Challenge League Promotion Play-offs

Group A

		Pld	Won	PK Won	PK Lost	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Gunma FC White Star	3	2	0	1	0	5	1	4	7
2	Vicsale Okinawa FC Nabiita	3	2	0	0	1	4	1	3	6
3	INAC Kobe Leoncina	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	-2	3
4	Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ladies	3	0	1	0	2	0	5	-5	2

Vicsale Okinawa FC Nabiita  2 - 0  INAC Kobe Leoncina
(Attendance: 45)

Gunma FC White Star  3 - 0  Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ladies
(Attendance: 86)


INAC Kobe Leoncina  1 - 1  Gunma FC White Star
INAC Kobe Leoncina win 3-1 on penalties
(Attendance: 53)

Vicsale Okinawa FC Nabiita  2 - 0  Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ladies
(Attendance: 101)


Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ladies  0 - 0  INAC Kobe Leoncina
Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ladies win 4-3 on penalties
(Attendance: 56)

Gunma FC White Star  1 - 0  Vicsale Okinawa FC Nabiita
(Attendance: 65)

Group B

		Pld	Won	PK Won	PK Lost	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Due	3	1	1	1	0	5	3	2	6
2	Nankatsu SC Wings	3	1	1	1	0	4	3	1	6
3	Mito Eiko FC Ibaraki Ladies	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	-1	3
4	Diosa Izumo FC	3	1	0	0	2	1	3	-2	3

Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Due  2 - 2  Nankatsu SC Wings
Nankatsu SC Wings win 5-3 on penalties
(Attendance: 40)

Mito Eiko FC Ibaraki Ladies  0 - 1  Diosa Izumo FC
(Attendance: 60)


Nankatsu SC Wings  1 - 1  Mito Eiko FC Ibaraki Ladies
Mito Eiko FC Ibaraki Ladies win 3-1 on penalties
(Attendance: 58)

Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Due  2 - 0  Diosa Izumo FC
(Attendance: 83)


Diosa Izumo FC  0 - 1  Nankatsu SC Wings
(Attendance: 75)

Mito Eiko FC Ibaraki Ladies  1 - 1  Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Due
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Due win 6-5 on penalties
(Attendance: 55)


Final Match:
Gunma FC White Star  1 - 0  Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Due
(Attendance: 58)

Nadeshiko League Division 2 Eighteenth Round

Sfida Setagaya FC  1 - 2  NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls
Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita  1 - 2  Iga FC Kunoichi
Bunnys Kyoto SC  0 - 2  Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
AS Harima Albion  0 - 1  Orca Kamogawa FC
Okayama Yunogo Belle  3 - 0  Ehime FC Ladies

		Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Iga FC Kunoichi	14	2	2	29	6	23	44
2	NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls	9	4	5	32	24	8	31
3	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	8	6	4	27	21	6	30
4	Orca Kamogawa FC	8	4	6	26	24	2	28
5	AS Harima Albion	7	4	7	20	19	1	25
6	Ehime FC Ladies	5	8	5	21	21	0	23
7	Shizuoka Sangyo University	4	9	5	20	23	-3	21
8	Sfida Setagaya FC	5	3	10	20	28	-8	18
9	Bunnys Kyoto SC	3	5	10	11	27	-16	14
10	Okayama Yunogo Belle	2	5	11	16	29	-13	11

Congratulations to Iga FC Kunoichi, who have won the Division 2 title, and are thus promoted to Division 1.

NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls will play Nittaidai Fields Yokohama in a two-legged playoff to determine in which division each will play next season.

Okayama Yunogo Belle have been relegated to the Challenge League. Bunnys Kyoto SC will play FC Jumonji Ventus in a two-legged playoff to determine in which division each will play next season.

Nadeshiko League Division 1 Seventeenth Round

Nippon TV Beleza  2 - 1  AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies
Albirex Niigata Ladies  1 - 0  JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies
Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies  0 - 2  Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
INAC Kobe Leonessa  4 - 0  Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies
Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies  0 - 1  Nittaidai Fields Yokohama

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Nippon TV Beleza	17	13	3	1	35	6	29	42
2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	17	11	4	2	42	11	31	37
3	Nojima Stella Kanagawa	17	9	3	5	27	20	7	30
4	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	17	8	2	7	18	18	0	26
5	Albirex Niigata Ladies	17	7	3	7	22	25	-3	24
6	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	17	5	8	4	16	15	1	23
7	AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies	17	6	4	7	22	26	-4	22
8	Nittaidai Fields Yokohama	17	3	4	10	14	30	-16	13
9	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	17	3	3	11	13	36	-23	12
10	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	17	2	2	13	17	39	-22	8

Congratulations to Nippon TV Beleza, who have retained the league title, their sixteenth in total.

Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies have been relegated to Division 2.

The team finishing in ninth place will play NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls in a two-legged playoff to determine in which division each will play next season.

Nadeshiko League Division 1 Thirteenth Round

Matches played on September 29 and 30:
Nittaidai Fields Yokohama  1 - 1  Albirex Niigata Ladies
INAC Kobe Leonessa  3 - 0  Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
Nippon TV Beleza  1 - 0  JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies
AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies  1 - 3  Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara

Match played on October 24:
Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies  1 - 1  Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Nippon TV Beleza	16	12	3	1	33	5	28	39
2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	16	10	4	2	38	11	27	34
3	Nojima Stella Kanagawa	16	8	3	5	25	20	5	27
4	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	16	8	2	6	18	17	1	26
5	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	16	5	8	3	16	14	2	23
6	AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies	16	6	4	6	21	24	-3	22
7	Albirex Niigata Ladies	16	6	3	7	21	25	-4	21
8	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	16	3	3	10	13	34	-21	12
9	Nittaidai Fields Yokohama	16	2	4	10	13	30	-17	10
10	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	16	2	2	12	17	35	-18	8

The 40th Empress' Cup - Final Tournament

The schedule for this year's Empress' Cup has been announced. The competition runs from November 3rd until January 1st.


First Round Matches, ties to be played on November 3rd and 4th

Match 1:
JFA Academy Fukushima - Chifure AS Elfen Saitama

Match 2:
Hokkaido Otani Muroran High School - Daito Bunka University

Match 3:
Nippon TV Menina - Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi

Match 4:
Fukuoka J Anclas - Waseda University

Match 5:
Mukogawa Women's University - Shikoku Gakuin University Kagawa Nishi High School

Match 6:
Tokiwagi Gakuen High School - Albirex Niigata Ladies U-18

Match 7:
Kanagawa University - Zenhoren Ryukyu Deigos

Match 8:
Norddea Hokkaido - Bunnys Kyoto SC

Match 9:
Fujieda Junshin High School - Okayama Sakuyo High School

Match 10:
Seiwa Gakuen High School - AS Harima Albion

Match 11:
Seisen University - Teikyo Heisei University

Match 12:
Ange Violet Hiroshima - Fukui Senior High School

Match 13:
Sendai University - Okayama Yunogo Belle

Match 14:
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies U-18 - Tokoha University Tachibana Senior High School

Match 15:
Nittaidai Fields Yokohama Satellite - Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

Match 16:
NGU Loveledge Nagoya - Osaka Toin High School


Second Round Matches, ties to be played on November 24th and 25th

Match 17:
Nippon TV Beleza - Winner of Match 1

Match 18:
Orca Kamogawa FC - Winner of Match 2

Match 19:
Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies - Winner of Match 3

Match 20:
Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies - Winner of Match 4

Match 21:
AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies - Winner of Match 5

Match 22:
Ehime FC Ladies - Winner of Match 6

Match 23:
NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls - Winner of Match 7

Match 24:
Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies - Winner of Match 8

Match 25:
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara - Winner of Match 9

Match 26:
Sfida Setagaya FC - Winner of Match 10

Match 27:
Iga FC Kunoichi - Winner of Match 11

Match 28:
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies - Winner of Match 12

Match 29:
Albirex Niigata Ladies - Winner of Match 13

Match 30:
Nittaidai Fields Yokohama - Winner of Match 14

Match 31:
Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita - Winner of Match 15

Match 32:
INAC Kobe Leonessa - Winner of Match 16


Third Round Matches, ties to be played on December 1st and 2nd

Match 33:
Winner of Match 17 - Winner of Match 18

Match 34:
Winner of Match 19 - Winner of Match 20

Match 35:
Winner of Match 21 - Winner of Match 22

Match 36:
Winner of Match 23 - Winner of Match 24

Match 37:
Winner of Match 25 - Winner of Match 26

Match 38:
Winner of Match 27 - Winner of Match 28

Match 39:
Winner of Match 29 - Winner of Match 30

Match 40:
Winner of Match 31 - Winner of Match 32


Quarter-Final Matches, ties to be played on December 22nd

Match 41:
Winner of Match 33 - Winner of Match 34

Match 42:
Winner of Match 35 - Winner of Match 36

Match 43:
Winner of Match 37 - Winner of Match 38

Match 44:
Winner of Match 39 - Winner of Match 40


Semi-Final Matches, ties to be played on December 29th

Match 45:
Winner of Match 41 - Winner of Match 42

Match 46:
Winner of Match 43 - Winner of Match 44


Final Match, to be played on January 1st

Match 47:
Winner of Match 45 - Winner of Match 46

Nadeshiko League Division 1 Sixteenth Round

Nippon TV Beleza  0 - 0  INAC Kobe Leonessa
Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies  1 - 2  Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
Nittaidai Fields Yokohama  2 - 0  Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies
Albirex Niigata Ladies  0 - 2  Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies  1 - 1  JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Nippon TV Beleza	16	12	3	1	33	5	28	39
2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	16	10	4	2	38	11	27	34
3	Nojima Stella Kanagawa	16	8	3	5	25	20	5	27
4	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	16	8	2	6	18	17	1	26
5	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	16	5	8	3	16	14	2	23
6	AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies	16	6	4	6	21	24	-3	22
7	Albirex Niigata Ladies	16	6	3	7	21	25	-4	21
8	Nittaidai Fields Yokohama	16	2	4	10	13	30	-17	10
9	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	15	2	3	10	11	33	-22	9
10	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	15	2	2	11	16	33	-17	8

Nadeshiko League Division 2 Seventeenth Round

Chifure AS Elfen Saitama  4 - 1  Sfida Setagaya FC
Iga FC Kunoichi  1 - 0  Bunnys Kyoto SC
NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls  1 - 0  AS Harima Albion
Orca Kamogawa FC  1 - 0  Okayama Yunogo Belle
Ehime FC Ladies  1 - 1  Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Iga FC Kunoichi	17	13	2	2	27	5	22	41
2	NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls	17	8	4	5	30	23	7	28
3	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	17	7	6	4	25	21	4	27
4	AS Harima Albion	17	7	4	6	20	18	2	25
5	Orca Kamogawa FC	17	7	4	6	25	24	1	25
6	Ehime FC Ladies	17	5	8	4	21	18	3	23
7	Shizuoka Sangyo University	17	4	9	4	19	21	-2	21
8	Sfida Setagaya FC	17	5	3	9	19	26	-7	18
9	Bunnys Kyoto SC	17	3	5	9	11	25	-14	14
10	Okayama Yunogo Belle	17	1	5	11	13	29	-16	8

Nadeshiko League Division 2 Sixteenth Round

Bunnys Kyoto SC  1 - 0  Ehime FC Ladies
Chifure AS Elfen Saitama  0 - 0  Iga FC Kunoichi
NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls  2 - 1  Okayama Yunogo Belle
Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita  0 - 0  Orca Kamogawa FC
Sfida Setagaya FC  1 - 0  AS Harima Albion

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Iga FC Kunoichi	16	12	2	2	26	5	21	38
2	NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls	16	7	4	5	29	23	6	25
3	AS Harima Albion	16	7	4	5	20	17	3	25
4	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	16	6	6	4	21	20	1	24
5	Ehime FC Ladies	16	5	7	4	20	17	3	22
6	Orca Kamogawa FC	16	6	4	6	24	24	0	22
7	Shizuoka Sangyo University	16	4	8	4	18	20	-2	20
8	Sfida Setagaya FC	16	5	3	8	18	22	-4	18
9	Bunnys Kyoto SC	16	3	5	8	11	24	-13	14
10	Okayama Yunogo Belle	16	1	5	10	13	28	-15	8

Nadeshiko League Division 1 Fifteenth Round

JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies  2 - 2  Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara  1 - 1  Nittaidai Fields Yokohama
Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies  0 - 3  Nippon TV Beleza
INAC Kobe Leonessa  4 - 0  AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies
Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies  0 - 2  Albirex Niigata Ladies

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Nippon TV Beleza	15	12	2	1	33	5	28	38
2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	15	10	3	2	38	11	27	33
3	Nojima Stella Kanagawa	15	7	3	5	23	20	3	24
4	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	15	7	2	6	16	16	0	23
5	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	15	5	7	3	15	13	2	22
6	Albirex Niigata Ladies	15	6	3	6	21	23	-2	21
7	AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies	15	6	3	6	20	23	-3	21
8	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	14	2	3	9	11	31	-20	9
9	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	14	2	2	10	15	31	-16	8
10	Nittaidai Fields Yokohama	15	1	4	10	11	30	-19	7

Nadeshiko League Division 1 Fourteenth Round

Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara  1 - 2  Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies
AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies  0 - 0  Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
Albirex Niigata Ladies  4 - 1  Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies  1 - 1  INAC Kobe Leonessa
Nittaidai Fields Yokohama  0 - 4  Nippon TV Beleza

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Nippon TV Beleza	14	11	2	1	30	5	25	35
2	INAC Kobe Leonessa	14	9	3	2	34	11	23	30
3	Nojima Stella Kanagawa	14	7	2	5	22	19	3	23
4	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	14	7	2	5	16	14	2	23
5	JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies	14	5	6	3	13	11	2	21
6	AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies	14	6	3	5	20	19	1	21
7	Albirex Niigata Ladies	14	5	3	6	19	23	-4	18
8	Vegalta Sendai Ladies	13	2	3	8	11	28	-17	9
9	Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies	13	2	1	10	13	29	-16	7
10	Nittaidai Fields Yokohama	14	1	3	10	10	29	-19	6

Nadeshiko League Division 2 Fifteenth Round

AS Harima Albion  1 - 0  Bunnys Kyoto SC
Ehime FC Ladies  2 - 2  NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls
Orca Kamogawa FC  1 - 2  Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
Iga FC Kunoichi  1 - 0  Sfida Setagaya FC
Okayama Yunogo Belle  2 - 2  Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Iga FC Kunoichi	15	12	1	2	26	5	21	37
2	AS Harima Albion	15	7	4	4	20	16	4	25
3	Chifure AS Elfen Saitama	15	6	5	4	21	20	1	23
4	NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls	15	6	4	5	27	22	5	22
5	Ehime FC Ladies	15	5	7	3	20	16	4	22
6	Orca Kamogawa FC	15	6	3	6	24	24	0	21
7	Shizuoka Sangyo University	15	4	7	4	18	20	-2	19
8	Sfida Setagaya FC	15	4	3	8	17	22	-5	15
9	Bunnys Kyoto SC	15	2	5	8	10	24	-14	11
10	Okayama Yunogo Belle	15	1	5	9	12	26	-14	8

73rd National Sports Festival of Japan - Final Matches

Third-Place Match, played on Thursday, 4th of October:

Match 15:
Chiba  0 - 2  Ehime
(Attendance: 133)


Final Match, played on Thursday, 4th of October:

Match 16:
Okayama  0 - 3  Mie
(Attendance: 695)

73rd National Sports Festival of Japan - Semi-Final Round

Semi-Final Matches, ties played on Wednesday, 3rd of October:

Match 13:
Chiba  1 - 1  Okayama
Okayama win 3-2 on penalties
(Attendance: 64)

Match 14:
Mie  2 - 1  Ehime
(Attendance: 287)


Third-Place Match, to be played on Thursday, 4th of October:

Match 15:
Chiba - Ehime


Final Match, to be played on Thursday, 4th of October:

Match 16:
Okayama - Mie

73rd National Sports Festival of Japan - Quarter-Final Round

Quarter-Final Matches, ties played on Tuesday, 2nd of October:

Match 9:
Chiba  0 - 0  Hiroshima
Chiba win 4-3 on penalties
(Attendance: 72)

Match 10:
Okayama  2 - 0  Kagoshima
(Attendance: 80)

Match 11:
Nagano  0 - 5  Mie
(Attendance: 203)

Match 12:
Kanagawa  0 - 2  Ehime
(Attendance: 178)


Semi-Final Matches, ties to be played on Wednesday, 3rd of October:

Match 13:
Chiba - Okayama

Match 14:
Mie - Ehime


Third-Place Match, to be played on Thursday, 4th of October:

Match 15:
Loser of Match 13 - Loser of Match 14


Final Match, to be played on Thursday, 4th of October:

Match 16:
Winner of Match 13 - Winner of Match 14

73rd National Sports Festival of Japan - First Round

First Round Matches, ties played on Monday, 1st of October:

Match 1:
Chiba  3 - 0  Fukuoka
(Attendance: 86)

Match 2:
Hiroshima  3 - 2  Miyagi
(Attendance: 65)

Match 3:
Fukushima  0 - 3  Okayama
(Attendance: 71)

Match 4:
Hokkaido  1 - 1  Kagoshima
Kagoshima win 6-5 on penalties
(Attendance: 599)

Match 5:
Shizuoka  0 - 1  Nagano
(Attendance: 87)

Match 6:
Mie  0 - 0  Fukui
Mie win 5-3 on penalties
(Attendance: 481)

Match 7:
Oita  0 - 3  Kanagawa
(Attendance: 104)

Match 8:
Osaka  2 - 3  Ehime
(Attendance: 63)


Quarter-Final Matches, ties to be played on Tuesday, 2nd of October:

Match 9:
Chiba - Hiroshima

Match 10:
Okayama - Kagoshima

Match 11:
Nagano - Mie

Match 12:
Kanagawa - Ehime


Semi-Final Matches, ties to be played on Wednesday, 3rd of October:

Match 13:
Winner of Match 9 - Winner of Match 10

Match 14:
Winner of Match 11 - Winner of Match 12


Third-Place Match, to be played on Thursday, 4th of October:

Match 15:
Loser of Match 13 - Loser of Match 14


Final Match, to be played on Thursday, 4th of October:

Match 16:
Winner of Match 13 - Winner of Match 14