Football at the Inter High School Sports Festival

Football at the is an annual event at the tournament, popularly referred to as . It is also one of the main U-18 football tournaments for the Japanese high schools, alongside the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament and the Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League.

It is organized by the All Japan High School Athletic Federation, in association with the Japan Football Association and other public organizations and educational institutes of the tournament's host prefecture.

Venue Until 2023, the tournament's football competition was held in the same prefecture as the other events at the competition. However, in order to deal with the extreme heat, the men's competition will be held every year from 2024 onwards on Fukushima Prefecture. The women's competition will be held on Hokkaido on 2024 and 2025.

Holding method Men's tournament The men's tournament was held for the first time on 1966, with Fujieda Higashi winning the first edition, held in the Aomori Prefecture.

To qualify for the tournament, high schools across the country plays prefectural qualifications, structured very similarly as the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament's prefectural qualifications. A total of 52 schools participate in the tournament, with two schools from Hokkaido, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka and the year's host prefecture (if the host are either of the mentioned prefectures, from there will three schools qualify), and just one school from each of the other prefectures.

The matches during the prefectural qualifiers and in the tournament itself lasts 70 minutes, with 35-minute halves. In case of a draw on full-time, penalty shoot-outs will be required, with no extra-time being played. The only exception is in the final, where a 20-minute extra time with 10-minute halves will take place, proceeded by penalty shoot-outs should the match remains tied.

Women's tournament Differently from the men's tournament, the qualifications are held regionally. 16 schools qualifies for the tournament, with three from Kanto, two from Tohoku, Tokai, Kinki and Kyushu and one from Hokkaido, Hokushin'etsu, Chugoku, Shikoku and the year's host prefecture (its region wins an extra slot). The duration of the matches are the same of the men's tournament.

Held since 2012, Hinomoto Gakuen is the only school to win the tournament in consecutive occasions, winning it four times between 2012 and 2015. It's also the record-winner with five titles, having won its last on 2017. As of 2024, Fujieda Junshin is the only school to participate in every tournament since its inception on 2012.

The winner of this tournament advances to the JFA U-18 Women's Football Finals, held in September, where they play against the winners of the Japan Club Youth U-18 Women's Football Championship.

Finals Men's finals YearWinnerScoreRunners–upHost prefecture1966 Fujieda Higashi 1–0 Ichiritsu UrawaAomori1967 Ichiritsu Urawa 2–0 KariyaFukui1968 Akita Shogyo 3–2 NarashinoHiroshima1969 Urawa Minami 4–2 Shimizu ShogyoTochigi1970 Hamana 1–0 Urawa MinamiWakayama1971 Shimizu Higashi 3–0 Hiroshima KogyoTokushima1972 Shimizu Higashi 2–1 Akita ShogyoYamagata1973 Kodama 2–1 HokuyoMie1974 Hamana 2–1 KodamaSaga1975 Nirasaki 1–0 KodamaYamanashi1976 Teikyo 3–0 Koga DaiichiNiigata1977 Shimabara Shogyo 3–0 Saga ShogyoOkayama1978 Hokuyo 3–1 YachiyoFukushima1979 Mito Shogyo 1–0 Oita KogyoShiga1980 Shimizu Higashi 2–1 ImaichiEhime1981 Shimizu Higashi 3–1 Muroran OtaniKanagawa1982 Teikyo 3–0 Kyoto ShogyoKagoshima1983 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo 1–0 Mito ShogyoAichi1984 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo 3–1 Hiroshima KogyoAkita1985 Kyushu Gakuin 4–1 Muroran OtaniIshikawa1986 Kunimi 3–2 ChukyoYamaguchi1987 Ichiritsu Funabashi 2–1 KunimiHokkaido1988 Ichiritsu Funabashi 5–0 Koga DaiichiHyogo1989 Shimizu Shogyo 6–2 Omiya HigashiKochi1990 Shimizu Shogyo 2–1 MinamiuwaMiyagi1991 Shimizu Higashi 2–1 Tokai Univ. DaiichiShizuoka1992 Tokushima Ichiritsu 1–0 Ichiritsu FunabashiMiyazaki1993 Kunimi 2–1 Kagoshima JitsugyoTochigi1994 Shimizu Shogyo 1–0 TeikyoToyama1995 Narashino 4–0 SeibudaiTottori1996 Shimizu Shogyo 3–1 TeikyoYamanashi1997 Higashi Fukuoka 4–3 TeikyoKyoto1998 Ichiritsu Funabashi 2–1 Gifu KogyoKagawa1999 YachiyoHiroshima Minami 3–3 Shared trophyIwate2000 Kunimi 2–1 Kokugakuin Univ. KugayamaGifu2001 Ichiritsu Funabashi 3–0 Fujieda HigashiKumamoto2002 Teikyo 2–1 KunimiIbaraki2003 Kunimi 1–0 (GG) TeikyoNagasaki2004 Kunimi 2–1 Ichiritsu FunabashiShimane2005 Aomori Yamada 4–1 Naha NishiChiba2006 Hiroshima Kanon 2–0 Hatsushiba HashimotoOsaka2007 Ichiritsu Funabashi 4–1 SeiryoSaga2008 Ichiritsu FunabashiRKU Kashiwa – Final cancelledSaitama2009 Maebashi Ikuei 2–0 Yonago KitaNara2010 Ichiritsu Funabashi 4–1 Takigawa DainiOkinawa2011 Toin Gakuen 2–1 Shizuoka GakuenAkita2012 Miura Gakuin 2–1 BunanNagano2013 Ichiritsu Funabashi 4–2 RKU KashiwaFukuoka2014 Higashi Fukuoka 4–1 OhzuYamanashi2015 Higashi Fukuoka 1–1 (6–5 pen.) Ichiritsu FunabashiHyogo2016 Ichiritsu Funabashi 1–0 RKU KashiwaHiroshima2017 RKU Kashiwa 1–0 Nihon FujisawaMiyagi2018 Yamanashi Gakuin 2–1 Toko GakuenMie2019 Toko Gakuen 1–0 Toyama DaiichiOkinawa2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19.Gunma2021 Aomori Yamada 2–1 Yonago KitaFukui2022 Maebashi Ikuei 1–0 TeikyoTokushima2023 Meishu Gakuen Hitachi 2–2 (7–6 pen.) Toko GakuenHokkaido2024 Shohei 3–2 Kamimura GakuenFukushima2025 Kamimura Gakuen 2–2 (7–6 pen.) OhzuFukushima

Women's finals YearWinnerScoreRunners–upHost prefecture2012 Hinomoto Gakuen 1–0 Tokiwagi GakuenNagano2013 Hinomoto GakuenMurata – Final cancelledSaga2014 Hinomoto Gakuen 7–0 Kyoto Seika GakuenTokyo2015 Hinomoto Gakuen 0–0 (5–4 pen.) Daisho GakuenHyogo2016 Fujieda Junshin 1–0 SakuyoHiroshima2017 Hinomoto Gakuin 1–0 Fujieda JunshinMiyagi2018 Tokiwagi Gakuen 3–0 Hinomoto GakuenShizuoka2019 Jumonji 1–0 Hinomoto GakuenOkinawa2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19.Gunma2021 Kamimura Gakuen 2–1 Fujieda JunshinFukui2022 Daisho Gakuen 1–0 JumonjiTokushima2023 Fujieda Junshin 3–0 Seiwa GakuenHokkaido2024 Fujieda Junshin 2–0 Daisho GakuenFukushima2025 Daisho Gakuen 3–2 Tokoha Univ. TachibanaFukushima

All winners Men's tournament P. High School Champions Runners-up Winning years1st Ichiritsu Funabashi 9 3 1987, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 20162nd Kunimi 5 2 1986, 1993, 2000, 2003, 20043rd Shimizu Higashi 4 0 1972, 1980, 1981, 1991 Shimizu Shogyo 4 1 1989, 1990, 1994, 19965th Teikyo 3 4 1976, 1982, 2002 Higashi Fukuoka 3 0 1997, 2014, 20157th RKU Kashiwa 2 2 2008, 2017 Fujieda Higashi 2 0 1966, 1971 Hamana 2 0 1970, 1974 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo 2 0 1983, 1984 Aomori Yamada 2 0 2005, 2021 Maebashi Ikuei 2 0 2009, 202213th Kodama 1 2 1973 Toko Gakuen 1 2 2019 Mito Shogyo 1 1 1979 Ichiritsu Urawa 1 1 1967 Akita Shogyo 1 1 1968 Urawa Minami 1 1 1969 Kansai Univ. Hokuyo 1 1 1978 Narashino 1 1 1995 Yachiyo 1 1 1999 Nirasaki 1 0 1975 Shimabara Shogyo 1 0 1977 Kyushu Gakuin 1 0 1985 Tokushima Ichiritsu 1 0 1992 Hiroshima Minami 1 0 1999 Hiroshima Kanon 1 0 2006 Toin Gakuen 1 0 2011 Miura Gakuin 1 0 2012 Yamanashi Gakuin 1 0 2018 Meishu Gakuen Hitachi 1 0 2023 Shohei 1 0 2024 Kamimura Gakuen 1 0 2025

Women's tournament P. High School Champions Runners-up Winning years1st Hinomoto Gakuen 5 2 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 20172nd Fujieda Junshin 3 2 2016, 2023, 20243rd Daisho Gakuen 2 1 2022, 20254th Jumonji 1 1 2019 Hiroo Gakuen Koishikawa 1 0 2013 Tokiwagi Gakuen 1 0 2018 Kamimura Gakuen 1 0 2021

See also All Japan High School Soccer Tournament All Japan High School Women's Soccer Tournament Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League

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References

External links About the men's football tournament (JFA) About the women's football tournament (JFA) About the tournament (All Japan HS Athletic Federation)