2022 All Japan Senior Football Championship Explained

All Japan Senior Football Championship
Year:2022
Other Title:Shakaijin Cup
Country:Japan
Num Teams:32
Champions:Briobecca Urayasu
Count:1
Runner-Up:BTOP Thank Kuriyama
Matches:32
Goals:79
Top Goal Scorer:Rai Ijuin (7 goals)
Attendance:2806
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2023

The, officially the 2022 All Japan Adults Football Tournament, and most known as the 2022 Shakaijin Cup, [1] was the first edition of the annually contested single-elimination tournament (or cup) since 2019. Both the 2020 and 2021 edition of the tournament was deemed cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The defending champions Tiamo Hirakata did not participate on this tournament. As it's restricted to non-league clubs (Participating on Regional or Prefectural Leagues; not included in the nation-wide league competitions), they can't enter the competition as Tiamo played the 2022 season in the Japan Football League, Japan's 4th-tier league. All the matches were streamed in the "Shakaijin Cup" channel.

Venues

The championship was organized by Japan Football Association, in collaboration with the All-Japan Football Federation and the city of Shibushi. The collaboration with the Kagoshima's city of Shibushi happened due to the 2023 National Sports Conference. The 2022 All Japan Senior Football Championship served as a rehearsal for the National Sports Conference, which was also held at Shibushi. The venues hosting the tournament was entirely centered on the Shibushi Sports Park, and on the Shiokaze Park.

Holding method

Every match at the tournament were played under the unusual method of 40 minutes per half, instead of the usual 45, with every match being played under 80 minutes of action in total, excluding added times. The match would go directly to a penalty shoot-out, if the winner could not be decided after the full-time whistle. Up to five substitutions in three or less substitution breaks (excluding half-time) were allowed at the tournament, as per FIFA recommendation. Both methods are applied for the tournament due to the tiny 1-day interval between the matches, which could be even more tiring to the players in question if the matches had extra-time. [2]

The top 3threeteams would qualify to play on the 2022 edition of the Japanese Regional Champions League, which serves as Japan Football League's play-off tournament. Since eight of the nine 2022 regional champions were already participating (Tōkai champions FC Kariya did not qualify) at the Shakaijin, and since clubs belonging to leagues below the main regional league tiers were not eligible for the Champions League, the top three teams did not necessarily mean the semi-finalists.

Participating teams

Regional champions who were at the time already qualified for the Regional Champions League are denoted in bold. Lower-tier clubs who are not eligible to play in the Regional Champions League are denoted in italics.

Team
Kagoshima (Host)1NIFS Kanoya FCKyushu Soccer League (5)
Hokkaido2BTOP Thank KuriyamaHokkaido Soccer League (5)
Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth
Tohoku2Cobaltore OnagawaTohoku Soccer League (5)
Fuji Club 2003
Kantō7Briobecca UrayasuKantō Soccer League D1 (5)
Joyful Honda Tsukuba
Nankatsu SC
Tochigi City
Vonds Ichihara
Aries TokyoKantō Soccer League D2 (6)
Toin University of Yokohama FC
Hokuriku/Shin'etsu2Artista AsamaHokushin'etsu Football League (5)
Fukui United
Tōkai4Chukyo Univ. FCTōkai Adult Soccer League (5)
Chukyo University
Gakunan F. MosuperioShizuoka Prefectural League (7)
SS Izu
Team
Kansai5Arterivo WakayamaKansai Soccer League D1 (5)
Cento Cuore Harima
Laranja Kyoto
Ococias Kyoto
Kansai FC 2008Kansai Soccer League D2 (6)
Chugoku3Belugarosso HamadaChugoku Soccer League (5)
Fukuyama City
Mitsubishi Mizushima
Shikoku2Lvnirosso NCShikoku Soccer League (5)
FC Tokushima
Kyushu4J-Lease FCKyushu Soccer League (5)
Nobeoka Agata
Okinawa SV
Veroskronos Tsuno

Schedule

The tournament schedule was officially released on 29 August 2022. [3] The kick-off times are displayed in accordance with the Japan Standard Time .

Semi-finals

As BTOP Thank Kuriyama is already qualified to the 2022 Regional Champions League as Hokkaido champions, the other three semi-finalists have qualified for the Champions League.

Final

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BRIOBECCA
GK 16 Koichi Sakuma
DF 4 Yuya Fujioka
DF 9 Ryosuke Iizawa
DF 23 Shuji Uenaka
DF 26 Tetta Kasashima
MF 5 Yuto Takechi
MF 14 Yo Uematsu (c)
MF 27 Kanji Hirano
MF 29 Hiroki Ishihara
FW 11 Koyu Murakami
FW 30 Shotaro Inoue
Substitutes:
GK 25 Yusuke Taniguchi
DF 13 Ryuto Koizumi
DF 20 Daisuke Kato
MF 18
MF 19 Tsubasa Nihei
MF 32 Taku Ikawa
FW 24 Yohei Hayashi
Manager:
Kei Shibata
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BTOP
GK 30 Shun Sato
DF 2 Kakeru Kumagawa
DF 5 Rai Anda
DF 11 Kenta Ito
DF 13 Kodai Enomoto
MF 7 Toshiya Motozuka (c)
MF 16
MF 34 Kotaro Kawasato
FW 21 Kutsuwada Kisa
FW 22 Shuto Kammera
FW 77 Masahide Hiraoka
Substitutes:
GK 36 Masaya Tawarafuji
DF 3 Asahi Ishiwata
DF 4 Kento Mitsuo
MF 6 Shunta Shimura
MF 19
MF 23 Takuya Iwade
FW 24 Toyoki Yoshiyuki
Manager:
Yuta Sugiyama
Assistant referees


Yuki Tanabe
Kazuki Nakamura
Fourth official


Ryo Ogawa

Match rules
  • 80 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

External links

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jfa.jp/eng/match/adults_football_tournament Official page
  2. Web site: About the tournament. 29 August 2022. ja.
  3. Web site: Schedule and Result. 29 August 2022. ja.