| All Japan High School Soccer Tournament | |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Num Teams: | 48 |
| Champions: | Yamanashi Gakuin High School |
| Count: | 2 |
| Runner-Up: | Aomori Yamada High School |
| Matches: | 47 |
| Goals: | 135 |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Soma Anzai (Aomori Yamada, 5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
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.
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.
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 | ||
| 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 |
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:
In parentheses: the amount of times each team qualified for the All Japan High School Tournament (appearance in the 2020 edition included)[3]
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The schedule and the match pairings were confirmed on 16 November 2020.[4] [5]
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| 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 | ||
The following 39 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:[7]
| Pos. | Player | High School | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Haruto Fujii | Yaita Chuo | 2nd | Yaita Chuo |
| GK | Ren Nirasaki | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Meiji University |
| GK | Takumi Kumakura | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Rissho University |
| DF | Yosuke Uchida | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Meiji University |
| DF | Paul Tabinas | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Iwate Grulla Morioka |
| DF | Yudai Fujiwara | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| DF | Rei Niikura | Yaita Chuo | 3rd | NIFS Kanoya |
| DF | Ryota Ozawa | Shohei | 3rd | Nippon Sport Science University |
| DF | Takumi Kiuchi | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| DF | Yusuke Ishida | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 3rd | Gainare Tottori |
| DF | Kyohei Osada | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 3rd | Takushoku University |
| DF | Taisei Inoue | Horikoshi | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| DF | Taiju Ichinose | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Yamanashi Gakuin University |
| DF | Kenta Itakura | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Tokyo International University |
| DF | Natsuki Koi | Toyama Daiichi | 3rd | |
| DF | Komei Iida | Maruoka | 3rd | Komazawa University |
| MF | Zento Uno | Aomori Yamada | 2nd | Aomori Yamada |
| MF | Soma Anzai | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Waseda University |
| MF | Kuryu Matsuki | Aomori Yamada | 2nd | Aomori Yamada |
| Pos. | Player | High School | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Rinsei Ohata | Yaita Chuo | 2nd | Yaita Chuo |
| MF | Yuta Arai | Shohei | 1st | Shohei |
| MF | Naoki Suto | Shohei | 3rd | Kashima Antlers |
| MF | Kodai Yaguchi | Yamanashi Gakuin | 2nd | Yamanashi Gakuin |
| MF | Sota Arai | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Nihon University |
| MF | Kotatsu Kawakami | Teikyo Nagaoka | 3rd | Rissho University |
| MF | Rando Hiroi | Teikyo Nagaoka | 1st | Teikyo Nagaoka |
| MF | Junnosuke Suzuki | Teikyo Kani | 2nd | Teikyo Kani |
| MF | Takato Koyake | Teikyo Kani | 3rd | Kanto Gakuin University |
| MF | Haruki Matsui | Kobe Koryo Gakuen | 3rd | FC Imabari |
| MF | Shunsuke Aoki | Higashi Fukuoka | 3rd | Hosei University |
| MF | Jimpei Yoshida | Saga Higashi | 2nd | Saga Higashi |
| MF | Tsubasa Nagayoshi | Kamimura Gakuen | 3rd | Toin University of Yokohama |
| FW | Takeru Noda | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| FW | Soki Kubo | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Tokyo International University |
| FW | Shunta Sako | Teikyo Nagaoka | 3rd | Takushoku University |
| FW | Kodai Kuzuoka | Teikyo Nagaoka | 3rd | Kokushikan University |
| FW | Rei Kihara | Kyoto Tachibana | 2nd | Kyoto Tachibana |
| FW | Yota Sakiyama | Yonago Kita | 3rd | Komazawa University |
| FW | Shio Fukuda | Kamimura Gakuen | 1st | Kamimura Gakuen |
| Pos. | Player | Moving from | Moving to[8] [9] [10] | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Aomori Yamada | J1 | ||
| DF | Fujieda Higashi | J2 | ||
| DF | Ichiritsu Funabashi | J3 | ||
| DF | Aomori Yamada | J3 | ||
| MF | Riseisha | J1 | ||
| MF | Shohei | J2 | ||
| MF | Kobe Koryo Gakuen | J3 | ||
| MF | Yusuke Ogawa | Shohei | J1 | |
| MF | Shohei | J3 | ||
| MF | Naoki Suto | Shohei | J1 | |
| FW | Ohzu | J3 | ||
| FW | Shoki Nagano | Higashi Fukuoka | J3 | |
| FW | Kyoto Tachibana | J2 | ||