Objective

The Japan Football Association (“JFA”) holds this tournament for all Class 2 youth teams in order to create productive match environment, nurture league-system culture, improve football skill and physical and mental health of young players (Under 18) who forge the future of Japanese football.

Tournament Title

Prince Takamado Trophy 2014 All-Japan Youth (U-18) Football League Premier League (EAST / WEST)

Organiser

Japan Football Association

Managing Organisations

Participating Teams, Prefectural Football Associations of Each Participating Team

Supporting Organisations

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Tentative), Asahi Shimbun (Tentative)

Official Partner

adidas Japan K.K.

Tournament Sponsors

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Cooperating Company

Molten Corporation

Dates

Premier League: Sunday 6 April to Sunday 7 December
Note: See more details on match schedule section.

Championship: Sunday 14 December

Premier League Promotion Matches: Saturday 13 December & Monday 15 December
Note: The schedule is subject to change.

Tournament System

20 teams selected throughout the nation will be divided into two 10-team leagues, and will play a round-robin home and away format (180 fixtures). The bottom two teams in each league will be automatically relegated to the Prince League in the following year. Based on the points earned at the national tournaments in the past three years, the designated number of top teams in the Prince League in each region will qualify for the 16-team promotion matches, and the top four teams there will make a berth in the following year’s league.

Participating teams and the number of teams

The participating teams are the top eight teams each from the 2013 Premier League EAST and WEST and the four teams who won the promotion matches played among top teams from the Prince League’s nine regions.
Note: The total number of teams allocated to the regions based on above is 20.
Hokkaido: 1, Tohoku: 1, Kanto: 6, Hokushinetsu: 1,
Tokai: 3, Kansai: 6, Chugoku: 1, Kyushu: 1.
Note: The numbers above are the number of teams designated for each region. The following teams will play in the 2014 league.

EAST
Hokkaido: Consadole Sapporo U-18 (Hokkaido)
Tohoku: Aomori Yamada High School (Aomori)
Kanto: Kashima Antlers Youth (Ibaraki)
Ichiritsu Funabashi High School (Chiba)
Kashiwa Reysol U-18 (Chiba)
Ryutsu Keizaidai Kashiwa High School (Chiba)
Tokyo Verdy Youth (Tokyo)
Mitsubishi Yowa SC Youth (Tokyo)
Tokai: JFA Academy Fukushima (Shizuoka)
Shimizu S-Pulse Youth (Shizuoka)

WEST
Tokai: Nagoya Grampus U18 (Aichi)
Hokushinetsu: Toyama Daiichi High School (Toyama)
Kansai: Higashiyama High School (Kyoto)
Kyoto Sanga F.C. U-18 (Kyoto)
Kyoto Tachibana High School (Kyoto)
Gamba Osaka Youth (Osaka)
Cerezo Osaka U-18 (Osaka)
Vissel Kobe U-18 (Hyogo)
Chugoku: Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C Youth (Hiroshima)
Kyushu: Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka)