2024 All Japan Senior Football Championship
The 60th All Japan Senior Football Championship,'' 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 for the best-ranked amateur clubs in Japan, non-league clubs.
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
- ** Court B
- ** Court COtsu City
- * Ojiyama Sports Park Athletics Stadium
- * Ikadachi Park Lawn GroundHigashiomi City
- * Nunobiki Green Stadium
- * Kyocera Corporation Shiga Higashiomi Factory General Ground
- * Higashiomi City Notogawa GroundKoka 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, 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: receive yellow cards in two consecutive matches, or are shown a red card. Accumulated yellow cards were reset after the quarter-finals.