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.
  Above is the official logo of the competition, in the bottom is the stadium of the final, the MUFG Stadium | |
| Founded | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Region |  Japan |
| Teams | 48 |
| Current champions | Maebashi Ikuei (2024) (2nd title) |
| Most championships | Before 1948: Mikage Shihan (11 titles) After 1948: Kunimi and Teikyo (6 titles each) |
| Broadcasters | NTV and affiliates |
| Website | JFA |
 2025 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament | |
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]
From 1917 to 1924, the tournament was called "Japan Football Championship", where school teachers, graduates and alumni could play together. From 1925 to 1947, the tournament transitioned into the "All Japan Junior High School Soccer Tournament", which as the name implies, could only be played by junior high schools. From 1948 onwards, the tournament suffered its last final change, remaining to this day a high school-only tournament. From then, it was opened for schools across the entire country, as only Kanto, Kansai and Chugoku schools participated in the earlier editions.
Venues
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editResults
edit| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Participating famous players | Ambassador |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Football Tournament (日本フートボール優勝大会) | |||||
| 1917 | Mikage Shihan | 1–0 | Meisei Shogyo | ||
| 1918 | Mikage Shihan | 5–1 | Meisei Shogyo | ||
| 1919 | Mikage Shihan | 4–1 | Himeji Shihan | ||
| 1920 | Mikage Shihan | 3–0 | Himeji Shihan | ||
| 1921 | Mikage Shihan | 0–0 3–0 R | Kobe JHS | ||
| 1922 | Mikage Shihan | 4–0 | Himeji Shihan | ||
| 1923 | Mikage Shihan | 5–1 | Kyoto Shihan | ||
| 1924 | Daiichi Kobe JHS | 3–0 | Mikage Shihan | ||
| All Japan Junior High School Soccer Tournament (全国中等学校蹴球選手権大会) | |||||
| 1925 | Mikage Shihan | 1–0 | Hiroshima JHS | ||
| 1927 | Soongsil (Korea) | 6–1 | Hiroshima JHS | ||
| 1928 | Mikage Shihan | 6–5 aet | Pyongyang Normal (Korea) | ||
| 1929 | Kobe JHS | 3–0 | Hiroshima Shihan | ||
| 1930 | Mikage Shihan | 3–2 | Hiroshima JHS | ||
| 1931 | Mikage Shihan | 6–1 | Aichi Daiichi Shihan | ||
| 1932 | Kobe JHS | 2–1 | Aoyama Shihan | ||
| 1933 | Gifu Shihan | 8–4 aet | Meisei Shogyo | ||
| 1934 | Kobe JHS | 5–3 | Meisei Shogyo | ||
| 1935 | Kobe JHS | 2–1 | Tennoji Shihan | ||
| 1936 | Hiroshima JHS | 5–3 | Nirasaki JHS | ||
| 1937 | Saitama Shihan | 6–2 | Kobe JHS | ||
| 1938 | Kobe JHS | 5–0 | Shiga Shihan | ||
| 1939 | Hiroshima JHS | 3–0 | Seiho JHS | ||
| 1940 | Posung JHS (Korea) | 4–0 | Kobe Daisan JHS | ||
| 1946 | Kobe JHS | 2–1 | Kobe Daisan JHS | ||
| 1947 | Hiroshima Shihan JHS | 7–1 | Amagasaki JHS | ||
| All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (全国高等学校蹴球選手権大会 (1948–1965) / 全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会 (1966–present) | |||||
| 1948 | Rijo [a] | 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 | Higashisenda; 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. HS | ||
| 1959 | Ichiritsu Urawa | 1–0 | Meisei | ||
| 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 [b] | ||
| 1965 | Narashino; Meisei | 0–0 aet | |||
| 1966 | Fujieda Higashi; Akita Shogyo | 0–0 aet | |||
| 1967 | Rakuhoku; Sanyo | 0–0 aet | |||
| 1968 | Hatsushiba [c] | 1–0 | Sanyo | ||
| 1969 | Urawa Minami | 1–0 | Hatsushiba | ||
| 1970 | Fujieda Higashi | 3–1 | Hamana | ||
| 1971 | Narashino | 2–0 | Nyugawa Kogyo [d] | ||
| 1972 | Ichiritsu Urawa | 2–1 aet | Fujieda Higashi | ||
| 1973 | Hokuyo [e] | 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. Daiichi | 2–0 | Kunimi | Ademir Santos | |
| 1987 | Kunimi | 1–0 | Tokai Univ. Daiichi | ||
| 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, Yasuyuki Konno | |
| 2001 | Kunimi | 3–1 | Gifu Kogyo | Kosei Shibasaki, Yuhei Tokunaga | |
| 2002 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 1–0 | Kunimi | Robert Cullen, Shingo Hyodo | |
| 2003 | Kunimi | 6–0 | Chikuyo Gakuen | Sōta Hirayama, Toshihiro Aoyama, Yohei Toyoda | |
| 2004 | Kagoshima Jitsugyo | 0–0 aet (4-2 p) | Ichiritsu Funabashi | Yuto Nagatomo, Keisuke Honda, Shinji Okazaki, Shinzo Koroki, Hisashi Jogo | |
| 2005 | Yasu | 2–1 aet | Kagoshima Jitsugyo | Takashi Inui, Kosuke Ota, Yu Kobayashi, Akihiro Hayashi | Maki Horikita |
| 2006 | Morioka Shogyo | 2–1 | Sakuyo | Ryohei Yamazaki, Daisuke Suzuki, Hiroki Miyazawa, Koki Yonekura | Yui Aragaki |
| 2007 | RKU Kashiwa | 4–0 | Fujieda Higashi | Genki Omae, Nobuhisa Urata | Kie Kitano |
| 2008 | Hiroshima Minami | 3–2 | Kagoshima Josei | Yuya Osako, Shogo Taniguchi | Alice Hirose |
| 2009 | Yamanashi Gakuin Univ. HS [f] | 1–0 | Aomori Yamada | Sho Inagaki, Koki Arita | Rina Aizawa |
| 2010 | Takigawa Daini | 5–3 | Kumiyama | Ryo Miyaichi, Gaku Shibasaki, Gen Shoji, Ryota Oshima, Shintaro Kurumaya | Umika Kawashima |
| 2011 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 2–1 aet | Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo | Ryuji Izumi, Ryohei Shirasaki, Musashi Suzuki | Haruna Kawaguchi |
| 2012 | Hosho | 2–2 aet (5–3p) | Kyoto Tachibana | Takuma Asano, Naomichi Ueda, Sei Muroya | Ito Ohno |
| 2013 | Toyama Daiichi | 3–2 aet | Seiryo | Takuma Nishimura, Tomoya Koyamatsu, Tsukasa Morishima | Airi Matsui |
| 2014 | Seiryo | 4–2 aet | Maebashi Ikuei | Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Reo Hatate, Ryoma Watanabe | Suzu Hirose |
| 2015 | Higashi Fukuoka | 5–0 | Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama | Daiki Sugioka, Jefferson Tabinas, Takuro Kaneko, Koki Ogawa, Seiya Maikuma | Mei Nagano |
| 2016 | Aomori Yamada | 5–0 | Maebashi Ikuei | Ayase Ueda, Teruki Hara, Yuya Kuwasaki | Karen Otomo |
| 2017 | Maebashi Ikuei | 1–0 | RKU Kashiwa | Ryotaro Tsunoda, Kaishu Sano, Riku Iijima, Mizuki Ando | Hikaru Takahashi |
| 2018 | Aomori Yamada | 3–1 | RKU Kashiwa | Ikuma Sekigawa, KennedyEgbus Mikuni, Toichi Suzuki, Jun Nishikawa, Itsuki Someno | Kaya Kiyohara |
| 2019 | Shizuoka Gakuen | 3–2 | Aomori Yamada | Taiga Hata, Yota Komi, Yuta Matsumura | 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, Kodai Sano, Junnosuke Suzuki, Akito Suzuki | Mizuki Kayashima |
| 2022 | Okayama Gakugeikan | 3–1 | Higashiyama | Kento Shiogai, Shiō Fukuda | Rimi |
| 2023 | Aomori Yamada | 3–1 | Ohmi | Gaku Nawata, Rento Takaoka, Yumeki Yoshinaga | Yumia Fujisaki |
| 2024 | Maebashi Ikuei | 1–1 aet (9–8 p) | RKU Kashiwa | Rento Takaoka | Rui Tsukishima |
| 2025 | Kamimura Gakuen | 3-0 | Kashima Gakuen | Anji Ikehata | |
- ↑ Now known as Hiroshima University High School
- ↑ Now known as Bunsei University of Arts High School
- ↑ Now known as Rissho Gakuen Osaka Ritsumeikan High School
- ↑ Now known as Ehime Prefectural Toyo High School
- ↑ Now known as Kansai University Hokuyo High School
- ↑ Now known as Yamanashi Gakuin High School
Records and statistics
editCounting records and statistics from 1948, after the tournament was fully transitioned to be a High School-only tournament, following Japan's educational reform from 1945 to 1952.
Most successful schools
edit| P. | High School | Champions | Runners-up | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Teikyo | 6 | 3 | 1974, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1991 |
 Kunimi | 6 | 3 | 1987, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2003 | |
| 3rd |  Ichiritsu Funabashi | 5 | 2 | 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2011 |
| 4th |  Aomori Yamada | 4 | 3 | 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023 |
 Fujieda Higashi | 4 | 3 | 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970 | |
 Ichiritsu Urawa | 4 | 1 | 1959, 1960, 1964, 1972 | |
| 5th | Urawa Minami | 3 | 1 | 1969, 1975, 1976 |
 Higashi Fukuoka | 3 | 0 | 1997, 1998, 2015 | |
| Shimizu Shogyo | 3 | 0 | 1985, 1988, 1993 | |
| Urawa | 3 | 0 | 1951, 1954, 1955 | |
| 9th |  Kagoshima Jitsugyo | 2 | 3 | 1995, 2004 |
 Maebashi Ikuei | 2 | 2 | 2017, 2024 | |
| Shizuoka Gakuen | 2 | 1 | 1995, 2019 | |
 Akita Shogyo | 2 | 1 | 1957, 1966 | |
 Yamanashi Gakuin | 2 | 0 | 2009, 2020 | |
 Koga Daiichi | 2 | 0 | 1978, 1980 | |
| Narashino | 2 | 0 | 1965, 1971 | |
 Shudo | 2 | 0 | 1952, 1961 | |
| 17th |  Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo | 1 | 3 | 1991 |
| RKU Kashiwa | 1 | 2 | 2007 | |
| Shimizu Higashi | 1 | 2 | 1982 | |
 Yamashiro | 1 | 2 | 1958 | |
 Seiryo | 1 | 1 | 2014 | |
| Tokai Univ. Shizuoka Shoyo | 1 | 1 | 1986 | |
| Bunan | 1 | 1 | 1981 | |
 Rissho Gakuen Osaka Ritsumeikan | 1 | 1 | 1968 | |
| Sanyo | 1 | 1 | 1967 | |
| Meisei | 1 | 1 | 1965 | |
| Hiroshima Univ. HS | 1 | 1 | 1953 | |
| Kamimura Gakuen | 1 | 0 | 2025 | |
 Okayama Gakugeikan | 1 | 0 | 2022 | |
 Toyama Daiichi | 1 | 0 | 2013 | |
 Hosho | 1 | 0 | 2012 | |
 Takigawa Daini | 1 | 0 | 2010 | |
| Hiroshima Minami | 1 | 0 | 2008 | |
 Morioka Shogyo | 1 | 0 | 2006 | |
 Yasu | 1 | 0 | 2005 | |
| Shimabara Shogyo | 1 | 0 | 1984 | |
| Kansai Univ. Hokuyo | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Rakuhoku | 1 | 0 | 1967 | |
| Urawa Nishi | 1 | 0 | 1956 | |
| Kishiwada | 1 | 0 | 1951 | |
 Utsunomiya | 1 | 1 | 1950 | |
| Ikeda | 1 | 0 | 1949 | |
| Hiroshima Kokutaiji | 1 | 0 | 1948 | |
 Minamiuwa | 1 | 0 | 1989 | |
Most successful schools without a title
edit| P. | High School | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | Runners-up years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nirasaki | 4 | 6 | 1952, 1979, 1981, 1982 |
| 2nd |  Kariya | 2 | 2 | 1954, 1957 |
| 3rd | Tono | 1 | 2 | 1960 |
| Kyoto Tachibana | 1 | 1 | 2012 | |
 Toko Gakuen | 1 | 1 | 1996 | |
 Otani Muroran | 1 | 1 | 1978 | |
| Bunsei UA | 1 | 1 | 1964 | |
| Ohmi | 1 | 0 | 2023 | |
| Higashiyama | 1 | 0 | 2022 | |
 Ohzu | 1 | 0 | 2021 | |
| Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama | 1 | 0 | 2015 | |
| Kumiyama | 1 | 0 | 2010 | |
| Kagoshima Josei | 1 | 0 | 2008 | |
| Sakuyo | 1 | 0 | 2006 | |
| Chikuyo Gakuen | 1 | 0 | 2003 | |
 Gifu Kogyo | 1 | 0 | 2001 | |
| Kusatsu Higashi | 1 | 0 | 2000 | |
| Toyo | 1 | 0 | 1971 | |
| Hamana | 1 | 0 | 1970 | |
| Hitachi Daiichi | 1 | 0 | 1956 | |
| Mikunigaoka | 1 | 0 | 1951 | |
| Odawara | 1 | 0 | 1950 | |
| Ueno Kita | 1 | 0 | 1948 | |
| Utsunomiya | 1 | 0 | 1949 | |
| 27th | 13 schools | 0 | 2 to 4 | – |
| 40th | 43 schools | 0 | 1 | – |
Most successful prefectures
edit| Pos. | Prefectures | Titles | Winning Schools |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saitama | 13 | Ichiritsu Urawa (4); Urawa (3); Urawa Minami (3); Saitama Shihan (1); Urawa Nishi (1); Bunan (1) |
| 2 | Shizuoka | 10 | Fujieda Higashi (4); Shimizu Shogyo (3); Shizuoka Gakuen (2); Shimizu Higashi (1); Tokai Univ. Shizuoka Shoyo (1)[a] |
| 3 | Chiba | 8 | Ichiritsu Funabashi (5); Narashino (2); RKU Kashiwa (1) |
| 4 | Nagasaki | 7 | Kunimi (6); Shimabara Shogyo (1) |
| 5 | Hiroshima | 6 | Shudo (2); Hiroshima Kokutaiji (1)[b]; Sanyo (1); Hiroshima Univ. HS (1)[c]; Hiroshima Minami (1) |
| Tokyo | 6 | Teikyo | |
| 7 | Osaka | 5 | Ikeda (1); Kishiwada (1); Meisei (1); Osaka Ritsumeikan (1)[d]; Kansai Univ. Hokuyo (1)[e] |
| 8 | Aomori | 4 | Aomori Yamada |
| 9 | Fukuoka | 3 | Higashi Fukuoka |
| 10 | Akita | 2 | Akita Shogyo |
| Ibaraki | 2 | Koga Daiichi | |
| Gunma | 2 | Maebashi Ikuei | |
| Yamanashi | 2 | Yamanashi Gakuin [f] | |
| Kyoto | 2 | Yamashiro (1); Rakuhoku (1) | |
| Kagoshima | 2 | Kagoshima Jitsugyo | |
| 17 | Iwate | 1 | Morioka Shogyo |
| Tochigi | 1 | Utsunomiya | |
| Toyama | 1 | Toyama Daiichi | |
| Ishikawa | 1 | Seiryo | |
| Gifu | 1 | Gifu Shihan | |
| Mie | 1 | Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo | |
| Hyōgo | 1 | Takigawa Daini | |
| Kyoto | 1 | Yamashiro | |
| Shiga | 1 | Yasu | |
| Okayama | 1 | Okayama Gakugeikan | |
| Ehime | 1 | Minamiuwa | |
| Miyazaki | 1 | Hosho | |
- ↑ Includes titles as Tokai University Daiichi High School.
- ↑ Includes title as Rijo High School.
- ↑ Includes title as Hiroshima University Faculty of Education Higashi Senda High School
- ↑ Includes title as Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan High School.
- ↑ Includes title as Hokuyo High School.
- ↑ Includes titles as Yamanashi Gakuin University High School.
Overall top goalscorers
edit| Goals | Player | School | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Sōta Hirayama[2] | Kunimi | 2001–2003 |
Single season top scorer
edit| Goals | Player | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Yuya Osako[3] | Kagoshima Josei | 2008 |
References
edit- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "【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.
- ↑ "Hiroshima Minami top of the class". japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
External links
edit- Official website – JFA (Japan Football Association)