Prince Takamado Cup
Introduction The '''Prince Takamado Cup''', since 2018, is divided in two age-restricted tournaments, being them the "'''Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football League'''" () and "'''Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship'''" (). 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.
Under-18 ===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. 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.On the other side, 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 are qualified for/remains in the Premier League. 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 SystemLevelLeagues/Divisions'''I''''''Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Premier League'''''24 teams (2022 season)''East ''(12 teams)'' | West ''(12 teams)'''''II''''''Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League'''''104 teams (2022 season)''Hokkaido ''(8 teams)''Tohoku ''(10 teams)''Kanto ''(20 teams; 2 divisions)''Tokai ''(10 teams)''Hokushin'etsu ''(10 teams)''Kansai ''(16 teams; 2 divisions)''Chugoku ''(10 teams)''Shikoku ''(10 teams)''Kyushu ''(10 teams)'''''III & below''''''46 Prefectural Leagues & 5 Block Leagues of Hokkaido'''''+500 teams''Hokkaido: Sapporo block | Dōhoku block (north) | Dōtō block (east) | Dōō block (central) | Dōnan block (south)Tohoku: Aomori | Iwate | Miyagi | Akita   FukushimaKanto: Ibaraki | Tochigi | Gunma | Saitama | Chiba | Tokyo | Kanagawa | YamanashiTokai: Gifu | Shizuoka | Aichi | MieHokushin'etsu: Niigata | Toyama | Ishikawa | Fukui | NaganoKansai: Shiga | Kyoto | Osaka | Hyogo | Nara | WakayamaChugoku: Tottori | Shimane | Okayama | Hiroshima | YamaguchiShikoku: Tokushima | Kagawa | Ehime | KochiKyushu: Fukuoka | Saga | Nagasaki | Kumamoto | Ōita | Miyazaki | Kagoshima | Okinawa===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. *'''Premier League East'''TeamPrefectureSeasons2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023Asahikawa Jitsugyo HS Hokkaido 2–   10th–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   12thConsadole Sapporo Hokkaido 51st 2nd 5th 8th 9th –   –    –  –   –   –   –Aomori Yamada HS Aomori 126th 4th 6th 7th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 1stJFA Academy Fukushima Fukushima 4–   –   3rd 5th 10th–   –   –   –   –   11th–Shoshi HS Fukushima 310th–   –   –   –   –   –   –   10th–   –   2ndKashima Antlers Ibaraki 8–   7th 8th 3rd 1st 8th 4th 1st 9th –   –   –Maebashi Ikuei HS Gunma 2–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   6th 8thKiryu Daiichi HS Gunma 1–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   12th–Mitsubishi Yowa Saitama 48th 8th 7th 10th–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –Omiya Ardija Saitama 6–   –   –   –   3rd 4th 9th –   6th 4th 3rd 9thShohei HS Saitama 1–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   7thUrawa Red Diamonds Saitama 64th 9th –   –   –   –   8th 7th 3rd 10th–   –Ichiritsu Funabashi HS Chiba 9–   –   –   4th 4th 3rd 7th 6th 5th 9th 10th5thKashiwa Reysol Chiba 9–   –   –   1st 8th 7th 5th 5th 2nd 5th 9th 4thRyutsu Keizai Kashiwa HS Chiba 115th 3rd 1st 6th 7th 9th –   4th 7th 8th 8th 6thFC Tokyo Tokyo 89th –   –   –   5th 2nd 1st 9th –   6th 5th 10thTokyo Verdy Tokyo 42nd 1st 4th 9th –   –   –    –  –   –   –   –Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa 2–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   1st 3rdToko Gakuen HS Kanagawa 1–   –   10th–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –Yokohama FC Kanagawa 3–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   7th 7th WESTYokohama F. Marinos Kanagawa 5–   –   –   –   –   5th 10th–   –   3rd 2nd 11thAlbirex Niigata Niigata 1–   –   –   –   –   10th–   –   –   –   –   –Toyama Daiichi HS Toyama 1WESTWESTWESTWEST–   –   –   10th–   –   –   –Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka 2–   –   –   –   –   –   –   8th 8th WESTWEST WESTShimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka 103rd 5th 2nd 2nd 6th 6th 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd WEST–Shizuoka Gakuen HS Shizuoka 47th 6th 9th –   –   –   –   –   –   –   WESTWESTKyoto Sanga Kyoto 1–   –   –   –   –   –   6th WESTWESTWEST–   –*'''Premier League West'''TeamPrefectureSeasons2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023Yokohama FC Kanagawa 3–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   EASTEAST  5thToyama Daiichi HS Toyama 48th 6th 8th 9th –   –   –   EAST–   –   –   –Júbilo Iwata Shizuoka 3–   –   –   –   –   –   –   EASTEAST8th 3rd 11thShizuoka Gakuen HS Shizuoka 2EASTEASTEAST–   –   –   –   –   –   –   4th 3rdShimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka 1EASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEASTEAST11th–Nagoya Grampus Aichi 114th 3rd 6th 4th 8th 9th –   3rd 1st 2nd 5th 8thKyoto Sanga Kyoto 92nd 5th 5th 5th 7th 6th –   4th 2nd 10th–   –Kyoto Tachibana HS Kyoto 2–   –   –   8th 10th–   –   –   –   –   –   –Cerezo Osaka Osaka 113rd 4th 4th 1st 4th 2nd 5th 6th 7th 6th 10th–Gamba Osaka Osaka 9–   –   7th 2nd 1st 5th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 12th–Hannan Univ. HS Osaka 2–   –   –   –   –   –   6th 9th –   –   –   –Riseisha HS Osaka 3–   –   –   –   9th     –   –   –   –   8th 12thKobe Koryo Gakuen HS Hyogo 2–   –   –   –   –   7th 9th –   –   –   –   –Vissel Kobe Hyogo 11–   2nd 1st 3rd 6th 3rd 1st 7th 6th 7th 2nd 2ndYonago Kita HS Tottori 3–   –   –   –   –   –   7th 10th–   –   –   7thRissho Univ. Shonan HS Shimane 110th–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –Sakuyo HS Okayama 1–   9th –  –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –Hiroshima Minami HS Hiroshima 19th –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima 121st 1st 3rd 6th 5th 1st 2nd 1st 5th 1st 7th 1stEhime FC Ehime 1–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   10th–   –   –Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka 66th 8th 9th –   –   –   8th 8th 9th –   –   –Higashi Fukuoka HS Fukuoka 125th 7th 2nd 7th 2nd 4th 4th 5th 8th 9th 9th 6thSagan Tosu Saga 3–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   5th 1st 9thOhzu HS Kumamoto 7–   –   10th–   –   8th 10th–   4th 4th 6th 4thOita Trinita Oita 2–   –   –   –   3rd 10th    –   –   –   –   –Kamimura Gakuen HS Kagoshima 1–   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   10th===Participating teams (2023 Prince League)=======Hokkaido====TeamCitySapporo Otani High SchoolSapporoHokkaido Consadole SapporoSapporoSapporo Sosei High SchoolSapporoHokkaido Otani Muroran High SchoolMuroranHokkai High SchoolSapporoAsahikawa Jitsugyo High School 2ndAsahikawaObihiro Kita High SchoolObihiroKomazawa Univ. Tomakomai High SchoolTomakomai====Tohoku====TeamPrefectureAomori Yamada High School 2ndAomoriShoshi High School 2ndFukushimaVegalta SendaiMiyagiSeiwa Gakuen High SchoolMiyagiMontedio YamagataYamagataBlaublitz AkitaAkitaTeikyo Asaka High SchoolFukushimaMorioka Shogyo High SchoolIwateSenshu Univ. Kitakami High SchoolIwateTohoku Gakuin High SchoolMiyagi====Kantō=========Division 1=====TeamPrefectureKiryu Daiichi High SchoolGunmaTeikyo High SchoolTokyoTokyo VerdyTokyoKashima AntlersIbarakiMitsubishi Yowa SCTokyoUrawa Red DiamondsSaitamaYaita Chuo High SchoolTochigiKashima Gakuen High SchoolIbarakiVentforet KofuYamanashiTakasaki UHW High SchoolGunma=====Division 2=====TeamPrefecture Kashiwa High School 2ndChibaSeibudai High SchoolSaitamaYamanashi Gakuin High SchoolYamanashiToin Gakuen High SchoolKanagawaYaita Chuo High School 2ndTochigiMito HollyHockIbarakiTochigi SCTochigiMaebashi Ikuei High School 2ndGunmaKokugakuin Univ. Kugayama High SchoolTokyoToko Gakuen High SchoolKanagawa====Hokushin'etsu=========Division 1=====TeamPrefectureTeikyo Nagaoka High SchoolNiigataNihon Bunri High SchoolNiigataZweigen KanazawaIshikawaToyama Daiichi High SchoolToyamaMatsumoto YamagaNaganoKataller ToyamaToyamaSeiryo High SchoolIshikawaAlbirex NiigataNiigataOtori Gakuen High SchoolIshikawaHokuetsu High SchoolNiigata=====Division 2=====TeamPrefectureNiigata Meikun High SchoolNiigataTeikyo Nagaoka High School 2ndNiigataMaruoka High SchoolFukuiMatsumoto Kokusai High SchoolNaganoYugakkan High SchoolIshikawaToyama Daiichi High School 2ndToyamaSeiryo High School 2ndIshikawaRyukoku Toyama High SchoolToyama====Tokai====TeamPrefectureShimizu S-PulseShizuokaJFA Academy FukushimaFukushimaHamamatsu Kaiseikan High SchoolShizuokaFujieda Meisei High SchoolShizuokaFujieda Higashi High SchoolShizuokaFuji Ichiritsu High SchoolShizuokaShizuoka Gakuen High School 2ndShizuokaNagoya Grampus 2ndAichiKariya High SchoolAichiKaisei High SchoolMie====Kansai=========Division 1=====TeamPrefectureCerezo OsakaOsakaGamba OsakaOsakaKokoku High SchoolOsakaKyoto SangaKyotoTokai Univ. Osaka Gyosei High SchoolOsakaKyoto Tachibana High SchoolKyotoOmi High SchoolShigaHannan Univ. High SchoolOsakaKindai Univ. High SchoolOsakaHigashiyama High SchoolKyoto=====Division 2=====TeamPrefectureOsaka Gakuin High SchoolOsakaOsaka Toin High SchoolOsakaHotoku Gakuen High SchoolHyogoOsaka Sangyo Univ.High S choolOsakaKonko Osaka High SchoolOsakaKobe Koryo Gakuen High SchoolHyogoSanda Gakuin High SchoolHyogoKyoto Kyoei Gakuen High SchoolKyotoOmi High School 2ndShigaSt. Andrew's High SchoolOsaka====Chugoku====TeamPrefectureOkayama Gakugeikan High SchoolOkayamaRissho Univ. Shonan High SchoolShimaneSetouchi High SchoolHiroshimaSakuyo High SchoolOkayamaShujitsu High SchoolOkayamaFagiano OkayamaOkayamaSanfrecce Hiroshima 2ndHiroshimaYonago Kita High School 2ndTottoriTamano Konan High SchoolOkayamaRenofa YamaguchiYamaguchi====Shikoku====TeamPrefectureEhime FCEhimeTokushima Ichiritsu High SchoolTokushimaTokushima VortisTokushimaImabari Higashi Secondary SchoolEhimeKamatamare SanukiKagawa Kagawa Nishi High SchoolKagawaOtemae Takamatsu High SchoolKagawaTokushima Kita High SchoolTokushimaFC ImabariEhimeKochi Chuo High SchoolKochi====Kyushu=========Division 1=====TeamPrefectureV-Varen NagasakiNagasakiOita TrinitaOitaAvispa FukuokaFukuokaKyushu International Univ. High School FukuokaOzu High School 2ndKumamotoNissho Gakuen High SchoolMiyazakiSagan Tosu 2ndTosuNagasaki IAS High SchoolNagasakiKagoshima Josei High SchoolKagoshima=====Division 2=====TeamPrefectureRoasso KumamotoKumamotoIizuka High SchoolFukuokaMiyazaki Nihon Univ. High SchoolMiyazakiKagoshima High SchoolKagoshimaFC RyukyuOkinawaSaga Higashi High SchoolSagaOita High SchoolOita===Finals=======As "Prince Takamado Cup All-Japan Youth (U-18) Football Championship"====YearChampionsScoreRunner-up1989Shimizu Shogyo High School3−1Kunimi High School1990Shimizu Shogyo High School2−0Narashino High School1991Tokushima Ichiritsu High School1−0Kunimi High School1992Fujieda Higashi High School3−1Yomiuri Nippon SC1993Shimizu Shogyo High School1−0Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School1994Shimizu Shogyo High School3−1Yomiuri Nippon SC1995Shimizu Shogyo High School5−0Yokohama F. Marinos1996Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School5−1Higashi Fukuoka High School1997Higashi Fukuoka High School3−2Shimizu Shogyo High School1998Fujieda Higashi High School3−2Gamba Osaka1999Júbilo Iwata4−1Bellmare Hiratsuka2000Shimizu Shogyo High School3−2Maebashi Shogyo High School2001Kunimi High School1−0FC Tokyo2002Kunimi High School4−2Seiryo High School2003Ichiritsu Funabashi High School1−0Shizuoka Gakuen High School2004Sanfrecce Hiroshima1−0Júbilo Iwata2005Tokyo Verdy4−1Consadole Sapporo2006Takigawa Daini High School3−0Nagoya Grampus2007Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School1−0Sanfrecce Hiroshima2008Urawa Red Diamonds9−1Nagoya Grampus2009Yokohama F. Marinos7−1Júbilo Iwata2010Sanfrecce Hiroshima2−1FC Tokyo====As "Prince Takamado Cup U-18 Football League - Premier League"====YearChampionsScoreRunner-up2011Sanfrecce Hiroshima3−1Consadole Sapporo2012Sanfrecce Hiroshima4−1Tokyo Verdy2013Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School1−1 (5−4 pen. )Vissel Kobe2014Cerezo Osaka1−0Kashiwa Reysol2015Kashima Antlers1−0Gamba Osaka2016Aomori Yamada High School0−0 (4-2 pen. )Sanfrecce Hiroshima2017FC Tokyo3−2 (a.e.t. )Vissel Kobe2018Sanfrecce Hiroshima2−1Kashima Antlers2019Aomori Yamada High School3−2Nagoya Grampus2020''Tournament cancelled''*''Teams from Kanto region who would play at Premier League (8 teams)played a single round-robin tournament, which was won by Yokohama FC. ''*''Other Premier League teams (12 teams) joined their respective Prince Leaguesfor this year. ''2021Aomori Yamada High School (East)Sanfrecce Hiroshima (West)Final Cancelled(Only East/West champions were determined)2022Sagan Tosu3−2Kawasaki Frontale2023Aomori Yamada High School2−1Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Under-15 *The final of the Under-15 tournament is held in Tokyo National Stadium, before the semifinal of Emperor's Cup.===Participating teams (2022)===*Hokkaidō (10)*Tōhoku (10)*Kantō (10)*Hokuriku & Shin'etsu (12)*Tōkai (10)*Kansai (13)*Chūgoku (10)*Shikoku (12)*Kyūshū (10)===Finals===YearChampionsScoreRunner-up1989Yomiuri Club3−1Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School1990Fujieda Junior High School3−2Yomiuri Club1991Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School4−0Nissan FC Oppama1992Nissan F.C.3−1Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School1993Yomiuri Nippon S.C.3−0Kunimi Junior High School1994Mitsubishi Yowa SC4−2Yokohama F. Marinos1995Urawa Sports Club1−0JEF United Ichihara Chiba1996Yomiuri Nippon SC3−2Yokohama Flügels1997Mitsubishi Yowa SC2−1Yokohama F. Marinos1998Shimizu S-Pulse1−1(7−6 pen. )Yomiuri Nippon SC1999Nagoya Grampus3−1Takada FC2000Shimizu S-Pulse1−0Tokyo Verdy2001Yokohama F. Marinos Oppama3−0Tokai Univ. Daiichi Junior High School2002Kashima Antlers2−1Consadole Sapporo2003Tokyo Verdy1−0Consadole Sapporo2004Tokyo Verdy1−0Avispa Fukuoka2005Urawa Red Diamonds2−0FC Tokyo Fukagawa2006Gamba Osaka2−1FC Tokyo Musashi2007Gamba Osaka3−2Tokyo Verdy2008FC Tokyo Fukagawa1−0Albirex Niigata2009Vissel Kobe2−1Consadole Sapporo2010Nagoya Grampus2−0Kyoto Sanga FC2011Kyoto Sanga1−0Kashiwa Reysol2012Gamba Osaka4−2Omiya Ardija2013Urawa Red Diamonds2−1Omiya Ardija2014FC Tokyo Fukagawa3−1 (a.e.t. )Vissel Kobe2015Cerezo Osaka3−2 (a.e.t. )Gamba Osaka2016Shimizu S-Pulse3−1Consadole Sapporo2017Sagan Tosu2−2 (6−5 pen. )FC Tokyo Fukagawa2018FC Tokyo Fukagawa2−0Zweigen Kanazawa2019Gamba Osaka2−0Sagan Tosu2020Sagan Tosu2−1Kashima Antlers Tsukuba2021Sagan Tosu4−1FC Lavida2022Vissel Kobe3–0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
See also *Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football League (ja)*Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Football Championship (ja)
References
External links * Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Premier League - JFA* Prince Takamado Trophy JFA U-18 Football Prince League - JFA