Next year's Koshien Senbatsu will be prepared on the policy of opening on March 19th in the summer of August 9th, September 9th at 18:56
The Koyaren = Japan High School Baseball Federation, etc. will hold a steering committee for the national competition to be held at Koshien Stadium. We decided to proceed with preparations with the policy of opening on the 9th.
The Takanoren and others held the steering committees for the next year's Senbatsu and summer competitions on the 9th to discuss their respective schedules.
As a result, it was decided that the Senbatsu Games will start on March 19th and will be held on a schedule of 13 days including 2 days of rest.
In addition, the summer tournament will start on August 9, the day after the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, and it will be held on a schedule of 16 days including 2 days of rest.If it goes smoothly, the final of the Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held. It will be August 24th, which coincides with the opening day.
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, both the high school baseball game and the summer tournament were cancelled, and as a rescue measure, it was held last month by inviting the original tournament held in each prefecture and the high school that decided to participate The exchange match was held without an audience except members and parents.
According to Takanoren, next year's competition will be prepared by looking at the infection status.
The Steering Committee also decided to hold the "Winner Flag Return Ceremony" at Koshien High School, which won the tournament last summer, at Koshien Stadium on the 19th of this month.
The return of the championship flag is usually done at the opening ceremony of the next year's tournament, but since this year was canceled, it was decided to do it again, so in the return ceremony, in addition to baseball members and parents It means that about 1,000 people will participate by recruiting visitors through the open call for participants.