The 60th All Japan Senior Football Championship (Japanese: 第60回全国社会人サッカー選手権大会, Hepburn: Dai 60-kai zenkoku shakai hito sakkā senshuken taikai), officially known as the 2024 All Japan Adults Football Tournament, and commonly referred to as the 2024 Shakaijin Cup, was the 60th edition of the annually contested single-elimination tournament (or cup) for the best-ranked amateur clubs in Japan, non-league clubs (participating in Regional or Prefectural Leagues and not included in the nationwide league competitions).
FC Kariya were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Japan Soccer College and finished in fourth place. Japan Soccer College became champions, beating FC Tokushima in the final, earning them their first title in the competition. They also became only the third team from Hokushin'etsu to do so, and the only one from Niigata Prefecture.
Venues Moriyama City Yasugawa Historical Park Soccer Field (Big Lake) Court B Court C
Otsu City Ojiyama Sports Park Athletics Stadium Ikadachi Park Lawn Ground Higashiomi City Nunobiki Green Stadium Kyocera Corporation Shiga Higashiomi Factory General Ground Higashiomi City Notogawa Ground Koka City Koka City Minakuchi Sports no Mori Athletics Stadium
Tournament guidelines Every match in the tournament were played with 40-minute halves, instead of the usual 45, resulting in 80 minutes of action in total, excluding added time. If a match is tied at full time, it would go directly to a penalty shoot-out, without extra time. Up to five substitutions were allowed, with a maximum of three substitution breaks (excluding half-time), as per FIFA's recommendation.
The top three teams from the tournament qualified for the 2024 edition of the Japanese Regional Champions League, which serves as the play-off for the Japan Football League. However, the top three teams are not necessarily the semi-finalists; rather, they will be the best-ranked teams in the "Shakaijin" among those that have not won their respective Regional Leagues.
Regarding suspensions, players or officials could be suspended for an upcoming match if they: (1) receive yellow cards in two consecutive matches, or (2) are shown a red card. Accumulated yellow cards were reset after the quarter-finals.
Participating teams Regional champions who have already qualified for the Regional Champions League are denoted in bold. Lower-tier clubs from the 6th tier or below are not eligible to play in the Regional Champions League and are denoted in italics.
Team Shiga (Host) 1 Lagend Shiga FC Kansai Soccer League D1 (5)Hokkaido2 BTOP HokkaidoHokkaido Soccer League (5) Hokkaido Tokachi Sky EarthTohoku2 Cobaltore OnagawaTohoku Soccer League D1 (5) Blancdieu HirosakiKantō7 Vonds IchiharaKantō Soccer League D1 (5) Tokyo United Toho Titanium Aries Tokyo FC (ja) Tokyo 23 FC Yokohama Takeru (ja) Kantō Soccer League D2 (6) Shibuya City FC (ja) Tokyo Football League D1 (7)Hokushin'etsu2 Fukui UnitedHokushin'etsu Football League D1 (5) Japan Soccer CollegeTōkai4 Chukyo University FC (ja)Tōkai Adult Soccer League D1 (5) FC Kariya FC Gifu SECOND (ja)Tōkai Adult Soccer League D2 (6) Tokai FC (ja)
Team Kansai5 Arterivo WakayamaKansai Soccer League D1 (5) Moriyama Samurai 2000 (ja) AS Laranja KyotoKansai Soccer League D2 (6) Ococias Kyoto AC Route 11 (ja)Osaka Platinum League (7)Chugoku3 Fukuyama CityChugoku Soccer League (5) SRC Hiroshima Belugarosso IwamiShikoku2 Tadotsu FC (ja)Shikoku Soccer League (5) FC TokushimaKyushu4 Veroskronos TsunoKyushu Soccer League (5) J-Lease FC Nobeoka Agata Mitsubishi Nagasaki SC Nagasaki Football League (7)
Bracket
Schedule All times are in UTC+09:00, according to Japan Standard Time (JST).
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
FC Kariya, Japan Soccer College and J-Lease FC qualified for the Regional Champions League.
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
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