2023 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The 2023 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (第102回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会; All Japan JFA 102nd High School Soccer Tournament) will mark the 102nd edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan, to be contested by all 48 prefectural qualifications' winning schools.[1][2]

2023 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament
CountryJapan
Dates28 December 2023 – 8 January 2024
Teams48
← 2022
2024 →

The defending champions are Okayama Gakugeikan, from Okayama Prefecture, who won the 2022 final with a 3–1 win over Kyoto Prefecture's Higashiyama in the Final, becoming the first high school from Okayama to ever win the competition. They won the title despite not playing at the top tier of Japan's youth league system, having finished the previous season as a mid-table team in the Chugoku Prince League, one of the nine regional leagues that composes the second tier.[3][4]

As the norm, from the first round to the quarterfinals, the matches have a duration of 80 minutes, split into two halves of 40 minutes each. The semi-finals and the final have matches lasting 90 minutes, however, matching the standard match length of professional football. During the tournament, if a match should be tied, it directly requires a penalty shoot-outs, except for the final, where extra-time would be played if the match is kept tied for 90 minutes.

The entire tournament, including the prefectural tournament finals, will be having free live streaming on SportsBull and TVer.[5] Alongside it, the semi-finals and the final will be aired on national television, being broadcast on NTV. In total, 43 commercial broadcasting companies will broadcast the tournament.

Calendar

The tournament will take place in a 12-day span, with the tournament split into a total of 6 stages. The draw to decide the tournament schedule and the match pairings is expected to be done in November, as the usual from the past editions.

RoundDateMatchesClubs
First round 28–29 December 20231632 (32) → 16
Second round 31 December 20231632 (16+16) → 16
Third round 2 January 2024816 → 8
Quarter-finals 4 January 2023448 → 4
Semi-finals 6 January 202424 → 2
Final 8 January 202412 → 1

Venues

The venues for the tournament are split into four different prefectures. In total, nine different stadiumswill be hosting matches for the tournament. Two stadiums are located for each of the Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama prefectures, while three stadiums are located in Tokyo.[6]

Qualifying rounds

All 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 national/regional-level leagues earns a bye from the early stages, getting automatically allocated into the third or fourth round of their respective qualifiers, specially to accommodate their busier schedule.

12 November Hokkaido Final TBD v TBD Sapporo
12:00 JST Stadium: Sapporo Dome
5 November Aomori Final TBD v TBD Aomori
12:00 JST Stadium: Kakuhiro Group Athletic Stadium
5 November Iwate Final TBD v TBD Morioka
12:45JST Stadium: Iwagin Stadium
5 November Miyagi Final TBD v TBD Sendai
13:05 JST Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
21 October Akita Final North Asia University Meioh 2–0NishimeAkita
12:05 JST Stadium: Soyu Stadium
21 October Yamagata Final Yamagata Meisei 1–0HaguroTendo
12:05 JST Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
5 November Fukushima Final TBD v TBD Koriyama
12:10 JST Stadium: Koriyama West Soccer Stadium
12 November Ibaraki Final TBD v TBD Kashima
13:00 JST Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
11 November Tochigi Final TBD v TBD Utsunomiya
13:00 JST Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
11 November Yamanashi Final TBD v TBD Kofu
12:05 JST Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium
12 November Gunma Final TBD v TBD Maebashi
--:-- JST Stadium: Earth Care Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium
14 November Saitama Final TBD v TBD Saitama
14:05 JST Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
11 November Chiba Final TBD v TBD Chiba
13:10 JST Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
11 November Tokyo Final 1 TBD v TBD Kita
11:00 JST Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
11 November Tokyo Final 2 TBD v TBD Kita
13:15 JST Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
12 November Kanagawa Final TBD v TBD Yokohama
13:05 JST Stadium: Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
11 November Nagano Final TBD v TBD Matsumoto
12:00 JST Stadium: Sunpro Alwin
12 November Niigata Final TBD v TBD Niigata
--:-- JST Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
11 November Toyama Final TBD v TBD Toyama
12:05 JST Stadium: Toyama Athletic Recreation Park
5 November Ishikawa Final TBD v TBD Kanazawa
12:05 JST Stadium: Ishikawa Athletics Stadium
5 November Fukui Final TBD v TBD Fukui
13:05 JST Stadium: Technoport Fukui Stadium
11 November Shizuoka Final TBD v TBD Fukuroi
13:00 JST Stadium: Ecopa Stadium
11 November Aichi Final TBD v TBD Nagoya
12:55 JST Stadium: CS Asset Minato Soccer Stadium
11 November Mie Final TBD v TBD Suzuka
--:-- JST Stadium: Mie Suzuka Sports Garden
11 November Gifu Final TBD v TBD Gifu
12:05 JST Stadium: Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
11 November Shiga Final TBD v TBD
--:-- JST
12 November Kyoto Final TBD v TBD Kyoto
13:00 JST Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
11 November Osaka Final TBD v TBD
--:-- JST
12 November Hyōgo Final TBD v TBD Kobe
13:00 JST Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
12 November Nara Final TBD v TBD Kashihara
10:00 JST Stadium: Kashihara Park Athletic Stadium
11 November Wakayama Final TBD v TBD Wakayama
13:05 JST Stadium: Kimiidera Athletic Stadium
4 November Tottori Final TBD v TBD Tottori
12:00 JST Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium
11 November Shimane Final TBD v TBD Matsue
12:05 JST Stadium: Matsue Sports Park Stadium
4 November Okayama Final TBD v TBD Okayama
12:05 JST Stadium: City Light Stadium
20 November Hiroshima Final TBD v TBD Hiroshima
11:45 JST Stadium: Hiroshima Regional Park No.1 Ball Game Stadium
19 November Yamaguchi Final TBD v TBD Yamaguchi
--:-- JST Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium
11 November Kagawa Final TBD v TBD Takamatsu
12:05 JST Stadium: Kagawa Soccer/Rugby Stadium
11 November Tokushima Final TBD v TBD Tokushima
13:05 JST Stadium: Tokushima Ball Stadium
12 November Ehime Final TBD v TBD Matsuyama
12:00 JST Stadium: Ningineer Stadium
11 November Kōchi Final TBD v TBD Kochi
12:05 JST Stadium: Haruno Athletic Recreation Park Stadium
12 November Fukuoka Final TBD v TBD Fukuoka
11:45 JST Stadium: Best Denki Stadium
19 November Saga Final TBD v TBD Tosu
13:00 JST Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
12 November Nagasaki Final TBD v TBD Isahaya
12:40 JST Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
11 November Kumamoto Final TBD v TBD
12:05 JST
19 November Ōita Final TBD v TBD Oita
12:05 JST Stadium: Resonac Dome Oita
28 October Miyazaki Final Nissho Gakuen v Miyazaki Nihon UHS Shintomi
12:05 JST Stadium: Unilever Stadium Shintomi
16 December Kagoshima Final TBD v TBD Kagoshima
13:05 JST Stadium: Shiranami Stadium
11 November Okinawa Final TBD v TBD Okinawa
13:05 JST Stadium: Koganemori Athletic Park Stadium

Participating schools

All the 48 prefectural tournaments winners.

PrefectureHigh SchoolLeague (U-18)L.Apps.Kit manufacturer
Hokkaido
Aomori
Iwate
Miyagi
AkitaNorth Asia Univ. Meioh High SchoolAkita Football League46thBrazil Athleta
YamagataYamagata Meisei High SchoolYamagata Football League41stDenmark Hummel
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

    A draw will be conducted on 20 November 2023, to decide all the competition's fixtures.

    Top scorers

    To be added.

    References
    1. "第102回全国高校サッカー選手権大会　大会概要" [102nd National High School Soccer Championship Tournament Overview]. jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
    2. "浅野拓磨「第102回全国高校サッカー選手権大会」応援リーダーに決定！高校生に向けてのメッセージも【コメント全文】" [Takuma Asano has been selected as the ambassador for the 102nd National High School Soccer Championship! Message for high school students [Read below]]. ntv.co.jp (in Japanese). NTV. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
    3. "高円宮杯 JFA U-18 サッカープリンスリーグ 2021" [Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Prince League 2021]. jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
    4. "Okayama Gakugeikan become first team from Okayama to win the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament - The 101st All Japan High School Soccer Tournament". jfa.jp. JFA. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
    5. "第102回全国高校サッカー選手権⚽️応援歌にBE:FIRSTが大抜擢‼️ 楽曲「Glorious」の映像も公開" [102nd National High School Soccer Championship – BE:FIRST's "Glorious" has been chosen as this year's anthem! Their music video was also released.]. sportsbull.jp (in Japanese). SportsBull. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
    6. "会場" [Venues]. jfa.jp (in Japanese). JFA. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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