The , officially the 2013 All Japan Adults Football Tournament, and most known as the 2013 Shakaijin Cup,Official page was the 49th edition of the annually contested single-elimination tournament (or cup) for non-league clubs. The competition was held in Shimabara and Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Tournament rules
The tournament followed a knockout format with 32 teams. Teams were chosen through a qualifying round across nine regions, with one team from each region. In FY2012, twenty-two teams were allocated based on the number of company-wide registrations in each region. Additionally, One team represented the host prefecture. Matches consisted of two 40-minute halves, and if drawn, then two 10-minute extra-time halves were played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary. The top three teams earned spots in the 37th National Regional Soccer League Finals, but if any had already qualified as regional league representatives, the fourth-place team would take their spot.
Calendar Round Date Matches Teams Round of 32 19 October 2013 16 32 → 16 Round of 16 20 October 2013 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 21 October 2013 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 22 October 2013 2 4 → 2 3rd place match 23 October 2013 1 2 Final 23 October 2013 1 2 → 1
Participating teams Bold is a team that has already qualified for the regional finals by winning the regional league Hokkaido - 3 teams Sapporo Kick Team (Hokkaido) Rokkatei Marseilles FC (Hokkaido) Toyota Motor Hokkaido Soccer Club (Hokkaido) Tohoku - 2 teams Vanraure Hachinohe (Tohoku 1st Division) Grulla Morioka (Tohoku 1st Division) Kantō - 6 teams Urayasu SC (Kantō 2nd Division) Vertfee Yaita (Kantō 1st Division) Tonan Maebashi (Kantō 1st Division) Joyful Honda Tsukuba (Ibaraki Prefecture 1st Division) Chiba Teacher SC (Chiba Prefecture 1st Division) VONDS Ichihara (Kantō 2nd Division) Hokushin'etsu - 2 teams Saulcos Fukui (Hokushin'etsu 1st Division) FC Hokuriku (Hokushin'etsu 1st Division) Tokai - 4 teams Fujieda City Hall Soccer Club (Tokai 1st Division) FC Gifu SECOND (Tokai 1st Division) Yazaki Valente FC (ja) (Tokai 1st Division) Toyota Kick Team (Tokai 1st division) Kansai - 5 teams FC Osaka (Kansai 1st Division) Amitie SC (Kansai 1st Division) Lagend Shiga FC (Kansai 1st Division) Banditonce Kakogawa (Kansai 1st Division) Kansai University FC 2008 (Kansai 2nd Division) Chugoku - 3 teams Dezzolla Shimane (Chugoku) Fagiano Okayama Next (Chugoku) Renofa Yamaguchi (Chugoku) Shikoku - 2 teams Kochi U Torastar FC (Shikoku) FC Imabari (Shikoku) Kyushu - 4 teams Volca Kagoshima (Kyushu) FC Kagoshima (Kyushu) Nippon Steel Oita SC (ja) (Kyushu) MHI Nagasaki SC (ja) (Kyushu) Venue (Nagasaki) - 1 team Tokitsu SC (Nagasaki Prefecture 1st Division)
Schedule Round of 32 No.HomeScoreAway1 Fagiano Okayama Next 1–2 Lagend Shiga2 Toyota Motors Hokkaido FC 0–13 Iwate Grulla Morioka3 Vonds Ichihara 2–1 FC Imabari4 Saurcos Fukui 5–1 Sapporo FC5 Joyful Honda Tsukuba 1–0 Mitsubishi Nagasaki SC6 Yazaki Valente FC 1–7 Kandai FC 20087 Vertfee Takahara Nasu 0–1 FC Osaka8 FC Kagoshima 3–2 Fujieda City Hall SC9 Togitsu SC 0–10 Urayasu SC10 Toyota SC 1–3 Amitie SC11 FC Hokuriku 1–2 Nippon Steel Oita FC12 Renofa Yamaguchi FC 3–2 Tonan Maebashi13 Chiba Teachers SC 1–0 Rokkatei Maruseizu14 FC Gifu SECOND 3–0 Kochi U Torastar FC15 Vanraure Hachinohe 1–0 Dezzolla Shimane16 Volca Kagoshima 2–0 Banditonce Kakogawa
Round of 16 No.HomeScoreAway17 Lagend Shiga 0–3 Grulla Morioka18 Vonds Ichihara 1–2 Saurcos Fukui19 Joyful Honda Tsukuba 3–2 Kandai FC 200820 FC Osaka 1–0 FC Kagoshima21 Urayasu SC 2–0 Amitie SC22 Nippon Steel Oita FC 1–3 Renofa Yamaguchi FC23 Chiba Teachers FC 1–3 FC Gifu SECOND24 Vanraure Hachinohe 0–1 Volca Kagoshima
Quarter-finals No.HomeScoreAway25 Grulla Morioka 1–0 Saurcos Fukui26 Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC 1–0 FC Osaka27 Urayasu SC 0–1 Renofa Yamaguchi FC28 FC Gifu SECOND 3–2 Volca Kagoshima
Semi-finals No.HomeScoreAway29 Iwate Grulla Morioka 2–1 Joyful Honda Tsukuba30 Renofa Yamaguchi FC 2–0 FC Gifu SECOND
Third place match No.HomeScoreAway31 Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC 1–3 FC Gifu SECOND
Final No.HomeScoreAway32 Iwate Grulla Morioka 1–1(4–5 pen.) Renofa Yamaguchi FC
Final result Winner: Renofa Yamaguchi - Qualified for the 37th Regional Finals Runner-up: Grulla Morioka - Won the regional league and qualified for the 37th regional finals 3rd place: FC Gifu SECOND - Withdrawn from the 37th regional finals 4th place: Joyful Honda Tsukuba FC - Qualified for the 37th regional finals As a result of the above results, Consequently, two clubs advanced to the regional finals from this tournament, FC Kagoshima, who were runner's up in the Kyushu League, has won the right to participate in the regional finals ahead of schedule due to the tournament regulations of the regional finals.
References
See also 2013 J.League Division 1 2013 J.League Division 2 2013 Japan Football League 2013 Japanese Regional Leagues 2013 Emperor's Cup 2013 J.League Cup