Objective

This event aims to provide football match-playing opportunities to a wide range of junior high school students as part of their education, to encourage improving their football skills and developing the amateur sports spirit. The event also intends to nurture the good health of junior high school students mentally and physically and to give platform for them to make friends with each other.

Organisers

Nippon Junior High School Physical Culture Association / Japan Football Association / Kochi Prefecture Board of Education / Kochi Prefecture Local Governments Board of Education Conference

Managing Organisations

Shikoku Junior High School Physical Culture Association
Kochi Prefecture Junior High School Physical Culture Association
Kochi Football Association

Supporting Organisations

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / National Association of Junior High School Principals / Association of Prefectural Board of Education Superintendents / Association of Local Government Board of Education Chairperson / Kochi Prefecture Association of Elementary and Junior High School Principals / Kochi City / Nankoku City / Konan City / Kochi Sports Association / All Japan Newspaper Council / NHK / The Kochi Shimbun / The Mainichi Newspapers / Kochi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. / TV Kochi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. / KSS Sunsun TV

Schedule

Sunday 17 to Friday 22 August 2014

Sunday 17　Opening Ceremony　3:00 p.m.
Monday 18　First Round (16 matches)　9:30 a.m.
Tuesday 19　Second Round (8 matches)　10:00 a.m.
Wednesday 20　Quarter-finals (4 matches)　10:00 a.m.
Thursday 21　Semi-finals (2 matches)　10:00 a.m.
　　　　　 　　Third-place Award Ceremony　After the matches
Friday 22　Final (1 match) Broadcast on NHK　10:00 a.m.
　　　　　 Closing Ceremony　After the match

Venues

1) Opening Ceremony
Kochi Prefectural Haruno Sports Park Gymnasium
2485 Yoshihara, Haruno-cho, Kochi 781-0311 TEL: 088-841-3105

2) Competitions
Kochi Prefectural Haruno Sports Park Athletic Stadium (Turf)
Kochi Prefectural Haruno Sports Park Athletic Sub Stadium (Turf)
Kochi Prefectural Haruno Sports Park Ball-game Stadium (Turf)
2485 Yoshihara, Haruno-cho, Kochi 781-0311 TEL: 088-841-3105

Nankoku City Gookayama Bunka-no-mori Sports Field (Turf)
3542-2 Osone, Nankoku 783-0005 TEL: 088-865-8015

Konan City Noichi Fureai Hiroba Football Field (Two turf fields)
910 Fukabuchi, Noichi-cho, Konan 781-5231 TEL: 0887-56-3910

3) Closing Ceremony
Kochi Prefectural Haruno Sports Park Athletic Stadium (Turf)
2485 Yoshihara, Haruno-cho, Kochi 781-0311 TEL: 088-841-3105

Participating Schools

32 teams selected from the following regions will participate in the tournament.

Region	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Kanto	Hokushinetsu	Tokai	Kinki	Chugoku	Shikoku	Kyushu	Host Prefecture	Total
No. of Allocation	2	3	7	2	3	5	2	2	5	1	32

Awards

1) The Champions will be awarded the Nippon Junior High School Physical Culture Association Trophy, Japan Football Association Championship Flag and NHK Plaque.
2) The Champions, runners-up and third-placed team will be awarded a certificate and medals.
3) The tournament’s best player(s) will be awarded medals.
4) The Fair Play Award will be awarded by the Japan Football Association.