2021 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The 2021 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 100th High School Soccer Tournament (Japanese: 第100回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会)) marked the 100th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan. 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 have 2 High School representing their Prefecture. The final was played at the Japan National Stadium, in Tokyo.[1]

2021 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Dates28 December 2021 – 10 January 2022
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsAomori Yamada High School (3rd title)
Runner-upOhzu High School
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored151 (3.21 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Akito Suzuki
(Hannan, 7 goals)
← 2020
2022 →

The Yamanashi Gakuin High School were the defending champions, after winning the 2020 edition, winning over Aomori Yamada by 4–2 on a penalty shoot-out. However, they were eliminated in their first match on the 2021 tournament, losing 2–0 to Saga Higashi. In the end, Aomori Yamada won their 3rd title, with a 4–0 win in the final against Ohzu, who qualified for the final over Kanto Daiichi's withdrawal on the semi-finals, due to coronavirus-related issues that prevented their participation on the semi-finals.[2]

Calendar edit

The tournament took place in a 14-day span, with the tournament split in a total of 6 stages. The schedule was decided on 13 August 2021 by the JFA.[3]

Round Date Matches Clubs
First round 28–29 December 2021 16 32 (32) → 16
Second round 31 December 2021 16 32 (16+16) → 16
Third round 2 January 2022 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 4 January 2022 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 8 January 2022 2 4 → 2
Final 10 January 2022 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 Saitama Prefectures, and three located in Tokyo.[4] They are:

Participating clubs edit

In parentheses: the amount of times each team qualified for the All Japan High School Tournament (appearance in the 2021 edition included) [5]

Schedule edit

The draw to decide the match pairings was conducted on 15 November.[6][7]

First round edit

28 December 2021 1 Kanto Daiichi 6−0Nakatsu HigashiShinjuku
15:00
  • Ayumu Wakamatsu   13'
  • Kota Sakai   22'
  • Hinata Fujii   40+2'
  • Rin Homma   43'
  • Keita Hirakata   76'
  • Renji Hidano   79'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Japan National Stadium
Attendance: 8,587
29 December 2021 1Akita Shogyo0−1 Higashi Fukuoka Kumagaya
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Umi Narasaki   30'
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 2,934
29 December 2021 1Chubu Daiichi0−5 Ohzu Saitama
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Rei Yakushida   4'
  • Seren Ichimura   27'
  • Shunei Kobayashi   35'
  • Asuma Ikari   59'
  • Tsubasa Inada   75'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 1,222
29 December 2021 1Seibudai0−1 Mie Saitama
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Haruki Ochiyama   9'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 1,080
29 December 2021 1 Maebashi Ikuei 4−0Kusatsu HigashiKumagaya
12:05
  • Rentaro Moriya   6', 74', 80+3'
  • Ryohei Watanabe   80+1'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 2,598
29 December 2021 1RKU Kashiwa1−1
(4−5 p)
Kindai Wakayama Chiba
12:05
  • Kyota Kobayashi   8'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kintaro Taniguchi   64'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 2,139
29 December 2021 1 Shizuoka Gakuen 5−0Tokushima ShogyoChiba
14:10
  • Ryunosuke Koizumi   3'
  • Shinnosuke Ito   47'
  • Ryuta Takahashi   49'
  • Yosuke Furukawa   51'
  • Shunki Arai   57'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 2,343
29 December 2021 1 Shoshi 0−0
(4−3 p)
SetouchiKashiwa
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kashiwanoha Stadium
Attendance: 2,209
29 December 2021 1 Teikyo Kani 4−1Imabari HigashiKawasaki
14:10
  • Hiroto Hioki   32'
  • Yugo Matsunaga   40'
  • Shunsuke Miyauchi   43'
  • Naoya Mishina   76'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 2,689
29 December 2021 1 Toko Gakuen 1−0NishiharaKawasaki
12:05
  • Ryo Toyoda   53'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 2,189
29 December 2021 1Haguro1−2 Okayama Gakugeikan Yokohama
12:05
  • Haruta Arai   39'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Tsukasa Inoue   56'
  • Ryota Yamaoka   78'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,754
29 December 2021 1Seiryo2−4 Takagawa Gakuen Yokohama
14:10
  • Shingo Kawai   38'
  • Riku Yamashita   73'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Haruki Hayashi   8', 78'
  • Keigo Nakayama   50', 79'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 2,783
29 December 2021 1Hokkai1−2 Nagasaki IAS Setagaya
12:05
  • Ryoya Nishi   31'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Fuga Beppu   40'
  • Kisei Haraguchi   78'
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 2,064
29 December 2021 1 Horikoshi 2−1KochiSetagaya
14:10
  • Kiryu Furusawa   4', 20'
  • Shintaro Nishida   25'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,112
29 December 2021 1Senshu Kitakami2−4 Nara Ikuei Kita
14:10
  • Shuhei Toriyabe   22'
  • Shoki Abe   42'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Seisho Yamao   8'
  • Taisei Okamoto   48'
  • Aiki Togai   49'
  • Shun Nishio   64'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
Attendance: 1,311
29 December 2021 1Maruoka0−3 Hannan Kita
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Hiroto Tanaka   13'
  • Kizuna Ishikawa   22'
  • Akito Suzuki   42'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
Attendance: 1,108

Second round edit

31 December 2021 2Yamanashi Gakuen0−2 Saga Higashi Kumagaya
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Ryuki Nakayama   3'
  • Takaya Mizoguchi   78'
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 2,850
Referee: Yu Tezuka
31 December 2021 2Higashi Fukuoka0−4 Ohzu Kumagaya
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Atsushi Kawaguchi   10', 48'
  • Rin Takahata   67'
  • Tsubasa Inada   80+4'
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 3,188
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi
31 December 2021 2Mie0−6 Maebashi Ikuei Saitama
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Naoya Koike   25', 52'
  • Shun Otake   35'
  • Ryohei Watanabe   56'
  • Tsubasa Kasayanagi   57'
  • Zen Takaashi   75'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 940
Referee: Yasuhiro Udagawa
31 December 2021 2 Kashima Gakuen 2−0Takamatsu ShogyoSaitama
14:10
  • Koei Ueno   40'
  • Naoki Matsumura   45'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 1,157
Referee: Tomoki Umeda
31 December 2021 2Toyama Daiichi0−1 Miyazaki Nihon Chiba
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Masahiro Toyama   73'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 2,379
Referee: Takuya Ogiwara
31 December 2021 2Kindai Wakayama0−1 Shizuoka Gakuen Chiba
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Ryunosuke Koizumi   66'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 2,241
Referee: Kazuyoshi Karashima
31 December 2021 2Shoshi0−0
(5−6 p)
Kanto Daiichi Kashiwa
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kashiwanoha Stadium
Attendance: 2,803
Referee: Yuichi Hanakawa
31 December 2021 2Yonago Kita2−2
(2−3 p)
Yaita Chuo Kashiwa
14:10
  • Hideto Fukuda   35'
  • Genta Yamada   80+1'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Shunta Kataoka   57'
  • Kazuya Fujino   64'
Stadium: Kashiwanoha Stadium
Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Yoshihito Hori
31 December 2021 2 Teikyo Nagaoka 3−2Kamimura GakuenKawasaki
14:10
  • Yuto Watanabe   16', 32'
  • Ryotaro Miyake   58'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 2,483
Referee: Masashi Harada
31 December 2021 2Teikyo Kani1−1
(6−7 p)
Toko Gakuen Kawasaki
12:05
  • Yugo Matsunaga   61'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kanki Kawasumi   71'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 1,696
Referee: Koji Takasaki
31 December 2021 2Okayama Gakugeikan1−2 Takagawa Gakuen Yokohama
12:05
  • Ryota Yamaoka   11'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Haruki Hayashi   51'
  • Keigo Nakayama   60'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Tatsuya Sakai
31 December 2021 2 Sendai Gakuen 2−1Takigawa DainiYokohama
14:10
  • Ryo Sato   62', 75'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Sogo Shimada   80+2'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 2,891
Referee: Kei Suzuki
31 December 2021 2Ichiritsu Nagano0−2 Higashiyama Kita
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Reiya Sakata   10'
  • Daiki Oda   43'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
Attendance: 1,045
Referee: Shingo Kuniyoshi
31 December 2021 2 Nagasaki IAS 1−0HorikoshiSetagaya
14:10
  • Kisei Haraguchi   61'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,190
Referee: Takamasa Funahashi
31 December 2021 2Nara Ikuei0−8 Hannan Kita
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kizuna Ishikawa   18', 45'
  • Hiroto Tanaka   25'
  • Akito Suzuki   28', 38', 40+3', 60', 64'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
Attendance: 1,284
Referee: Yuki Tanabe
31 December 2021 2Taisha0−6 Aomori Yamada Setagaya
12:05 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Masaki Nasukawa   43'
  • Yumezumi Tazawa   53'
  • Kuryu Matsuki   60'
  • Tsuna Kominato   78', 80+3'
  • Zento Uno   80+1'
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

Third round edit

2 January 2022 3 Ohzu 3−1Saga HigashiKumagaya
14:10
  • Shunei Kobayashi   28'
  • Rin Takahata   67'
  • Asuma Ikari   80+4'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Yuto Morita   71'
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 3,119
Referee: Koji Takasaki
2 January 2022 3Kashima Gakuen1−2 Maebashi Ikuei Kumagaya
12:05
  • Yuito Hayashi   62'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Zen Takaashi   57', 79'
Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 3,029
Referee: Kazuyoshi Karashima
2 January 2022 3 Shizuoka Gakuen 8−0Miyazaki NihonChiba
12:05
  • Nagi Kawatani   9', 35'
  • Sota Matsunaga   12', 40'
  • Yosuke Furukawa   32'
  • Shuya Kikuchi   33'
  • Rio Hyeon   72'
  • Kyosuke Mochiyama   79'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Kohei Yano
2 January 2022 3Yaita Chuo2−3 Kanto Daiichi Chiba
14:10
  • Katsuya Shimazaki   24'
  • ?   47' (o.g.)
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Renji Hidano   6'
  • Ayumu Wakamatsu   27'
  • Rin Homma   78'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 2,269
Referee: Taku Hase
2 January 2022 3Teikyo Nagaoka1−1
(3−5 p)
Toko Gakuen Kawasaki
12:05
  • Konosuke Takehara   23'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Yuki Yoneyama   63'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 2,164
Referee: Yuichi Hanakawa
2 January 2022 3 Takagawa Gakuen 1−0Sendai Ikuei GakuenKawasaki
14:10
  • Kazuya Nishizawa   80+3'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 2,267
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita
2 January 2022 3 Higashiyama 3−0Nagasaki IASSetagaya
14:10
  • Kosuke Fujieda   29', 79'
  • Toa Ashitani   63'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: Yoshihito Hori
2 January 2022 3 Aomori Yamada 3−1HannanSetagaya
12:05
  •   15' (o.g.)
  • Yamato Maruyama   43'
  • Masaki Nasukawa   52'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 2,803
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi

Quarter-finals edit

4 January 2022 4 Ohzu 1−0Maebashi IkueiChiba
12:05
  • Seren Ichimura   11'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 1,989
Referee: Koki Nagamine
4 January 2022 4Shizuoka Gakuen1−1
(3−4 p)
Kanto Daiichi Chiba
14:10
  • Ryunosuke Koizumi   60'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kota Sakai   80'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
Attendance: 2,267
Referee: Shingo Kuniyoshi
4 January 2022 4Toko Gakuen0−1 Takagawa Gakuen Kawasaki
14:10 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Kazuya Nishizawa   55'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 2,491
Referee: Tomokazu Sato
4 January 2022 4Higashiyama1−2 Aomori Yamada Kawasaki
12:05
  • Daiki Uda   16'
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 2,456
Referee: Tatsuya Sakai

Semi-finals edit

8 January 2022 5 Ohzu 3−0 (W.O)Kanto Daiichi
Report (JFA)
Note: Due to the two positive tests for COVID-19 in the Kanto Daiichi team (despite no other team members being cited or confirmed with an unwell physical condition), the club decided to withdraw from the tournament. An alternative proposal to bring the pre-registered players (14 players and team members who wasn't part of the official team) instead of the official team (including the 30 players and team officers) was rejected by relevant parties involved.[8]
8 January 2022 5Takagawa Gakuen0−6 Aomori Yamada Shinjuku
14:20 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Masaki Nasukawa   3'
  • Yamato Maruyama   26', 85'
  • Kuryu Matsuki   57'
  • Tsuna Kominato   68'
  • Eisei Tanaka   89'
Stadium: Japan National Stadium
Attendance: 18,599
Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

Final edit

Ohzu0−4Aomori Yamada
Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Yamato Maruyama   37'
  • Sodai Nasukawa   41'
  • Kuryu Matsuki   55'
  • Sera Watanabe   78'
 
 
 
 
 
Ohzu
 
 
 
 
 
Aomori Yamada
GK 1   Ryusei Sato
DF 2   Rio Wada   76'
DF 3   Haruto Hidaka   40'
DF 4   Taiki Kawazoe
DF 5   Junichiro Teraoka
DF 12   Shotaro Iwamoto
MF 6   Rei Yakushida
MF 7   Atsushi Kawaguchi   69'
MF 10   Daichi Morita (c)
FW 9   Shunei Kobayashi
FW 11   Seren Ichimura
Substitutes:
GK 16   Yuta Mori
DF 23   Togo Sakata   76'
MF 8   Asuma Ikari
MF 13   Ayumu Sato
MF 14   Rui Tabaru   40'
MF 15   Osuke Miyakawa
MF 17   No Shoei
MF 28   Tsubasa Inada
FW 19   Rin Takahata   69'
Manager:
  Tomohiro Yamashiro
GK 1   Koki Numata
DF 3   Ryosuke Nakayama   88'
DF 4   Ryohei Miwa
DF 5   Yamato Maruyama
DF 14   Riro Ono
MF 6   Zento Uno
MF 10   Kuryu Matsuki (c)
MF 11   Sota Fujimori   88'
MF 16   Yume Tazawa   84'
FW 9   Masaki Nasukawa   84'
FW 17   Sera Watanabe   78'
Substitutes:
GK 12   Hiroshi Suzuki
DF 2   Taiyo Oto   88'
DF 13   Minami Fukuda
DF 19   Yuya Abe
MF 7   Yoshitaka Obara   78'
MF 8   Manato Honda   84'
MF 15   Eisei Tanaka   88'
MF 20   Ritsuki Terada
FW 18   Tsuna Kominato   84'
Manager:
  Go Kuroda

Assistant referees:
Osamu Akasaka
Soichi Iwasaki
Fourth official:
Takahito Seta

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Top scorers edit

Rank Player[9] High School Goals
1   Akito Suzuki Hannan 7
2   Yamato Maruyama Aomori Yamada 4
  Kuryu Matsuki Aomori Yamada
  Masaki Nasukawa Aomori Yamada
5   Haruki Hayashi Takagawa Gakuen 3
  Kizuna Ishikawa Hannan
  Ryunosuke Koizumi Shizuoka Gakuen
  Tsuna Kominato Aomori Yamada
  Rentaro Moriya Maebashi Ikuei
  Keigo Nakayama Takagawa Gakuen
  Zen Takaashi Maebashi Ikuei

Selected best players edit

The following 37 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:[10]

Joining J.League clubs on 2022 edit

Pos. Player Moving from Moving to[11][12][13] League
DF Shinnosuke Ito Maebashi Ikuei Giravanz Kitakyushu J3
DF Kazuma Okamoto Maebashi Ikuei Thespakusatsu Gunma J2
DF Sere Matsumura Teikyo Nagaoka Shonan Bellmare J1
MF Yosuke Furukawa Shizuoka Gakuen Júbilo Iwata J1
MF Tsubasa Kasayanagi Maebashi Ikuei V-Varen Nagasaki J2
MF Nagi Kawatani Shizuoka Gakuen Shimizu S-Pulse J1
MF Kuryu Matsuki Aomori Yamada FC Tokyo J1
MF Rio Hyeon Shizuoka Gakuen Tokushima Vortis J2
MF Kodai Sano Yonago Kita Fagiano Okayama J2
MF Junnosuke Suzuki Teikyo Kani Shonan Bellmare J1
MF Zento Uno Aomori Yamada Machida Zelvia J2
MF Jimpei Yoshida Saga Higashi Albirex Niigata J2

References edit

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