The , officially the 2022 All Japan Adults Football Tournament, and most known as the 2022 Shakaijin Cup,Official page 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 nationwide 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.
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) 1 NIFS Kanoya FC Kyushu Soccer League (5)Hokkaido2 BTOP Thank KuriyamaHokkaido Soccer League (5) Hokkaido Tokachi Sky EarthTohoku2 Cobaltore OnagawaTohoku Soccer League (5) Fuji Club 2003Kantō7 Briobecca UrayasuKantō Soccer League D1 (5) Joyful Honda Tsukuba Nankatsu SC Tochigi City Vonds Ichihara Aries TokyoKantō Soccer League D2 (6) Toin University of Yokohama FCHokuriku/Shin'etsu2 Artista AsamaHokushin'etsu Football League (5) Fukui UnitedTōkai4 Chukyo Univ. FCTōkai Adult Soccer League (5) Chukyo University Gakunan F. MosuperioShizuoka Prefectural League (7) SS Izu
Team Kansai5 Arterivo WakayamaKansai Soccer League D1 (5) Cento Cuore Harima Laranja Kyoto Ococias KyotoKansai FC 2008Kansai Soccer League D2 (6)Chugoku3 Belugarosso HamadaChugoku Soccer League (5) Fukuyama City Mitsubishi MizushimaShikoku2 Lvnirosso NCShikoku Soccer League (5) FC TokushimaKyushu4 J-Lease FCKyushu Soccer League (5) Nobeoka Agata Okinawa SV Veroskronos Tsuno
Schedule The tournament schedule was officially released on 29 August 2022. The kick-off times are displayed in accordance with the Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
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.
Third-place match
Final
BRIOBECCAGK 16 Koichi SakumaDF 4 Yuya FujiokaDF 9 Ryosuke Iizawa DF 23 Shuji UenakaDF 26 Tetta KasashimaMF 5 Yuto Takechi MF 14 Yo Uematsu (c) MF 27 Kanji Hirano MF 29 Hiroki IshiharaFW 11 Koyu MurakamiFW 30 Shotaro InoueSubstitutes:GK 25 Yusuke TaniguchiDF 13 Ryuto Koizumi DF 20 Daisuke Kato MF 18 Ryo Togashi MF 19 Tsubasa NiheiMF 32 Taku Ikawa FW 24 Yohei HayashiManager: Kei Shibata BTOPGK 30 Shun SatoDF 2 Kakeru KumagawaDF 5 Rai AndaDF 11 Kenta ItoDF 13 Kodai EnomotoMF 7 Toshiya Motozuka (c)MF 16 Yuichiro Edamoto MF 34 Kotaro KawasatoFW 21 Kutsuwada Kisa FW 22 Shuto KammeraFW 77 Masahide HiraokaSubstitutes:GK 36 Masaya TawarafujiDF 3 Asahi IshiwataDF 4 Kento MitsuoMF 6 Shunta ShimuraMF 19 Ryosuke Ochi MF 23 Takuya IwadeFW 24 Toyoki Yoshiyuki Manager: Yuta Sugiyama
Assistant referees: Yuki Tanabe Kazuki Nakamura Fourth official: Ryo OgawaMatch rules 80 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
References
External links About the tournament Schedule/Result
See also 2022 J1 League 2022 J2 League 2022 J3 League 2022 Japanese Regional Leagues 2022 Emperor's Cup 2022 J.League Cup 2022-23 WE League