Japanese Non-league Football News

北信越チャレンジリーグ’２００６

Taking place over the last few weekends has been the six-way battle for promotion from the relevant prefectural leagues into Division 2 of the Hokushinetsu League for 2007. The participants - all the champions of their respective prefectures - play in a straightforward round robin group tournament, with the winners achieving direct promotion to replace relegated side Nissei Resin, while the runners-up have a further chance to secure advancement with an additional play-off against the 2006 seventh-place team, LionPower Komatsu.



Something to do with CUPS Niigata, apparently

Participants:

Fukui: Panasonic Fukui (Japanese name - Panasonic福井)
Ishikawa: FC Ton (FC TON)
Nagano: Ohara School (JaSRA 大原学園ＪａＳＲＡ)
Niigata: CUPS Niigata (CUPS NIIGATA)
Toyama: Giocatore Takaoka (ジョカト－レ高岡)
Universities: Niigata University of Health & Welfare (新潟医療福祉大学)

Results & Ranking:

Niigata University of Health & Welfare 7-1 Panasonic Fukui
FC TON 0-2 Giocatore Takaoka
CUPS Niigata 3-2 Ohara School JaSRA

CUPS Niigata 5-0 Panasonic Fukui
Ohara School JaSRA 12-0 FC TON
Niigata University of Health & Welfare 5-0 Giocatore Takaoka

Panasonic Fukui 1-2 Ohara School JaSRA
FC TON 0-6 Niigata University of Health & Welfare
Giocatore Takaoka 0-3 CUPS Niigata

Panasonic Fukui 4-0 FC TON
Ohara School JaSRA 3-0 Giocatore Takaoka
CUPS Niigata 4-2 Niigata University of Health & Welfare

CUPS Niigata 4-0 FC TON
Ohara School JaSRA 2-1 Niigata University of Health & Welfare
Panasonic Fukui 2-1 Giocatore Takaoka

1 CUPS Niigata 15 (+15)
2 Ohara School JaSRA 12 (+16)
3 Niigata University of Health & Welfare 9 (+14)
4 Panasonic Fukui 6 (-7)
5 Giocatore Takaoka 3 (-10)
6 FC TON 0 (-28)

Promoted to the Hokushinetsu league Division 2 are therefore CUPS Niigata - otherwise known as the second team of Hokushinetsu League champions Japan Soccer College. Ohara School JaSRA will take on LionPower Komatsu in the further play-off.