Elementary School Tournament

This National Tournament took place during the 6th Elementary School year of Tsubasa Ozora. All the matches were played at the Yomiuri Land football grounds, in Tokyo.

The city of Nankatsu formed a selection team with the best players of the different schools in the city (Nankatsu, Shutetsu, Nishigaoka and Yamabuki). After this, Nankatsu had to qualify for the national tournament by winning the Shizuoka Regional Tournament. Every other team in the tournament won their respective prefacture tournament.

The tournament consisted in a group stage and a knockout stage. There were 8 groups of 6 teams, and the first two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage. Nankatsu won the title in the final against Meiwa.

RESULTS AND STANDINGS:

Here are the scores of the most important games group games and the standings of Group 1:

Group 1

Date	Match	Results	Ground
1982-11-30 19:57:05November 1982	Meiwa vs Nankatsu SC	7 - 6	N/A
1983-02-03 22:51:33February 1983	Hanawa vs Ozu	10 - 0	N/A
1983-02-04 22:52:54February 1983	Nankatsu SC vs Ozu	9 - 0	N/A
1983-02-05 22:58:14February 1983	Hanawa vs Shimabara	7 - 0	N/A
1983-02-06 07:28:30February 1983	Nankatsu SC vs Shimabara	7 - 0	N/A
1983-02-06 08:32:30February 1983	Hanawa vs Kitayama	7 - 0	N/A
1983-02-07 08:30:21February 1983	Nankatsu SC vs Kitayama	8 - 0	N/A
1983-02-15 23:00:54February 1983	Meiwa vs Hanawa	5 - 5	N/A
1983-02-16 23:28:28February 1983	Nankatsu SC vs Hanawa	3 - 2	N/A

Group 1 Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Meiwa	5	4	1	0	12	11	1	13
2	Nankatsu	5	4	0	1	33	9	24	12
3	Hanawa	5	3	1	1	31	8	23	10
4	Ozu ES	5	1	1	3	0	19	-19	4
5	Shimabara ES	5	1	0	4	0	14	-14	3
6	Kitayama ES	5	0	1	5	0	15	-15	1

Legend: P – Games Played, W – Games Won, D – Games Drawn, L – Games Lost, F – Goals For (scored), A – Goals Against (received), GD – Goal Difference, Pts – Points (3 per win, 1 per draw).

Rest of Groups

Date	Match	Results	Ground
1983-02-01 20:13:54February 1983	Furano vs Nagano (Group 3)	2 - 0	N/A
1983-02-02 20:34:50February 1983	Musashi vs Jonan (Group 4)	5 - 0	N/A

And these are the scores of the most important play-off games, from the last 16 round to the final:

Knockout Stage

Date	Match	Results	Ground
1983-05-01 19:19:01May 1983	Furano vs Kawazoe (Last 16 Round)	4 - 0	N/A
1983-05-02 19:23:51May 1983	Musashi vs Sannomiya (Last 16 Round)	5 - 0	N/A
1983-05-03 19:27:57May 1983	Meiwa vs Maebashi (Last 16 Round)	10 - 0	N/A
1983-05-04 19:43:14May 1983	Nankatsu SC vs Naniwa (Last 16 Round)	5 - 1	N/A
1983-05-05 19:49:00May 1983	Meiwa vs Kasai (Quarterfinals)	5 - 1	N/A
1983-05-06 19:53:21May 1983	Furano vs Yonago (Quarterfinals)	3 - 1	N/A
1983-05-07 19:54:33May 1983	Nankatsu SC vs Shinjou (Quarterfinals)	7 - 0	N/A
1983-05-08 08:50:36May 1983	Musashi vs Hitachi (Quarterfinals)	6 - 2	N/A
1983-08-01 08:59:08August 1983	Meiwa vs Furano (Semifinals)	3 - 2	N/A
1983-08-15 09:36:51August 1983	Nankatsu SC vs Musashi (Semifinals)	5 - 4	N/A
1984-02-01 23:21:24February 1984	Nankatsu SC vs Meiwa (Final)	4 - 2	N/A

PLAYERS DATA:

Best Player of the Elementary School Tournament: Tsubasa Ozora

The top goalscorers were Tsubasa (31 goals), Kojiro Hyuga (29), Taro Misaki (15) and Hikaru Matsuyama (13). However, the following list shows the goals that were explicitly assigned to a specific match:

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Position
1	Tsubasa	Nankatsu SC	FW	7	18	4
2	Hyuga	Meiwa ES	FW	6	14	1
3	Misugi	Musashi ES	AM	3	6	1
4	Misaki	Nankatsu SC	AM	7	5	6
5	Matsuyama	Furano ES	AM	3	4	0
6	M. Tachibana	Hanawa ES	FW	3	2	1
7	Sanada	Musashi ES	FW	3	2	2
8	Sawada	Meiwa ES	AM	4	2	3

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The top assisters were Taro Misaki (15 assists), Hikaru Matsuyama (8), Tsubasa Ozora (7) and Kojiro Hyuga (4). However, the following list shows the assits that were explicitly assigned to a specific match: