03/11/1998 Kashima Antlers - Júbilo Iwata 1:0 (1:0)
Gamba Osaka - Nagoya Grampus Eight 2:3 (2:1)
Yokohama F. Marinos - Urawa Red Diamonds 3:2 (0:0)
Consadole Sapporo - Vissel Kobe 3:0 (2:0)
Kashiwa Reysol - Bellmare Hiratsuka 1:3 (1:1)
Shimizu S-Pulse - Verdy Kawasaki 4:2 (0:0, 0:0, 0:0) pso
Cerezo Osaka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 1:2 (0:1)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Yokohama Flügels 1:2 (0:2)
Avispa Fukuoka - JEF United Ichihara 2:1 (1:1)
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# Team M. W S. n.V. W o.p. L goals Dif. Pt.
1 Kashima Antlers, Japan Kashima Antlers 15 11 2 0 2 32:13 19 37
2 Júbilo Iwata, Japan Júbilo Iwata 15 11 0 0 4 46:17 29 33
3 Yokohama F. Marinos, Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 15 9 1 0 5 34:22 12 29
4 Shimizu S-Pulse, Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 15 7 3 1 4 44:25 19 28
5 Nagoya Grampus Eight, Japan Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 9 0 1 5 34:24 10 28
6 Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 15 9 0 0 6 27:15 12 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol, Japan Kashiwa Reysol 15 7 0 1 7 32:32 0 22
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 6 1 1 7 40:37 3 21
9 Kyoto Purple Sanga, Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 15 6 1 1 7 27:27 0 21
10 Consadole Sapporo, Japan Consadole Sapporo 15 7 0 0 8 26:27 -1 21
11 Yokohama Flügels, Japan Yokohama Flügels 15 6 0 1 8 34:30 4 19
12 Bellmare Hiratsuka, Japan Bellmare Hiratsuka 15 6 0 1 8 24:28 -4 19
13 Cerezo Osaka, Japan Cerezo Osaka 15 6 0 0 9 20:35 -15 18
14 Avispa Fukuoka, Japan Avispa Fukuoka 15 4 1 0 10 10:34 -24 14
15 Gamba Osaka, Japan Gamba Osaka 15 3 2 0 10 15:28 -13 13
16 Vissel Kobe, Japan Vissel Kobe 15 4 0 1 10 21:35 -14 13
17 Verdy Kawasaki, Japan Verdy Kawasaki 15 3 0 0 12 13:28 -15 9
18 JEF United Ichihara, Japan JEF United Ichihara 15 1 0 1 13 20:42 -22 4
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