The 2021 All Japan University Football Championship (第70回 全日本大学サッカー選手権大会; All Japan 70th University Football Championship) was the 70th edition of the referred annually contested cup for universities across Japan. As usual, the tournament was contested by 24 universities on a knockout-stage format. Meiji were the defending champions. In this edition, they ended up failing to defend their title, crashing out on the semi-finals by the eventual champions. Komazawa won the title for the seventh time in their 10th participation in finals, and for the first time since 2006. They were the fifth team in a row from Kanto to lift the trophy. Meanwhile, Hannan ended up as runners-up in their second appearance in the tournament's final, as they were also runners-up on 2015.

Calendar Round Date Matches Clubs First round 8 December 2021 8 16 → 8 Round of 16 11 December 2021 8 16 (8+8) → 8 Quarter-finals 14 December 2021 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 18 December 2021 2 4 → 2 Final 25 January 2021 1 2 → 1

Participating clubs In parentheses: Each university's performance at the regional qualifying series. Region UniversityLocated onHokkaido 1st Sapporo University 10th Sapporo 2nd Tokai University Sapporo 1st SapporoTohoku 1st Sendai University 37th MiyagiKanto 1st Ryutsu Keizai University 12th Ibaraki 2nd Komazawa University 16th Tokyo 3rd Meiji University 20th Tokyo 4th Hosei University 32nd Tokyo 5th Waseda University 34th Tokyo 6th University of Tsukuba 39th Ibaraki 7th Kokushikan University 27th TokyoHokushin'etsu 1st Niigata University of Health and Welfare 7th NiigataTokai 1st Tokai Gakuen University 6th Aichi 2nd Chukyo University 41thAichi 3rd Nagoya Keizai University 1st AichiKansai 1st Kwansei Gakuin University 23rd Hyogo 2nd Kyoto Sangyo University 7th Kyoto 3rd Biwako Seikei Sport College 5th Shiga 4th Hannan University 20th OsakaChugoku 1st International Pacific University 8th OkayamaShikoku 1st Takamatsu University 2nd Kagawa 2nd Kochi University 34th KochiKyushu 1st National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya 24th Kagoshima 2nd Fukuoka University 44th Fukuoka 3rd Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University 4th Miyazaki

Schedule The participating teams and match-ups were disclosed on 21 November 2021.

First round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

GK 22 Kaname MurataDF 2 Ryota TakadaDF 4 Shoya NoseDF 6 Sen TakagiDF 24 Kairi Hayakawa MF 6 Aoi KudoMF 14 Ryoma Eguchi (c) MF 18 Ryo Ozaki MF 31 Masaya Fujiwara FW 10 Taiga MatsubaraFW 13 Junta Nagai Substitutes:GK 1 Yuya MizutaniDF 3 Kazuki Yamaguchi MF 5 Naoya ImamuraMF 15 Julio Shin Tsuno MF 7 Yohei Okuyama MF 9 Kotaro HaraMF 26 So OdaFW 11 Koki Fukura FW 20 Shuji Ikeda Manager: Park Song-gi GK 1 Shun MatsumotoDF 5 Yuya Aizawa DF 6 Kazuma Inomata (c)DF 28 Kotaro KobariMF 2 Yuya HiyamaMF 8 Takuro EzakiMF 11 Kazuki Nakamura MF 12 Tatsuto Miyazaki FW 7 Shunta ArakiFW 9 Ko Miyazaki FW 10 Yusei ToshidaSubstitutes:GK 21 Hayato FukazawaDF 3 Kaito Aizawa DF 17 Kaisei AtsushiMF 14 Shoki Shimazaki MF 20 Rui NakadaMF 23 Shinto Kojima FW 15 Takumi Yonetani FW 27 Toshiyasu MotoyoshiFW 33 Yuta SakiyamaManager: Koichi Akita

Assistant referees: Kenta Tsukada Koki Nakamura Fourth official: Taiki Mitsuka

Top scorers RankPlayerUniversityGoals1 Yusei ToshidaKomazawa42 Masaya FujiwaraHannan33 Yuta FujiharaMeiji2 Hiiro KomoriNiigata HW Yuta MiyamotoRyutsu Keizai Subaru SatoBiwako Seikei Akito TanahashiKokushikan Yusei ToshidaKomazawa Ryuki YamaguchiFukuoka

Awards AwardPlayerGradeUniversityBest Player Shunta Araki 4thKomazawaBest Goalkeeper Shun Matsumoto 4thKomazawaBest Defender Kazuma Inomata 4thKomazawaBest Midfielder Ryoma Eguchi 4thHannanBest Forward Ko Miyazaki 4thKomazawa

Joining J.League clubs on 2022 Pos.PlayerMoving fromMoving toLeagueGK Yuya Aoshima Meiji Tochigi SC J2GK Yuki Hayasaka Ryutsu Keizai Kawasaki Frontale J1GK Taku Kamikawa Waseda Fukushima United J3GK Shuhei Shikano Ryutsu Keizai Iwaki FC J3GK Hayate Tanaka Kyoto Sangyo Tokushima Vortis J2GK Haruto Usui Ryutsu Keizai Matsumoto Yamaga J3DF Kaito Abe Fukuoka Roasso Kumamoto J2DF Takuro Ezaki Komazawa Roasso Kumamoto J2DF Rei Ieizumi Ryutsu Keizai Iwaki FC J3DF Keitaro Iyori Kwansei Gakuin Kamatamare Sanuki J3DF Ren Kato Meiji Tokyo Verdy J2DF Tomoyuki Maekawa Kokushikan Azul Claro Numazu J3DF Yu Miyamoto Hosei Tokyo Verdy J2DF Renji Matsui Hosei Kawasaki Frontale J1DF Kodai Minoda Hosei Shonan Bellmare J1DF Kodai Mori Biwako Seikei Tokushima Vortis J2DF Haruka Motoyama Kwansei Gakuin Fagiano Okayama J2DF Shun Nakamura Kokushikan YSCC Yokohama J3DF Shuto Okaniwa Meiji FC Tokyo J1DF Asahi Sasaki Ryutsu Keizai Kawasaki Frontale J1DF Hiroto Taniguchi Kokushikan Tokyo Verdy J2DF Mizuki Uchida Kokushikan Kamatamare Sanuki J3DF Kanta Usui Kwansei Gakuin Kamatamare Sanuki J3DF Reon Yamahara Tsukuba Shimizu S-Pulse J1MF Ryoma Eguchi Hannan Tegevajaro Miyazaki J3MF Keigo Enomoto Tokai Gakuen Fujieda MYFC J3MF Itto Fujita Sendai Roasso Kumamoto J2MF Sora Igawa Tsukuba Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo J1MF Ryoma Ito Kokushikan Iwaki FC J3MF Tetsuyuki Inami Meiji Tokyo Verdy J2MF Takuto Kato Tsukuba Kashiwa Reysol J1MF Taichi Kikuchi Ryutsu Keizai Sagan Tosu J1MF Tojiro Kubo Chukyo Fujieda MYFC J3MF Yuma Matsumoto Hosei Kataller Toyama J3MF Yuta Miyamoto Ryutsu Keizai Urawa Red Diamonds J1MF Sota Nagai Ryutsu Keizai Iwaki FC J3MF Taiyo Namazuta Sendai Kamatamare Sanuki J3MF Ryusei Nose Sapporo Vanraure Hachinohe J2MF Motoki Ohara Tokai Gakuen Ehime FC J3MF Yohei Okuyama Hannan Iwate Grulla Morioka J2MF Kyo Sato Ryutsu Keizai Sagan Tosu J1MF Kazuyoshi Shimabuku Niigata HW Albirex Niigata J2MF Taishi Semba Ryutsu Keizai Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1MF Fumiya Sugiura Meiji Mito HollyHock J2MF Ryo Tabei Hosei Yokohama FC J2MF Yu Tabei Waseda Thespa Gunma J2MF Kohei Takahashi Sapporo Nagano Parceiro J3MF Jumpei Tanaka Fukuoka Tegevajaro Miyazaki J3MF Yudai Tanaka Waseda Fagiano Okayama J2MF Ryohei Wakizaka Niigata HW YSCC Yokohama J3MF Eisuke Watanabe Kwansei Gakuin Kagoshima United J3MF Akira Yamauchi Tokai Gakuen FC Gifu J3MF Kaito Yasui Ryutsu Keizai Urawa Red Diamonds J1MF Shosaku Yasumitsu Hosei Kataller Toyama J3FW Shunta Araki Komazawa Sagan Tosu J1FW Ryo Arita Kokushikan Iwaki FC J3FW Yuta Fujihara Meiji Sagan Tosu J1FW Mikito Fukuda Tokai Gakuen Kagoshima United J3FW Masato Igarashi Kanoya Tochigi SC J2FW Riku Iijima Hosei Ventforet Kofu J2FW Yukihito Kajiya Kokushikan Sagan Tosu J1FW Takumi Kato Waseda Shimizu S-Pulse J1FW Yusuke Kikui Ryutsu Keizai Matsumoto Yamaga J3FW Makoto Mitsuta Ryutsu Keizai Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1FW Ko Miyazaki Komazawa Tochigi SC J2FW Kaito Mori Tsukuba Kashiwa Reysol J1FW Takato Nakai Hosei Fujieda MYFC J3FW Ryo Nemoto Kanoya Shonan Bellmare J1FW Daiki Sato Hosei Machida Zelvia J2FW Kosuke Takebe Sendai Vanraure Hachinohe J2FW Kazuki Tanaka Hosei Kyoto Sanga J1FW Yusei Toshida Komazawa Roasso Kumamoto J2FW Shinya Utsumoto Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei Oita Trinita J2FW Hiroto Yamami Kwansei Gakuin Gamba Osaka J1

See also 2021 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

References

External links About the tournament Schedule and results