The 2019 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 98th High School Soccer Tournament (Japanese: 第98回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会)) marked the 98th 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 had 2 High Schools representing their Prefecture. The final was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002.
The Shizuoka Gakuen won the tournament over Aomori Yamada by 3–2.
Calendar The tournament took place in a 15-day span, with the tournament split in a total of 6 stages.
Round Date Matches Clubs First round 30–31 December 2019 16 Second round 2 January 2020 16 32 (16+16) → 16 Third round 3 January 2020 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 5 January 2020 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 11 January 2020 2 4 → 2 Final 13 January 2020 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 Tokyo Prefectures, and three located in Saitama. They are:
Tokyo – Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, and Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium Saitama – Saitama Stadium 2002, Urawa Komaba Stadium and NACK5 Stadium Omiya Kanagawa – NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium and Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Chiba – Fukuda Denshi Arena and ZA Oripri Stadium
Participating clubs In parentheses: the amount of times each team qualified for the All Japan High School Tournament (appearance in the 2020 edition included) Hokkaido: Hokkai High School (10) Aomori: Aomori Yamada High School (25) Iwate: Senshu Univ. Kitakami High School (1) Miyagi: Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School (34) Akita: Akita Shogyo High School (45) Yamagata: Yamagata Chuo High School (12) Fukushima: Shoshi High School (11) Ibaraki: Meishu Gakuen Hitachi High School (4) Tochigi: Yaita Chuo High School (10) Gunma: Maebashi Ikuei High School (23) Saitama: Shohei High School (3) Chiba: Ichiritsu Funabashi High School (22) Tokyo A: Higashikurume Sogo High School (3) Tokyo B: Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama High School (8) Kanagawa: Nihon Univ. Fujisawa High School (5) Yamanashi: Nihon Univ. Meisei High School (1) Nagano: Matsumoto Kokusai High School (3) Niigata: Teikyo Nagaoka High School (7) Toyama: Toyama Daiichi High School (30) Ishikawa: Otori Gakuin High School (2) Fukui: Maruoka High School (30) Shizuoka: Shizuoka Gakuen High School (12) Aichi: Aichi Inst. of Technology Meiden High School (1) Mie: Yokkaichi Chuo High School (34) Gifu: Teikyo Univ. Kani High School (6) Shiga: Kusatsu Higashi High School (11) Kyoto: Kyoto Tachibana High School (8) Osaka: Kokoku High School (1) Hyōgo: Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School (10) Nara: Gojo High School (1) Wakayama: Wakayama Kogyo High School (4) Tottori: Yonago Kita High School (15) Shimane: Rissho Univ. Shonan High School (18) Okayama: Okayama Gakugeikan High School (3) Hiroshima: Hiroshima Minami High School (15) Yamaguchi: Takagawa Gakuen High School (25) Kagawa: Otemae Takamatsu High School (1) Tokushima: Tokushima Ichiritsu High School (17) Ehime: Imabari Higashi High School (1) Kōchi: Kochi High School (16) Fukuoka: Chikuyo Gakuen High School (3) Saga: Ryukoku High School (2) Nagasaki: Nagasaki IAS High School (1) Kumamoto: Kumamoto Kokufu High School (3) Ōita: Oita High School (11) Miyazaki: Nissho Gakuen High School (15) Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School (7) Okinawa: Maehara High School (3)
Schedule The schedule and the match pairings were confirmed on 18 November 2019. First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
GK 1 Shibuki SatoDF 2 Yosuke Uchida DF 3 Yusei KandaDF 4 Hiraku HakozakiDF 5 Yudai FujiwaraMF 6 Riku FuruyadoMF 7 Kuryu Matsuki MF 8 Rukia Urakawa MF 10 Hidetoshi Takeda (c)MF 11 Kenta Goto FW 9 Shota TanakaSubstitutes:GK 12 Ren NirasawaDF 19 Ryusei Suzuki DF 24 Shogo MatsumotoMF 13 Soki Tokuno MF 15 Soma Anzai MF 16 Kai NagaseMF 18 Paul TabinasFW 14 Kim Hyeon-woo FW 17 Nabel Yoshitaka FurusawaManager: Go Kuroda GK 17 Kohei NochiDF 3 Kento Abe (c)DF 4 Shuto TanabeDF 5 Soshin NakataniDF 15 Taise NishitaniMF 8 Ren AsakuraMF 10 Yuta MatsumuraMF 14 Naoki KoyamaMF 16 Kazuaki IhoriMF 18 Yusuke Fujita FW 9 Haru KanoSubstitutes:GK 1 Taiyo KitaguchiDF 2 Taisei TanakaDF 22 Kanta IwanoDF 28 Hiroki SekineMF 6 Yoshiki GondairaMF 7 Koya FujiiMF 11 Rearu WatanabeMF 19 Yusuke Kusayanagi FW 12 Yuki IwamotoManager: Osamu Kawaguchi
Assistant referees: Yosuke Takebe Kota Watanabe Fourth official: Taiki TsuruokaMatch 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.
Top scorers RankPlayerHigh SchoolGoals1 Yuki IwamotoShizuoka Gakuen4 Yuma MoriYokkaichi Chuo3 Naoki KoyamaShizuoka Gakuen3 Kuryu MatsukiAomori Yamada Hidetoshi TakedaAomori Yamada
References
External links Official Schedule (JFA) About the Tournament (JFA)