The participating schools for Senbatsu High School Baseball, which will be held at Koshien Stadium in March this year, will be decided on the 27th.

Last year, in response to the big debate about how to select participating schools, this year, a new format will be adopted in which Takanoren = the chairman of the Japan High School Baseball Federation will explain the reasons for selection.

36 schools participated, four more than usual

On the 27th, a selection committee was held in Osaka to decide which schools to participate in Senbatsu High School Baseball. A total of 36 schools, four more than usual, will be selected, including the "21st century frame", which is for teams that have overcome difficult situations and achieved good results.



Regarding the selection of participating schools, last year's Tokai district school that won the second place in the autumn district tournament of the previous year was not selected, and the best 4 schools were selected as "individual ability is superior". There was a lot of discussion about how it should be.



In response to this, at the selection committee of this year, regarding the selection that has been left to the committee members of each district, Takanoren's chairman Kaoru Takano receives a report from the committee and confirms the overall situation, and then selects the school himself. It takes on a new format, explaining why and so on.



Also, in July last year, guidelines were established to clarify the selection criteria, etc., saying, ``Evaluate based on the results and content of the game, and the ratio will be the same'' and ``Evaluation from multiple schools lined up. It will also be interesting to see how items such as "Take regional characteristics into account when the situation arises" are reflected.

This year's selection changes

Regarding the selection of participating schools, Seirei Christopher High School in Shizuoka, who won the second place in the district tournament in the autumn of the previous year in the Tokai area last year, was not selected, and Ogaki Nichidai High School in Gifu, which was the best 4, excelled in individual ability. By being selected as a candidate, the way of selection was called a big discussion.


For this reason, there are some changes from this year's selection.



[1 Establishment of guidelines]


Takanoren = The Japan High School Baseball Federation, etc., have repeatedly discussed with the former high school baseball coach and external experts at the Senbatsu Reform Review Committee, and in July last year, new guidelines that clarified the selection criteria. established.

In this guideline, there are three main points for evaluation.



▽ Evaluate based on the results of the autumn tournament and the content of the match, and the ratio will be about the same.


▽In addition to the technical aspect, the attitude to tackle baseball and the growth through the tournament will be evaluated.


▽ If multiple schools are ranked in the same evaluation, "regional characteristics" will also be considered so that as many prefectures as possible can participate.



It is the first time that consideration of regional characteristics has been stipulated, and attention is paid to what kind of impact this year's selection will have.



[2.Schedule with enough time] The


time spent on the selection committee has increased by one hour compared to last year.

In order to allow time for discussion, the selection committee will start at 8:30 am, 30 minutes earlier than last year, and discussions will be held in subcommittees for each district.

Participating schools will be announced at the general assembly at 3:30 pm, 30 minutes later than last year.



[3 Announced by President Takanoren]


The presentation method will also change.

Until last year, each subcommittee was entrusted with how to proceed with the selection, and the chairperson of each committee announced the schools that were selected. After confirming the situation, we will announce the schools that we have selected and explain the reasons etc. in a new format.



[4 No “good news phone”] Phone


calls to participating schools, which had become a tradition to announce the arrival of spring in high school baseball, will not be made.

The Mainichi Shimbun, which hosts the tournament together with Takanoren, will broadcast the selection committee on the Internet, and at the candidate schools, school officials and players will watch the situation.

This year's quota

This year's Senbatsu High School Baseball is the 95th anniversary tournament, and 36 schools, four more than usual, will participate.

A total of 33 schools will be selected in the "general selection", which refers to the results of the regional competition.

This is the quota for each district.


▽Hokkaido has 1


▽Tohoku has 1 more, 3


▽Kanto/Tokyo has 1 more Kanto frame, for a total of 7


▽Tokai has 1 more, 3


▽Hokushinetsu has 2


▽Kinki has Osaka Toin High School Last autumn's Meiji-Jingu tournament won the championship, so the number increased by one to 7.


Chugoku and Shikoku increased the number of slots by one to


6



. The same three schools as in previous years will be selected for the “21st century frame”.