Football tournament season
The men's football tournament at the 2024 Inter High School Sports Festival (令和6年度全国高等学校総合体育大会サッカー競技大会; Reiwa 6 Inter High School Sports Festival Football Tournament) marked the 68th edition of the Festival's football tournament.[ 1] It will be held from 26 July to 3 August 2024 on Fukushima Prefecture , during the high school summer break in Japan. It was contested by 52 prefectural qualifications' winning schools, with two teams from Fukushima (host), Hokkaido, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Osaka, and one team from each of the other prefectures.
The defending champions were Meishu Gakuen Hitachi, from Ibaraki Prefecture, who won the 2022 final against Toko Gakuen by 7–6 on penalties, after a 2–2 draw after extra-time. On the previous edition, curiously, neither of the teams who played at the semi-finals were on 2023 at the U-18 Premier League, the top division for youth teams in Japan.[ 2] Meishu Hitachi did not qualify for this year's tournament, in which Shohei eventually won past Kamimura Gakuen, earning them their first Inter-High title.
For the first time since the JFA U-18 Premier League was established, seven of the eight quarter-finalists were Premier League teams.
During the tournament, all matches had a duration of 70 minutes, split into two halves of 35 minutes each, with a draw in normal time leading the match directly into penalty shoot-outs . In the final, in case of a draw, the match would be led into an extra-time of 20 minutes, split into two halves of 10 minutes. Only after extra-time, should the draw persists, there would have penalty shoot-outs.
By online streaming , the entire tournament was streamed with enabled worldwide access on inhai.tv , a website within control of SportsBull.
The men's tournament was held on different areas within Fukushima Prefecture . It's the second time that Fukushima hosted the football tournament, with its first time being on 1978.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Participating schools [ edit ]
Prefecture
High School[ 8]
League (U-18)
L.
Apps.
Hokkaido
Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School
Hokkaido Prince League
2
9th
Sapporo Otani High School
Hokkaido Prince League
2
7th
Aomori
Aomori Yamada High School
Premier League East
1
27th
Iwate
Tono High School
Iwate Football League
4
22nd
Miyagi
Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School
Tohoku Prince League
2
21st
Akita
Nishime High School
Akita Football League
4
9th
Yamagata
Yamagata Meisei High School
Yamagata Football League
4
1st
Fukushima
Teikyo Asaka High School
Tohoku Prince League
2
1st
Shoshi High School
Premier League East
1
16th
Ibaraki
Kashima Gakuen High School
Kanto Prince League D1
2
10th
Tochigi
Yaita Chuo High School
Kanto Prince League D1
2
13th
Gunma
Kyoai Gakuen High School
Gunma Football League
4
1st
Saitama
Shohei High School
Premier League East
1
5th
Chiba
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School
Premier League East
1
31st
Tokyo
Teikyo High School
Kanto Prince League D1
2
34th
Komazawa University High School
Tokyo T1 League
4
2nd
Kanagawa
Tokai University Sagami High School
Kanagawa Football League
4
4th
Toko Gakuen High School
Kanto Prince League D2
3
16th
Yamanashi
Yamanashi Gakuin High School
Kanto Prince League D2
3
8th
Nagano
Tokyo City University Shiojiri High School
Nagano Football League
4
6th
Niigata
Teikyo Nagaoka High School
Premier League West
1
6th
Toyama
Toyama Daiichi High School
Hokushinetsu Prince League D1
2
31st
Ishikawa
Otori Gakuen High School
Hokushinetsu Prince League D1
2
1st
Fukui
Maruoka High School
Hokushinetsu Prince League D2
3
35th
Shizuoka
Shizuoka Gakuen High School
Premier League West
1
9th
Aichi
Toho High School
Aichi Football League
4
10th
Mie
Mie High School
Mie Football League
4
7th
Gifu
Teikyo University Kani High School
Gifu Football League
4
9th
Shiga
Ohmi High School
Kansai Prince League D1
2
4th
Kyoto
Higashiyama High School
Kansai Prince League D2
3
6th
Osaka
Kokoku High School
Kansai Prince League D1
2
1st
Hannan University High School
Kansai Prince League D1
2
6th
Hyogo
Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School
Kansai Prince League D1
2
5th
Nara
Ikoma High School
Nara Football League
4
2nd
Wakayama
Kindai University Wakayama High School
Wakayama Football League
4
12th
Tottori
Yonago Kita High School
Premier League West
1
19th
Shimane
Rissho University Shonan High School
Chugoku Prince League
2
17th
Okayama
Sakuyo Gakuen High School
Okayama Football League
4
24th
Hiroshima
Setouchi High School
Chugoku Prince League
2
9th
Yamaguchi
Takagawa Gakuen High School
Chugoku Prince League
2
26th
Kagawa
Jinsei Gakuen High School
Kagawa Football League
4
3rd
Tokushima
Tokushima Ichiritsu High School
Shikoku Prince League
2
22nd
Ehime
Saibi High School
Ehime Football League
4
5th
Kochi
Kochi Ozu High School
Kochi Football League
4
6th
Fukuoka
Fukuoka University Wakaba High School
Fukuoka Football League
4
1st
Saga
Ryukoku High School
Saga Football League
4
1st
Nagasaki
Kunimi High School
Kyushu Prince League D2
3
22nd
Kumamoto
Ohzu High School
Premier League West
1
24th
Oita
Kasumigaura High School
Oita Football League
4
3rd
Miyazaki
Nissho Gakuen High School
Kyushu Prince League D1
2
18th
Kagoshima
Kamimura Gakuen High School
Premier League West
1
10th
Okinawa
Naha Nishi High School
Okinawa Football League
4
18th
Note: In the sections below, team tiers (league levels) will be presented as follows:
National: (1) : Premier League
Regional: (2) : Prince League 1st Divs.; (3) : Prince Leagues 2nd Divs.
Prefectural: (4) : Prefectural League 1st Divs.; (5) : Prefectural League 2nd Divs.
The pairings and match-ups for the tournament were announced on 29 June 2024.[ 9]
Otori Gakuen v Nissho Gakuen
Higashiyama v Takagawa Gakuen
Kokoku v Shizuoka Gakuen
TCU Shiojiri v Sendai Ikuei
Nishime v Kamimura Gakuen
Toyama Daiichi v Sapporo Otani
Ohmi v Tokushima Ichiritsu
Toho v Yonago Kita
Kobe Koryo Gakuen v Teikyo
Yamanashi Gakuin v Naha Nishi
Tono v Mie
Setouchi v Ryukoku
Yanagigaura v Teikyo Nagaoka
Asahikawa Jitsugyo v Aomori Yamada
Komazawa v Saibi
Shohei v Jinsei Gakuen
Ohzu v Hannan
Maruoka v Kindai Wakayama
Sakuyo v Yamagata Meisei
Teikyo Kani v Rissho Shonan
Kashima Gakuen v Nissho Gakuen
Higashiyama v Shizuoka Gakuen
Kyoai Gakuen v Sendai Ikuei
Kamimura Gakuen v Kochi Ozu
Ichiritsu Funabashi v Sapporo Otani
Tokushima Ichiritsu v Shoshi
Yonago Kita v Teikyo
Yamanashi Gakuin v Kunimi
Tokai Sagami v Tono
Ryukoku v Teikyo Nagaoka
Ikoma v Aomori Yamada
Komazawa v Yaita Chuo
Teikyo Asaka v Shohei
Hannan v Fukuoka Wakaba
Kindai Wakayama v Sakuyo
Teikyo Kani v Toko Gakuen
Nissho Gakuen v Shizuoka Gakuen
Sendai Ikuei v Kamimura Gakuen
Ichiritsu Funabashi v Shoshi
Yonago Kita v Kunimi
Tokai Sagami v Teikyo Nagaoka
Aomori Yamada v Yaita Chuo
Shohei v Fukuoka Wakaba
Sakuyo v Toko Gakuen
Shizuoka Gakuen v Kamimura Gakuen
Ichiritsu Funabashi v Yonago Kita
Teikyo Nagaoka v Aomori Yamada
Shohei v Toko Gakuen
Kamimura Gakuen v Yonago Kita
Teikyo Nagaoka v Shohei
GK
17
Yudai Eda
RB
20
Haruto Nakano
CB
5
Yosei Arakaki
CB
4
Chikato Suzuki
LB
3
Ryoga Kuroki
CM
6
Iryu Yoshida
45'
CM
9
Kento Onari
AM
12
Futa Tokumura
AM
10
Kazuki Fukushima
25'
ST
15
Towa Matsushita
ST
14
Gaku Nawata (c )
Substitutes:
GK
1
Kotaro Ikeda
MF
2
Kazu Tomori
MF
7
Eita Hanashiro
MF
8
Yuta Sasaki
39'
MF
19
Tomoya Imura
FW
11
Hajime Hidaka
FW
13
Reo Kinjo
45'
FW
16
Kaito Sakihama
25' 39'
FW
18
Yu Akizawa
Manager:
Keiichiro Arimura
GK
1
Tomotaro Sasaki
RB
12
Manato Ando
CB
5
Yota Nakamatsu
CB
4
Kodai Sakamoto
LB
3
Yuto Uehara
RM
10
Gota Yamaguchi
CM
8
Minato Otani (c )
CM
14
Kenshin Honda
LM
11
Ryuki Osa
CF
7
Yudai Miura
70'
ST
15
Cheon Chi-sot
Substitutes:
GK
16
Tsubasa Shirane
DF
2
Sho Suzuki
70'
DF
13
Yuki Sato
MF
6
Hiroyuki Suzuki
MF
17
Yuta Kaida
MF
20
Yuwa Nezu
FW
9
Yujin Iwaya
FW
18
Rei Matsumoto
FW
19
Ryuto Harada
Manager:
Keiji Tamada
Assistant referees :
Yasuhiro Udagawa
Yuki Tanabe
Fourth official :
Mutsumi Takahashi
Match rules
80 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.
Rank
Player
High School
Goals
1
Gaku Nawata
Kamimura Gakuen
9
2
Takumi Yasuno
Teikyo Nagaoka
5
3
Cheon Chi-sot
Shohei
4
Ryusei Kato
Teikyo Kani
Futa Tokumura
Kamimura Gakuen
Selected best players [ edit ]
The following 34 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:[ 10]
P.
Player
High School
G.
GK
Tomotaro Sasaki
Shohei
3rd
GK
Shun Matsuda
Aomori Yamada
2nd
DF
Yosei Arakaki
Kamimura Gakuen
3rd
DF
Yuto Uehara
Shohei
3rd
DF
Yota Nakamatsu
Shohei
3rd
DF
Keishin Yamamoto
Teikyo Nagaoka
3rd
DF
Tariqkani Hayato Okabe
Ichiritsu Funabashi
3rd
DF
Genki Yamaguchi
Aomori Yamada
3rd
DF
Taichi Sugino
Toko Gakuen
3rd
DF
Shun Aoya
Toko Gakuen
3rd
MF
Chikato Suzuki
Kamimura Gakuen
3rd
MF
Towa Matsushita
Kamimura Gakuen
3rd
MF
Kento Onari
Kamimura Gakuen
3rd
MF
Minato Otani
Shohei
3rd
MF
Kenshin Honda
Shohei
3rd
MF
Ryuki Osa
Shohei
2nd
MF
Hiroyuki Suzuki
Shohei
3rd
P.
Player
High School
G.
MF
Ryo Shibano
Yonago Kita
3rd
MF
Tetta Yuzuki
Yonago Kita
2nd
MF
Taiga Kozai
Teikyo Nagaoka
3rd
MF
Masashi Mizukawa
Teikyo Nagaoka
3rd
MF
Hayato Horikawa
Shizuoka Gakuen
3rd
MF
Ko Mineno
Ichiritsu Funabashi
3rd
MF
Sota Minami
Nissho Gakuen
3rd
MF
Shuta Sasa
Sapporo Otani
3rd
FW
Futa Tokumura
Kamimura Gakuen
2nd
FW
Gaku Nawata
Kamimura Gakuen
3rd
FW
Reo Kinjo
Kamimura Gakuen
3rd
FW
Cheon Chi-sot
Shohei
3rd
FW
Hayato Suzuki
Yonago Kita
3rd
FW
Takumi Yasuno
Teikyo Nagaoka
3rd
FW
Yuki Kato
Shizuoka Gakuen
3rd
FW
Ryusei Kato
Teikyo Kani
3rd
Leagues
Cups
Continental cups
Youth cups
National teams