High School Football tournament season
Football tournament season
2018 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament Country Japan Dates 30 December 2018 – 14 January 2019 Teams 48 Champions Aomori Yamada (2nd title) Runner-up RKU Kashiwa Top goal scorer(s) Itsuki Someno (Shoshi) Shoya Fujii (Rissho Shonan) Yusei Otake (Ohzu) (5 goals)
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]
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]
Komazawa v Naha Nishi
Urawa Minami v Higashi Fukuoka
Shoshi v Kamimura Gakuen
Teikyo Nagaoka v Kochi Nishi
Asahikawa Jitsugyo v Wakayama Kita
Toko Gakuen v Ohzu
Toho v Oita
Gifu Kogyo v Rissho Shonan
Tono v Okayama Gakugeikan
Sendai Ikuei v Ichijo
Kokushikan v Yonago Kita
Maruoka v Higashiyama
Toyama Daiichi v Saikyo
Akita Shogyo v Yokkaichi Chuo
Meishu Hitachi v Osaka Gakuin
Seiryo v Kwansei Gakuin
Second round
Maebashi Ikuei v Uwajima Higashi
Higashi Fukuoka v Shoshi
Teikyo Nagaoka v Asahikawa Jitsugyo
Hamamatsu Kaiseikan v Nagasaki IAS
Aomori Yamada v Kusatsu Higashi
Ohzu v Oita
Naha Nishi v Rissho Shonan
Nissho Gakuen v Yaita Chuo
TCU Shiojiri v Setouchi
Okayama Gakugeikan v Sendai Ikuei
Yonago Kita v Maruoka
Aviation v Kagawa Nishi
Haguro v Ryukoku
Toyama Daiichi v Akita Shogyo
Meishu Hitachi v Seiryo
Tokushima Ichiritsu v RKU Kashiwa
Round of 16
Maebashi Ikuei v Shoshi
Teikyo Nagaoka v Nagasaki IAS
Aomori Yamada v Ohzu
Rissho Shonan v Yaita Chuo
Setouchi v Okayama Gakugeikan
Maruoka v Aviation
Ryukoku v Akita Shogyo
Seiryo v RKU Kashiwa
Quarter-finals
Shoshi v Teikyo Nagaoka
Aomori Yamada v Yaita Chuo
Setouchi v Aviation
Akita Shogyo v RKU Kashiwa
Semi-finals
Shoshi v Aomori Yamada
Setouchi v RKU Kashiwa
Final
GK
1
Sota Matsubara
DF
3
Ryui Sunaga
DF
4
Hayata Nishio
DF
5
Ikuma Sekigawa
DF
28
Hiroki Yokota
MF
8
Naoki Kitajima
61'
MF
9
Ryu Okamoto
72'
MF
10
Kazuki Kumasawa
MF
18
Koshi Yagi
67'
MF
20
Kaito Fujii
89'
FW
14
Kaito Satori (c )
Substitutes:
GK
17
Kosuke Inose
DF
2
Satoshi Irie
DF
16
Yuki Seimiya
82'
MF
6
Hayato Nakai
MF
11
Yuma Serita
61'
MF
19
Yuto Furuya
89'
MF
21
Musashi Watarai
67' 82'
MF
23
Hiroto Hazama
72'
FW
24
Kanta Yonekura
Manager:
Yuichiro Honda
Top scorers
References