2022 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The 2022 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (第101回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会; All Japan JFA 101st High School Soccer Tournament) marked the 101st edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan, won by Okayama Gakugeikan after a 3–1 win over Higashiyama on the Final, which was the first high school from Okayama to ever win the competition.

As usual, the tournament was contested by all 48 winning schools of their respective prefectural qualifications. Tokyo's qualification tournament was the only one out of the 47 to qualify two high school teams for the tournament. The metropolitan area was also given the rights to host the final, scheduled to be played at the Japan National Stadium, in Shinjuku. Aomori Yamada were the defending champions, winning the previous championship by 4–0 against Ohzu, which rewarded a scoreful and eventful campaign throughout the 2021 tournament.

As usual, from the first round to the quarterfinals, the matches had a duration of 80 minutes, split into two halves of 40 minutes each. The semi-finals and the final had matches lasting 90 minutes, the standard match length on professional football. During the tournament, if a match should be tied, it would directly require penalty shoot-outs, except for the final, where overtime would be played if the match were tied for 90 minutes. All the matches were digitally broadcast on TVer and SPORTS BULL. In Japan, the competition has this year, in total, 43 official broadcasters. The semi-finals and the final were broadcast on NTV.

Calendar The tournament took place in a 13-day span, with the tournament split into a total of 6 stages. The draw was conducted on 21 November 2022 by the JFA, deciding the tournament schedule and the match pairings.

Round Date Matches Clubs First round 28 and 29 December 2022 16 Second round 31 December 2022 16 32 (16+16) → 16 Third round 2 January 2023 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 4 January 2023 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 7 January 2023 2 4 → 2 Final 9 January 2023 1 2 → 1

Venues The tournament was held in 4 prefectures and 9 stadiums. In Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama prefectures, two venues are located in each, while three are located in Tokyo. The venues are:

Tokyo – Japan National Stadium, Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium and Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka Kanagawa – Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium and NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Saitama – Urawa Komaba Stadium and NACK5 Stadium Omiya Chiba – Kashiwanoha Stadium and ZA Oripri Stadium

Participating clubs

Prefecture High School Ref Kit manufacturer Hokkaido Hokkai High School 12th Puma Aomori Aomori Yamada High School 28th Under ArmourIwateMorioka Shogyo High School17th AsicsMiyagiSeiwa Gakuen High School5th AthletaAkitaNorth Asia Univ. Meioh High School5th AthletaYamagataHaguro High School9th AdidasFukushimaShoshi High School13th PumaIbarakiKashima Gakuen High School11th AdidasTochigiSano Nihon Univ. High School9th AdidasYamanashiYamanashi Gakuin High School9th AsicsGunmaMaebashi Ikuei High School25th PumaSaitamaShohei High School5th New BalanceChibaNSSU Kashiwa High School1st MizunoTokyo AKokugakuin Univ. Kugayama High School9th SVOLMETokyo BSeiritsu Gakuen High School17th AdidasKanagawaNihon Univ. Fujisawa High School6th MizunoNaganoMatsumoto Kokusai High School5th Under ArmourNiigataNihon Bunri High School5th UmbroToyamaToyama Daiichi High School33rd PumaIshikawaSeiryo High School31st PumaFukuiMaruoka High School33rd PumaShizuokaHamamatsu Kaiseikan High School4th PumaAichiToho High School7th NikeMieTsu Kogyo High School3rd Mizuno

Prefecture High School Ref Kit manufacturerGifuTeikyo Univ. Kani High School9th SVOLMEShigaOhmi High School2nd AthletaKyotoHigashiyama High School5th AsicsOsakaRiseisha High School4th PumaHyōgoAshiya Gakuen High School1st AthletaNaraNara Ikuei High School15th PumaWakayamaKindai Univ. Wakayama High School9th New BalanceTottoriYonago Kita High School18th PumaShimaneRissho Univ. Shonan High School19th PumaOkayamaOkayama Gakugeikan High School5th PumaHiroshimaHiroshima Minami High School17th AsicsYamaguchiTakagawa Gakuen High School28th PumaKagawaKagawa Nishi High School12th MizunoTokushimaTokushima Ichiritsu High School19th PumaEhimeTeikyo Daigo High School1st AcuoreKōchiKochi High School18th DesporteFukuokaIizuka High School1st PumaSagaRyukoku High School3rd MizunoNagasakiKunimi High School24th NikeKumamotoOhzu High School19th PumaŌitaOita High School12th SVOLMEMiyazakiNissho Gakuen High School16th MizunoKagoshimaKamimura Gakuen High School10th PumaOkinawaNishihara High School5th Mizuno

Schedule The schedule was announced on 21 November 2022, after the draw was conducted by the JFA, following the completion of the competition's prefectural qualifications.

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

GK 12 Jin HiratsukaDF 2 Shin FukuiDF 3 Daishin TaguchiDF 4 Tsukasa Inoue (c)DF 5 Takashi NakaoMF 6 Yuma Taguchi MF 7 Kyogo KimuraMF 8 Haruto OkamotoMF 10 Aoi YamadaFW 9 Takuto ImaiFW 11 Nozomi Tanabe Substitutes:GK 1 Akira YanoDF 13 Daiki HiranoDF 16 Tsuyoshi FujitaMF 14 Hinata Tamura MF 15 Hayuma TakayamaMF 17 Kosei NishikawaMF 19 Ruki Kinoshita FW 18 Kanato KimuraFW 20 Sora SakaguchiManager: Yoshiaki Takahara GK 1 Mizuki SatoDF 2 Aren Ishii DF 3 Seigo ShizuDF 4 Rikuto Shintani (c)DF 6 Yuma NakazatoMF 7 Renji SanadaMF 8 Keita MatsuhashiMF 10 Reiya Sakata MF 13 Funosuke Shimizu FW 14 Keijiro KitamuraFW 15 Reo Toyoshima Substitutes:GK 17 Shunya MakiDF 19 Takuto Hosaka DF 20 Kohei SuzukiMF 9 Ayato Otani MF 11 Koki UedaMF 12 Kazuya KikuyamaMF 18 Rai HamaseFW 16 Shoma Nakano FW 30 Kazuma Hirao Manager: Ryoichi Fukushige

Assistant referees: Hiroshi Morikawa Tomoyuki Umeda Fourth official: Yuki TanabeMatch rules 90 minutes. Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time.

Top scorers RankPlayerHigh SchoolGoals1 Shio FukudaKamimura Gakuen3 Takuto ImaiOkayama Gakugeikan Yosuke MorishigeNihon Fujisawa Renji SanadaHigashiyama Sota YamamotoMaebashi Ikuei

Selected best players The following 36 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:

Pos. Player High School Grade GK Soma Amano Maebashi Ikuei 2nd Maebashi Ikuei GK Jin Hiratsuka Okayama Gakugeikan 2nd Okayama Gakugeikan GK Mizuki Sato Higashiyama 3rd Doshisha University DF Asuma Ikari Ohzu 2nd Ohzu DF Tsukasa Inoue Okayama Gakugeikan 3rd Nippon Sport Science University DF Shun Saito Maebashi Ikuei 3rd Momoyama Gakuin University DF Rikuto Shintani Higashiyama 3rd Meiji University DF Seigo Shizu Higashiyama 2nd Higashiyama DF Hiroto Suzuki Shoshi 3rd Sendai University DF Yoshiki Takushima Aomori Yamada 3rd Meiji University DF Yoshihisa Tanabe Ohzu 2nd Ohzu DF Keisuke Tsukui Shohei 3rd Kashima Antlers DF Yumeki Yoshinaga Kamimura Gakuen 2nd Kamimura Gakuen MF Hiroto Aihara NSSU Kashiwa 3rd Niigata University HW MF Jun Kasagi Kamimura Gakuen 3rd NIFS Kanoya MF Kyogo Kimura Okayama Gakugeikan 3rd Komazawa University MF Keita Matsuhashi Higashiyama 3rd Tokai University MF Toya Myogan Riseisha 3rd Kawasaki Frontale

Pos. Player High School Grade MF Haruto Okamoto Okayama Gakugeikan 3rd Chuo University MF Rui Osako Kamimura Gakuen 3rd Cerezo Osaka MF Reiya Sakata Higashiyama 3rd Cerezo Osaka MF Renji Sanada Higashiyama 3rd Kansai University MF Tsubasa Shinoda Shohei 3rd University of Tsukuba MF Rui Tabaru Ohzu 3rd Rissho University MF Ryo Tokunaga Maebashi Ikuei 3rd University of Tsukuba MF Aoi Yamada Okayama Gakugeikan 3rd Fukuoka University FW Shio Fukuda Kamimura Gakuen 3rd Borussia Mönchengladbach II FW Kazunosuke Furuta Riseisha 3rd Kwansei Gakuin University FW Takuto Imai Okayama Gakugeikan 3rd Komazawa University FW Shunei Kobayashi Ohzu 3rd University of Tsukuba FW Tsuna Kominato Aomori Yamada 3rd Hosei University FW Yosuke Morishige Nihon Fujisawa 3rd Shimizu S-Pulse FW Oto Nakayama Kokugakuin Kugayama 3rd Doshisha University FW Minto Nishimaru Kamimura Gakuen 2nd Kamimura Gakuen FW Kento Shiogai Kokugakuin Kugayama 3rd Keio University FW Manato Yoshida NSSU Kashiwa 3rd Tokyo International University

Joining J.League clubs on 2023 Pos.PlayerMoving fromMoving toLeagueDF Towa Nishisaka Riseisha Tokushima Vortis J2DF Keisuke Tsukui Shohei Kashima Antlers J1MF Yuta Arai Shohei FC Tokyo J1MF Raiya Kinkawa Nissho Gakuen Tegevajaro Miyazaki J3MF Toya Myogan Riseisha Kawasaki Frontale J1MF Rui Osako Kamimura Gakuen Cerezo Osaka J1MF Reiya Sakata Higashiyama Cerezo Osaka J1FW Yosuke Morishige Nihon Fujisawa Shimizu S-Pulse J2FW William Owie NSSU Kashiwa Kashiwa Reysol J1

References

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