Japanese Non-league Football News

After three games of the 2008 season, the Kyushu League table is already split along familiar lines... favourites Honda Lock are top on goal difference following their 6-0 defeat of Kaiho Bank SC on Sunday... but V Varen Nagasaki, Nippon Steel Oita and Volca Kagoshima also have 100% records, all having played matches only against the weaker teams in the league so far... a potentially crucial game at the bottom was Vainqueur Kumamoto's 2-0 win over Kyushu INAX, which enabled Vainqueur to leap up the table following drubbings in their opening two matches...

Sat 19 Apr: Volca Kagoshima 3-2 Okinawa Kariyushi

Sun 20 Apr: Honda Lock 6-0 Kaiho Bank SC
Sun 20 Apr: Kyushu INAX 0-2 Vainqueur Kumamoto
Sun 20 Apr: Nippon Steel Oita 5-0 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki
Sun 20 Apr: V Varen Nagasaki 4-0 Osumi NIFS United

1. Honda Lock 9 (+20)
2. V Varen Nagasaki 9 (+13)
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3. Nippon Steel Oita 9 (+11)
4. Volca Kagoshima 9 (+4)
5. Okinawa Kariyushi 6 (+7)
6. Vainqueur Kumamoto 3 (-15)
7. Kaiho Bank SC 0 (-9)
8. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki 0 (-10)
9. Osumi NIFS United 0 (-10)
10. Kyushi INAX 0 (-11)