The All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kōtō gakkō sakkā senshuken taikai, 全国高校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kō kō sakkā senshuken taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Winter Kokuritsu" (冬の国立 Fuyu no Kokuritsu), is an annual nationwide high school association football tournament. It is the oldest and largest scale amateur footballing event in Japan, widely popular throughout the nation. For third graders of the participating teams, the tournament is the last time the students can play in an official competition with their school peers, as they graduate from High School. It ends up enhancing the motivation of the players in each match of the tournament, as it can be their last wearing his High School team shirt in the competition.

Henceforth, the tournament, organized by the Japan Football Association, All Japan High School Athletic Federation and the Nippon Television, as a highly competitive tournament, it's organized in an all-knockout stage format. The prefectural preliminary rounds uses the same method, with the best-ranked teams according to the U-18 league division it plays earning byes from the early stages. The main tournament is held during the winter school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage with 48 teams from late December to early January at the National Capital Region side.

From 1917 to 1924, the tournament was called "Japan Football Championship", where school teachers, graduates and alumni could play together. From 1925 to 1947, the tournament transitioned into the "All Japan Junior High School Soccer Tournament", which as the name implies, could only be played by junior high schools. From 1948 onwards, the tournament suffered its last final change, remaining to this day a high school-only tournament. From then, it was opened for schools across the entire country, as only Kanto, Kansai and Chugoku schools participated in the earlier editions.

Venues

Current venues Japan National Stadium Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka Saitama Stadium 2002 NACK5 Stadium Omiya Kashiwanoha Stadium Fukuda Denshi Arena NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

Previous venues (since tournament moved to Kanto) Urawa Komaba Stadium National Stadium (1958) Oi Futo Chuo Kaihin Park Athletics Stadium Edogawa Stadium Kawagoe Sports Park Athletics Stadium Chiba Sports Stadium ZA Oripri Stadium Frontier Soccer Field Yokohama Mitsuzawa Athletic Stadium Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Sagamihara Gion Stadium

Finals

Results SeasonWinnerScoreRunners–upParticipating famous playersAmbassadorJapan Football Tournament (日本フートボール優勝大会)1917Mikage Shihan1–0Meisei Shogyo 1918Mikage Shihan5–1Meisei Shogyo1919Mikage Shihan4–1Himeji Shihan1920Mikage Shihan3–0Himeji Shihan1921Mikage Shihan0–03–0 RKobe JHS1922Mikage Shihan4–0Himeji Shihan1923Mikage Shihan5–1Kyoto Shihan1924Daiichi Kobe JHS3–0Mikage ShihanAll Japan Junior High School Soccer Tournament (全国中等学校蹴球選手権大会)1925Mikage Shihan1–0Hiroshima JHS 1927Soongsil (Korea)6–1Hiroshima JHS1928Mikage Shihan6–5 aetPyongyang Normal (Korea)1929Kobe JHS3–0Hiroshima Shihan1930Mikage Shihan3–2Hiroshima JHS1931Mikage Shihan6–1Aichi Daiichi Shihan1932Kobe JHS2–1Aoyama Shihan1933Gifu Shihan8–4 aetMeisei Shogyo1934Kobe JHS5–3Meisei Shogyo1935Kobe JHS2–1Tennoji Shihan1936Hiroshima JHS5–3Nirasaki JHS1937Saitama Shihan6–2Kobe JHS1938Kobe JHS5–0Shiga Shihan1939Hiroshima JHS3–0Seiho JHS1940Posung JHS (Korea)4–0Kobe Daisan JHS1946Kobe JHS2–1Kobe Daisan JHS1947Hiroshima Shihan JHS7–1Amagasaki JHSAll Japan High School Soccer Tournament (全国高等学校蹴球選手権大会 (1948–1965) / 全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会 (1966–present)1948Rijo 2–0Ueno Kita 1949Ikeda2–0Utsunomiya1950Utsunomiya4–0Odawara1951Urawa1–0Mikunigaoka1952Shudo2–1 aetNirasaki1953Higashisenda;Kishiwada1–1 aet1954Urawa5–2Kariya1955Urawa4–1Akita Shogyo1956Urawa Nishi3–2Hitachi Daiichi1957Akita Shogyo4–2 aetKariya1958Yamashiro2–1Hiroshima Univ. HS1959Ichiritsu Urawa1–0Meisei1960Ichiritsu Urawa4–0Tono1961Shudo2–0Yamashiro1962Fujieda Higashi1–0Ichiritsu Urawa1963Fujieda Higashi2–0 aetMyojo1964Ichiritsu Urawa3–1Utsunomiya Gakuen 1965Narashino;Meisei0–0 aet1966Fujieda Higashi;Akita Shogyo0–0 aet1967Rakuhoku;Sanyo0–0 aet1968Hatsushiba 1–0Sanyo1969Urawa Minami1–0Hatsushiba1970Fujieda Higashi3–1Hamana1971Narashino2–0Nyugawa Kogyo 1972Ichiritsu Urawa2–1 aetFujieda Higashi1973Hokuyo 2–1Fujieda Higashi1974Teikyo3–1Shimizu Higashi1975Urawa Minami2–1Shizuoka Kogyo1976Urawa Minami5–4Shizuoka Gakuen1977Teikyo5–0Yokkaichi Chuo KogyoNaoji Ito1978Koga Daiichi2–1Muroran Otani1979Teikyo4–0Nirasaki1980Koga Daiichi2–1Shimizu HigashiAkira Komatsu1981Bunan2–0NirasakiOsamu Taninaka1982Shimizu Higashi4–1Nirasaki1983Teikyo1–0Shimizu Higashi1984Teikyo;Shimabara Shogyo1–1 aetHiroaki Matsuyama1985Shimizu Shogyo2–0Yokkaichi Chuo KogyoHisashi Kurosaki1986Tokai Univ. Daiichi2–0KunimiAdemir Santos1987Kunimi1–0Tokai Univ. Daiichi1988Shimizu Shogyo1–0Ichiritsu Funabashi1989Minamiuwa2–1BunanYoshihiro Nishida1990Kunimi1–0 aetKagoshima Jitsugyo1991Teikyo; Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo2–2 aetMasanobu Matsunami1992Kunimi2–0Yamashiro1993Shimizu Shogyo2–1KunimiYoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Nakata1994Ichiritsu Funabashi5–0TeikyoSeigo Narazaki1995Kagoshima Jitsugyo; Shizuoka Gakuen2–2 aet 1996Ichiritsu Funabashi2–1Toko GakuenShunsuke Nakamura1997Higashi Fukuoka2–1TeikyoYasuhito Endō, Koji Nakata1998Higashi Fukuoka4–2TeikyoKeiji Tamada1999Ichiritsu Funabashi2–0Kagoshima JitsugyoDaisuke Matsui2000Kunimi3–0Kusatsu HigashiMarcus Tulio Tanaka, Yoshito Ōkubo, Yasuyuki Konno2001Kunimi3–1Gifu KogyoKosei Shibasaki, Yuhei Tokunaga2002Ichiritsu Funabashi1–0KunimiRobert Cullen, Shingo Hyodo2003Kunimi6–0Chikuyo GakuenSōta Hirayama, Toshihiro Aoyama, Yohei Toyoda2004Kagoshima Jitsugyo0–0 aet(4-2 p)Ichiritsu FunabashiYuto Nagatomo, Keisuke Honda, Shinji Okazaki, Shinzo Koroki, Hisashi Jogo2005Yasu2–1 aetKagoshima JitsugyoTakashi Inui, Kosuke Ota, Yu Kobayashi, Akihiro HayashiMaki Horikita2006Morioka Shogyo2–1SakuyoRyohei Yamazaki, Daisuke Suzuki, Hiroki Miyazawa, Koki YonekuraYui Aragaki2007RKU Kashiwa4–0Fujieda HigashiGenki Omae, Nobuhisa UrataKie Kitano2008Hiroshima Minami3–2Kagoshima JoseiYuya Osako, Shogo TaniguchiAlice Hirose2009Yamanashi Gakuin Univ. HS 1–0Aomori YamadaSho Inagaki, Koki AritaRina Aizawa2010Takigawa Daini5–3KumiyamaRyo Miyaichi, Gaku Shibasaki, Gen Shoji, Ryota Oshima, Shintaro KurumayaUmika Kawashima2011Ichiritsu Funabashi2–1 aetYokkaichi Chuo KogyoRyuji Izumi, Ryohei Shirasaki, Musashi SuzukiHaruna Kawaguchi2012Hosho2–2 aet(5–3p)Kyoto TachibanaTakuma Asano, Naomichi Ueda, Sei MuroyaIto Ohno2013Toyama Daiichi3–2 aetSeiryoTakuma Nishimura, Tomoya Koyamatsu, Tsukasa MorishimaAiri Matsui2014Seiryo4–2 aetMaebashi IkueiTatsuhiro Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Reo Hatate, Ryoma WatanabeSuzu Hirose2015Higashi Fukuoka5–0Kokugakuin Univ. KugayamaDaiki Sugioka, Jefferson Tabinas, Takuro Kaneko, Koki Ogawa, Seiya MaikumaMei Nagano2016Aomori Yamada5–0Maebashi IkueiAyase Ueda, Teruki Hara, Yuya KuwasakiKaren Otomo2017Maebashi Ikuei1–0RKU KashiwaRyotaro Tsunoda, Kaishu Sano, Riku Iijima, Mizuki AndoHikaru Takahashi2018Aomori Yamada3–1RKU KashiwaIkuma Sekigawa, KennedyEgbus Mikuni, Toichi Suzuki, Jun Nishikawa, Itsuki SomenoKaya Kiyohara2019Shizuoka Gakuen3–2Aomori YamadaTaiga Hata, Yota Komi, Yuta MatsumuraNana Mori2020Yamanashi Gakuin2–2 aet(4–2 p)Aomori YamadaPaul TabinasMiyu Honda2021Aomori Yamada4–0OhzuKuryu Matsuki, Anrie Chase, Kodai Sano, Junnosuke Suzuki, Akito SuzukiMizuki Kayashima2022Okayama Gakugeikan3–1HigashiyamaKento Shiogai, Shiō FukudaRimi2023Aomori Yamada3–1OhmiGaku Nawata, Rento Takaoka, Yumeki YoshinagaYumia Fujisaki2024Maebashi Ikuei 1–1 aet(9–8 p)RKU KashiwaRento Takaoka Rui Tsukishima2025Kamimura Gakuen3-0Kashima Gakuen Anji Ikehata

Records and statistics Counting records and statistics from 1948, after the tournament was fully transitioned to be a High School-only tournament, following Japan's educational reform from 1945 to 1952.

Most successful schools P. High School Champions Runners-up Winning years1st Teikyo 6 3 1974, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1991 Kunimi 6 3 1987, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2001, 20033rd Ichiritsu Funabashi 5 2 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 20114th Aomori Yamada 4 3 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023 Fujieda Higashi 4 3 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970 Ichiritsu Urawa 4 1 1959, 1960, 1964, 19725th Urawa Minami 3 1 1969, 1975, 1976 Higashi Fukuoka 3 0 1997, 1998, 2015 Shimizu Shogyo 3 0 1985, 1988, 1993 Urawa 3 0 1951, 1954, 19559th Kagoshima Jitsugyo 2 3 1995, 2004 Maebashi Ikuei 2 2 2017, 2024 Shizuoka Gakuen 2 1 1995, 2019 Akita Shogyo 2 1 1957, 1966 Yamanashi Gakuin 2 0 2009, 2020 Koga Daiichi 2 0 1978, 1980 Narashino 2 0 1965, 1971 Shudo 2 0 1952, 196117th Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo 1 3 1991 RKU Kashiwa 1 2 2007 Shimizu Higashi 1 2 1982 Yamashiro 1 2 1958 Seiryo 1 1 2014 Tokai Univ. Shizuoka Shoyo 1 1 1986 Bunan 1 1 1981 Rissho Gakuen Osaka Ritsumeikan 1 1 1968 Sanyo 1 1 1967 Meisei 1 1 1965 Hiroshima Univ. HS 1 1 1953 Kamimura Gakuen 1 0 2025 Okayama Gakugeikan 1 0 2022 Toyama Daiichi 1 0 2013 Hosho 1 0 2012 Takigawa Daini 1 0 2010 Hiroshima Minami 1 0 2008 Morioka Shogyo 1 0 2006 Yasu 1 0 2005 Shimabara Shogyo 1 0 1984 Kansai Univ. Hokuyo 1 0 1973 Rakuhoku 1 0 1967 Urawa Nishi 1 0 1956 Kishiwada 1 0 1951 Utsunomiya 1 1 1950 Ikeda 1 0 1949 Hiroshima Kokutaiji 1 0 1948 Minamiuwa 1 0 1989

Most successful schools without a title P. High School Runners-up Semi-finalists Runners-up years1st Nirasaki 4 6 1952, 1979, 1981, 19822nd Kariya 2 2 1954, 19573rd Tono 1 2 1960 Kyoto Tachibana 1 1 2012 Toko Gakuen 1 1 1996 Otani Muroran 1 1 1978 Bunsei 1 1 1964 Ohmi 1 0 2023 Higashiyama 1 0 2022 Ohzu 1 0 2021 Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama 1 0 2015 Kumiyama 1 0 2010 Kagoshima Josei 1 0 2008 Sakuyo 1 0 2006 Chikuyo Gakuen 1 0 2003 Gifu Kogyo 1 0 2001 Kusatsu Higashi 1 0 2000 Toyo 1 0 1971 Hamana 1 0 1970 Hitachi Daiichi 1 0 1956 Mikunigaoka 1 0 1951 Odawara 1 0 1950 Ueno Kita 1 0 1948 Utsunomiya 1 0 194927th 13 schools 0 2 to 4 –40th 43 schools 0 1 –

Most successful prefectures Pos. Prefectures Titles Winning Schools1 Saitama 13 Ichiritsu Urawa (4); Urawa (3); Urawa Minami (3); Saitama Shihan (1); Urawa Nishi (1); Bunan (1)2 Shizuoka 10 Fujieda Higashi (4); Shimizu Shogyo (3); Shizuoka Gakuen (2); Shimizu Higashi (1); Tokai Univ. Shizuoka Shoyo (1)3 Chiba 8 Ichiritsu Funabashi (5); Narashino (2); RKU Kashiwa (1)4 Nagasaki 7 Kunimi (6); Shimabara Shogyo (1)5 Hiroshima 6 Shudo (2); Hiroshima Kokutaiji (1); Sanyo (1); Hiroshima Univ. HS (1); Hiroshima Minami (1) Tokyo 6 Teikyo7 Osaka 5 Ikeda (1); Kishiwada (1); Meisei (1); Osaka Ritsumeikan (1); Kansai Univ. Hokuyo (1)8 Aomori 4 Aomori Yamada9 Fukuoka 3 Higashi Fukuoka10 Akita 2 Akita Shogyo Ibaraki 2 Koga Daiichi Gunma 2 Maebashi Ikuei Yamanashi 2 Yamanashi Gakuin Kyoto 2 Yamashiro (1); Rakuhoku (1) Kagoshima 2 Kagoshima Jitsugyo17 Iwate 1 Morioka Shogyo Tochigi 1 Utsunomiya Toyama 1 Toyama Daiichi Ishikawa 1 Seiryo Gifu 1 Gifu Shihan Mie 1 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo Hyōgo 1 Takigawa Daini Kyoto 1 Yamashiro Shiga 1 Yasu Okayama 1 Okayama Gakugeikan Ehime 1 Minamiuwa Miyazaki 1 Hosho

Overall top goalscorers GoalsPlayerSchoolPeriod17 Sōta Hirayama Kunimi 2001–2003

Single season top scorer GoalsPlayerSchoolYear10 Yuya OsakoKagoshima Josei2008

References

External links Official website – JFA (Japan Football Association)