These y-Teams shall be promoted to the JFL automatically.
The match days are 31st January, 1st and 2nd Februrary 1997 at Nagai II stadium in Osaka.
| Team | JAT | PRI | MAZ | HEP | Win(s.o)/Lose | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y- JATCO | 1:1 (4:2) | 2:1 | 5:2 | 3(1)/0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |
| y- Prima Tsuchiura | 1:1 (2:4) | 1:1 (1:4) | 1:0 | 1(0)/2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| MAZDA | 1:2 | 1:1 (4:1) | 1:1 (4:2) | 2(2)/1 | 3 | -1 | 2 | |
| Hokkaido Electric Power | 2:5 | 0:1 | 1:1 (2:4) | 0(0)/3 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
These x-Teams progress to the Final Round.
The match days are 17th, 18th and 19th January 1997 at Kumamoto (group A), Mimasaka (group B) and Ishioka (group C&D).
| Team | JAT | ALO | BLA | TEI | Win(s.o)/Lose | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- JATCO (Tokai#1) | 1:0 | 2:2 (1:3) | 3:1 | 2(0)/1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Alo's Hokuriku (Hoku-shin-etsu) | 0:1 | 1:0 | 1:0 | 2(0)/1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Blaze Kumamoto (Kyushu) | 2:2 (3:1) | 0:1 | 6:1 | 2(1)/1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Teijin (Shikoku) | 1:3 | 0:1 | 1:6 | 0(0)/3 | 2 | -8 | 0 |
| Team | MAZ | LUM | KAN | Win(s.o)/Lose | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- MAZDA (Chugoku) | 1:1 (2:3) | 4:0 | 1(0)/1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| Honda Luminozo Sayama football club (Kanto#1) | 1:1 (3:2) | 1:1 (3:1) | 2(2)/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| NTT Kansai (Kansai) | 0:4 | 1:1 (1:3) | 0(0)/2 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Team | PRI | ALB | SS | Win(s.o)/Lose | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Prima Ham FC Tsuchiura (Kanto#2) | 1:1 (7:6) | 2:0 | 2(1)/0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Albireo NIIGATA (Hoku-shin-etsu) | 1:1 (6:7) | 5:0 | 1(0)/1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| SONY Sendai (Tohoku) | 0:2 | 0:5 | 0(0)/2 | 0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team | HEP | KYU | HSE | Win(s.o)/Lose | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Hokkaido Electric Power (Hokkaido) | 2:0 | 1:2 | 1(1)/1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| NTT Kyushu (Kyushu) | 0:2 | 2:0 | 1(1)/1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hitachi Shimizu (Tokai#2) | 2:1 | 0:2 | 1(1)/1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
Nine champion teams of each Regional Leagues and 2nd place teams of the Regions including the top four teams of last year's tournament are qualified for the tournament.
In the tournament, when regulation time of the match play fails to determine a winner, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.
All teams play each other one times.
Teams are allotted three points for a win in regulation play, two points for a shoot-out win, one point for a shoot-out loss, and no points for a loss (except shoot-out loss).
The ranking is determined as follows: 1) total of points, 2) goal difference, 3) total of goals.
Alo's Hokuriku changes the team name from Hokuriku Electric Power.
Honda Luminozo Sayama football club changes the team name from Honda Motor Sayama.
Albireo NIIGATA changes the team name from Niigata Eleven.
The x-Teams progress to the next round.
Results of tournament are beneath.
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| : | 27/11/1996 | Takatsuki |
Alo's Hokuriku changes the team name from Hokuriku Electric Power.
Blaze Kumamoto changes the team name from Toa construction industry.
NSC Yawata changes the team name from Nippon Steel Yawata.
ACM Blux changes the team name from Chuoh Bohhan.
Yazaki Valente FC changes the team name from Yazaki keiki Shimada.
Albireo NIIGATA changes the team name from Niigata Eleven.
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Last update: 03/06/2004, except minor update
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