The All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kōtō gakkō sakkā senshuken taikai, 全国高校サッカー選手権大会, Zenkoku kō kō sakkā senshuken taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Winter Kokuritsu" (冬の国立 Fuyu no Kokuritsu), is an annual nationwide high school

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tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan, even as soccer continues to gain more attention. The tournament, organized by the

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, All Japan High School Athletic Federation and

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, takes place during the winter school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage with 48 teams in December to January at

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side.

Venues

Current venues (2022)

Japan National Stadium The Japan National Stadium, officially named and formerly known as or , is a multi-purpose stadium used mostly for association football in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The facility served as the main stadium for the opening ...

* Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium *

Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka (味の素フィールド西が丘), originally called Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium (国立西が丘サッカー場, ''Nishigaoka National Soccer Stadium''), is a football stadium in Kita, Tokyo. It was renamed on 1 May ...

Urawa Komaba Stadium The is an athletic stadium in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Japan. It accommodates 21,500 spectators. It was formerly known as Saitama Urawa Komaba Stadium (さいたま市駒場スタジアム). Since May 2012, it has been called Urawa Komaba Stadium. U ...

NACK5 Stadium Omiya is a football stadium located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is the home stadium of J2 League club Omiya Ardija. It was formerly known as Omiya Football Stadium. Since 14 May 2007 it has been called for the na ...

Kashiwanoha Stadium is a multi-use stadium in north-west area of Kashiwa, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and rugby union. The stadium holds 20,000 people and was built from 1995, and served from 1999. It's defined as one of home ground of K ...

* ZA Oripri Stadium * NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium * Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

Previous venues (since tournament moved to Kanto)

Saitama Stadium 2002 , often called or simply , is a football stadium located in Midori-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Currently, J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds use this stadium for home games. It is the largest football-specific stadium in Jap ...

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* Oi Futo Chuo Kaihin Park Athletics Stadium * Edogawa Stadium * Kawagoe Sports Park Athletics Stadium * Chiba Sports Stadium *

Frontier Soccer Field is a football stadium in Narashino, Chiba, Japan. It was formerly known as Akitsu Park Soccer Stadium. Since April 2015 it has been called Frontier Soccer Field for the naming rights Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of adv ...

Fukuda Denshi Arena , known commonly as Fuku-Ari (フクアリ), is a football stadium in Chiba, Japan. It was completed in 2005 and is home to the J. League club JEF United Ichihara Chiba following their move from the Ichihara Seaside Stadium. The stadium has a ...

* Yokohama Mitsuzawa Athletic Stadium *

Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka is a multi-purpose stadium in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 260px, Hiratsuka City Hall is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 257,316 and a population density of 3800 persons per km². The total are ...

* Sagamihara Gion Stadium

Finals

Results

Records and statistics

Most successful prefectures

Most successful high schools

Overall top goalscorers

Single season top goalscorers

External links

Official website
– JFA (Japan Football Association) {{football in Japan Football competitions in Japan Youth football competitions Youth football in Japan Recurring sporting events established in 1917