Prince Takamado Cup

The Prince Takamado Cup, since 2018, is divided in two age-restricted tournaments, being them the "Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football League" (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカーリーグ) and "Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship" (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-15サッカー選手権大会). Both tournaments are annually-contested and run by the Japan Football Association for the under–18 and under-15 sides. The name of the tournament is named after Norihito, Prince Takamado, a long time patron of football in Japan.

Under-18

Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League
Founded1990;
2011 (as Premier League)
Number of teams24
Current championsAomori Yamada HS (2023)
(4th title)
Most successful club(s)Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Aomori Yamada HS
(4 titles)
Television broadcastersJ Sports + Sports Bull
WebsiteJFA
2023 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League (1st division)

League structure

From 2003 to 2010, the championship was realized as a short-term tournament, where the Prince Leagues (equivalent to the Japanese Regional Leagues) served as a qualification to it. [1] Since 2011, the championship is played as a year-round league tournament.

Currently, in the Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League, 24 teams are split into 2 groups with 12 teams in each, which are called Premier League East, and Premier League West, with each team's geographical positions being the determining factor to decide whether the club should be on the East group, or on the West group. The winners of each group face each other in a one-legged final at a neutral venue to decide the tournament's winners.

On the other side, the 11th and 12th-placed teams of each group are automatically relegated to the Prince League (The tournament's 2nd division), while to keep their stay at the elite, the 10th-placed teams of each group needs to join other 16 teams from the Prince League on a play-off tournament, with the teams being divided by 6 groups with 3 teams in each. The winners of each group are qualified for/remains in the Premier League. [2]

All the players under the Type 2 registration (Players with the age of 18 or below) are eligible to compete in the leagues

U-18 League System
Level Leagues/Divisions
I Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Premier League
24 teams (2022 season)

East (12 teams) | West (12 teams)

II Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League
104 teams (2022 season)

Hokkaido (8 teams)
Tohoku (10 teams)
Kanto (20 teams; 2 divisions)
Tokai (10 teams)
Hokushin'etsu (10 teams)
Kansai (16 teams; 2 divisions)
Chugoku (10 teams)
Shikoku (10 teams)
Kyushu (10 teams)

III & below 46 Prefectural Leagues & 5 Block Leagues of Hokkaido
+500 teams

Hokkaido: Sapporo block | Dōhoku block (north) | Dōtō block (east) | Dōō block (central) | Dōnan block (south)
Tohoku: Aomori | Iwate | Miyagi | Akita | Yamagata | Fukushima
Kanto: Ibaraki | Tochigi | Gunma | Saitama | Chiba | Tokyo | Kanagawa | Yamanashi
Tokai: Gifu | Shizuoka | Aichi | Mie
Hokushin'etsu: Niigata | Toyama | Ishikawa | Fukui | Nagano
Kansai: Shiga | Kyoto | Osaka | Hyogo | Nara | Wakayama
Chugoku: Tottori | Shimane | Okayama | Hiroshima | Yamaguchi
Shikoku: Tokushima | Kagawa | Ehime | Kochi
Kyushu: Fukuoka | Saga | Nagasaki | Kumamoto | Ōita | Miyazaki | Kagoshima | Okinawa

Premier League teams (2011–)

This list includes all teams that played in the Premier League since its inception on 2011, when it became the top U-18 league in Japan. Teams in bold are playing in the 2023 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League. Gold boxes indicates the team was the season's champions, green boxes indicates the season's runner-up, and red boxes indicates the season's relegated teams.

  • Premier League East
Team Prefecture Seasons 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS Hokkaido 2 – 10th – – – – – – – – – 12th
Consadole Sapporo Hokkaido 5 1st 2nd 5th 8th 9th – – – – – – –
Aomori Yamada HS Aomori 12 6th 4th 6th 7th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 1st
JFA Academy Fukushima Fukushima 4 – – 3rd 5th 10th – – – – – 11th –
Shoshi HS Fukushima 3 10th – – – – – – – 10th – – 2nd
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki 8 – 7th 8th 3rd 1st 8th 4th 1st 9th – – –
Maebashi Ikuei HS Gunma 2 – – – – – – – – – – 6th 8th
Kiryu Daiichi HS Gunma 1 – – – – – – – – – – 12th –
Mitsubishi Yowa Saitama 4 8th 8th 7th 10th – – – – – – – –
Omiya Ardija Saitama 6 – – – – 3rd 4th 9th – 6th 4th 3rd 9th
Shohei HS Saitama 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 7th
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama 6 4th 9th – – – – 8th 7th 3rd 10th – –
Ichiritsu Funabashi HS Chiba 9 – – – 4th 4th 3rd 7th 6th 5th 9th 10th 5th
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba 9 – – – 1st 8th 7th 5th 5th 2nd 5th 9th 4th
Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa HS Chiba 11 5th 3rd 1st 6th 7th 9th – 4th 7th 8th 8th 6th
FC Tokyo Tokyo 8 9th – – – 5th 2nd 1st 9th – 6th 5th 10th
Tokyo Verdy Tokyo 4 2nd 1st 4th 9th – – – – – – – –
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa 2 – – – – – – – – – – 1st 3rd
Toko Gakuen HS Kanagawa 1 – – 10th – – – – – – – – –
Yokohama FC Kanagawa 3 – – – – – – – – – 7th 7th WEST
Yokohama F. Marinos Kanagawa 5 – – – – – 5th 10th – – 3rd 2nd 11th
Albirex Niigata Niigata 1 – – – – – 10th – – – – – –
Toyama Daiichi HS Toyama 1 WEST WEST WEST WEST – – – 10th – – – –
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka 2 – – – – – – – 8th 8th WEST WEST WEST
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka 10 3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 6th 6th 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd WEST –
Shizuoka Gakuen HS Shizuoka 4 7th 6th 9th – – – – – – – WEST WEST
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto 1 – – – – – – 6th WEST WEST WEST – –
  • Premier League West
Team Prefecture Seasons 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Yokohama FC Kanagawa 3 – – – – – – – – – EAST EAST 5th
Toyama Daiichi HS Toyama 4 8th 6th 8th 9th – – – EAST – – – –
Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka 3 – – – – – – – EAST EAST 8th 3rd 11th
Shizuoka Gakuen HS Shizuoka 2 EAST EAST EAST – – – – – – – 4th 3rd
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka 1 EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST 11th –
Nagoya Grampus Aichi 11 4th 3rd 6th 4th 8th 9th – 3rd 1st 2nd 5th 8th
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto 9 2nd 5th 5th 5th 7th 6th – 4th 2nd 10th – –
Kyoto Tachibana HS Kyoto 2 – – – 8th 10th – – – – – – –
Cerezo Osaka Osaka 11 3rd 4th 4th 1st 4th 2nd 5th 6th 7th 6th 10th –
Gamba Osaka Osaka 9 – – 7th 2nd 1st 5th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 12th –
Hannan Univ. HS Osaka 2 – – – – – – 6th 9th – – – –
Riseisha HS Osaka 3 – – – – 9th – – – – 8th 12th
Kobe Koryo Gakuen HS Hyogo 2 – – – – – 7th 9th – – – – –
Vissel Kobe Hyogo 11 – 2nd 1st 3rd 6th 3rd 1st 7th 6th 7th 2nd 2nd
Yonago Kita HS Tottori 3 – – – – – – 7th 10th – – – 7th
Rissho Univ. Shonan HS Shimane 1 10th – – – – – – – – – – –
Sakuyo HS Okayama 1 – 9th – – – – – – – – – –
Hiroshima Minami HS Hiroshima 1 9th – – – – – – – – – – –
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima 12 1st 1st 3rd 6th 5th 1st 2nd 1st 5th 1st 7th 1st
Ehime FC Ehime 1 – – – – – – – – 10th – – –
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka 6 6th 8th 9th – – – 8th 8th 9th – – –
Higashi Fukuoka HS Fukuoka 12 5th 7th 2nd 7th 2nd 4th 4th 5th 8th 9th 9th 6th
Sagan Tosu Saga 3 – – – – – – – – – 5th 1st 9th
Ohzu HS Kumamoto 7 – – 10th – – 8th 10th – 4th 4th 6th 4th
Oita Trinita Oita 2 – – – – 3rd 10th – – – – –
Kamimura Gakuen HS Kagoshima 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 10th

Participating teams (2023 Prince League)

Hokkaido

Team City
Sapporo Otani High School Sapporo
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Sapporo
Sapporo Sosei High School Sapporo
Hokkaido Otani Muroran High School Muroran
Hokkai High School Sapporo
Asahikawa Jitsugyo High School 2nd Asahikawa
Obihiro Kita High School Obihiro
Komazawa Univ. Tomakomai High School Tomakomai

Tohoku

Team Prefecture
Aomori Yamada High School 2nd Aomori
Shoshi High School 2nd Fukushima
Vegalta Sendai Miyagi
Seiwa Gakuen High School Miyagi
Montedio Yamagata Yamagata
Blaublitz Akita Akita
Teikyo Asaka High School Fukushima
Morioka Shogyo High School Iwate
Senshu Univ. Kitakami High School Iwate
Tohoku Gakuin High School Miyagi

Kantō

Division 1
Team Prefecture
Kiryu Daiichi High School Gunma
Teikyo High School Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy Tokyo
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki
Mitsubishi Yowa SC Tokyo
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
Yaita Chuo High School Tochigi
Kashima Gakuen High School Ibaraki
Ventforet Kofu Yamanashi
Takasaki UHW High School Gunma
Division 2
Team Prefecture
RKU Kashiwa High School 2nd Chiba
Seibudai High School Saitama
Yamanashi Gakuin High School Yamanashi
Toin Gakuen High School Kanagawa
Yaita Chuo High School 2nd Tochigi
Mito HollyHock Ibaraki
Tochigi SC Tochigi
Maebashi Ikuei High School 2nd Gunma
Kokugakuin Univ. Kugayama High School Tokyo
Toko Gakuen High School Kanagawa

Hokushin'etsu

Division 1
Team Prefecture
Teikyo Nagaoka High School Niigata
Nihon Bunri High School Niigata
Zweigen Kanazawa Ishikawa
Toyama Daiichi High School Toyama
Matsumoto Yamaga Nagano
Kataller Toyama Toyama
Seiryo High School Ishikawa
Albirex Niigata Niigata
Otori Gakuen High School Ishikawa
Hokuetsu High School Niigata
Division 2
Team Prefecture
Niigata Meikun High School Niigata
Teikyo Nagaoka High School 2nd Niigata
Maruoka High School Fukui
Matsumoto Kokusai High School Nagano
Yugakkan High School Ishikawa
Toyama Daiichi High School 2nd Toyama
Seiryo High School 2nd Ishikawa
Ryukoku Toyama High School Toyama

Tokai

Team Prefecture
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka
JFA Academy Fukushima Fukushima
Hamamatsu Kaiseikan High School Shizuoka
Fujieda Meisei High School Shizuoka
Fujieda Higashi High School Shizuoka
Fuji Ichiritsu High School Shizuoka
Shizuoka Gakuen High School 2nd Shizuoka
Nagoya Grampus 2nd Aichi
Kariya High School Aichi
Kaisei High School Mie

Kansai

Division 1
Team Prefecture
Cerezo Osaka Osaka
Gamba Osaka Osaka
Kokoku High School Osaka
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto
Tokai Univ. Osaka Gyosei High School Osaka
Kyoto Tachibana High School Kyoto
Omi High School Shiga
Hannan Univ. High School Osaka
Kindai Univ. High School Osaka
Higashiyama High School Kyoto
Division 2
Team Prefecture
Osaka Gakuin High School Osaka
Osaka Toin High School Osaka
Hotoku Gakuen High School Hyogo
Osaka Sangyo Univ.High S chool Osaka
Konko Osaka High School Osaka
Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School Hyogo
Sanda Gakuin High School Hyogo
Kyoto Kyoei Gakuen High School Kyoto
Omi High School 2nd Shiga
St. Andrew's High School Osaka

Chugoku

Team Prefecture
Okayama Gakugeikan High School Okayama
Rissho Univ. Shonan High School Shimane
Setouchi High School Hiroshima
Sakuyo High School Okayama
Shujitsu High School Okayama
Fagiano Okayama Okayama
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2nd Hiroshima
Yonago Kita High School 2nd Tottori
Tamano Konan High School Okayama
Renofa Yamaguchi Yamaguchi

Shikoku

Team Prefecture
Ehime FC Ehime
Tokushima Ichiritsu High School Tokushima
Tokushima Vortis Tokushima
Imabari Higashi Secondary School Ehime
Kamatamare Sanuki Kagawa
SGU Kagawa Nishi High School Kagawa
Otemae Takamatsu High School Kagawa
Tokushima Kita High School Tokushima
FC Imabari Ehime
Kochi Chuo High School Kochi

Kyushu

Division 1
Team Prefecture
V-Varen Nagasaki Nagasaki
Oita Trinita Oita
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka
Kyushu International Univ. High School Fukuoka
Ozu High School 2nd Kumamoto
Nissho Gakuen High School Miyazaki
Sagan Tosu 2nd Tosu
Nagasaki IAS High School Nagasaki
Kagoshima Josei High School Kagoshima
Division 2
Team Prefecture
Roasso Kumamoto Kumamoto
Iizuka High School Fukuoka
Miyazaki Nihon Univ. High School Miyazaki
Kagoshima High School Kagoshima
FC Ryukyu Okinawa
Saga Higashi High School Saga
Oita High School Oita

Finals

As "Prince Takamado Cup All-Japan Youth (U-18) Football Championship"

Year Champions Score Runner-up
1989 Shimizu Shogyo High School 3−1 Kunimi High School
1990 Shimizu Shogyo High School 2−0 Narashino High School
1991 Tokushima Ichiritsu High School 1−0 Kunimi High School
1992 Fujieda Higashi High School 3−1 Yomiuri Nippon SC
1993 Shimizu Shogyo High School 1−0 Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
1994 Shimizu Shogyo High School 3−1 Yomiuri Nippon SC
1995 Shimizu Shogyo High School 5−0 Yokohama F. Marinos
1996 Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School 5−1 Higashi Fukuoka High School
1997 Higashi Fukuoka High School 3−2 Shimizu Shogyo High School
1998 Fujieda Higashi High School 3−2 Gamba Osaka
1999 Júbilo Iwata 4−1 Bellmare Hiratsuka
2000 Shimizu Shogyo High School 3−2 Maebashi Shogyo High School
2001 Kunimi High School 1−0 FC Tokyo
2002 Kunimi High School 4−2 Seiryo High School
2003 Ichiritsu Funabashi High School 1−0 Shizuoka Gakuen High School
2004 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1−0 Júbilo Iwata
2005 Tokyo Verdy 4−1 Consadole Sapporo
2006 Takigawa Daini High School 3−0 Nagoya Grampus
2007 Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School 1−0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 9−1 Nagoya Grampus
2009 Yokohama F. Marinos 7−1 Júbilo Iwata
2010 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2−1 FC Tokyo

As "Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Football League - Premier League"

Year Champions Score Runner-up
2011 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3−1 Consadole Sapporo
2012 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4−1 Tokyo Verdy
2013 Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School 1−1 (5−4 pen.) Vissel Kobe
2014 Cerezo Osaka 1−0 Kashiwa Reysol
2015 Kashima Antlers 1−0 Gamba Osaka
2016 Aomori Yamada High School 0−0 (4-2 pen.) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2017 FC Tokyo 3−2 (a.e.t.) Vissel Kobe
2018 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2−1 Kashima Antlers
2019 Aomori Yamada High School 3−2 Nagoya Grampus
2020 Tournament cancelled[3]
  • Teams from Kanto region who would play at Premier League (8 teams)
    played a single round-robin tournament, which was won by Yokohama FC.    [4]
  • Other Premier League teams (12 teams) joined their respective Prince Leagues
    for this year.
2021 Aomori Yamada High School (East)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (West)		 Final Cancelled
(Only East/West champions were determined)
2022 Sagan Tosu 3−2 Kawasaki Frontale
2023 Aomori Yamada High School 2−1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Under-15

Participating teams (2022)

Finals

Year Champions Score Runner-up
1989 Yomiuri Club 3−1 Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School
1990 Fujieda Junior High School 3−2 Yomiuri Club
1991 Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School 4−0 Nissan FC Oppama
1992 Nissan F.C. 3−1 Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School
1993 Yomiuri Nippon S.C. 3−0 Kunimi Junior High School
1994 Mitsubishi Yowa SC 4−2 Yokohama F. Marinos
1995 Urawa Sports Club 1−0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba
1996 Yomiuri Nippon SC 3−2 Yokohama Flügels
1997 Mitsubishi Yowa SC 2−1 Yokohama F. Marinos
1998 Shimizu S-Pulse 1−1
(7−6 pen.)		 Yomiuri Nippon SC
1999 Nagoya Grampus 3−1 Takada FC
2000 Shimizu S-Pulse 1−0 Tokyo Verdy
2001 Yokohama F. Marinos Oppama 3−0 Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School
2002 Kashima Antlers 2−1 Consadole Sapporo
2003 Tokyo Verdy 1−0 Consadole Sapporo
2004 Tokyo Verdy 1−0 Avispa Fukuoka
2005 Urawa Red Diamonds 2−0 FC Tokyo Fukagawa
2006 Gamba Osaka 2−1 FC Tokyo Musashi
2007 Gamba Osaka 3−2 Tokyo Verdy
2008 FC Tokyo Fukagawa 1−0 Albirex Niigata
2009 Vissel Kobe 2−1 Consadole Sapporo
2010 Nagoya Grampus 2−0 Kyoto Sanga FC
2011 Kyoto Sanga 1−0 Kashiwa Reysol
2012 Gamba Osaka 4−2 Omiya Ardija
2013 Urawa Red Diamonds 2−1 Omiya Ardija
2014 FC Tokyo Fukagawa 3−1 (a.e.t.) Vissel Kobe
2015 Cerezo Osaka 3−2 (a.e.t.) Gamba Osaka
2016 Shimizu S-Pulse 3−1 Consadole Sapporo
2017 Sagan Tosu 2−2 (6−5 pen.) FC Tokyo Fukagawa
2018 FC Tokyo Fukagawa 2−0 Zweigen Kanazawa
2019 Gamba Osaka 2−0 Sagan Tosu
2020 Sagan Tosu 2−1 Kashima Antlers Tsukuba
2021 Sagan Tosu 4−1 FC Lavida
2022 Vissel Kobe 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

See also

  • Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football League (ja)
  • Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship (ja)

References

  1. ^ "Information about the Prince Takamado JFA U18 Premier League" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ "About the Prince Takamado JFA U18 Premier League 2021 Play-offs" (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ "「高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカースーパープリンスリーグ 2020」が8月末から開幕 ～高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカーリーグ2020 各地域リーグの概要が決定～" [Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Football Super Prince League will start from end of August - Outlines of regional leagues determined]. Japan Football Association. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. ^ "順位表｜高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2020 関東". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

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