The 26th Prince Takamado Trophy All-Japan Youth Championship, which determines the best Under-15 team in the country, will kick off on 20 December. A total 32 teams survived in regional preliminary tournament participate in this championship for 8 days including 3-day interval. They fight in knockout system having two 40-minute games to aim for victory at the tournament.

This tournament has many well-experienced and capable participants such as three-time champion Gamba Osaka Junior Youth (Kansai 4), the defending champion Urawa Red Diamonds Junior Youth (Kanto 4) as well as Kashiwa Reysol U-15 (Kanto 1) which became the top 4 team for 3 times in these 5 championship.

Teams winning championship's title this year, Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Junior Youth (Chugoku 1/JFA Premium Cup 2014 supported by NIKE Champion) and Kashima Antlers Junior Youth (Kanto 7/adidas CUP 2014, the 29th Japan Club Youth Football Tournament Champion), also take part in this tournament. While almost participating teams are dominated by J. Clubs Youth teams, Aomori Yamada Junior High School (Tohoku 1) and Kamimura Gakuen Junior High School, which belong to the Nippon Junior High School Physical Culture Association, enter into the tournament as well. Regional football clubs, SSS Junior Youth (Hokkaido 2), Nagaoka Junior Youth FC (Hokushinetsu) and Avancar FC (Chugoku 2), are expected to strive for victory.

This tournament has produced a lot of professional football players so far. Hotaru YAMAGUCHI (Cerezo Osaka) who played in the FIFA World Cup in Brazil as a member of SAMURAI BLUE (Japan national team), Yoshinori MUTO (FC Tokyo) who is the new face of new SAMURAI BLUE led by a new head coach, Javier Aguirre, Takumi MINAMINO (Cerezo Osaka) and Takuya IWANAMI who are the member of U-21 Japan National Team are players progressed to the next stage through Prince Takamado Trophy All-Japan Youth Championship (U-15).

This tournament which determines the best Under-15 team in the country will be a compilation of final-year player's what they do as well as a opportunity where they express their various emotions. There will be a lot of attraction of not only a victory but also enthusiastic plays by each player as well as united team to fight. Why not go game venues!

The 26th Prince Takamado Trophy All Japan Yourh (U-15) Football Tournament 

Saturday, December 20, 2014 - Saturday December 27, 2014
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