The 2017 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 96th High School Soccer Tournament (Japanese: 第96回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会) marked the 96th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan.
Calendar Round Date Matches Teams First round 30–31 December 2017 16 Second round 2 January 2018 16 32 (16+16) → 16 Third round 3 January 2018 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 5 January 2018 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 6 January 2018 2 4 → 2 Final 8 January 2018 1 2 → 1 Source:
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 2017 edition included) Hokkaido: Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School (6) Aomori: Aomori Yamada High School (23) Iwate: Tono High School (27) Akita: Akita Shogyo High School (43) Miyagi: Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School (32) Yamagata: Haguro High School (6) Fukushima: Shoshi High School (9) Ibaraki: Meishu Hitachi High School (2) Tochigi: Yaita Chuo High School (8) Gunma: Maebashi Ikuei High School (21) Saitama: Shohei High School (2) Chiba: Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School (5) Tokyo A: Kanto Daiichi High School (2) Tokyo B: Jissen Gakuen High School (3) Kanagawa: Toin Gakuen High School (9) Niigata: Nihon Bunri High School (1) Nagano: Ueda Nishi High School (2) Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin High School (6) Toyama: Toyama Daiichi High School (28) Ishikawa: Seiryō High School (27) Fukui: Hokuriku High School (5) Gifu: Teikyo Univ. Kani High School (5) Shizuoka: Shimizu Sakuragaoka High School (1) Aichi: Chukyo Univ. Chukyo High School (16) Mie: Mie High School (1) Shiga: Kusatsu Higashi High School (9) Kyoto: Kyoto Tachibana High School (7) Osaka: Osaka Toin High School (2) Hyōgo: Takigawa Daini High School (20) Nara: Ichijo High School (8) Wakayama: Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School (34) Tottori: Yonago Kita High School (13) Shimane: Rissho Univ. Shonan High School (16) Okayama: Sakuyo High School (23) Hiroshima: Hiroshima Minami High School (14) Yamaguchi: Takagawa Gakuen High School (24) Tokushima: Tokushima Kita High School (1) Kagawa: Takamatsu Shogyo High School (23) Ehime: Matsuyama Kogyo High School (6) Kōchi: Kochi Nishi High School (1) Fukuoka: Higashi Fukuoka High School (19) Saga: Saga Higashi High School (10) Nagasaki: Nagasaki High School (5) Kumamoto: Tokai Univ. Kumamoto Seisho High School (1) Ōita: Oita Nishi High School (1) Miyazaki: Nissho Gakuen High School (13) Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School (5) Okinawa: Ginowan High School (3)
Schedule First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
GK 1 Haruto UsuiDF 2 Ryuto KondoDF 5 Ikuma SekigawaDF 6 Shun SetoyamaDF 12 Ren Sato DF 20 Tatsuya SambongiMF 4 Yuta Miyamoto (c)MF 10 Taichi KikuchiMF 24 Taisei Miyamoto FW 11 Kazuya Ajiro FW 14 Kazuki Kumasawa Substitutes:GK 25 Kosuke InoseDF 3 Keita SakashitaDF 26 Hayata NishiomF 7 Hiroto KikyoMF 8 Tetsuru Kanazawa MF 9 Ren Kato MF 16 Shogo TanzawaMF 19 Yoshito Ishikawa FW 23 Keito Ikeda Manager: Yuichiro Honda GK 12 Takuya YuzawaDF 2 Koki GotodaDF 3 Ryotaro TsunodaDF 5 Riku MatsudaDF 15 Taiki WatanabeMF 7 Hayato ShiozawaMF 8 Masato Igarashi MF 9 Yu TabeiMF 14 Ryo Tabei (c)FW 10 Riku IijimaFW 22 Itsuki EnomotoSubstitutes:GK 1 Shun MatsumotoDF 6 Shunsuke YamazakiDF 16 Teru WakatsukiDF 17 Kodai YamazakiMF 18 Shu TakahashiMF 23 Hiroki AkiyamaMF 25 Daigo MoritaMF 13 Ko Miyazaki FW 24 Naoki TakahashiManager: Kosuke Yamada
Assistant referees: Ryo Hirama Isao Nishihashi Fourth official: Masaki Tsuruoka
Top scorers RankPlayerHigh SchoolGoals1 Riku IijimaMaebashi Ikuei72 Mizuki AndoNagasaki IAS3 Keita AraiMeishu Gakuen Hitachi Taichi KikuchiRKU Kashiwa Ren KatoRKU Kashiwa Yusuke KikuiOsaka Toin Rei KusumiNihon Bunri Ryo NemotoUeda Nishi Kazuki SatoSendai Ikuei Gakuen Sota SatoNissho Gakuen
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