The 2022 All Japan University Football Championship (第71回全日本大学サッカー選手権大会; ''All Japan 71st University Football Championship'') was the 71st edition of the referred annually contested cup for universities across Japan. As usual, the tournament was contested by 24 universities on a knockout-stage format. The

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were the current champions, winning 3–2 past Hannan University on the 2021 championship. However, as they didn't qualify for this edition, the university was unable to defend their title. The Toin University of Yokohama took advantage of it, winning the championship by a 3–2 win after a last-minute goal against Niigata University of Health and Welfare. They won the championship for the first time.

Calendar

Venues

The venues and their locations are as follows:

Participating clubs

''In parentheses: Each university's performance at the regional qualifying series.''

Schedule

The participating teams and match-ups were disclosed on 22 November 2022.

First round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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Top scorers

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Toin University of Yokohama is a private university in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and thi ...

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Awards

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References

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External links

About the tournamentSchedule and results
All Japan University Football Championship 2022 in Japanese football