Japanese Spring High School Baseball Tournament

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Japanese High School Baseball Championship

<p>The <b>National High School Baseball Championship</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span><span>全国高等学校野球選手権大会</span></span>, <span><i lang="ja-Latn">Zenkoku Kōtō Gakkō Yakyū Senshuken Taikai</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> of Japan, commonly known as <span>"</span><b>Summer Koshien</b><span>"</span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span><span>夏の甲子園</span></span>, <span><i lang="ja-Latn">Natsu no Kōshien</i></span>)</span>, is an annual nationwide high school baseball tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Sport, Founded, No. of teams, Country, Venue(...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title">The National High School Baseball Championship</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Kokoyakyu.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Kokoyakyu.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/Kokoyakyu.jpg/300px-Kokoyakyu.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="267" data-file-type="bitmap" height="214" width="300" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Kokoyakyu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Kokoyakyu.jpg 2x" alt="Kokoyakyu.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The official logo of The Competition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Baseball" title="Baseball" class="wl">Baseball</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1915<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>108<span>&nbsp;</span>years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1915</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">49 (56 in special editions)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><span><img loading="lazy" alt="Flag_of_Japan.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="drawing" height="15" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><a href="/en/Japan" title="Japan" class="wl">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Venue(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium" title="Hanshin Koshien Stadium" class="mw-redirect wl">Hanshin Koshien Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most recent<br>champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Sendai Ikuei (104th - 2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data">Chukyōdai Chukyō (7 titles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/NHK" title="NHK" class="wl">NHK</a>, <a href="/en/Asahi_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Asahi Broadcasting Corporation" class="wl">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Streaming partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">SportsBull, <a href="/en/Yahoo_Japan" title="Yahoo Japan" class="mw-redirect wl">Yahoo Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Related<br>competitions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Spring_Koshien" title="Spring Koshien" class="mw-redirect wl">The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://vk.sportsbull.jp/koshien/" class="external free" target="_blank">https://vk.sportsbull.jp/koshien/</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://baseball.yahoo.co.jp/hsb_vk/" class="external free" target="_blank">https://baseball.yahoo.co.jp/hsb_vk/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Ceremonial_First_Pitch_1915.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Ceremonial_First_Pitch_1915.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Ceremonial_First_Pitch_1915.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="161" data-file-type="bitmap" height="161" width="200" alt="Ceremonial_First_Pitch_1915.jpg"></a><figcaption>1st National High School Baseball Championship Ceremonial First Pitch, August 18, 1915</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Koryo_High_School_No,89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Koryo_High_School_No,89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Koryo_High_School_No%2C89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg/220px-Koryo_High_School_No%2C89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" data-file-type="bitmap" height="165" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Koryo_High_School_No%2C89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg/330px-Koryo_High_School_No%2C89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Koryo_High_School_No%2C89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg/440px-Koryo_High_School_No%2C89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg 2x" alt="Koryo_High_School_No%2C89-Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium_2007.jpg"></a><figcaption>The opening ceremony of 89th National High School Baseball Championship, 2006.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The tournament, organized by the <a href="/en/Japan_High_School_Baseball_Federation" title="Japan High School Baseball Federation" class="wl">Japan High School Baseball Federation</a> and <i><a href="/en/Asahi_Shimbun" title="Asahi Shimbun" class="mw-redirect wl">Asahi Shimbun</a></i>, takes place during the summer school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage with 49 teams in August at <a href="/en/Koshien_Stadium" title="Koshien Stadium" class="wl">Hanshin Koshien Stadium</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span><span>阪神甲子園球場</span></span>, <span><i lang="ja-Latn">Hanshin Kōshien Kyūjō</i></span>)</span> in the Koshien district of <a href="/en/Nishinomiya" title="Nishinomiya" class="wl">Nishinomiya City</a>, <a href="/en/Hyōgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture" class="wl">Hyōgo</a>, Japan.</p>

<p>Like most sports, the 2020 tournament was canceled in the wake of the <a href="/en/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic" class="wl">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>



The National High School Baseball Championship of Japan, commonly known as "Summer Koshien" , is an annual nationwide high school baseball tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan. The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and Asahi Shimbun, takes place during the summer school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage with 49 teams in August at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the Koshien district of Nishinomiya City, Hyōgo, Japan. Like most sports, the 2020 tournament was canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 