The Japan Women's Softball Organization has announced that the name of the new league, which will start next spring, will be "JD League".
The Japan Women's Softball Organization held an online press conference on the 28th, and announced that the name of the new league that will start next spring will be the Japan Diamond Softball League, commonly known as the "JD League," and an overview of this league.
The diamonds of the "JD League" have the meaning of the shape of the infield of softball and the brilliance of female athletes, and the goal is to increase the competitive population and to be close to the community through softball.
From the current Japan League, a total of 16 teams, 12 teams from the 1st division and 4 teams from the 2nd division, will participate in the match, which will be divided into two districts, east and west.
Each team competes 29 games a year in the regular season, and the team with the highest winning percentage at the end of the entire schedule will win the district.
After that, a postseason was held with 6 teams from 1st to 3rd place in the east and west areas and 1 team with a high winning percentage among the 4th place teams in the east and west, and the annual champion was decided by the tournament method. I will.
The schedule for the opening round has not yet been decided.
At the press conference, Toshimasa Shimada, chairman of the Japan Women's Softball Organization, said, "I want to work hard toward the mission of smiling society with softball and create surprises and excitement together with the local community."
16 teams to participate
16 teams participating in the JD league.
[East Area]
Honda / Big Camera / Taiyo Yuden / Toda Central General Hospital / Hitachi / Minamo Ogaki / NEC / Denso
[West Area]
Toyota Motor Corporation / Toyota Industries / Tokai Rika / Nippon Seiko / SG Holdings / Shionogi Pharmaceutical / Iyo Bank / takagi Kitakyushu