In order for the club of J3 to be promoted to J2, it is necessary to obtain the club license of J1 or J2 by ​​clearing the number of people in the home stadium and financial standards. In addition, it was also a requirement for promotion to earn more than 2nd place in the league game and furthermore to secure more than 3000 people on average for the average number of visitors of the home and advertisement revenue of the next season for 100 million yen or more.

According to the J League, we revised the terms of promotion from J3 to J2 on the 30th board of directors last month and deleted the average audience number and advertisement income requirements. The J League says that the two requirements are formalized and decided to delete, so we will strive to grasp the management situation of each club by reviewing the club license.

Last season, among the 17 clubs of J3, the average number of spectators has not reached 3000 in 10 clubs.
Blake Britz Akita who won the J3 in last season had no club license of J2 and the average audience number was only 2364 people, it became the first case that can not be promoted despite being a grading within the automatic promotion range It was.
For clubs where attracting customers had been a challenge for promoting J2, it can be said that it is a big tailwind.