ひらまつ病院 and 戸上電機製作所 secured places in the New Year Ekiden at the Kyushu Corporate Teams Mainichi Ekiden in Saga Prefecture. ひらまつ病院 finished 8th and 戸上電機製作所 9th.
In a breaking report on the Kyushu Corporate Teams Mainichi Ekiden, it was reported that ひらまつ病院 and 戸上電機製作所 will compete in the New Year Ekiden. Details of the outbound and return legs and the individual section results were not included in the article, but both teams were shown to be advancing to next year's competition.
In the final results, ひらまつ病院 placed 8th and 戸上電機製作所 9th. These rankings were their positions in the Kyushu corporate teams division, and attention is focused on both teams' future performances.