Announcement of the 104th National High School Rugby Football Tournament, 2020 National High School Comprehensive Athletic Tournament | Japan Rugby Football Association

The Japan Rugby Football Association (President: Masato Tsuchida, Minato-ku, Tokyo) would like to inform you of the following regarding the 104th National High School Rugby Football Tournament.

Ticket information will be announced as soon as it is decided.

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1. About participating schools

There will be a total of 51 participating schools (see “List of Participating Schools in the 104th National High School Rugby Football Tournament” below), and the tournament will be held in a tournament format.

2. About Seed School

There will be 13 seed schools.

A Toin Gakuen High School

A Osaka Toin High School

A Iwami Chisuikan High School

B Mingxi Academy High School

B Kokugakuin University Tochigi High School

B Meguro Gakuin High School

B Kokugakuin University Kugayama High School

B Chubu University Kasugaoka High School

B Tokai University Osaka Kyosei High School

B Changxiang Academy High School

B Tenri High School

B Higashi Fukuoka High School

B Oita Tomei High School

3. About the combination lottery

Date: December 7, 2024 (Sat) 13:00~

Venue: A&H Hall (4th floor, Senri Asahi Hankyu Building, 1-5-3 Shinsenri Higashimachi, Toyonaka 560-0082)

Internet broadcast: MBS Mainichi Broadcasting https://www.mbs.jp/rugby/

4. About match broadcasting

Internet distribution: Tournament official website “HANAZONO LIVE” (free distribution of all games)

　https://www.mbs.jp/rugby/

All matches LIVE on JSPORTS On Demand

　https://jod.jsports.co.jp/rugby

Broadcast: Broadcast on Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), other national broadcast stations, and JSPORTS

5. Regarding media coverage

Announcement as soon as decision is made by the executive committee

6. About the tournament outline

■Organizers: National High School Athletic Federation, Japan Rugby Football Association, Osaka Prefecture/Osaka Prefectural Board of Education, Mainichi Shimbun

■Sponsor: Japan Sports Agency, Japan Sports Association, Higashiosaka City, NHK

■Supervised by: National High School Athletic Federation Rugby Division, Kansai Rugby Football Association, Osaka High School Athletic Federation

■Special support: KOBELCO Group, Mainichi Broadcasting

■Dates: December 27, 28, and 30, Reiwa 6, January 1, 3, 5, and 7, Reiwa 7 (7 days)

■Location: Higashiosaka City Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka City Multipurpose Ball Game Plaza

■Competition rules:

(1) Based on the competition rules established by the Japan Rugby Football Union in 2020.

(2) The game time shall be 30 minute halves, and half time shall be within 5 minutes.

(3) If a winner cannot be determined during the game time, the game will be declared a draw, and the teams participating in the next game will be determined in the following order.

(Penalty tries count as tries, but do not count as goals.)

• ① Team with the most tries.
• ② If the number of tries is also the same, the team with more penalty tries.
• ③ If the number of penalty tries is also the same, the team with the most goals.
• ④ If the above cannot be decided, the decision will be made by lottery.

(4) Sin bins are for 7 minutes.

(5) Players participating in the match must comply with the “Player Dress Code” set by the National High School Athletic Federation Rugby Football Division.

■Competition methods:

(1) The winning team will be determined by the tournament winning method.

(2) Match combinations will be decided by lottery among the representative players of each participating team.

(3) If a winner cannot be determined in the championship match, both teams will be declared winners.

■Qualifications of participating teams and players:

(1) Participating teams must belong to high schools as stipulated in Article 1 of the School Education Act, and be members of the high school athletics federation and rugby football association of the prefecture.

(2) Mixing of students from full-time, part-time, and correspondence courses is not permitted in team composition.

(3) The qualifications of participating athletes are those deemed appropriate by the school principal in terms of academics, physical appearance, character, etc., and must meet the following criteria.

a. Persons who are individually registered with the Japan Rugby Football Union (public interest incorporated foundation).

stomach. Age: Those born between April 2, 2005, and April 1, 2009. However, a student may only participate a maximum of three times in the same competition, and only once in the same grade.

cormorant. Participants will not be allowed to participate if they have been transferred for less than 6 months. (This also applies to foreign students.) However, in unavoidable circumstances such as family relocation, this does not apply if approval is obtained from the president of each prefectural high school athletics federation.

(4) Athletes participating in the competition must undergo a medical examination in advance and receive approval from the principal of the school they attend and the president of the Prefectural High School Athletic Federation to which they belong.

(5) Joint teams from multiple schools will be allowed to participate in the competition only in the following cases.

a. For details on joint teams due to a lack of members (if participation is approved from the preliminaries by the president of the Prefectural High School Athletic Federation), please refer to the “Regulations for Participation in Multiple School Joint Teams Due to a Shortage of Members” stipulated by the National High School Athletic Federation (public interest incorporated foundation). According to the “Guidelines for Multi-School Joint Team Participation Due to a Shortage of Club Members for Each Sport” established by the Rugby Football Specialist Department of the National High School Athletic Federation.

stomach. Joint team based on consolidation target (limited to 2 years before consolidation is completed)

(6) Regarding the participation of international students

a. Limited to international students aiming to graduate.

stomach. A maximum of 2 people can participate.

(7) Persons who violate the Japan Rugby Football Union’s “Japan Rugby Player and Official Regulations” will not be allowed to participate.

(8) If there is any doubt regarding eligibility for participation, the executive committee will make a decision.

(9) Special provisions for participation qualifications

a. Students who are not part of the teams specified in (1) above, who meet the tournament qualifications (2) to (7), and who are recommended by the Prefectural High School Athletic Federation will be allowed to participate in the tournament in accordance with the rules specified separately.

stomach. Regarding the proviso to (3) A above, students enrolled in courses that do not have separate grades may only participate three times.

c) To bear the appropriate amount of expenses required for holding the tournament.

[Contact information]

National High School Rugby Tournament Executive Committee Secretariat (within the Kansai Rugby Union) Telephone: 06-6376-0456

■List of participating schools in the 104th National High School Rugby Football Tournament (51 schools)

[Summary of participating schools]

・Number of schools participating in prefectural qualifying rounds: 543 teams (including 91 joint teams and 351 schools)

(103rd tournament 549 teams (including 95 joint teams and 343 schools))

・Most participating school (Akita Kogyo, 72 times)

・Most consecutive appearances (Saga Kogyo, 43 consecutive tournaments)

・Consecutive participating schools (39 schools)

・12 schools participating for the first time in two or more tournaments

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