These y-Teams shall be promoted to the Japan Football League automatically.
The match days are 23rd, 24th and 25th January 1998 at Kagoshima.
| Team | SS | ALB | YOK | KYO | Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o) | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y- Sony Sendai | 5:3 | 0:0 (4:3) | 1:0 | 3(1)/0(0) | 6 | 3 | 8 | |
| y- Albirex NIIGATA | 3:5 | 3:1 | 6:3 | 2(0)/1(0) | 12 | 3 | 6 | |
| Yokogawa Electric | 0:0 (3:4) | 1:3 | 3:1 | 1(0)/2(1) | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kyoikukenkyusha | 0:1 | 3:6 | 1:3 | 0(0)/3(0) | 4 | -6 | 1 |
These x-Teams progress to the Final Round.
The match days are 16th,17th and 18th January 1998 at Naraha (group A&B) and Mimasaka (group C&D).
| Team | SS | MAZ | SAP | KAG | Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o) | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Sony Sendai (Tohoku) | 3:2 | 9:0 | 5:0 | 3(0)/0(0) | 17 | 15 | 9 | |
| Mazda soccer club (Chugoku#1) | 2:3 | 3:1 | 6:0 | 2(0)/1(0) | 11 | 7 | 6 | |
| Sapporo Univ. OB (Hokkaido#2) | 0:9 | 1:3 | 1:0 | 1(0)/2(0) | 2 | -10 | 3 | |
| Kagawa Shiun football club (Shikoku) | 0:5 | 0:6 | 0:1 | 0(0)/3(0) | 0 | -12 | 0 |
| Team | KYO | HEP | LUM | Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o) | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Kyoikukenkyusha (Kansai) | 0:0 (7:6) | 1:0 | 2(1)/0(0) | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Hokkaido Electric Power (Hokkaido#1) | 0:0 (6:7) | 4:4 (1:4) | 0(0)/2(2) | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Honda Luminozo Sayama football club (Kanto#2) | 0:1 | 4:4 (4:1) | 1(1)/1(0) | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Team | ALB | HSE | MOM | Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o) | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Albirex NIIGATA (Hoku-shin-etsu) | 1:1 (4:3) | 5:0 | 2(1)/0(0) | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Hitachi Shimizu (Tokai#1) | 1:1 (3:4) | 3:0 | 1(0)/1(1) | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mitsubishi Oil Mizushima (Chugoku#2) | 0:5 | 0:3 | 0(0)/2(0) | 0 | -8 | 0 |
| Team | YOK | FUJ | KYU | Win(s.o)/Loss(s.o) | Goals | Dif. | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x- Yokogawa Electric (Kanto#1) | 3:0 | 1:0 | 2(0)/0(0) | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| Fujieda public office (Tokai#2) | 0:3 | 3:2 | 1(0)/1(0) | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| NTT Kyushu (Kyushu) | 0:1 | 2:3 | 0(0)/2(0) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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.
Albirex changes the team name from Albireo.
The x-Teams progress to the next round.
Results of tournament are beneath.
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapporo f. | 0:1 | Luminozo Sayama | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Yazaki Valente | 1:1 ext. (2:4) | NTT Kyushu | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Teijin | 3:0 | Saitama tchr. | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Hokoku Kogyo | 0:1 | Blaze Kumamoto | 15/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| NTT Kansai | 2:1 | R.F.K. | 15/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Yono s. | 0:1 | Sony Sendai | 15/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Hitachi Shimizu | 0:2 | Albirex | 15/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Chuoh Bohhan ACM | 0:1 | Aries Tokyo | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Volca Kagoshima | 1:3 | Atsugi Marcus | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Osaka Gas | 2:0 | Kagawa Shiun | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| YKK | 6:0 | Mitsubishi Mizushima | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Sagawa Exp. | 5:0 | TDK | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Nagoya SC | 2:3 | Hokkaido Electric Power | 15/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoikukenkyusha | 0:0 ext. (1:4) | Luminozo Sayama | 16/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| NTT Kyushu | 5:0 | Teijin | 16/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Blaze Kumamoto | 0:1 | NTT Kansai | 16/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Sony Sendai | 0:3 | Albirex | 16/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Kanagawa tchr. | 2:1 | Aries Tokyo | 16/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Atsugi Marcus | 0:3 | Osaka Gas | 16/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| YKK | 4:5 | Sagawa Exp. | 16/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Hokkaido Electric Power | 3:4 ext. | Yokogawa | 16/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luminozo Sayama | 1:1 ext. (5:3) | NTT Kyushu | 17/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| NTT Kansai | 0:4 | Albirex | 17/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Kanagawa tchr. | 1:0 | Osaka Gas | 17/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Sagawa Exp. | 0:1 | Yokogawa | 17/11/1997 | Hodogaya, Yokohama |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luminozo Sayama | 0:0 ext. (5:3) | Albirex | 18/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Kanagawa tchr. | 0:1 | Yokogawa | 18/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luminozo Sayama | 0:1 ext. | Yokogawa | 19/11/1997 | Fujisawa |
Albirex changes the team name from Albireo.
Chuoh Bohhan ACM Fujieda changes the team name from ACM Blux. 'Blux' is a nickname of the team.
Osaka Tai-dai Kemari-dan is reorganized into Sagawa Express SC.
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