The 2020 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 99th High School Soccer Tournament (Japanese: 第99回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会)) marked the 99th 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 Yamanashi Gakuin High School won the tournament over Aomori Yamada by 4–2 on a penalty shoot-out, after a 0–0 draw on regulation time.

Calendar The tournament took place in a 12-day span, with the tournament split in a total of 6 stages.

Round Date Matches Clubs First round 31 December 2020 16 Second round 1 January 2021 16 32 (16+16) → 16 Third round 3 January 2021 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 5 January 2021 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 9 January 2021 2 4 → 2 Final 11 January 2021 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: Sapporo Otani High School (3) Aomori: Aomori Yamada High School (26) Iwate: Tono High School (29) Miyagi: Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School (35) Akita: North Asia Univ. Meioh High School (27) Yamagata: Nihon Univ. Yamagata High School (14) Fukushima: Gakuhou Ishikawa High School (1) Ibaraki: Kashima Gakuen High School (9) Tochigi: Yaita Chuo High School (11) Gunma: Maebashi Shogyo High School (12) Saitama: Shohei High School (4) Chiba: Ichiritsu Funabashi High School (23) Tokyo A: Kanto Daiichi High School (3) Tokyo B: Horikoshi High School (3) Kanagawa: Toin Gakuen High School (10) Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin High School (7) Nagano: Matsumoto Kokusai High School (4) Niigata: Teikyo Nagaoka High School (8) Toyama: Toyama Daiichi High School (31) Ishikawa: Seiryō High School (29) Fukui: Maruoka High School (31) Shizuoka: Fujieda Meisei High School (3) Aichi: Tokai Gakuen High School (4) Mie: Kaisei High School (2) Gifu: Teikyo Univ. Kani High School (7) Shiga: Ohmi High School (1) Kyoto: Kyoto Tachibana High School (9) Osaka: Riseisha High School (3) Hyōgo: Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School (11) Nara: Yamabe High School (1) Wakayama: Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School (16) Tottori: Yonago Kita High School (16) Shimane: Taisha High School (10) Okayama: Sakuyo High School (24) Hiroshima: Hiroshima Minami High School (16) Yamaguchi: Takagawa Gakuen High School (26) Kagawa: Otemae Takamatsu High School (2) Tokushima: Tokushima Ichiritsu High School (18) Ehime: Nitta High School (3) Kōchi: Meitoku Gijuku High School (8) Fukuoka: Higashi Fukuoka High School (21) Saga: Saga Higashi High School (11) Nagasaki: Soseikan High School (1) Kumamoto: Luther Gakuin High School (5) Ōita: Nihon Bunri Univ. High School (1) Miyazaki: Miyazaki Nihon Univ. High School (1) Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School (8) Okinawa: Naha Nishi High School (17)

Schedule The schedule and the match pairings were confirmed on 16 November 2020.

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

GK 17 Takumi Kumakura (c)DF 2 Itta IihiroDF 3 Taiju IchinoseDF 4 Kenta ItakuraDF 5 Go SuzukiMF 6 Kodai YaguchiMF 8 Sota Arai MF 11 Toki Hirosawa MF 14 Hayato Ishikawa FW 10 Takeru Noda FW 20 Soki Kubo Substitutes:GK 1 Keisuke IsobeDF 12 Yui Nakane DF 22 Gota KatoMF 13 Raiki YodaMF 18 Takezen Yamaguchi MF 19 Takumi Urata FW 7 Koki Sasanuma FW 9 Ifeanyi Hideto Mogi FW 28 Kensei SuzukiManager: Dai Hasegawa GK 1 Ren NirasawaDF 2 Yosuke UchidaDF 3 Paul TabinasDF 4 Ryusei Akimoto DF 5 Yudai Fujiwara (c)MF 6 Zento UnoMF 7 Soma AnzaiMF 8 Yoshitaka Obara MF 10 Kuryu MatsukiMF 14 Daiya Sengoku FW 18 Masaki Nasukawa Substitutes:GK 12 Koki NumataDF 13 Ryohei Miwa DF 22 Auguste Gbevegnon Hidaka DF 24 Yoshiki TakushimaMF 11 Sota Fujimori MF 15 Ryo SuzukiMF 16 Shunsuke Uchima MF 21 Manato HondaFW 9 Nabel Yoshitaka FurusawaManager: Go Kuroda

Assistant referees: Daisuke Sakurai Soichi Iwasaki Fourth official: Yuki TanabeMatch 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 Soma AnzaiAomori Yamada52 Yudai FujiwaraAomori Yamada4 Keisuke KasaiKanto Daiichi Ryo OmoriTeikyo Kani5 Kotatsu KawakamiTeikyo Nagaoka3 Takumi KiuchiIchiritsu Funabashi Masaki NasukawaAomori Yamada Rei ShimanoSendai Ikuei Gakuen Sho SugimotoSakuyo

Selected best players The following 39 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:

Pos. Player High School Grade GK Haruto Fujii Yaita Chuo 2nd Yaita Chuo GK Ren Nirasaki Aomori Yamada 3rd Meiji University GK Takumi Kumakura Yamanashi Gakuin 3rd Rissho University DF Yosuke Uchida Aomori Yamada 3rd Meiji University DF Paul Tabinas Aomori Yamada 3rd Iwate Grulla Morioka DF Yudai Fujiwara Aomori Yamada 3rd Urawa Red Diamonds DF Rei Niikura Yaita Chuo 3rd NIFS Kanoya DF Ryota Ozawa Shohei 3rd Nippon Sport Science University DF Takumi Kiuchi Ichiritsu Funabashi 3rd Juntendo University DF Yusuke Ishida Ichiritsu Funabashi 3rd Gainare Tottori DF Kyohei Osada Ichiritsu Funabashi 3rd Takushoku University DF Taisei Inoue Horikoshi 3rd Juntendo University DF Taiju Ichinose Yamanashi Gakuin 3rd Yamanashi Gakuin University DF Kenta Itakura Yamanashi Gakuin 3rd Tokyo International University DF Natsuki Koi Toyama Daiichi 3rd DF Komei Iida Maruoka 3rd Komazawa University MF Zento Uno Aomori Yamada 2nd Aomori Yamada MF Soma Anzai Aomori Yamada 3rd Waseda University MF Kuryu Matsuki Aomori Yamada 2nd Aomori Yamada

Pos. Player High School Grade MF Rinsei Ohata Yaita Chuo 2nd Yaita Chuo MF Yuta Arai Shohei 1st Shohei MF Naoki Suto Shohei 3rd Kashima Antlers MF Kodai Yaguchi Yamanashi Gakuin 2nd Yamanashi Gakuin MF Sota Arai Yamanashi Gakuin 3rd Nihon University MF Kotatsu Kawakami Teikyo Nagaoka 3rd Rissho University MF Rando Hiroi Teikyo Nagaoka 1st Teikyo Nagaoka MF Junnosuke Suzuki Teikyo Kani 2nd Teikyo Kani MF Takato Koyake Teikyo Kani 3rd Kanto Gakuin University MF Haruki Matsui Kobe Koryo Gakuen 3rd FC Imabari MF Shunsuke Aoki Higashi Fukuoka 3rd Hosei University MF Jimpei Yoshida Saga Higashi 2nd Saga Higashi MF Tsubasa Nagayoshi Kamimura Gakuen 3rd Toin University of Yokohama FW Takeru Noda Yamanashi Gakuin 3rd Juntendo University FW Soki Kubo Yamanashi Gakuin 3rd Tokyo International University FW Shunta Sako Teikyo Nagaoka 3rd Takushoku University FW Kodai Kuzuoka Teikyo Nagaoka 3rd Kokushikan University FW Rei Kihara Kyoto Tachibana 2nd Kyoto Tachibana FW Yota Sakiyama Yonago Kita 3rd Komazawa University FW Shio Fukuda Kamimura Gakuen 1st Kamimura Gakuen

Joining J.League clubs on 2021 Pos.PlayerMoving fromMoving toLeagueDF Yudai Fujiwara Aomori Yamada Urawa Red Diamonds J1DF Gaku Inaba Fujieda Higashi Zweigen Kanazawa J2DF Yusuke Ishida Ichiritsu Funabashi Gainare Tottori J3DF Paul Tabinas Aomori Yamada Iwate Grulla Morioka J3MF Taiyo Hiraoka Riseisha Shonan Bellmare J1MF Yota Komi Shohei Albirex Niigata J2MF Haruki Matsui Kobe Koryo Gakuen FC Imabari J3MF Yusuke Ogawa Shohei Kashima Antlers J1MF Keita Shiba Shohei Fukushima United J3MF Naoki Suto Shohei Kashima Antlers J1FW Aiki Miyahara Ohzu Roasso Kumamoto J3FW Shoki Nagano Higashi Fukuoka Fukushima United J3FW Taiyo Nishino Kyoto Tachibana Tokushima Vortis J2

References

External links Official Schedule (JFA) About the Tournament (JFA)