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. Aomori Yamada became the champions after winning past Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa by 3–1.
Calendar The schedule, kick-offs and match pairings were confirmed on 19 November 2018. Round Date Matches Teams First round 30–31 December 2018 16 Second round 2 January 2019 16 32 (16+16) → 16 Third round 3 January 2019 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 5 January 2019 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 12 January 2019 2 4 → 2 Final 14 January 2019 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 Kashiwanoha Stadium
Participating clubs In parentheses: the amount of times each team qualified for the All Japan High School Tournament (appearance in the 2018 edition included) Hokkaido: Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School (7) Aomori: Aomori Yamada High School (24) Iwate: Tono High School (28) Miyagi: Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School (33) Akita: Akita Shogyo High School (44) Yamagata: Haguro High School (7) Fukushima: Shoshi High School (10) Ibaraki: Meishu Gakuen Hitachi High School (3) Tochigi: Yaita Chuo High School (9) Gunma: Maebashi Ikuei High School (22) Saitama: Urawa Minami High School (12) Chiba: Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School (6) Tokyo A: Kokushikan Univ. High School (4) Tokyo B: Komazawa Univ. High School (4) Kanagawa: Toko Gakuen High School (11) Yamanashi: Aviation High School (2) Nagano: Tokyo City Univ. Shiojiri High School (5) Niigata: Teikyo Nagaoka High School (6) Toyama: Toyama Daiichi High School (29) Ishikawa: Seiryō High School (28) Fukui: Maruoka High School (29) Shizuoka: Hamamatsu Kaiseikan High School (1) Aichi: Toho High School (6) Mie: Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo High School (33) Gifu: Gifu Kogyo High School (26) Shiga: Kusatsu Higashi High School (10) Kyoto: Higashiyama High School (3) Osaka: Osaka Gakuin Univ. High School (1) Hyōgo: Kwansei Gakuin High School (10) Nara: Ichijo High School (9) Wakayama: Wakayama Kita High School (11) Tottori: Yonago Kita High School (14) Shimane: Rissho Univ. Shonan High School (17) Okayama: Okayama Gakugeikan High School (2) Hiroshima: Setouchi High School (1) Yamaguchi: Saikyo High School (3) Kagawa: SGU Kagawa Nishi High School (11) Tokushima: Tokushima Ichiritsu High School (16) Ehime: Uwajima Higashi High School (5) Kōchi: Kochi Nishi High School (2) Fukuoka: Higashi Fukuoka High School (20) Saga: Ryukoku High School (1) Nagasaki: Nagasaki IAS High School (6) Kumamoto: Ohzu High School (17) Ōita: Oita High School (10) Miyazaki: Nissho Gakuen High School (14) Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School (6) Okinawa: Naha Nishi High School (16)
Schedule First round Except for the opening match, played at 30 December, all the matches in the round were played at 31 December.
Second round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
GK 1 Masahiro Iida (c)DF 2 Shunya HashimotoDF 3 Motoya ToyoshimaDF 4 Seiya NikaidoDF 5 KennedyEgbus MikuniDF 15 Takafumi Sawada MF 6 Taiki AmagasaMF 7 Hidetoshi Takeda MF 10 Riku DanzakiMF 11 Byron VásquezFW 9 Ginji Sasaki Substitutes:GK 12 Rui SammonjiDF 16 Subaru ToriumiDF 17 Yudai Fujiwara DF 20 Shunto KandaMF 8 Mahiro Take MF 14 Toshiaki ShishidoMF 26 Rukia UrakawaFW 13 Keito Komatsu FW 22 Yosuke MinamitaniManager: Go Kuroda GK 1 Sota MatsubaraDF 3 Ryui SunagaDF 4 Hayata NishioDF 5 Ikuma SekigawaDF 28 Hiroki YokotaMF 8 Naoki Kitajima MF 9 Ryu Okamoto MF 10 Kazuki KumasawaMF 18 Koshi Yagi MF 20 Kaito Fujii FW 14 Kaito Satori (c)Substitutes:GK 17 Kosuke InoseDF 2 Satoshi IrieDF 16 Yuki Seimiya MF 6 Hayato NakaiMF 11 Yuma Serita MF 19 Yuto Furuya MF 21 Musashi Watarai MF 23 Hiroto Hazama FW 24 Kanta YonekuraManager: Yuichiro Honda
Assistant referees: Osamu Nomura Noriyuki Suzuki Fourth official: Shota UchiyamaMatch 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 Shoya FujiiRissho Shonan5 Yusei OtakeOhzu Itsuki SomenoShoshi4 Riku DanzakiAomori Yamada4 Misaki HaruyamaTeikyo Nagaoka Kazuma NagataOkayama Gakugeikan
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