2023 All Japan Senior Football Championship
The 59th All Japan Senior Football Championship, officially the 2023 All Japan Adults Football Tournament, and most known as the 2023 Shakaijin Cup, was the 59th edition of the annually contested single-elimination tournament for the best-ranked amateur clubs in Japan. As it's restricted to non-league clubs, the defending champions, Briobecca Urayasu, could not defend their title as they are playing the 2023 season in the Japan Football League, Japan's 4th-tier league. All the matches were streamed in the
Venues
- Saga City
- *Saga Stadium
- *Saga Sunrise Park Ball Game Field A/B
- *Saga Healthy Active Life Promote Center Soccer/Rugby Field
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- Tosu City
- *Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
- *Tosu Stadium Northern Ground A/B
Holding method
Every match at the tournament was played with 40 minutes per half, instead of the usual 45, with every match being played under 80 minutes of action in total, excluding added time. The match would go directly to a penalty shoot-out, if a winner was not decided after the full-time whistle. Up to five substitutions in three or less substitution breaks were allowed at the tournament, as per FIFA recommendation.The top three teams qualified to play on the 2023 edition of the Japanese Regional Champions League, which serves as Japan Football League's play-off tournament. However, the top three teams do not necessarily mean the semi-finalists. Instead, it refers to the best-ranked teams in the "Shakaijin" among those that have not finished as champions of their respective Regional Leagues.
About individual suspensions, players or officials should be suspended for an upcoming fixture if they: Receive a yellow card in two consecutive matches; receive a red card. Also, accumulated yellow cards would be reset to zero after the quarter-finals.