKloss_VAN=1|loss_VAN=0|gf_VAN=26|ga_VAN=7
|win_JSW=5|PKwin_JSW=1|PKloss_JSW=0|loss_JSW=1|gf_JSW=23|ga_JSW=8
|win_HDM=5|PKwin_HDM=0|PKloss_HDM=0|loss_HDM=2|gf_HDM=22|ga_HDM=14
|win_SFC=3|PKwin_SFC=1|PKloss_SFC=1|loss_SFC=2|gf_SFC=22|ga_SFC=18
|win_ADC=2|PKwin_ADC=1|PKloss_ADC=2|loss_ADC=2|gf_ADC=14|ga_ADC=14
|win_KYO=2|PKwin_KYO=0|PKloss_KYO=1|loss_KYO=4|gf_KYO=15|ga_KYO=23
|win_NOM=1|PKwin_NOM=0|PKloss_NOM=0|loss_NOM=6|gf_NOM=5|ga_NOM=27
|win_OTA=0|PKwin_OTA=1|PKloss_OTA=0|loss_OTA=6|gf_OTA=6|ga_OTA=22
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Tohoku=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|sortable_table=y
|title=Division 1
|team1=NEC|name_NEC=NEC Tokin
|team2=MZE|name_MZE=Morioka Zebra
|team3=TDK|name_TDK=TDK
|team4=YAM|name_YAM=Yamagata
|team5=MAT|name_MAT=Matsushima
|team6=AAO|name_AAO=Aster Aomori
|team7=ACG|name_ACG=Akita City Government
|team8=TST|name_TST=Tsuruoka TDK
|win_NEC=9|draw_NEC=2|loss_NEC=3|gf_NEC=29|ga_NEC=17
|win_MZE=8|draw_MZE=3|loss_MZE=3|gf_MZE=38|ga_MZE=21
|win_TDK=8|draw_TDK=1|loss_TDK=5|gf_TDK=30|ga_TDK=18
|win_YAM=7|draw_YAM=2|loss_YAM=5|gf_YAM=25|ga_YAM=18
|win_MAT=7|draw_MAT=2|loss_MAT=5|gf_MAT=30|ga_MAT=27
|win_AAO=5|draw_AAO=2|loss_AAO=7|gf_AAO=24|ga_AAO=25
|win_ACG=4|draw_ACG=3|loss_ACG=7|gf_ACG=34|ga_ACG=40
|win_TST=0|draw_TST=1|loss_TST=13|gf_TST=11|ga_TST=55
|update=complete|source=
}}
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|sortable_table=y
|title=Division 2 North
|team1=NSK|name_NSK=Nippon Steel Kamaishi
|team2=OMI|name_OMI=Omiya
|team3=KOS|name_KOS=Kosei
|team4=NPA|name_NPA=Nishime Pana
|team5=AKI|name_AKI=Akisho Club
|team6=TKI|name_TKI=Towada Kickers
|win_NSK=8|draw_NSK=1|loss_NSK=1|gf_NSK=45|ga_NSK=11
|win_OMI=6|draw_OMI=1|loss_OMI=3|gf_OMI=20|ga_OMI=16
|win_KOS=5|draw_KOS=0|loss_KOS=5|gf_KOS=27|ga_KOS=24
|win_NPA=4|draw_NPA=1|loss_NPA=5|gf_NPA=17|ga_NPA=24
|win_AKI=3|draw_AKI=1|loss_AKI=6|gf_AKI=12|ga_AKI=24
|win_TKI=2|draw_TKI=0|loss_TKI=8|gf_TKI=11|ga_TKI=33
|update=complete|source=
}}
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|sortable_table=y
|title=Division 2 South
|team1=PRI|name_PRI=Primeiro
|team2=FBA|name_FBA=Furukawa Battery
|team3=EPN|name_EPN=Electric Power Nostalgia
|team4=NEC|name_NEC=NEC Yonezawa
|team5=KAN|name_KAN=Kanai Club
|team6=SHI|name_SHI=Shichigahama
|win_PRI=10|draw_PRI=0|loss_PRI=0|gf_PRI=53|ga_PRI=6
|win_FBA=6|draw_FBA=0|loss_FBA=4|gf_FBA=31|ga_FBA=21
|win_EPN=5|draw_EPN=0|loss_EPN=5|gf_EPN=24|ga_EPN=29
|win_NEC=4|draw_NEC=1|loss_NEC=5|gf_NEC=20|ga_NEC=25
|win_KAN=3|draw_KAN=0|loss_KAN=7|gf_KAN=8|ga_KAN=33
|win_SHI=1|draw_SHI=1|loss_SHI=8|gf_SHI=13|ga_SHI=35
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Kanto=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=P
|sortable_table=y
|team1=YEL|name_YEL=Yokogawa Electric
|team2=HLS|name_HLS=Honda Luminozo Sayama
|team3=OME|name_OME=Ome
|team4=KUY|name_KUY=Kuyo
|team5=NAS|name_NAS=Nirasaki Astros
|team6=KNT|name_KNT=Kanagawa Teachers
|team7=ITE|name_ITE=Ibaraki Teachers
|team8=ATO|name_ATO=Aries Tokyo
|team9=STE|name_STE=Saitama Teachers
|team10=JTO|name_JTO=Jaeri Tokai
|win_YEL=15|draw_YEL=1|loss_YEL=2|gf_YEL=49|ga_YEL=12
|win_HLS=11|draw_HLS=4|loss_HLS=3|gf_HLS=42|ga_HLS=20
|win_OME=8|draw_OME=3|loss_OME=7|gf_OME=22|ga_OME=33
|win_KUY=8|draw_KUY=2|loss_KUY=8|gf_KUY=37|ga_KUY=42
|win_NAS=7|draw_NAS=4|loss_NAS=7|gf_NAS=35|ga_NAS=39
|win_KNT=6|draw_KNT=3|loss_KNT=9|gf_KNT=26|ga_KNT=25
|win_ITE=6|draw_ITE=3|loss_ITE=9|gf_ITE=30|ga_ITE=38
|win_ATO=5|draw_ATO=4|loss_ATO=9|gf_ATO=26|ga_ATO=28
|win_STE=5|draw_STE=3|loss_STE=10|gf_STE=18|ga_STE=35
|win_JTO=3|draw_JTO=5|loss_JTO=10|gf_JTO=23|ga_JTO=36
|col_P=#D0F0C0|text_P=Promoted to new Japan Football League
|result1=P
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Hokushinetsu=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|sortable_table=y
|showPKwin=y
|showOTloss=n
|team1=ALO|name_ALO=ALO's Hokuriku
|team2=YKK|name_YKK=YKK
|team3=YAM|name_YAM=Yamaga
|team4=NII|name_NII=Niigatashuyukai
|team5=TEI|name_TEI=Teihens
|team6=UED|name_UED=Ueda Gentian
|team7=NPI|name_NPI=Nissei Plastic Industrial
|team8=NAG|name_NAG=Nagano Elsa
|team9=FTE|name_FTE=Fukui Teachers
|win_ALO=6|OTwin_ALO=2|PKwin_ALO=0|loss_ALO=0|gf_ALO=26|ga_ALO=7
|win_YKK=7|OTwin_YKK=0|PKwin_YKK=0|loss_YKK=1|gf_YKK=37|ga_YKK=8
|win_YAM=4|OTwin_YAM=0|PKwin_YAM=0|loss_YAM=4|gf_YAM=17|ga_YAM=24
|win_NII=3|OTwin_NII=1|PKwin_NII=0|loss_NII=4|gf_NII=13|ga_NII=10
|win_TEI=3|OTwin_TEI=0|PKwin_TEI=0|loss_TEI=5|gf_TEI=18|ga_TEI=16
|win_UED=2|OTwin_UED=1|PKwin_UED=1|loss_UED=4|gf_UED=17|ga_UED=24
|win_NPI=2|OTwin_NPI=0|PKwin_NPI=1|loss_NPI=5|gf_NPI=13|ga_NPI=17
|win_NAG=1|OTwin_NAG=1|PKwin_NAG=1|loss_NAG=5|gf_NAG=12|ga_NAG=28
|win_FTE=0|OTwin_FTE=0|PKwin_FTE=0|loss_FTE=8|gf_FTE=7|ga_FTE=26
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Tokai=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|class_rules=2 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 0 points for a loss.
|sortable_table=y
|team1=HSH|name_HSH=Hitachi Shimizu
|team2=CHB|name_CHB=Chūō Bōhan
|team3=YVA|name_YVA=Yazaki Valente
|team4=NBA|name_NBA=Nagoya Bank
|team5=FCG|name_FCG=Fujieda City Government
|team6=NAG|name_NAG=Nagoya
|team7=MAR|name_MAR=Maruyasu
|team8=YMO|name_YMO=Yamaha Motors
|team9=MEI|name_MEI=Matsushita Electric Iga
|team10=TLW|name_TLW=Toyoda Automatic Loom Works
|team11=MIN|name_MIN=Minolta
|team12=TMW|name_TMW=Toyoda Machine Works
|team13=TOY|name_TOY=Toyota
|team14=MHO|name_MHO=Mind House
|team15=KHI|name_KHI=Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu
|team16=TOM|name_TOM=Tomoegawa Papers
|win_HSH=10|draw_HSH=4|loss_HSH=1|gf_HSH=49|ga_HSH=17
|win_CHB=10|draw_CHB=3|loss_CHB=2|gf_CHB=42|ga_CHB=17
|win_YVA=10|draw_YVA=1|loss_YVA=4|gf_YVA=43|ga_YVA=29
|win_NBA=9|draw_NBA=2|loss_NBA=4|gf_NBA=46|ga_NBA=29
|win_FCG=8|draw_FCG=3|loss_FCG=4|gf_FCG=33|ga_FCG=24
|win_NAG=7|draw_NAG=4|loss_NAG=4|gf_NAG=28|ga_NAG=23
|win_MAR=7|draw_MAR=3|loss_MAR=5|gf_MAR=30|ga_MAR=23
|win_YMO=5|draw_YMO=4|loss_YMO=6|gf_YMO=27|ga_YMO=27
|win_MEI=5|draw_MEI=4|loss_MEI=6|gf_MEI=22|ga_MEI=26
|win_TLW=6|draw_TLW=2|loss_TLW=7|gf_TLW=22|ga_TLW=31
|win_MIN=5|draw_MIN=3|loss_MIN=7|gf_MIN=23|ga_MIN=32
|win_TMW=5|draw_TMW=2|loss_TMW=8|gf_TMW=14|ga_TMW=22
|win_TOY=5|draw_TOY=2|loss_TOY=8|gf_TOY=22|ga_TOY=32
|win_MHO=3|draw_MHO=3|loss_MHO=9|gf_MHO=28|ga_MHO=39
|win_KHI=4|draw_KHI=1|loss_KHI=10|gf_KHI=18|ga_KHI=34
|win_TOM=0|draw_TOM=1|loss_TOM=14|gf_TOM=16|ga_TOM=58
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Kansai=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|sortable_table=y
|team1=SEO|name_SEO=Sagawa Express Osaka
|team2=KYO|name_KYO=Kyoken
|team3=NTT|name_NTT=NTT Kansai
|team4=OGA|name_OGA=Osaka Gas
|team5=WOS|name_WOS=West Osaka
|team6=K70|name_K70=Kobe 1970
|team7=KSC|name_KSC=Kyoto Shiko Club
|team8=SES|name_SES=Sanyo Electric Sumoto
|team9=CKO|name_CKO=Central Kobe
|team10=TAN|name_TAN=Tanabe Pharmaceuticals
|win_SEO=16|draw_SEO=2|loss_SEO=0|gf_SEO=60|ga_SEO=9
|win_KYO=15|draw_KYO=2|loss_KYO=1|gf_KYO=63|ga_KYO=13
|win_NTT=7|draw_NTT=6|loss_NTT=5|gf_NTT=37|ga_NTT=31
|win_OGA=8|draw_OGA=2|loss_OGA=8|gf_OGA=28|ga_OGA=28
|win_WOS=7|draw_WOS=3|loss_WOS=8|gf_WOS=27|ga_WOS=24
|win_K70=7|draw_K70=1|loss_K70=10|gf_K70=30|ga_K70=43
|win_KSC=6|draw_KSC=3|loss_KSC=9|gf_KSC=32|ga_KSC=52
|win_SES=5|draw_SES=3|loss_SES=10|gf_SES=25|ga_SES=40
|win_CKO=4|draw_CKO=3|loss_CKO=11|gf_CKO=27|ga_CKO=40
|win_TAN=1|draw_TAN=3|loss_TAN=14|gf_TAN=14|ga_TAN=63
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Chugoku=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL PK
|sortable_table=y
|team1=MAZ|name_MAZ=Mazda
|team2=HFJ|name_HFJ=Hiroshima Fujita
|team3=MMM|name_MMM=Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima
|team4=HTE|name_HTE=Hiroshima Teachers
|team5=MOI|name_MOI=Mitsubishi Oil
|team6=JSW|name_JSW=NKK Fukuyama
|team7=YAM|name_YAM=Yamako
|team8=TOT|name_TOT=Tottori
|win_MAZ=11|PKwin_MAZ=2|PKloss_MAZ=0|loss_MAZ=1|gf_MAZ=65|ga_MAZ=14
|win_HFJ=9|PKwin_HFJ=1|PKloss_HFJ=2|loss_HFJ=2|gf_HFJ=50|ga_HFJ=21
|win_MMM=9|PKwin_MMM=0|PKloss_MMM=1|loss_MMM=4|gf_MMM=38|ga_MMM=18
|win_HTE=7|PKwin_HTE=1|PKloss_HTE=1|loss_HTE=5|gf_HTE=34|ga_HTE=34
|win_MOI=5|PKwin_MOI=1|PKloss_MOI=0|loss_MOI=8|gf_MOI=23|ga_MOI=36
|win_JSW=3|PKwin_JSW=2|PKloss_JSW=1|loss_JSW=8|gf_JSW=20|ga_JSW=45
|win_YAM=3|PKwin_YAM=0|PKloss_YAM=1|loss_YAM=10|gf_YAM=26|ga_YAM=53
|win_TOT=1|PKwin_TOT=1|PKloss_TOT=2|loss_TOT=10|gf_TOT=14|ga_TOT=49
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Shikoku=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|sortable_table=y
|team1=EHI|name_EHI=Ehime
|team2=NAN|name_NAN=Himawari Milk Nangoku Club
|team3=KSH|name_KSH=Kagawa Shiun
|team4=TEI|name_TEI=Teijin
|team5=PMP|name_PMP=Prima Meat Packers
|team6=NTT|name_NTT=NTT Shikoku
|team7=SET|name_SET=Sanyo Electric Tokushima
|team8=OPH|name_OPH=Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
|win_EHI=9|draw_EHI=3|loss_EHI=2|gf_EHI=35|ga_EHI=17
|win_NAN=7|draw_NAN=2|loss_NAN=5|gf_NAN=30|ga_NAN=23
|win_KSH=6|draw_KSH=4|loss_KSH=4|gf_KSH=21|ga_KSH=17
|win_TEI=6|draw_TEI=2|loss_TEI=6|gf_TEI=25|ga_TEI=18
|win_PMP=6|draw_PMP=2|loss_PMP=6|gf_PMP=22|ga_PMP=21
|win_NTT=6|draw_NTT=2|loss_NTT=6|gf_NTT=24|ga_NTT=27
|win_SET=6|draw_SET=0|loss_SET=8|gf_SET=27|ga_SET=30
|win_OPH=2|draw_OPH=1|loss_OPH=11|gf_OPH=14|ga_OPH=45
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Kyushu=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL PK
|sortable_table=y
|team1=BLA|name_BLA=Blaze Kumamoto
|team2=VOL|name_VOL=Volca Kagoshima
|team3=NSY|name_NSY=Nippon Steel Yawata
|team4=ROA|name_ROA=NTT Kyushu
|team5=NSO|name_NSO=Nippon Steel Oita
|team6=KYO|name_KYO=Kyocera Sendai
|team7=NWK|name_NWK=Mitsubishi Chemical Kurosaki
|team8=HON|name_HON=Honda Lock
|team9=MHI|name_MHI=Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki
|team10=KUM|name_KUM=Kumamoto Teachers
|win_BLA=13|PKwin_BLA=2|PKloss_BLA=2|loss_BLA=1|gf_BLA=48|ga_BLA=19
|win_VOL=9|PKwin_VOL=3|PKloss_VOL=1|loss_VOL=5|gf_VOL=48|ga_VOL=35
|win_NSY=9|PKwin_NSY=3|PKloss_NSY=1|loss_NSY=5|gf_NSY=31|ga_NSY=32
|win_ROA=8|PKwin_ROA=2|PKloss_ROA=2|loss_ROA=6|gf_ROA=35|ga_ROA=25
|win_NSO=8|PKwin_NSO=1|PKloss_NSO=2|loss_NSO=7|gf_NSO=40|ga_NSO=30
|win_KYO=7|PKwin_KYO=0|PKloss_KYO=4|loss_KYO=7|gf_KYO=46|ga_KYO=46
|win_NWK=5|PKwin_NWK=4|PKloss_NWK=0|loss_NWK=9|gf_NWK=35|ga_NWK=44
|win_HON=6|PKwin_HON=0|PKloss_HON=3|loss_HON=9|gf_HON=34|ga_HON=37
|win_MHI=3|PKwin_MHI=3|PKloss_MHI=2|loss_MHI=10|gf_MHI=23|ga_MHI=52
|win_KUM=3|PKwin_KUM=1|PKloss_KUM=2|loss_KUM=12|gf_KUM=27|ga_KUM=47
|update=complete|source=
}}
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{{1998 in Japanese football}}