All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

All Japan High School Soccer Tournament
Final match venue
Founded1917
Region Japan
Number of teams48
Current championsAomori Yamada (2023)
(4th title)
Most successful club(s)Mikage Shihan (11 titles)
Television broadcastersNTV and affiliates
WebsiteJFA
2024 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kōtō gakkō sakkā senshuken taikai, 全国高校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kō kō sakkā senshuken taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Winter Kokuritsu" (冬の国立 Fuyu no Kokuritsu), is an annual nationwide high school association football tournament. It is the oldest and largest scale amateur footballing event in Japan, widely popular throughout the nation. For third graders of the participating teams, the tournament is the last time the students can play in an official competition with their school peers, as they graduate from High School. It ends up enhancing the motivation of the players in each match of the tournament, as it can be their last wearing his High School team shirt in the competition.

Henceforth, the tournament, organized by the Japan Football Association, All Japan High School Athletic Federation and the Nippon Television, as a highly competitive tournament, it's organized in an all-knockout stage format. The prefectural preliminary rounds uses the same method, with the best-ranked teams according to the U-18 league division it plays earning byes from the early stages. The main tournament is held during the winter school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage with 48 teams from late December to early January at the National Capital Region side.[1]

Venues

Current venues

Previous venues (since tournament moved to Kanto)

Finals

Results

Season Winner Score Runners–up Participating famous players Ambassador
1917 Mikage Shihan 1–0 Myojo
1918 Mikage Shihan 5–1 Myojo
1919 Mikage Shihan 4–1 Himeji Shihan
1920 Mikage Shihan 3–0 Himeji Shihan
1921 Mikage Shihan 0–0
3–0 R		 Kobe Itchu
1922 Mikage Shihan 4–0 Himeji Shihan
1923 Mikage Shihan 5–1 Kyoto Shihan
1924 Kobe Itchu 3–0 Mikage Shihan
1925 Mikage Shihan 1–0 Hiroshima Itchu
1927 Soongsil (Korea) 6–1 Hiroshima Itchu
1928 Mikage Shihan 6–5 aet Pyongyang Koshin (Korea)
1929 Kobe Itchu 3–0 Hiroshima Shihan
1930 Mikage Shihan 3–2 Hiroshima Itchu
1931 Mikage Shihan 6–1 Aichi Daiichi Shihan
1932 Kobe Itchu 2–1 Aoyama Shihan
1933 Gifu Shihan 8–4 aet Myojo Shogyo
1934 Kobe Itchu 5–3 Myojo Shogyo
1935 Kobe Itchu 2–1 Tennoji Shihan
1936 Hiroshima Itchu 5–3 Nirasaki
1937 Saitama Shihan 6–2 Kobe Itchu
1938 Kobe Itchu 5–0 Shiga Shihan
1939 Hiroshima Itchu 3–0 Seihochu
1940 Posung (Korea) 4–0 Kobe Daisan
1946 Kobe Itchu 2–1 Kobe Daisan
1947 Hiroshima 7–1 Amagasaki
1948 Rijo 2–0 Ueno Kita
1949 Ikeda 2–0 Utsunomiya
1950 Utsunomiya 4–0 Odawara
1951 Urawa 1–0 Mikunigaoka
1952 Shudo 2–1 aet Nirasaki
1953 Higashi Senda
Kishiwada		 1–1 aet
1954 Urawa 5–2 Kariya
1955 Urawa 4–1 Akita Shogyo
1956 Urawa Nishi 3–2 Hitachi Daiichi
1957 Akita Shogyo 4–2 aet Kariya
1958 Yamashiro 2–1 Hiroshima Univ. Higashisenda
1959 Ichiritsu Urawa 1–0 Myojo
1960 Ichiritsu Urawa 4–0 Tono
1961 Shudo 2–0 Yamashiro
1962 Fujieda Higashi 1–0 Ichiritsu Urawa
1963 Fujieda Higashi 2–0 aet Myojo
1964 Ichiritsu Urawa 3–1 Utsunomiya Gakuen
1965 Ichiritsu Narashino
Myojo		 0–0 aet
1966 Fujieda Higashi
Akita Shogyo		 0–0 aet
1967 Rakuhoku
Sanyo		 0–0 aet
1968 Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan 1–0 Sanyo
1969 Urawa Minami 1–0 Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan
1970 Fujieda Higashi 3–1 Hamana
1971 Ichiritsu Narashino 2–0 Toyo
1972 Ichiritsu Urawa 2–1 aet Fujieda Higashi
1973 Kansai Univ. Hokuyo 2–1 Fujieda Higashi
1974 Teikyo 3–1 Shimizu Higashi
1975 Urawa Minami 2–1 Shizuoka Kogyo
1976 Urawa Minami 5–4 Shizuoka Gakuen
1977 Teikyo 5–0 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo Naoji Ito
1978 Koga Daiichi 2–1 Muroran Otani
1979 Teikyo 4–0 Nirasaki
1980 Koga Daiichi 2–1 Shimizu Higashi Akira Komatsu
1981 Bunan 2–0 Nirasaki Osamu Taninaka
1982 Shimizu Higashi 4–1 Nirasaki
1983 Teikyo 1–0 Shimizu Higashi
1984 Teikyo
Shimabara Shogyo		 1–1 aet Hiroaki Matsuyama
1985 Shimizu Shogyo 2–0 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo Hisashi Kurosaki
1986 Tokai Univ. Shizuoka 2–0 Kunimi Ademir Santos
1987 Kunimi 1–0 Tokai Univ. Shizuoka
1988 Shimizu Shogyo 1–0 Ichiritsu Funabashi
1989 Minamiuwa 2–1 Bunan Yoshihiro Nishida
1990 Kunimi 1–0 aet Kagoshima Jitsugyo
1991 Teikyo
Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo		 2–2 aet Masanobu Matsunami
1992 Kunimi 2–0 Yamashiro
1993 Shimizu Shogyo 2–1 Kunimi Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Nakata
1994 Ichiritsu Funabashi 5–0 Teikyo Seigo Narazaki
1995 Kagoshima Jitsugyo
Shizuoka Gakuen		 2–2 aet
1996 Ichiritsu Funabashi 2–1 Toko Gakuen Shunsuke Nakamura
1997 Higashi Fukuoka 2–1 Teikyo Yasuhito Endō, Koji Nakata
1998 Higashi Fukuoka 4–2 Teikyo Keiji Tamada
1999 Ichiritsu Funabashi 2–0 Kagoshima Jitsugyo Daisuke Matsui
2000 Kunimi 3–0 Kusatsu Higashi Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yoshito Ōkubo
2001 Kunimi 3–1 Gifu Kogyo
2002 Ichiritsu Funabashi 1–0 Nagasaki Kunimi
2003 Kunimi 6–0 Chikuyo Gakuen Sōta Hirayama
2004 Kagoshima Jitsugyo 0–0 aet
(4-2p)		 Ichiritsu Funabashi Keisuke Honda, Shinji Okazaki
2005 Yasu 2–1 aet Kagoshima Jitsugyo Takashi Inui Maki Horikita
2006 Morioka Shogyo 2–1 Sakuyo Ryohei Yamazaki Yui Aragaki
2007 RKU Kashiwa 4–0 Fujieda Higashi Genki Omae, Nobuhisa Urata Kie Kitano
2008 Hiroshima Minami 3–2 Kagoshima Josei Yuya Osako Alice Hirose
2009 Yamanashi Gakuin 1–0 Aomori Yamada Koki Arita Rina Aizawa
2010 Takigawa Daini 5–3 Kumiyama Ryo Miyaichi, Gaku Shibasaki, Shintaro Kurumaya Umika Kawashima
2011 Ichiritsu Funabashi 2–1 aet Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo Ryohei Shirasaki, Musashi Suzuki Haruna Kawaguchi
2012 Hosho 2–2 aet
(5–3p)		 Kyoto Tachibana Naomichi Ueda, Reo Mochizuki Ito Ohno
2013 Toyama Daiichi 3–2 aet Seiryo Tomoya Koyamatsu, Tsukasa Morishima Airi Matsui
2014 Seiryo 4–2 aet Maebashi Ikuei Ryuho Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Reo Hatate
Ryoma Watanabe, Yuto Iwasaki		 Suzu Hirose
2015 Higashi Fukuoka 5–0 Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama Daiki Sugioka, Jefferson Tabinas
Takuro Kaneko, Koki Ogawa		 Mei Nagano
2016 Aomori Yamada 5–0 Maebashi Ikuei Itsuki Oda, Yuta Goke Karen Otomo
2017 Maebashi Ikuei 1–0 RKU Kashiwa Ryotaro Tsunoda, Kaishu Sano, Riku Matsuda Hikaru Takahashi
2018 Aomori Yamada 3–1 RKU Kashiwa Riku Danzaki, Ikuma Sekigawa, Toichi Suzuki Kaya Kiyohara
2019 Shizuoka Gakuen 3–2 Aomori Yamada Taiga Hata, Yota Komi Nana Mori
2020 Yamanashi Gakuin 2–2 aet
(4–2 p)		 Aomori Yamada Paul Tabinas Miyu Honda
2021 Aomori Yamada 4–0 Ohzu Kuryu Matsuki, Anrie Chase Mizuki Kayashima
2022 Okayama Gakugeikan 3–1 Higashiyama Shio Fukuda Rimi
2023 Aomori Yamada 3–1 Ohmi Gaku Nawata, Rento Takaoka Yumia Fujisaki
2024 Rui Tsukishima

Records and statistics

Most successful prefectures

Excluding the special tournament on 1934 and the Korean schools.

Pos. Prefectures Titles Winning Schools
1 Hyōgo 18 Mikage Shihan (11); Kobe Itchu (6); Takigawa Daini (1)
2 Saitama 13 Urawa Ichiritsu (4); Urawa (3); Urawa Higashi (3); Saitama NS (1); Urawa Nishi (1); Bunan (1)
3 Shizuoka 10 Fujieda Higashi (4); Shimizu Shogyo (3); Shizuoka Gakuen (2); Shimizu Higashi (1); Tokai Univ. Shizuoka (1)
4 Hiroshima 9 Hiroshima Kokutaiji (3)[a]; Hiroshima UHS [b]; Shudo (2); Sanyo (1); Hiroshima Minami (1)
5 Chiba 8 Ichiritsu Funabashi (5); Narashino (3); RKU Kashiwa (1)
6 Nagasaki 7 Kunimi (6); Shimabara Shogyo (1)
7 Tokyo 6 Teikyo (6)
8 Osaka 5 Ikeda (1); Kishiwada (1); Myojo (1); Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan (1); Kansai Univ. Hokuyo (1)
9 Aomori 4 Aomori Yamada (4)
10 Fukuoka 3 Higashi Fukuoka (3)
11 Kyoto 2 Yamashiro (1); Rakuhoku (1)
Kagoshima 2 Kagoshima Jitsugyo (2)
Akita 2 Akita Shogyo (2)
Ibaraki 2 Koga Daiichi (2)
  1. ^ Includes titles as Hiroshima Itchu and Rijo.
  2. ^ Includes titles as Hiroshima (2)HNS and Higashi Senda

Overall top goalscorers

Goals Player School Period
17 Sōta Hirayama[2] Kunimi 2001–2003

Single season top scorer

Goals Player School Year
10 Yuya Osako[3] Kagoshima Josei 2008

References

  1. ^ "第102回全国高校サッカー選手権大会 大会概要" [102nd National High School Soccer Championship Tournament Overview]. jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ "【The last drama of youth】"The experience of winning the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament twice is my lifelong treasure" - The 101st All Japan High School Soccer Tournament / Interview with HIRAYAMA Sota Vol.2". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Hiroshima Minami top of the class". japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2023.