Football at the Inter High School Sports Festival

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Men's tournament
Founded1966
Region Japan
Number of teams52
Current championsMeishu Gakuen Hitachi (2023)
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Ichiritsu Funabashi (9 titles)
WebsiteJFA
Football at the 2024 Inter High School Sports Festival – Men's tournament
Women's tournament
Founded2012
Region Japan
Number of teams16
Current championsFujieda Junshin (2023)
(2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Hinomoto Gakuen (5 titles)
WebsiteJFA

Football at the Inter High School Sports Festival (全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kōtō gakkō sōgō taiiku taikai sakkā kyōgi taikai) is an annual event at the tournament, popularly referred to as Inter-High (インターハイ). 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.[1][2]

Venue[edit]

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.[3][4]

Holding method[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

The men's tournament was held for the first time on 1966, with Fujieda Higashi winning the first edition, held in the Aomori Prefecture.[5][6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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[edit]

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.[9]

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 2023, Hinomoto Gakuen and Fujieda Junshin are the only schools to participate in every tournament since its inception on 2012.[10]

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.[11]

Finals[edit]

Men's finals[edit]

Year Winner Score Runners–up Host prefecture
1966 Fujieda Higashi 1–0 Ichiritsu Urawa Aomori
1967 Ichiritsu Urawa 2–0 Kariya Fukui
1968 Akita Shogyo 3–2 Narashino Hiroshima
1969 Urawa Minami 4–2 Shimizu Shogyo Tochigi
1970 Hamana 1–0 Urawa Minami Wakayama
1971 Shimizu Higashi 3–0 Hiroshima Kogyo Tokushima
1972 Shimizu Higashi 2–1 Akita Shogyo Yamagata
1973 Kodama 2–1 Hokuyo[a] Mie
1974 Hamana 2–1 Kodama Saga
1975 Nirasaki 1–0 Kodama Yamanashi
1976 Teikyo 3–0 Koga Daiichi Niigata
1977 Shimabara Shogyo 3–0 Saga Shogyo Okayama
1978 Hokuyo[a] 3–1 Yachiyo Fukushima
1979 Mito Shogyo 1–0 Oita Kogyo Shiga
1980 Shimizu Higashi 2–1 Imaichi Ehime
1981 Shimizu Higashi 3–1 Muroran Otani Kanagawa
1982 Teikyo 3–0 Kyoto Shogyo[b] Kagoshima
1983 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo 1–0 Mito Shogyo Aichi
1984 Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo 3–1 Hiroshima Kogyo Akita
1985 Kyushu Gakuin 4–1 Muroran Otani Ishikawa
1986 Kunimi 3–2 Chukyo[c] Yamaguchi
1987 Ichiritsu Funabashi 2–1 Kunimi Hokkaido
1988 Ichiritsu Funabashi 5–0 Koga Daiichi Hyogo
1989 Shimizu Shogyo 6–2 Omiya Higashi Kochi
1990 Shimizu Shogyo 2–1 Minamiuwa Miyagi
1991 Shimizu Higashi 2–1 Tokai Univ. Daiichi[d] Shizuoka
1992 Tokushima Ichiritsu 1–0 Ichiritsu Funabashi Miyazaki
1993 Kunimi 2–1 Kagoshima Jitsugyo Tochigi
1994 Shimizu Shogyo 1–0 Teikyo Toyama
1995 Narashino 4–0 Seibudai Tottori
1996 Shimizu Shogyo 3–1 Teikyo Yamanashi
1997 Higashi Fukuoka 4–3 Teikyo Kyoto
1998 Ichiritsu Funabashi 2–1 Gifu Kogyo Kagawa
1999 Yachiyo
Hiroshima Minami		 3–3 Shared trophy Iwate
2000 Kunimi 2–1 Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama Gifu
2001 Ichiritsu Funabashi 3–0 Fujieda Higashi Kumamoto
2002 Teikyo 2–1 Kunimi Ibaraki
2003 Kunimi 1–0 (GG) Teikyo Nagasaki
2004 Kunimi 2–1 Ichiritsu Funabashi Shimane
2005 Aomori Yamada 4–1 Naha Nishi Chiba
2006 Hiroshima Kanon 2–0 Hatsushiba Hashimoto Osaka
2007 Ichiritsu Funabashi 4–1 Seiryo Saga
2008 Ichiritsu Funabashi
RKU Kashiwa		 – Final cancelled[e] Saitama
2009 Maebashi Ikuei 2–0 Yonago Kita Nara
2010 Ichiritsu Funabashi 4–1 Takigawa Daini Okinawa
2011 Toin Gakuen 2–1 Shizuoka Gakuen Akita
2012 Miura Gakuin 2–1 Bunan Nagano
2013 Ichiritsu Funabashi 4–2 RKU Kashiwa Fukuoka
2014 Higashi Fukuoka 4–1 (a.e.t.) Ohzu Yamanashi
2015 Higashi Fukuoka 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 pen.)		 Ichiritsu Funabashi Hyogo
2016 Ichiritsu Funabashi 1–0 RKU Kashiwa Hiroshima
2017 RKU Kashiwa 1–0 Nihon Fujisawa Miyagi
2018 Yamanashi Gakuin 2–1 Toko Gakuen Mie
2019 Toko Gakuen 1–0 Toyama Daiichi Okinawa
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19.[12] Gunma
2021 Aomori Yamada 2–1 (a.e.t.) Yonago Kita Fukui
2022 Maebashi Ikuei 1–0 Teikyo Tokushima
2023 Meishu Gakuen Hitachi 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 pen.)		 Toko Gakuen Hokkaido
2024 Final held on 3 August 2024. Fukushima
  1. ^ a b Now named Kansai University Hokuyo High School.
  2. ^ Now named Kyoto University of Advanced Science High School.
  3. ^ Now named Chukyo University Chukyo High School.
  4. ^ Now named Tokai University Shizuoka Shoyo High School.
  5. ^ The final was cancelled due to a thunderstorm, and both teams shared the trophy.

Women's finals[edit]

Year Winner Score Runners–up Host prefecture
2012 Hinomoto Gakuen 1–0 Tokiwagi Gakuen Nagano
2013 Hinomoto Gakuen
Murata[a]		 – Final cancelled[b] Saga
2014 Hinomoto Gakuen 7–0 Kyoto Seika Gakuen Tokyo
2015 Hinomoto Gakuen 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 pen.)		 Daisho Gakuen Hyogo
2016 Fujieda Junshin 1–0 Sakuyo Hiroshima
2017 Hinomoto Gakuin 1–0 Fujieda Junshin Miyagi
2018 Tokiwagi Gakuen 3–0 Hinomoto Gakuen Shizuoka
2019 Jumonji 1–0 Hinomoto Gakuen Okinawa
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19.[12] Gunma
2021 Kamimura Gakuen 2–1 (a.e.t.) Fujieda Junshin Fukui
2022 Daisho Gakuen 1–0 (a.e.t.) Jumonji Tokushima
2023 Fujieda Junshin 3–0 Seiwa Gakuen Hokkaido
2024 Final held on 3 August 2024. Fukushima
  1. ^ Now named Hiroo Gakuen Koishikawa High School
  2. ^ The final was cancelled due to a thunderstorm, and both teams shared the trophy.

Past winners[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

P. High School Champions Runners-up Winning years
1st Ichiritsu Funabashi 9 3 1987, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016
2nd Kunimi 5 2 1986, 1993, 2000, 2003, 2004
3rd Shimizu Higashi 4 0 1972, 1980, 1981, 1991
Shimizu Shogyo 4 1 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996
5th Teikyo 3 4 1976, 1982, 2002
Higashi Fukuoka 3 0 1997, 2014, 2015
7th 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, 2022
13th 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

Women's tournament[edit]

P. High School Champions Runners-up Winning years
1st Hinomoto Gakuen 5 2 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
2nd Fujieda Junshin 2 2 2016, 2023
3rd Jumonji 1 1 2019
Daisho Gakuen 1 1 2022
Hiroo Gakuen Koishikawa 1 0 2013
Tokiwagi Gakuen 1 0 2018
Kamimura Gakuen 1 0 2021

References[edit]

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  9. ^ "2024年度 全国高校総体女子サッカー競技大会（女子インターハイ）@北海道 関東全代表決定！7/30～8/3開催！都道府県・地域予選から情報お待ちしています". juniorsoccer-news.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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  11. ^ "大会要項". jfa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Athletes and coaches react to cancellation of Inter-High School Sports Festival". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

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