The 100th National High School Soccer Championship, which competes for the best soccer in Japan, opened at the National Stadium on the 28th.
The 100th National High School Soccer Championship started at the National Stadium in Tokyo for the first time in eight tournaments.
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the opening ceremony of the previous tournament was held in different venues, but this time, players from 48 teams representing each prefecture including Tokyo, where two teams will participate in the national stadium, gathered and the tournament We marched at the entrance of Yamanashi Gakuin aiming for consecutive championships.
Then, Captain Okuno Shota of Takagawa Gakuen in Yamaguchi made a player oath and said, "I am very impressed to be able to gather for the first time at the new national stadium, a new sanctuary for high school soccer from all over the country. I will do my best in every play to connect the baton inherited from the team to my juniors and score goals that will open up a new era. "
In the opening round after this, Kanto Daiichi High School in Tokyo and Nakatsu Higashi High School in Oita played against each other.
In the match, Kanto Daiichi demonstrated his unique offensive power from the start and scored three goals in the first half, and in the second half he continued to score points and won 6-0 to advance to the second round.
The tournament will be held at nine venues in the Kanto region, with the semi-finals scheduled to be held on the 8th of next month and the finals on the 10th of next month at the National Stadium without an upper limit on the number of spectators.