2018 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The 2018 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament marked the 97th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan. Aomori Yamada became the champions after winning past Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa by 3–1.

Calendar

The schedule, kick-offs and match pairings were confirmed on 19 November 2018.

Round	Date	Matches	Teams
First round	30–31 December 2018	16
Second round	2 January 2019	16	32 → 16
Third round	3 January 2019	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	5 January 2019	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	12 January 2019	2	4 → 2
Final	14 January 2019	1	2 → 1

Venues

The tournament was played in four prefectures and nine stadiums, with six 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 Kashiwanoha Stadium

Participating clubs

In parentheses: the amount of times each team qualified for the All Japan High School Tournament

Hokkaido: Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School Aomori: Aomori Yamada High School Iwate: Tono High School Miyagi: Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School Akita: Akita Shogyo High School Yamagata: Haguro High School Fukushima: Shoshi High School Ibaraki: Meishu Gakuen Hitachi High School Tochigi: Yaita Chuo High School Gunma: Maebashi Ikuei High School Saitama: Urawa Minami High School Chiba: Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School Tokyo A: Kokushikan Univ. High School Tokyo B: Komazawa Univ. High School Kanagawa: Toko Gakuen High School Yamanashi: Aviation High School Nagano: Tokyo City Univ. Shiojiri High School Niigata: Teikyo Nagaoka High School Toyama: Toyama Daiichi High School Ishikawa: Seiryō High School Fukui: Maruoka High School Shizuoka: Hamamatsu Kaiseikan High School Aichi: Toho High School Mie: Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo High School

Gifu: Gifu Kogyo High School Shiga: Kusatsu Higashi High School Kyoto: Higashiyama High School Osaka: Osaka Gakuin Univ. High School Hyōgo: Kwansei Gakuin High School Nara: Ichijo High School Wakayama: Wakayama Kita High School Tottori: Yonago Kita High School Shimane: Rissho Univ. Shonan High School Okayama: Okayama Gakugeikan High School Hiroshima: Setouchi High School Yamaguchi: Saikyo High School Kagawa: SGU Kagawa Nishi High School Tokushima: Tokushima Ichiritsu High School Ehime: Uwajima Higashi High School Kōchi: Kochi Nishi High School Fukuoka: Higashi Fukuoka High School Saga: Ryukoku High School Nagasaki: Nagasaki IAS High School Kumamoto: Ohzu High School Ōita: Oita High School Miyazaki: Nissho Gakuen High School Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School Okinawa: Naha Nishi High School

Schedule

First round

Except for the opening match, played at 30 December, all the matches in the round were played at 31 December.