2018 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament Explained
| All Japan High School Soccer Tournament |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Num Teams: | 48 |
| Champions: | Aomori Yamada |
| Count: | 2 |
| Runner-Up: | RKU Kashiwa |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Itsuki Someno (Shoshi)
Shoya Fujii (Rissho Shonan)
Yusei Otake (Ozu)
(5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 97th High School Soccer Tournament (Japanese: 第97回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会)) marked the 97th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan.[1] [2] Aomori Yamada became the champions after winning past Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa by 3–1.[3]
Calendar
The schedule, kick-offs and match pairings were confirmed on 19 November 2018.[4]
| Round | Date | Matches | Teams |
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| First round | 30–31 December 2018 | 16 | |
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| Second round | 2 January 2019 | 16 | 32 (16+16) → 16 |
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| Third round | 3 January 2019 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
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| Quarter-finals | 5 January 2019 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
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| Semi-finals | 12 January 2019 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
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| Final | 14 January 2019 | 1 | 2 → 1 | |
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Venues
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.[5] They are:
Participating clubs
In parentheses: the amount of times each team qualified for the All Japan High School Tournament (appearance in the 2018 edition included)
Schedule
First round
Except for the opening match, played at 30 December, all the matches in the round were played at 31 December.[6]
Final
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| GK | 1 | Masahiro Iida (c) | | DF | 2 | Shunya Hashimoto | | DF | 3 | Motoya Toyoshima | | DF | 4 | Seiya Nikaido | | DF | 5 | KennedyEgbus Mikuni | | DF | 15 | Takafumi Sawada | | | | MF | 6 | Taiki Amagasa | | MF | 7 | | | | | MF | 10 | Riku Danzaki | | MF | 11 | Byron Vásquez | | FW | 9 | Ginji Sasaki | | | | Substitutes: | | GK | 12 | Rui Sammonji | | DF | 16 | Subaru Toriumi | | DF | 17 | | | | | DF | 20 | Shunto Kanda | | MF | 8 | Mahiro Take | | | | MF | 14 | Toshiaki Shishido | | MF | 26 | Rukia Urakawa | | FW | 13 | Keito Komatsu | | | | FW | 22 | Yosuke Minamitani | | Manager: | | Go Kuroda | |
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| GK | 1 | Sota Matsubara | | DF | 3 | Ryui Sunaga | | DF | 4 | Hayata Nishio | | DF | 5 | Ikuma Sekigawa | | DF | 28 | Hiroki Yokota | | MF | 8 | Naoki Kitajima | | | | MF | 9 | Ryu Okamoto | | | | MF | 10 | Kazuki Kumasawa | | MF | 18 | Koshi Yagi | | | | MF | 20 | Kaito Fujii | | | | FW | 14 | Kaito Satori (c) | | Substitutes: | | GK | 17 | Kosuke Inose | | DF | 2 | Satoshi Irie | | DF | 16 | Yuki Seimiya | | | | MF | 6 | Hayato Nakai | | MF | 11 | Yuma Serita | | | | MF | 19 | Yuto Furuya | | | | MF | 21 | Musashi Watarai | | | | MF | 23 | Hiroto Hazama | | | | FW | 24 | Kanta Yonekura | | Manager: | | Yuichiro Honda | |
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| Assistant referees
Osamu Nomura
Noriyuki Suzuki
Fourth official
Shota Uchiyama
| 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.
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Top scorers
References
Notes and References
- Web site: 第97回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会 TOP. 12 January 2023. ja. jfa.jp. Japan Football Association.
- Web site: PICK UP記事詳細. 21 March 2023. ja. jfa.jp. 11 January 2019 . Gekisaka.
- Web site: 【結果一覧】第97回全国高校サッカー選手権（2019年1月14日更新）. 21 March 2023. soccer-king.jp. 14 January 2019 . Soccer King.
- Web site: 日程・結果. 12 January 2023. ja. jfa.jp. Japan Football Association.
- Web site: 会場アクセス. 21 March 2023. ja. jfa.jp. Japan Football Association.
- Web site: 2018年度 第97回全国高校サッカー選手権大会. 21 March 2023. ja. koko-soccer.com. Koko Soccer.
- Web site: 2018 Japan Highschool Soccer Tournament. 16 May 2024. ja. soccer-db.net.
