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
Prince League Hokkaido
2
9th
Sapporo Otani High School
Prince League Hokkaido
2
7th
Aomori
Aomori Yamada High School
JFA Premier League East
1
27th
Iwate
Tono High School
Iwate Prefectural League D1
4
22nd
Miyagi
Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School
Prince League Tohoku
2
21st
Akita
Nishime High School
Akita Prefectural League D1
4
9th
Yamagata
Yamagata Meisei High School
Yamagata Prefectural League D1
4
1st
Fukushima
Teikyo Asaka High School
Prince League Tohoku
2
1st
Shoshi High School
JFA Premier League East
1
16th
Ibaraki
Kashima Gakuen High School
Prince League Kanto D1
2
10th
Tochigi
Yaita Chuo High School
Prince League Kanto D1
2
13th
Gunma
Kyoai Gakuen High School
Gunma Prefectural League
4
1st
Saitama
Shohei High School
JFA Premier League East
1
5th
Chiba
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School
JFA Premier League East
1
31st
Tokyo
Teikyo High School
Prince League Kanto D1
2
34th
Komazawa University High School
Tokyo T1 League
4
2nd
Kanagawa
Tokai University Sagami High School
Kanagawa Prefectural League
4
4th
Toko Gakuen High School
Prince League Kanto D2
3
16th
Yamanashi
Yamanashi Gakuin High School
Prince League Kanto D2
3
8th
Nagano
Tokyo City University Shiojiri High School
Nagano Prefectural League D1
4
6th
Niigata
Teikyo Nagaoka High School
JFA Premier League West
1
6th
Toyama
Toyama Daiichi High School
Prince League Hokushinetsu D1
2
31st
Ishikawa
Otori Gakuen High School
Prince League Hokushinetsu D1
2
1st
Fukui
Maruoka High School
Prince League Hokushinetsu D2
3
35th
Shizuoka
Shizuoka Gakuen High School
JFA Premier League West
1
9th
Aichi
Toho High School
Aichi Prefectural League D1
4
10th
Mie
Mie High School
Mie Prefectural League D1
4
7th
Gifu
Teikyo University Kani High School
Gifu Prefectural League D1
4
9th
Shiga
Ohmi High School
Prince League Kansai D1
2
4th
Kyoto
Higashiyama High School
Prince League Kansai D2
3
6th
Osaka
Kokoku High School
Prince League Kansai D1
2
1st
Hannan University High School
Prince League Kansai D1
2
6th
Hyogo
Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School
Prince League Kansai D1
2
5th
Nara
Ikoma High School
Nara Prefectural League
4
2nd
Wakayama
Kindai University Wakayama High School
Wakayama Prefectural League
4
12th
Tottori
Yonago Kita High School
JFA Premier League West
1
19th
Shimane
Rissho University Shonan High School
Prince League Chugoku
2
17th
Okayama
Sakuyo Gakuen High School
Okayama Prefectural League D1
4
24th
Hiroshima
Setouchi High School
Prince League Chugoku
2
9th
Yamaguchi
Takagawa Gakuen High School
Prince League Chugoku
2
26th
Kagawa
Jinsei Gakuen High School
Kagawa Prefectural League D1
4
3rd
Tokushima
Tokushima Ichiritsu High School
Prince League Shikoku
2
22nd
Ehime
Saibi High School
Ehime Prefectural League D1
4
5th
Kochi
Kochi Ozu High School
Kochi Prefectural League D1
4
6th
Fukuoka
Fukuoka University Wakaba High School
Fukuoka Prefectural League D1
4
1st
Saga
Ryukoku High School
Saga Prefectural League D1
4
1st
Nagasaki
Kunimi High School
Prince League Kyushu D2
3
22nd
Kumamoto
Ohzu High School
JFA Premier League West
1
24th
Oita
Kasumigaura High School
Oita Prefectural League D1
4
3rd
Miyazaki
Nissho Gakuen High School
Prince League Kyushu D1
2
18th
Kagoshima
Kamimura Gakuen High School
JFA Premier League West
1
10th
Okinawa
Naha Nishi High School
Okinawa Prefectural League D1
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 (2) v (2) Nissho Gakuen
Higashiyama (3) v (2) Takagawa Gakuen
Kokoku (2) v (1) Shizuoka Gakuen
TCU Shiojiri (4) v (2) Sendai Ikuei
Nishime (4) v (1) Kamimura Gakuen
Toyama Daiichi (2) v (2) Sapporo Otani
Ohmi (2) v (2) Tokushima Ichiritsu
Toho (4) v (1) Yonago Kita
Kobe Koryo Gakuen (2) v (2) Teikyo
Yamanashi Gakuin (3) v (4) Naha Nishi
Tono (4) v (4) Mie
Setouchi (4) v (4) Ryukoku
Yanagigaura (4) v (1) Teikyo Nagaoka
Asahikawa Jitsugyo (2) v (1) Aomori Yamada
Komazawa (4) v (4) Saibi
Shohei (1) v (4) Jinsei Gakuen
Ohzu (1) v (2) Hannan
Maruoka (3) v (4) Kindai Wakayama
Sakuyo (4) v (2) Yamagata Meisei
Teikyo Kani (4) v (2) Rissho Shonan
Kashima Gakuen (2) v (2) Nissho Gakuen
Higashiyama (3) v (1) Shizuoka Gakuen
Kyoai Gakuen (4) v (2) Sendai Ikuei
Kamimura Gakuen (1) v (4) Kochi Ozu
Ichiritsu Funabashi (1) v (2) Sapporo Otani
Tokushima Ichiritsu (2) v (1) Shoshi
Yonago Kita (1) v (2) Teikyo
Yamanashi Gakuin (3) v (3) Kunimi
Tokai Sagami (4) v (4) Tono
Ryukoku (4) v (1) Teikyo Nagaoka
Ikoma (4) v (1) Aomori Yamada
Komazawa (4) v (2) Yaita Chuo
Teikyo Asaka (2) v (1) Shohei
Hannan (2) v (4) Fukuoka Wakaba
Kindai Wakayama (4) v (4) Sakuyo
Teikyo Kani (4) v (3) Toko Gakuen
Nissho Gakuen (2) v (1) Shizuoka Gakuen
Sendai Ikuei (2) v (1) Kamimura Gakuen
Ichiritsu Funabashi (1) v (1) Shoshi
Yonago Kita (1) v (3) Kunimi
Tokai Sagami (4) v (1) Teikyo Nagaoka
Aomori Yamada (1) v (2) Yaita Chuo
Shohei (1) v (4) Fukuoka Wakaba
Sakuyo (4) v (3) Toko Gakuen
Shizuoka Gakuen (1) v (1) Kamimura Gakuen
Ichiritsu Funabashi (1) v (1) Yonago Kita
Teikyo Nagaoka (1) v (1) Aomori Yamada
Shohei (1) v (3) Toko Gakuen
Kamimura Gakuen (1) v (1) Yonago Kita
Teikyo Nagaoka (1) v (1) Shohei
Kamimura Gakuen (1) v (1) Shohei
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
Leagues
Cups
Continental cups
Youth cups
National teams