1971 Japanese Regional Leagues

Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues in the 1971 season.

By winning the All Japan Senior Football Championship and then defeating Nagoya Bank in a Promotion/Relegation Series, Towa ED was promoted to the Japan Soccer League; it and the remaining JSL clubs constituted the new JSL First Division, while Toyota, Kyoto and eight other clubs were chosen for the new JSL Second Division.

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