Prince Takamado Cup Explained
The Prince Takamado Cup, since 2018, is divided in two age-restricted tournaments, being them the "Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football League" (ja|高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカーリーグ) and "Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship" (ja|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.[1]
Under-18
Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Premier League |
Current: | 2024 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League (1st division) |
Founded: | 1990; 2011 (as Premier League) |
Number Of Teams: | 24 |
Current Champions: | Aomori Yamada HS (2023) (4th title) |
Most Successful Club: | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Aomori Yamada HS (4 titles) |
Broadcasters: | J Sports and Sports Bull |
Website: | JFA |
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. [2] 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.[3]
For a few years, 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 were qualified for/remains in the Premier League. [4] Since 2023, however, the 10th-placed team is automatically relegated, with the play-offs restricted to 16 teams from the Prince Leagues.
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 SystemLevel | Leagues/Divisions |
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I | Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Premier League 24 teams (2024 season) East (12 teams) | West (12 teams) |
II | Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League 126 teams (2024 season) Hokkaido (8 teams) Tohoku (10 teams) Kanto (20 teams; 2 divisions) Tokai (10 teams) Hokushin'etsu (18 teams; 2 divisions) Kansai (20 teams; 2 divisions) Chugoku (10 teams) Shikoku (10 teams) Kyushu (20 teams; 2 divisions) |
IV & below | 46 Prefectural Leagues & 5 Block Leagues of Hokkaido 478 teams (1st division only; 2024 season) 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 |
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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.
Team | Prefecture | Seasons | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS | Hokkaido | 2 | – | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 12th |
| Hokkaido | 5 | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 8th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Aomori Yamada HS | Aomori | 12 | 6th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 4th | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
JFA Academy Fukushima | Fukushima | 4 | – | – | 3rd | 5th | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 11th | – |
Shoshi HS | Fukushima | 3 | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | 2nd |
| Ibaraki | 8 | – | 7th | 8th | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 8th | 4th | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – |
Maebashi Ikuei HS | Gunma | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 8th |
Kiryu Daiichi HS | Gunma | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 12th | – |
| Saitama | 4 | 8th | 8th | 7th | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saitama | 6 | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 4th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 9th |
Shohei HS | Saitama | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th |
| Saitama | 6 | 4th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 3rd | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – |
Ichiritsu Funabashi HS | Chiba | 9 | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 10th | 5th |
| Chiba | 9 | – | – | – | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 8th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 9th | 4th |
Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa HS | Chiba | 11 | 5th | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 6th | 7th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | 4th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 6th |
| Tokyo | 8 | 9th | – | – | – | 5th | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | 6th | 5th | 10th |
| Tokyo | 4 | 2nd | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 4th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kanagawa | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 3rd |
Toko Gakuen HS | Kanagawa | 1 | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kanagawa | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 7th | WEST |
| Kanagawa | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | 3rd | 2nd | bgcolor=pink | 11th |
| Niigata | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Toyama Daiichi HS | Toyama | 1 | WEST | WEST | WEST | WEST | – | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – | – |
| Shizuoka | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | WEST | WEST | WEST |
| Shizuoka | 10 | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | WEST | – |
| Shizuoka | 4 | 7th | 6th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | WEST | WEST |
| Kyoto | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | WEST | WEST | WEST | – | – |
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Team | Prefecture | Seasons | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Kanagawa | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | EAST | EAST | 5th |
Toyama Daiichi HS | Toyama | 4 | 8th | 6th | 8th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | EAST | – | – | – | – |
| Shizuoka | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | EAST | EAST | 8th | 3rd | bgcolor=pink | 11th |
Shizuoka Gakuen HS | Shizuoka | 2 | EAST | EAST | EAST | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 3rd |
| Shizuoka | 1 | EAST | EAST | EAST | EAST | EAST | EAST | EAST | EAST | EAST | EAST | bgcolor=pink | 11th | – |
| Aichi | 11 | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 8th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | 3rd | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 8th |
| Kyoto | 9 | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th | – | 4th | 2nd | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – |
Kyoto Tachibana HS | Kyoto | 2 | – | – | – | 8th | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Osaka | 11 | 3rd | 4th | 4th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – |
| Osaka | 9 | – | – | 7th | 2nd | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | bgcolor=pink | 12th | – |
Hannan Univ. HS | Osaka | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | – |
Riseisha HS | Osaka | 3 | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 9th | | – | – | – | – | 8th | bgcolor=pink | 12th |
Kobe Koryo Gakuen HS | Hyogo | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hyogo | 11 | – | 2nd | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 7th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd |
Yonago Kita HS | Tottori | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – | 7th |
Rissho Univ. Shonan HS | Shimane | 1 | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Sakuyo HS | Okayama | 1 | – | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Hiroshima Minami HS | Hiroshima | 1 | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hiroshima | 12 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 5th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2nd | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 5th | bgcolor=green3 | 1st | 7th | bgcolor=green3 | 1st |
| Ehime | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | – |
| Fukuoka | 6 | 6th | 8th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | bgcolor=pink | 9th | – | – | – |
Higashi Fukuoka HS | Fukuoka | 12 | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 6th |
| Saga | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 9th |
Ohzu HS | Kumamoto | 7 | – | – | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | – | 8th | bgcolor=pink | 10th | – | 4th | 4th | 6th | 4th |
| Oita | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3rd | bgcolor=pink | 10th | | – | – | – | – | – |
Kamimura Gakuen HS | Kagoshima | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th |
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Participating teams (2024 Prince League)
Division 1
Division 2
Division 1
Team | Prefecture |
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Albirex Niigata | Niigata |
Hokuetsu High School | Niigata |
Nihon Bunri High School | Niigata |
Niigata Meikun High School | Niigata |
Teikyo Nagaoka High School 2nd | Niigata |
Kataller Toyama | Toyama |
Toyama Daiichi High School | Toyama |
Zweigen Kanazawa | Ishikawa |
Seiryo High School | Ishikawa |
Otori Gakuen High School | Ishikawa |
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Division 2
Team | Prefecture |
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Matsumoto Yamaga | Nagano |
Matsumoto Kokusai High School | Nagano |
Joetsu High School | Niigata |
Teikyo Nagaoka High School 3rd | Niigata |
Toyama Daiichi High School 2nd | Toyama |
Yugakkan High School | Ishikawa |
Seiryo High School 2nd | Ishikawa |
Maruoka High School | Fukui |
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Division 1
Division 2
Team | Prefecture |
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Kamatamare Sanuki | Kagawa |
Fujii Gakuen Sangawa High School | Kagawa |
Kagawa Nishi High School | Kagawa |
Otemae Takamatsu High School | Kagawa |
Tokushima Vortis | Tokushima |
Tokushima Ichiritsu High School | Tokushima |
Tokushima Kita High School | Tokushima |
Ehime FC | Ehime |
FC Imabari | Ehime |
Teikyo Daigo High School | Ehime |
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Division 1
Division 2
Finals
As "Prince Takamado Cup All-Japan Youth (U-18) Football Championship"
As "Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Football League - Premier League"
Under-15
Participating teams (2024 U-15 Football Leagues)
Division 1
Team | City |
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Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Sapporo |
Anfini Maki.FC | Sapporo |
Aprile Sapporo | Sapporo |
SSS Jr Youth | Sapporo |
Sapporo Junior FC | Sapporo |
Sapporo Otani Junior High School | Sapporo |
Spread Eagle FC Hakodate | Hakodate |
Hokkaido Consadole Asahikawa | Asahikawa |
Hokkaido Consadole Muroran | Muroran |
Dohto Jr Youth | Kitahiroshima | |
Division 2
Team | City |
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Traum Vita FC | Asahikawa |
Club Fields | Ebetsu |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 2nd | Sapporo |
Anfini Maki.FC 2nd | Sapporo |
FC Denova Sapporo | Sapporo |
Regaris Otaru | Otaru |
Progresso Tokachi FC | Obihiro |
Makubetsu Satsunai SC | Makubetsu |
Hokkaido Consadole Kushiro | Kushiro |
ASC Hokkaido | Tomakomai | |
Division 1
Division 2 North
Team | Prefecture |
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Aomori FC | Aomori |
Trias Shichinohe | Aomori |
Aomori Yamada Junior High School 2nd | Aomori |
Renuovens Ogasa | Iwate |
Tono Junior High School | Iwate |
Blaublitz Akita 2nd | Akita |
FC Akita Aspride | Akita |
Sportif Akita | Akita | |
Division 2 South
Team | Prefecture |
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Aoba FC | Miyagi |
AC Azzurri | Miyagi |
FC Miyagi Barcelona | Miyagi |
Tohoku Gakuin Junior High School | Miyagi |
Yamagata FC | Yamagata |
Fukushima United FC | Fukushima |
JFA Academy Fukushima | Fukushima |
Shoshi FC | Fukushima |
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Division 1
Division 2A
Division 2B
Division 1
Division 2
Team | Prefecture |
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Lasta Shiga | Shiga |
MIO Biwako Shiga | Shiga |
Uji FC | Kyoto |
Vervento Kyoto FC | Kyoto |
Nagano FC | Osaka |
Senrioka FC | Osaka |
Takatsuki Sieg FC | Osaka |
SC Internacional Japan | Hyogo |
Itami FC | Hyogo |
FC Paseno Itami | Hyogo |
Nara YMCA SC | Nara |
Cerezo Osaka Wakayama | Wakayama | |
Division 1
Team | Prefecture |
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Fagiano Okayama | Okayama |
Hajaxs FC Academy | Okayama |
J-Field Okayama FC | Okayama |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima |
Hatsukaichi FC | Hiroshima |
Sanfrecce Bingo | Hiroshima |
Sanfrecce Kunibiki | Hiroshima |
Seagull Hiroshima | Hiroshima |
FC Tsuneishi | Hiroshima |
Takagawa Gakuen Junior High School | Yamaguchi |
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Division 2
Team | Prefecture |
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Gainare Tottori | Tottori |
Shimane KFC | Shimane |
Arcobaleno FC | Okayama |
Fukuyama Rosas Seleson | Hiroshima |
Renofa Yamaguchi FC | Yamaguchi |
Crefio Yamaguchi FC | Yamaguchi |
Gracia Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi |
Renofa Yamaguchi West | Yamaguchi |
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Team | City |
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Okinawa SV | Okinawa |
FC Ryukyu | Okinawa |
Vicsale Okinawa | Okinawa |
EAC | Urasoe |
Casa Okinawa | Naha |
FC Grande Naha | Naha |
Oroku Junior High School | Naha |
W Wing Okinawa FC | Yonabaru | |
Finals
See also
- Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football League (ja)
- Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship (ja)
References
- Web site: 高円宮杯U-18サッカーリーグ. ja. 19 June 2024.
- Web site: Information about the Prince Takamado JFA U18 Premier League. ja. Japan Football Association. 10 July 2022.
- Web site: 「高円宮杯プレミアリーグ」ってどういう大会?. ja. 19 June 2024.
- Web site: About the Prince Takamado JFA U18 Premier League 2021 Play-offs. ja. 10 July 2022.
- Web site: 「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. 7 December 2022.
- Web site: 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. 7 December 2022.
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