The 2024 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (第103回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会; All Japan JFA 103rd High School Soccer Tournament) will mark the 103rd edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan, to be contested by all 48 prefectural qualifications' winning schools.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Dates | 28 December 2024 – 13 January 2025 |
| Teams | 48 |
The defending champions are Aomori Yamada, who won the 2023 tournament by 3–1 win over underdogs Ohmi in the final.[2]
As the norm, from the first round to the quarterfinals, the matches will have a duration of 80 minutes, split into two halves of 40 minutes each (not counting injury time). The semi-finals and the final will have matches the traditional format of around 90 minutes, however, matching the standard match length of professional football. During the tournament, if a match should be tied, it will directly require a penalty shoot-outs, except for the final, where extra-time will be played if the match will be kept tied for 90 minutes.
The entire tournament, including the prefectural tournament finals, is streamed on SportsBull[3] and TVer free of charge.[4] On TV, the semi-finals and the final will be aired nationally on NTV.[5] The tournament, in total, will be broadcast by 43 private broadcasting companies, with most of them only showing selected matches.
Calendar
editThe tournament will take place in a 17-day span, with the tournament split into a total of 6 stages, as confirmed by the JFA on 21 October. The draw to decide the tournament schedule and the match pairings will be done in 18 November.[6]
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 29 December 2023 | 16 | 32 (32) → 16 |
| Second round | 31 December 2023 | 16 | 32 (16+16) → 16 |
| Third round | 2 January 2024 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 January 2024 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 11 January 2024 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 13 January 2024 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
Venues
editThe tournament will be held in four prefectures and nine stadiums. In Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama prefectures, two venues are located in each, while three are located in Tokyo. The venues are:[7]
Qualifying rounds
editAll the 47 prefectures holds knockout stage qualifiers for their respective high schools. Tokyo's qualifiers is the only to qualify two teams to the competition, as they have the largest amount of registered high schools affiliated with the All-Japan High School Soccer Federation. Teams playing at higher-level leagues earns a bye from the early stages of their respective qualifiers, getting automatically seeded in more advanced rounds, usually between the 3rd and 4th round of their qualifiers.
Most of the qualifiers starts on October. Prefectures with a large amount of registered high schools, like Chiba and Kanagawa, started their qualifiers earlier than the rest.[8]
Information about the broadcasts of the semi-finals and finals of each of the prefectural qualifiers was published by NTV.[9]
| 2 November Hokkaido Final | Asahikawa Jitsugyo | v | Sapporo Otani | Sapporo |
| 14:05 JST | Stadium: Daiwa House Premist Dome |
| 4 November Aomori Final | v | Aomori | ||
| 12:00 JST | Stadium: Kakuhiro Group Athletic Stadium |
| 3 November Iwate Final | v | Morioka | ||
| 12:45 JST | Stadium: Iwagin Stadium |
| 3 November Miyagi Final | Sendai Ikuei | v | Tohoku Gakuin | Sendai |
| 13:05 JST | Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
| 26 October Akita Final | Nishime | 2–0 | Akita Shogyo | Akita |
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Soyu Stadium |
| 26 October Yamagata Final | Tokai Univ. Yamagata | 1–0 | Haguro | Tendo |
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata |
| 16 November Fukushima Final | v | Koriyama | ||
| 12:10 JST | Stadium: Sendai University Soccer Field Koriyama |
| 2 November Ibaraki Final | v | Kashima | ||
| 13:00 JST | Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium |
| 16 November Tochigi Final | v | Utsunomiya | ||
| 13:00 JST | Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium |
| 9 November Gunma Final | v | Maebashi | ||
| 10:10 JST | Stadium: Earth Care Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium |
| 17 November Saitama Final | v | Saitama | ||
| 14:05 JST | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 |
| 9 November Chiba Final | v | Chiba | ||
| 13:00 JST | Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena |
| 16 November Tokyo Final 1 | v | Setagaya | ||
| 11:00 JST | Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium |
| 16 November Tokyo Final 2 | v | Setagaya | ||
| 13:15 JST | Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium |
| 10 November Kanagawa Final | v | Kawasaki | ||
| 13:05 JST | Stadium: Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu |
| 9 November Yamanashi Final | v | Kofu | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium |
| 9 November Nagano Final | v | Matsumoto | ||
| 12:30 JST | Stadium: Sunpro Alwin |
| 10 November Niigata Final | v | Niigata | ||
| 12:20 JST | Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium |
| 9 November Toyama Final | v | Toyama | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Toyama Stadium |
| 2 November Ishikawa Final | Kanazawa Gakuin Univ. | v | Yugakkan | Kanazawa |
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Kanazawa Go Go Curry Stadium |
| 3 November Fukui Final | Maruoka | v | Fukui Shogyo | Sakai |
| 13:05 JST | Stadium: Technoport Fukui Stadium |
| 16 November Shizuoka Final | v | Fukuroi | ||
| 13:00 JST | Stadium: Ecopa Stadium |
| 9 November Aichi Final | v | Kariya | ||
| 12:40 JST | Stadium: Wave Stadium Kariya |
| 9 November Mie Final | v | Suzuka | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Mie Kotsu G Sport no Mori Suzuka |
| 9 November Gifu Final | v | Gifu | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Gifu Memorial Center |
| 9 November Shiga Final | v | Ōtsu | ||
| 12:15 JST | Stadium: Ojiyama Stadium |
| 10 November Kyoto Final | v | Kameoka | ||
| 13:00 JST | Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera |
| 9 November Osaka Final | v | Osaka | ||
| 13:00 JST | Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai |
| 10 November Hyōgo Final | v | Kobe | ||
| 13:00 JST | Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |
| 10 November Nara Final | v | Kashihara | ||
| 13:05 JST | Stadium: Kashihara Park Athletics Stadium |
| 10 November Wakayama Final | v | Wakayama | ||
| 13:05 JST | Stadium: Kimiidera Athletic Stadium |
| 2 November Tottori Final | Yonago Kita | v | Tottori Johoku | Tottori |
| 12:00 JST | Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium |
| 9 November Shimane Final | v | Masuda | ||
| 12:00 JST | Stadium: Shimane Soccer Field |
| 2 November Okayama Final | Sakuyo | v | Okayama Gakugeikan | Okayama |
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: City Light Stadium |
| 10 November Hiroshima Final | v | Hiroshima | ||
| 11:45 JST | Stadium: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima |
| 17 November Yamaguchi Final | v | Yamaguchi | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium |
| 9 November Kagawa Final | v | Takamatsu | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Kagawa Prefectural Soccer & Rugby Stadium |
| 9 November Tokushima Final | v | |||
| 13:05 JST |
| 10 November Ehime Final | v | Matsuyama | ||
| 12:00 JST | Stadium: Ningineer Stadium |
| 10 November Kōchi Final | v | Haruno | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium |
| 10 November Fukuoka Final | v | Fukuoka | ||
| 11:45 JST | Stadium: Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium |
| 10 November Saga Final | v | Tosu | ||
| 15:00 JST | Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium |
| 17 November Nagasaki Final | v | Isahaya | ||
| 12:40 JST | Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki |
| 16 November Kumamoto Final | v | Kumamoto | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Kumamoto Suizenji Stadium |
| 17 November Ōita Final | v | Oita | ||
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita |
| 3 November Miyazaki Final | Nissho Gakuen | v | Miyazaki Daiichi | Miyazaki |
| 12:05 JST | Stadium: Ichigo Miyazaki Shintomi Football Stadium |
| 17 November Kagoshima Final | v | Kagoshima | ||
| 12:35 JST | Stadium: Shiranami Stadium |
| 9 November Okinawa Final | v | Okinawa | ||
| 13:05 JST | Stadium: Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium |
Participating schools
editAll the 48 prefectural tournaments winners.
| Prefecture | High School | League | L. | Apps. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | ||||
| Aomori | ||||
| Iwate | ||||
| Miyagi | ||||
| Akita | Nishime High School | Akita Football League | 4 | 14th |
| Yamagata | Tokai Univ. Yamagata High School | Yamagata Football League | 4 | 2nd |
| Fukushima | ||||
| Ibaraki | ||||
| Tochigi | ||||
| Gunma | ||||
| Saitama | ||||
| Chiba | ||||
| Tokyo | ||||
| Kanagawa | ||||
| Yamanashi | ||||
| Nagano | ||||
| Niigata | ||||
| Toyama | ||||
| Ishikawa | ||||
| Fukui | ||||
| Shizuoka | ||||
| Aichi | ||||
| Mie | ||||
| Gifu | ||||
| Shiga | ||||
| Kyoto | ||||
| Osaka | ||||
| Hyogo | ||||
| Nara | ||||
| Wakayama | ||||
| Tottori | ||||
| Shimane | ||||
| Okayama | ||||
| Hiroshima | ||||
| Yamaguchi | ||||
| Kagawa | ||||
| Tokushima | ||||
| Ehime | ||||
| Kochi | ||||
| Fukuoka | ||||
| Saga | ||||
| Nagasaki | ||||
| Kumamoto | ||||
| Oita | ||||
| Miyazaki | ||||
| Kagoshima | ||||
| Okinawa |
- Note: In the sections below, team tiers (league levels) will be presented as follows:
- National: (1): Premier League
- Regional: (2): Prince League 1st Divs.; (3): Prince Leagues 2nd Divs.
- Prefectural: (4): Football League 1st Divs.
Schedule
editTo be released by the JFA on November.
References
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