2020 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The 2020 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 99th High School Soccer Tournament (Japanese: 第99回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会)) marked the 99th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan.[1][2] As usual, the tournament was contested by 48 High Schools, with 1 High School per Prefecture being qualified for the tournament, with an exception made for the Tokyo, which had 2 High Schools representing their Prefecture. The final was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002.

2020 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Dates31 December 2020 – 11 January 2021
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsYamanashi Gakuin High School (2nd title)
Runner-upAomori Yamada High School
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored135 (2.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Soma Anzai
(Aomori Yamada, 5 goals)
← 2019
2021 →

The Yamanashi Gakuin High School won the tournament over Aomori Yamada by 4–2 on a penalty shoot-out, after a 0–0 draw on regulation time.

Calendar edit

The tournament took place in a 12-day span, with the tournament split in a total of 6 stages.

Round Date Matches Clubs
First round 31 December 2020 16 32 (32) → 16
Second round 1 January 2021 16 32 (16+16) → 16
Third round 3 January 2021 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 5 January 2021 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 9 January 2021 2 4 → 2
Final 11 January 2021 1 2 → 1

Venues edit

The tournament was played in four prefectures and nine stadiums, with six (two for each prefecture) located in Chiba, Kanagawa, and Tokyo Prefectures, and three located in Saitama. They are:

Participating clubs edit

In parentheses: the amount of times each team qualified for the All Japan High School Tournament (appearance in the 2020 edition included)[3]

  • Hokkaido: Sapporo Otani High School (3)
  • Aomori: Aomori Yamada High School (26)
  • Iwate: Tono High School (29)
  • Miyagi: Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School (35)
  • Akita: North Asia Univ. Meioh High School (27)
  • Yamagata: Nihon Univ. Yamagata High School (14)
  • Fukushima: Gakuhou Ishikawa High School (1)
  • Ibaraki: Kashima Gakuen High School (9)
  • Tochigi: Yaita Chuo High School (11)
  • Gunma: Maebashi Shogyo High School (12)
  • Saitama: Shohei High School (4)
  • Chiba: Ichiritsu Funabashi High School (23)
  • Tokyo A: Kanto Daiichi High School (3)
  • Tokyo B: Horikoshi High School (3)
  • Kanagawa: Toin Gakuen High School (10)
  • Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin High School (7)
  • Nagano: Matsumoto Kokusai High School (4)
  • Niigata: Teikyo Nagaoka High School (8)
  • Toyama: Toyama Daiichi High School (31)
  • Ishikawa: Seiryō High School (29)
  • Fukui: Maruoka High School (31)
  • Shizuoka: Fujieda Meisei High School (3)
  • Aichi: Tokai Gakuen High School (4)
  • Mie: Kaisei High School (2)
  • Gifu: Teikyo Univ. Kani High School (7)
  • Shiga: Ohmi High School (1)
  • Kyoto: Kyoto Tachibana High School (9)
  • Osaka: Riseisha High School (3)
  • Hyōgo: Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School (11)
  • Nara: Yamabe High School (1)
  • Wakayama: Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School (16)
  • Tottori: Yonago Kita High School (16)
  • Shimane: Taisha High School (10)
  • Okayama: Sakuyo High School (24)
  • Hiroshima: Hiroshima Minami High School (16)
  • Yamaguchi: Takagawa Gakuen High School (26)
  • Kagawa: Otemae Takamatsu High School (2)
  • Tokushima: Tokushima Ichiritsu High School (18)
  • Ehime: Nitta High School (3)
  • Kōchi: Meitoku Gijuku High School (8)
  • Fukuoka: Higashi Fukuoka High School (21)
  • Saga: Saga Higashi High School (11)
  • Nagasaki: Soseikan High School (1)
  • Kumamoto: Luther Gakuin High School (5)
  • Ōita: Nihon Bunri Univ. High School (1)
  • Miyazaki: Miyazaki Nihon Univ. High School (1)
  • Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School (8)
  • Okinawa: Naha Nishi High School (17)

Schedule edit

The schedule and the match pairings were confirmed on 16 November 2020.[4][5]

First round edit

31 December 2020 1 Yamanashi Gakuin 1−0Yonago KitaSaitama
12:05
  • Gota Kato   69'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
31 December 2020 1 Kashima Gakuen 1−0KaiseiSaitama
14:10
  • Koki Doi   50'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
31 December 2020 1Matsumoto Kokusai0−6 Kyoto Tachibana Saitama
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kazuya Kanazawa   10'
  • Rei Kihara   35', 69'
  • Taiyo Nishino   54', 58'
  • Ryo Koyama   67'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
31 December 2020 1 Shohei 2−2
(8–7 p)
Takagawa GakuenSaitama
12:05
  • Tsubasa Shinoda   80'
  • Daiki Shinoda   80+5'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Keigo Nakayama   7'
  • Kazuki Kiyonaga   69'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
31 December 2020 1 Ichiritsu Funabashi 4−1Saga HigashiChiba
14:10
  • Takumi Kiuchi   40', 77'
  • Shu Tsubotani   46'
  • Soto Kato   49'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Ryosei Koya   58'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
31 December 2020 1NAU Meioh3−4 Naha Nishi Chiba
12:05
  • Hitoshi Tamura   20'
  • Shota Tanaka   26'
  • Ran Sato   62'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Koki Kinjo   36'
  • Keito Teruya   42'
  • Motochika Ishikawa   75'
  • Itsuki Yamakawa   79'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
31 December 2020 1 Kanto Daiichi 4−0YamabeIchihara
12:05
  • Keisuke Kasai   44', 64', 76'
  • Seiya Hirata   46'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium
31 December 2020 1Tono0−5 Kobe Koryo Gakuen Ichihara
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Shunki Matsuno   1', 40+1'
  • Naru Tokuhiro   30'
  • Shido Tanaka   46'
  • Shunya Makino   73'
Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium
31 December 2020 1Seiryo2−2
(3–5 p)
Sakuyo Kawasaki
14:10
  • Kaisei Nakao   18'
  • Daigo Chiba   40+1'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Sho Sugimoto   50', 66'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
31 December 2020 1Toin Gakuen0−2 Higashi Fukuoka Kawasaki
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Shunsuke Hidaka   35', 40+2'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
31 December 2020 1Nihon Yamagata1−1
(3–5 p)
Ohmi Yokohama
14:10
  • Asahi Ogawara   46'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Hikaru Nasu   8'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
31 December 2020 1Maebashi Shogyo1−2 Kamimura Gakuen Yokohama
12:05
  • Jun Nakasone   3'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Rikito Kobayashi   69'
  • Yuto Shimokawatoko   73'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
31 December 2020 1 Maruoka 1−0Luther GakuenKita
14:10
  • Hiromu Kawanaka   44'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
31 December 2020 1Sapporo Otani0−1 Otemae Takamatsu Kita
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Ryoya Hirata   24'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
31 December 2020 1 Teikyo Kani 3−1Hatsushiba HashimotoSetagaya
12:05
  • Ryo Omori   11', 31'
  • Kantaro Itoigawa   16'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Yuto Nanahoshi   34'
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
31 December 2020 1Tokai Gakuen0−2 Meitoku Gijuku Setagaya
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Taiki Takara   76'
  • Kenshin Mochida   78'
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium

Second round edit

2 January 2021 2 Fujieda Meisei 3−2NittaSaitama
14:10
  • Rai Yokoyama   40+1'
  • Nanato Masuda   68'
  • Ko Kobayashi   80'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Towa Tamai   8'
  • Tatsuki Okada   20'
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
2 January 2021 2 Yamanashi Gakuin 1−0Kashima GakuenSaitama
14:10
  • Toki Hirosawa   53'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
2 January 2021 2Kyoto Tachibana0−2 Shohei Saitama
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
2 January 2021 2Gakuhou Ishikawa1−1
(3–4 p)
Soseikan Saitama
12:05
  • Kodai Watanabe   52'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Yuei Iwasaki   55'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
2 January 2021 2 Sendai Ikuei Gakuen 3−0Miyazaki NihonChiba
14:10
  • Rei Shimano   32', 58', 63'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
2 January 2021 2 Ichiritsu Funabashi 1−0Naha NishiChiba
12:05
  • Takumi Kiuchi   19'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
2 January 2021 2Kanto Daiichi1−1
(6–7 p)
Kobe Koryo Gakuen Ichihara
12:05
  • Keisuke Kasai   80'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Towa Hashimoto   75'
Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium
2 January 2021 2Riseisha1−2 Teikyo Nagaoka Ichihara
14:10
  • Daiki Asano   16'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Shunta Sako   47'
  • Rando Hiroi   73'
Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium
2 January 2021 2 Yaita Chuo 1−1
(6–5 p)
Tokushima IchiritsuYokohama
14:10
  • Yuto Koide   35'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Shunki Nakata   64'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
2 January 2021 2Sakuyo1−2 Higashi Fukuoka Kawasaki
12:05
  • Sho Sugimoto   9'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Takanori Endo   34'
  • Ryo Takeuchi   80+3'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
2 January 2021 2Ohmi0−1 Kamimura Gakuen Yokohama
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
2 January 2021 2 Toyama Daiichi 2−1Nihon BunriKawasaki
12:05
  • Noah Yoshikura   8'
  • Jo Nakagawa   17'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Taiyo Kakiuchi   30'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
2 January 2021 2 Horikoshi 1−1
(4–3 p)
TaishaSetagaya
12:05
  • Gakuto Ozaki   5'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kento Shinagawa   80'
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
2 January 2021 2 Maruoka 4−1Otemae TakamatsuKita
12:05
  • Raito Shinbori   9'
  • Raiki Higashide   16'
  • Eisu Kawakami   40+2'
  • Hiromu Kawanaka   54'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Own goal   65' (o.g.)
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
2 January 2021 2 Teikyo Kani 2−0Meitoku GijukuKita
14:10
  • So Endo   15'
  • Ryo Omori   52'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
2 January 2021 2Hiroshima Minami0−2 Aomori Yamada Setagaya
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium

Third round edit

3 January 2021 3Fujieda Meisei1−1
(6–7 p)
Yamanashi Gakuin Saitama
14:10
  • Daiki Kamo   33'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Takumi Urata   31'
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Penalties
  • Ko Kobayashi  
  • Tomoki Shimajiri  
  • Daiki Kamo  
  • Koya Terada  
  • Rai Yokoyama  
  • Raiga Kono  
  • Shota Miwa  
  •   Raiki Yoda
  •   Koki Sasanuma
  •   Taiju Ichinose
  •   Takezen Yamaguchi
  •   Sota Arai
  •   Kodai Yaguchi
  •   Yui Nakane
3 January 2021 3 Shohei 3−0SoseikanSaitama
12:05
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
3 January 2021 3Sendai Ikuei Gakuen0−3 Ichiritsu Funabashi Chiba
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Toshiki Sugaya   44'
  • Soto Kato   47'
  • Kento Sakuma   71'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
3 January 2021 3Kobe Koryo Gakuen1−3 Teikyo Nagaoka Chiba
14:10
  • Naru Tokuhiro   8'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kodai Kuzuoka   14'
  • Isshin Ueno   54'
  • Kotatsu Kawakami   56'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
3 January 2021 3 Yaita Chuo 0−0
(3–1 p)
Higashi FukuokaKawasaki
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Penalties
  • Keisuke Tada  
  • Rei Niikura  
  • Shin Ogawa  
  • Rinsei Ohata  
  •   Soshi Sato
  •   Mizuki Ueda
  •   Shunsuke Aoki
  •   Takanari Endo
3 January 2021 3Kamimura Gakuen0−1 Toyama Daiichi Kawasaki
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Terry Fukuoka   69'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
3 January 2021 3 Horikoshi 2−0MaruokaSetagaya
12:05
  • Luigi Nakamura   30'
  • Shota Hino   80+2'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
3 January 2021 3Teikyo Kani2−4 Aomori Yamada Setagaya
14:10
  • Naoya Mishina   7'
  • Ryo Omori   62'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium

Quarter-finals edit

5 January 2021 4 Yamanashi Gakuin 1−0ShoheiChiba
12:05
  • Soki Kubo   7'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
5 January 2021 4Ichiritsu Funabashi1−2 Teikyo Nagaoka Chiba
14:10
  • Mitsuki Matsumoto   80+3'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kodai Kuzuoka   26'
  • Isshin Ueno   30'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
5 January 2021 4 Yaita Chuo 2−0Toyama DaiichiSetagaya
12:05
  • Shin Ogawa   49'
  • Rei Niikura   65'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
5 January 2021 4Horikoshi0−4 Aomori Yamada Setagaya
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Paul Tabinas   14'
  • Ryusei Akimoto   16'
  • Masato Nasukawa   28', 32'
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium

Semi-finals edit

9 January 2021 5 Yamanashi Gakuin 2–2
(3–1 p)
Teikyo NagaokaSaitama
12:05
  • Hayato Ishikawa   1'
  • Taiju Ichinose   50'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kotatsu Kawakami   59', 78'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Penalties
  • Koki Sasanuma  
  • Takezen Yamaguchi  
  • Taiju Ichinose  
  • Takumi Urata  
  • Kodai Yaguchi  
  •   Kotatsu Kawakami
  •   Kodai Kuzuoka
  •   Ryotaro Miyake
  •   Shuhei Hoko
9 January 2021 5Yaita Chuo0−5 Aomori Yamada Saitama
14:20 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Soma Anzai   12', 46', 74'
  • Yudai Fujiwara   35'
  • Masaki Nasukawa   50'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002

Final edit

Yamanashi Gakuin2−2 (a.e.t.)Aomori Yamada
  • Toki Hirosawa   12'
  • Takeru Noda   78'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Penalties
  • Koki Sasanuma  
  • Kenta Itakura  
  • Takezen Yamaguchi  
  • Kodai Yaguchi  
4–2
GK 17   Takumi Kumakura (c)
DF 2   Itta Iihiro
DF 3   Taiju Ichinose
DF 4   Kenta Itakura
DF 5   Go Suzuki
MF 6   Kodai Yaguchi
MF 8   Sota Arai   82'
MF 11   Toki Hirosawa   64'
MF 14   Hayato Ishikawa   70'
FW 10   Takeru Noda   96'
FW 20   Soki Kubo   70'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Keisuke Isobe
DF 12   Yui Nakane   96'
DF 22   Gota Kato
MF 13   Raiki Yoda
MF 18   Takezen Yamaguchi   64'
MF 19   Takumi Urata   82'
FW 7   Koki Sasanuma   70'
FW 9   Ifeanyi Hideto Mogi   70'
FW 28   Kensei Suzuki
Manager:
  Dai Hasegawa
GK 1   Ren Nirasawa
DF 2   Yosuke Uchida
DF 3   Paul Tabinas
DF 4   Ryusei Akimoto   107'
DF 5   Yudai Fujiwara (c)
MF 6   Zento Uno
MF 7   Soma Anzai
MF 8   Yoshitaka Obara   51'
MF 10   Kuryu Matsuki
MF 14   Daiya Sengoku   99'
FW 18   Masaki Nasukawa   100+2'
Substitutes:
GK 12   Koki Numata
DF 13   Ryohei Miwa   107'
DF 22   Auguste Gbevegnon Hidaka   100+2'
DF 24   Yoshiki Takushima
MF 11   Sota Fujimori   51'
MF 15   Ryo Suzuki
MF 16   Shunsuke Uchima   99'
MF 21   Manato Honda
FW 9   Nabel Yoshitaka Furusawa
Manager:
  Go Kuroda

Assistant referees:
Daisuke Sakurai
Soichi Iwasaki
Fourth official:
Yuki Tanabe

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Extra-time of 10 minutes for each half if scores still level.
  • Persisting a draw after extra-time, a penalty shoot-out would be held.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Top scorers edit

Rank Player[6] High School Goals
1   Soma Anzai Aomori Yamada 5
2   Yudai Fujiwara Aomori Yamada 4
  Keisuke Kasai Kanto Daiichi
  Ryo Omori Teikyo Kani
5   Kotatsu Kawakami Teikyo Nagaoka 3
  Takumi Kiuchi Ichiritsu Funabashi
  Masaki Nasukawa Aomori Yamada
  Rei Shimano Sendai Ikuei Gakuen
  Sho Sugimoto Sakuyo

Selected best players edit

The following 39 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:[7]

Joining J.League clubs on 2021 edit

Pos. Player Moving from Moving to[8][9][10] League
DF Yudai Fujiwara Aomori Yamada Urawa Red Diamonds J1
DF Gaku Inaba Fujieda Higashi Zweigen Kanazawa J2
DF Yusuke Ishida Ichiritsu Funabashi Gainare Tottori J3
DF Paul Tabinas Aomori Yamada Iwate Grulla Morioka J3
MF Taiyo Hiraoka Riseisha Shonan Bellmare J1
MF Yota Komi Shohei Albirex Niigata J2
MF Haruki Matsui Kobe Koryo Gakuen FC Imabari J3
MF Yusuke Ogawa Shohei Kashima Antlers J1
MF Keita Shiba Shohei Fukushima United J3
MF Naoki Suto Shohei Kashima Antlers J1
FW Aiki Miyahara Ohzu Roasso Kumamoto J3
FW Shoki Nagano Higashi Fukuoka Fukushima United J3
FW Taiyo Nishino Kyoto Tachibana Tokushima Vortis J2

References edit

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  2. ^ "第99回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会 開会式の規模縮小について". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "TEAMS". ntv.co.jp (in Japanese). NTV. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ "第99回全国高校サッカー選手権大会 組み合わせ決定". jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. ^ "2020年度 第99回全国高校サッカー選手権". koko-soccer.com (in Japanese). Koko Soccer. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  6. ^ "2020 Japan Highschool Soccer Tournament". soccer-db.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  7. ^ "選手権の大会優秀選手39人が決定!!11年ぶり優勝の山梨学院と準V・青森山田から各7人選出" (in Japanese). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  8. ^ "2021シーズン 移籍情報". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ^ "2021シーズン 移籍情報". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  10. ^ "2021シーズン 移籍情報". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

External links edit