The Hanshin Koshien stadium
The Summer Koshien (otherwise known as National High School Baseball Championship), is an annual baseball tournament held in the Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the Koshien district of Nishinomiya City, Hyōgo, Japan. It takes place during the summer school vacation period, culminating in a two-week final tournament stage in August in which 49 teams from the 47 prefectures in Japan that won their nation-wide qualifiers will battle through single elimination rounds.[1]
Every prefecture has one team qualify for Summer Koshien by winning their regional tournament[2], with two exceptions. Tokyo is divided into Western and Eastern regionals, and Hokkaido is divided into Northern and Southern regionals. Hence, both of these prefectures have two representatives every year.
Participants
| 89th Summer Koshien | ||
| Teams | Rank | Prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Ichizen High School | First Round | Kanagawa |
| Ikuei High School | Semi-Finals | Miyagi |
| Inashiro Industrial | Runner-up | Tokyo - West |
| Komadai Fujimaki | Champion | Hokkaido |
| Osaka Kiryu High School | - | Osaka |
| Seihou High School | Third Round | - |
| Teito High School | Best 16 | Tokyo - East |
| Yousei High | Second Round | - |
| 88th Summer Koshien | ||
| Teams | Rank | Prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Inashiro Industrial | Third Round | Tokyo -West |
| Yatsuhiro Technical | - | - |
| Osaka Kiryu | Runner-up | Osaka |
| 83rd Summer Koshien | ||
| Teams | Rank | Prefecture |
|---|---|---|
| Ouya Metropolitan High School | - | Tokyo - East |