# 2020 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The 2020 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 99th High School Soccer Tournament (Japanese: 第99回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会)) marked the 99th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan. As usual, the tournament was contested by 48 High Schools, with 1 High School per Prefecture being qualified for the tournament, with an exception made for the Tokyo, which had 2 High Schools representing their Prefecture. The final was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002.
The Yamanashi Gakuin High School won the tournament over Aomori Yamada by 4–2 on a penalty shoot-out, after a 0–0 draw on regulation time.

## Calendar

The tournament took place in a 12-day span, with the tournament split in a total of 6 stages.
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs |
| First round | 31 December 2020 | 16 | 32 (32) → 16 |
| Second round | 1 January 2021 | 16 | 32 (16+16) → 16 |
| Third round | 3 January 2021 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 5 January 2021 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 9 January 2021 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 11 January 2021 | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## 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 2020 edition included)
| Hokkaido: Sapporo Otani High School (3) Aomori: Aomori Yamada High School (26) Iwate: Tono High School (29) Miyagi: Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School (35) Akita: North Asia Univ. Meioh High School (27) Yamagata: Nihon Univ. Yamagata High School (14) Fukushima: Gakuhou Ishikawa High School (1) Ibaraki: Kashima Gakuen High School (9) Tochigi: Yaita Chuo High School (11) Gunma: Maebashi Shogyo High School (12) Saitama: Shohei High School (4) Chiba: Ichiritsu Funabashi High School (23) Tokyo A: Kanto Daiichi High School (3) Tokyo B: Horikoshi High School (3) Kanagawa: Toin Gakuen High School (10) Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin High School (7) Nagano: Matsumoto Kokusai High School (4) Niigata: Teikyo Nagaoka High School (8) Toyama: Toyama Daiichi High School (31) Ishikawa: Seiryō High School (29) Fukui: Maruoka High School (31) Shizuoka: Fujieda Meisei High School (3) Aichi: Tokai Gakuen High School (4) Mie: Kaisei High School (2) | Gifu: Teikyo Univ. Kani High School (7) Shiga: Ohmi High School (1) Kyoto: Kyoto Tachibana High School (9) Osaka: Riseisha High School (3) Hyōgo: Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School (11) Nara: Yamabe High School (1) Wakayama: Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School (16) Tottori: Yonago Kita High School (16) Shimane: Taisha High School (10) Okayama: Sakuyo High School (24) Hiroshima: Hiroshima Minami High School (16) Yamaguchi: Takagawa Gakuen High School (26) Kagawa: Otemae Takamatsu High School (2) Tokushima: Tokushima Ichiritsu High School (18) Ehime: Nitta High School (3) Kōchi: Meitoku Gijuku High School (8) Fukuoka: Higashi Fukuoka High School (21) Saga: Saga Higashi High School (11) Nagasaki: Soseikan High School (1) Kumamoto: Luther Gakuin High School (5) Ōita: Nihon Bunri Univ. High School (1) Miyazaki: Miyazaki Nihon Univ. High School (1) Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School (8) Okinawa: Naha Nishi High School (17) |

## Schedule

The schedule and the match pairings were confirmed on 16 November 2020.

### Final

| GK | 17 | Takumi Kumakura (c) |
| DF | 2 | Itta Iihiro |
| DF | 3 | Taiju Ichinose |
| DF | 4 | Kenta Itakura |
| DF | 5 | Go Suzuki |
| MF | 6 | Kodai Yaguchi |
| MF | 8 | Sota Arai | 82' |
| MF | 11 | Toki Hirosawa | 64' |
| MF | 14 | Hayato Ishikawa | 70' |
| FW | 10 | Takeru Noda | 96' |
| FW | 20 | Soki Kubo | 70' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Keisuke Isobe |
| DF | 12 | Yui Nakane | 96' |
| DF | 22 | Gota Kato |
| MF | 13 | Raiki Yoda |
| MF | 18 | Takezen Yamaguchi | 64' |
| MF | 19 | Takumi Urata | 82' |
| FW | 7 | Koki Sasanuma | 70' |
| FW | 9 | Ifeanyi Hideto Mogi | 70' |
| FW | 28 | Kensei Suzuki |
| Manager: ||
| Dai Hasegawa ||
| GK | 1 | Ren Nirasawa |
| DF | 2 | Yosuke Uchida |
| DF | 3 | Paul Tabinas |
| DF | 4 | Ryusei Akimoto | 107' |
| DF | 5 | Yudai Fujiwara (c) |
| MF | 6 | Zento Uno |
| MF | 7 | Soma Anzai |
| MF | 8 | Yoshitaka Obara | 51' |
| MF | 10 | Kuryu Matsuki |
| MF | 14 | Daiya Sengoku | 99' |
| FW | 18 | Masaki Nasukawa | 100+2' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Koki Numata |
| DF | 13 | Ryohei Miwa | 107' |
| DF | 22 | Auguste Gbevegnon Hidaka | 100+2' |
| DF | 24 | Yoshiki Takushima |
| MF | 11 | Sota Fujimori | 51' |
| MF | 15 | Ryo Suzuki |
| MF | 16 | Shunsuke Uchima | 99' |
| MF | 21 | Manato Honda |
| FW | 9 | Nabel Yoshitaka Furusawa |
| Manager: ||
| Go Kuroda ||
| Assistant referees: Daisuke Sakurai Soichi Iwasaki Fourth official: Yuki Tanabe | Match rules 90 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. |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | High School | Goals |
| 1 | Soma Anzai | Aomori Yamada | 5 |
| 2 | Yudai Fujiwara | Aomori Yamada | 4 |
| 2 | Keisuke Kasai | Kanto Daiichi | 4 |
| 2 | Ryo Omori | Teikyo Kani | 4 |
| 5 | Kotatsu Kawakami | Teikyo Nagaoka | 3 |
| 5 | Takumi Kiuchi | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 3 |
| 5 | Masaki Nasukawa | Aomori Yamada | 3 |
| 5 | Rei Shimano | Sendai Ikuei Gakuen | 3 |
| 5 | Sho Sugimoto | Sakuyo | 3 |

## Selected best players

The following 39 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:
| Pos. | Player | High School | Grade | Moved to |
| GK | Haruto Fujii | Yaita Chuo | 2nd | Yaita Chuo |
| GK | Ren Nirasaki | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Meiji University |
| GK | Takumi Kumakura | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Rissho University |
| DF | Yosuke Uchida | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Meiji University |
| DF | Paul Tabinas | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Iwate Grulla Morioka |
| DF | Yudai Fujiwara | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| DF | Rei Niikura | Yaita Chuo | 3rd | NIFS Kanoya |
| DF | Ryota Ozawa | Shohei | 3rd | Nippon Sport Science University |
| DF | Takumi Kiuchi | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| DF | Yusuke Ishida | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 3rd | Gainare Tottori |
| DF | Kyohei Osada | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 3rd | Takushoku University |
| DF | Taisei Inoue | Horikoshi | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| DF | Taiju Ichinose | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Yamanashi Gakuin University |
| DF | Kenta Itakura | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Tokyo International University |
| DF | Natsuki Koi | Toyama Daiichi | 3rd | |
| DF | Komei Iida | Maruoka | 3rd | Komazawa University |
| MF | Zento Uno | Aomori Yamada | 2nd | Aomori Yamada |
| MF | Soma Anzai | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Waseda University |
| MF | Kuryu Matsuki | Aomori Yamada | 2nd | Aomori Yamada |
| Pos. | Player | High School | Grade | Moved to |
| MF | Rinsei Ohata | Yaita Chuo | 2nd | Yaita Chuo |
| MF | Yuta Arai | Shohei | 1st | Shohei |
| MF | Naoki Suto | Shohei | 3rd | Kashima Antlers |
| MF | Kodai Yaguchi | Yamanashi Gakuin | 2nd | Yamanashi Gakuin |
| MF | Sota Arai | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Nihon University |
| MF | Kotatsu Kawakami | Teikyo Nagaoka | 3rd | Rissho University |
| MF | Rando Hiroi | Teikyo Nagaoka | 1st | Teikyo Nagaoka |
| MF | Junnosuke Suzuki | Teikyo Kani | 2nd | Teikyo Kani |
| MF | Takato Koyake | Teikyo Kani | 3rd | Kanto Gakuin University |
| MF | Haruki Matsui | Kobe Koryo Gakuen | 3rd | FC Imabari |
| MF | Shunsuke Aoki | Higashi Fukuoka | 3rd | Hosei University |
| MF | Jimpei Yoshida | Saga Higashi | 2nd | Saga Higashi |
| MF | Tsubasa Nagayoshi | Kamimura Gakuen | 3rd | Toin University of Yokohama |
| FW | Takeru Noda | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| FW | Soki Kubo | Yamanashi Gakuin | 3rd | Tokyo International University |
| FW | Shunta Sako | Teikyo Nagaoka | 3rd | Takushoku University |
| FW | Kodai Kuzuoka | Teikyo Nagaoka | 3rd | Kokushikan University |
| FW | Rei Kihara | Kyoto Tachibana | 2nd | Kyoto Tachibana |
| FW | Yota Sakiyama | Yonago Kita | 3rd | Komazawa University |
| FW | Shio Fukuda | Kamimura Gakuen | 1st | Kamimura Gakuen |

## Joining J.League clubs on 2021

| Pos. | Player | Moving from | Moving to | League |
| DF | Yudai Fujiwara | Aomori Yamada | Urawa Red Diamonds | J1 |
| DF | Gaku Inaba | Fujieda Higashi | Zweigen Kanazawa | J2 |
| DF | Yusuke Ishida | Ichiritsu Funabashi | Gainare Tottori | J3 |
| DF | Paul Tabinas | Aomori Yamada | Iwate Grulla Morioka | J3 |
| MF | Taiyo Hiraoka | Riseisha | Shonan Bellmare | J1 |
| MF | Yota Komi | Shohei | Albirex Niigata | J2 |
| MF | Haruki Matsui | Kobe Koryo Gakuen | FC Imabari | J3 |
| MF | Yusuke Ogawa | Shohei | Kashima Antlers | J1 |
| MF | Keita Shiba | Shohei | Fukushima United | J3 |
| MF | Naoki Suto | Shohei | Kashima Antlers | J1 |
| FW | Aiki Miyahara | Ohzu | Roasso Kumamoto | J3 |
| FW | Shoki Nagano | Higashi Fukuoka | Fukushima United | J3 |
| FW | Taiyo Nishino | Kyoto Tachibana | Tokushima Vortis | J2 |