The summer national high school baseball, which will be held for the first time in two years, will be postponed by one day due to the typhoon and will start on the 10th at Koshien Stadium.


As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads rapidly, thorough infection control measures will be taken, such as conducting PCR tests on team members up to three times.

Summer national high school baseball was canceled last year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, so it will be held for the first time in two years, and 49 representative schools that have won the regional tournament will participate.



Five schools will participate for the first time, of which three schools, Tohoku Gakuin in Miyagi, Kashima Gakuen in Ibaraki, and Tomeikan High School in Saga, will be the first Koshien throughout the spring and summer.



As the infection spreads rapidly, thorough infection control measures are taken at the tournament, and team members such as athletes and managers are to be subjected to PCR tests up to three times before and during the tournament.



In addition, tickets were not sold to the general public, and admission to the Koshien Stadium was restricted to school personnel only.



The number of people is expected to be about 2000 per school as the school can manage.



On the other hand, support for brass band, which was prohibited at the Senbatsu tournament, was allowed up to 50 people, but it is expected that some schools will support using pre-recorded sound sources.



The tournament will be held for 17 days, including a rest day, which has increased by one day to three days from the viewpoint of heat stroke countermeasures, and the final is scheduled for the 26th of this month.

3 out of 5 schools participated for the first time through spring and summer 13 schools participated in spring and summer for the first time

For the first time in two years, 49 representative schools that have won the local tournament participated in the summer national high school baseball, and five of them participated for the first time.



The first appearances are Tohoku Gakuin in Miyagi, Kashima Gakuen in Ibaraki, Kyoto International High School, Nitta High School in Ehime, and Tomeikan High School in Saga. This is the first Koshien in summer.



On the other hand, Hokkai High School in South Hokkaido set the record for the highest number of appearances in its 39th appearance.



The most spaced representative school is Obihiro Agriculture in southern Hokkaido for the first time in 39 years.



Obihiro Agricultural Co., Ltd. was decided to participate in Senbatsu last year in the 21st century, and participated in a summer exchange game.



Following this is Komatsu Otani High School in Ishikawa, where the captain will take the oath of the players, for the first time in 36 years.



I have had a bitter experience of losing 9 points in the 9th inning, which led me to 8-0 in the final of the 2014 Ishikawa tournament, and losing to Koshien.



In addition, there are a total of 13 schools participating in the spring and summer following this year's Senbatsu.



At Tokai University Sagami High School in Kanagawa, which won the championship, 17 members were infected with the new coronavirus and declined the local tournament on the way, but Meiho High School in Oita, who won the second place, will participate.



In addition, Tokai University Sugao High School in West Tokyo and Chiben Gakuen in Nara will participate in the Top 8.



Looking at the results of the local tournament, the batting average of the team was 50% 1 minute at Mie High School, 40% 6 minutes 9 minutes at Yokohama High School in Kanagawa, and 40% 3 minutes 4 minutes at Yonago Higashi High School in Tottori.



The largest number of home runs is 15 in Mie, followed by Hirosaki Gakuin Seiai High School in Aomori, Morioka University High School in Iwate, and Kobe Kokusai University High School in Hyogo.



Shizuoka High School has the fewest goals in 6 games, with 1 goal in 6 games, Shimane's Iwami Chisuikan High School has 2 goals in 5 games, and Tokushima's Anan Hikari High School has 3 goals in 4 games.



In addition, there were no errors in the local competitions for Morioka University, Shizuoka, and Nagasaki Commercial High School.



Among the players, pitcher Kazama from Akita's Meioh High School, who marked 157km in the local tournament, and pitcher Taisei Kimura of the North Sea, who has the fastest speed of 150km on the left.



Attention will be focused on Ukyo Maekawa of Nara's Chiben Gakuen, who is a batter and has 35 home runs in high school.

Up to 3 PCR tests for team members

It is a countermeasure against the infection of the new coronavirus taken in summer national high school baseball.



In addition to before the tournament, team officials such as players and managers of 49 representative schools will undergo a maximum of three PCR tests after the first match and the quarterfinals if they win.



Pre-convention tests confirmed that two members of Sakushin Gakuin in Tochigi were positive.



The Takano Ren = Japan High School Baseball Federation, etc. attach great importance to whether or not they can participate in individual infections or outbreaks. Continues carefully.



In addition, tickets were not sold to the general public, and admission to the Koshien Stadium was restricted to those involved in the school and those authorized by the organizer.



School officials enter the infield seats on the first and third bases, and the number of people is expected to be about 2000 per school as the school can manage.



On the other hand, support for brass band, which was prohibited at this spring's Senbatsu tournament, is accepted, and up to 50 people per school will enter the Alps stand and perform, apart from school officials.



However, there are schools that support using pre-recorded sound sources.



In addition, following last summer's exchange game and this spring's Senbatsu, players are required to wear masks on the bench and grab their mouths when gathering on the mound, as well as school officials. Demands that the school be well prepared, such as refraining from loud cheering and high fives, and storing admission tickets for at least 14 days so that people sitting nearby can be identified if an infected person appears. increase.