2021 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament Explained

All Japan High School Soccer Tournament
Year:2021
Country:Japan
Num Teams:48
Champions:Aomori Yamada High School
Count:3
Runner-Up:Ohzu High School
Matches:47
Goals:151
Top Goal Scorer:Akito Suzuki
(Hannan, 7 goals)
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022

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]

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

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 round28–29 December 2021 16
Second round31 December 2021 16 32 (16+16) → 16
Third round2 January 2022 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals4 January 2022 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals8 January 2022 2 4 → 2
Final10 January 2022 1 2 → 1

Venues

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

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

  • Gifu: Teikyo Kani High School (8)
  • Shiga: Kusatsu Higashi High School (12)
  • Kyoto: Higashiyama High School (3)
  • Osaka: Hannan Univ. High School (2)
  • Hyōgo: Takigawa Daini High School (21)
  • Nara: Nara Ikuei High School (14)
  • Wakayama: Kindai Univ. Wakayama High School (8)
  • Tottori: Yonago Kita High School (17)
  • Shimane: Taisha High School (11)
  • Okayama: Okayama Gakugeikan High School (4)
  • Hiroshima: Setouchi High School (2)
  • Yamaguchi: Takagawa Gakuen High School (27)
  • Kagawa: Takamatsu Shogyo High School (24)
  • Tokushima: Tokushima Shogyo High School (40)
  • Ehime: Imabari Higashi High School (2)
  • Kōchi: Kōchi Gakuen High School (17)
  • Fukuoka: Higashi Fukuoka High School (22)
  • Saga: Saga Higashi High School (2)
  • Nagasaki: Nagasaki High School (8)
  • Kumamoto: Ohzu High School (18)
  • Ōita: Nakatsu Higashi High School (5)
  • Miyazaki: Miyazaki Nihon Univ. High School (2)
  • Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School (9)
  • Okinawa: Nishihara High School (4)

Schedule

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

Final

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GK 1 Ryusei Sato
DF 2 Rio Wada
DF 3 Haruto Hidaka
DF 4 Taiki Kawazoe
DF 5 Junichiro Teraoka
DF 12 Shotaro Iwamoto
MF 6 Rei Yakushida
MF 7 Atsushi Kawaguchi
MF 10 Daichi Morita (c)
FW 9 Shunei Kobayashi
FW 11 Seren Ichimura
Substitutes:
GK 16 Yuta Mori
DF 23 Togo Sakata
MF 8 Asuma Ikari
MF 13 Ayumu Sato
MF 14 Rui Tabaru
MF 15 Osuke Miyakawa
MF 17 No Shoei
MF 28 Tsubasa Inada
FW 19 Rin Takahata
Manager:
Tomohiro Yamashiro
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GK 1 Koki Numata
DF 3 Ryosuke Nakayama
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
MF 16 Yume Tazawa
FW 9 Masaki Nasukawa
FW 17 Sera Watanabe
Substitutes:
GK 12 Hiroshi Suzuki
DF 2 Taiyo Oto
DF 13 Minami Fukuda
DF 19 Yuya Abe
MF 7 Yoshitaka Obara
MF 8 Manato Honda
MF 15 Eisei Tanaka
MF 20 Ritsuki Terada
FW 18 Tsuna Kominato
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

RankPlayer[8] High SchoolGoals
1 Akito SuzukiHannan7
2 Yamato MaruyamaAomori Yamada4
Kuryu MatsukiAomori Yamada
Masaki NasukawaAomori Yamada
5 Haruki HayashiTakagawa Gakuen3
Kizuna IshikawaHannan
Ryunosuke KoizumiShizuoka Gakuen
Tsuna KominatoAomori Yamada
Rentaro MoriyaMaebashi Ikuei
Keigo NakayamaTakagawa Gakuen
Zen TakaashiMaebashi Ikuei

Selected best players

The following 37 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:[9]

Pos.PlayerHigh SchoolGrade
GKKoki NumataAomori Yamada3rdAoyama Gakuin University
GKAoto TokuwakaTakagawa Gakuen3rdKyoto Sangyo University
GKRyusei SatoOhzu3rdUniversity of Tsukuba
DFRyohei MiwaAomori Yamada3rdJuntendo University
DFYamato MaruyamaAomori Yamada3rdTokai University
DFKento IkedaKanto Daiichi3rdFC Arrows
DFTaiki KawazoeOhzu3rdFukuoka University
DFShota YagiuMaebashi Ikuei3rdSenshu University
DFTakumi BabaToko Gakuen3rdDoshisha University
DFRikuto ShintaniHigashiyama2ndHigashiyama
DFAnrie ChaseShoshi3rd VfB Stuttgart
MFZento UnoAomori Yamada3rdMachida Zelvia
MFKuryu MatsukiAomori Yamada3rdFC Tokyo
MFSota FujimoriAomori Yamada3rdMeiji University
MFRenji HidanoKanto Daiichi3rdToin University of Yokohama
MFHaruki HayashiTakagawa Gakuen3rdMeiji University
MFRei YakushidaOhzu3rdHosei University
MFAtsushi KawaguchiOhzu3rdJuntendo University
Pos.PlayerHigh SchoolGrade
MFDaichi MoritaOhzu3rdWaseda University
MFGenki NezuMaebashi Ikuei2ndMaebashi Ikuei
MFTsubasa KasayanagiMaebashi Ikuei3rdV-Varen Nagasaki
MFRyo TokunagaMaebashi Ikuei2ndMaebashi Ikuei
MFShuto YamaichiToko Gakuen3rdWaseda University
MFRyunosuke KoizumiShizuoka Gakuen3rdTakushoku University
MFRio HyeonShizuoka Gakuen3rdTokushima Vortis
MFYosuke FurukawaShizuoka Gakuen3rdJúbilo Iwata
MFReiya SakataHigashiyama2ndHigashiyama
MFJimpei YoshidaSaga Higashi3rdAlbirex Niigata
MFJunnosuke SuzukiTeikyo Kani3rdShonan Bellmare
FWMasaki NasukawaAomori Yamada3rdJuntendo University
FWRin HommaKanto Daiichi2ndKanto Daiichi
FWKeigo NakayamaTakagawa Gakuen3rdFukuoka University
FWShunei KobayashiOhzu2ndOhzu
FWHayato MiharaToko Gakuen3rdMeiji Gakuin University
FWSota MatsunagaShizuoka Gakuen3rdRyutsu Keizai University
FWHannan3rdShonan Bellmare
FWShio FukudaKamimura Gakuen2ndKamimura Gakuen

Joining J.League clubs on 2022

Pos.PlayerMoving fromMoving to[10] [11] [12] League
DF Shinnosuke Ito Maebashi Ikuei J3
DF Kazuma Okamoto Maebashi Ikuei J2
DF Sere Matsumura Teikyo Nagaoka J1
MF Shizuoka Gakuen J1
MF Maebashi Ikuei J2
MF Nagi Kawatani Shizuoka Gakuen J1
MF Aomori Yamada J1
MF Shizuoka Gakuen J2
MF Yonago Kita J2
MF Junnosuke Suzuki Teikyo Kani J1
MF Aomori Yamada J2
MF Jimpei Yoshida Saga Higashi J2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ABOUT. 19 December 2022. ja. ntv.co.jp. NTV.
  2. Web site: 高校サッカー選手権で無念…関東第一が新型コロナで準決勝辞退、大津が決勝進出「チームは動揺が隠せない」. 16 August 2022. ja.
  3. Web site: 第100回全国高校サッカー選手権の組み合わせが決定…青森山田は大社と対戦!. 16 August 2022. ja.
  4. Web site: 第100回全国高校サッカー選手権出場校. 16 August 2022. ja.
  5. Web site: 第100回全国高校サッカー選手権出場校&出場校決定日一覧. 16 August 2022. ja.
  6. Web site: 第100回全国高校サッカー選手権大会 大会概要. 16 August 2022. ja.
  7. Web site: 2021年度 第100回全国高校サッカー選手権. 19 December 2022. ja. koko-soccer.com. Koko Soccer.
  8. Web site: 2021 Japan Highschool Soccer Tournament. 16 May 2024. ja. soccer-db.net.
  9. Web site: 選手権の大会優秀選手37人が決定!! 3冠達成の青森山田から松木・丸山ら最多7人、準V大津からも6人選出. ja. 18 August 2022. 10 January 2022.
  10. Web site: 2022シーズン 移籍情報. 15 May 2024. ja. jleague.jp. Japan Professional Football League.
  11. Web site: 2022シーズン 移籍情報. 15 May 2024. ja. jleague.jp. Japan Professional Football League.
  12. Web site: 2022シーズン 移籍情報. 15 May 2024. ja. jleague.jp. Japan Professional Football League.