Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
{{short description|Japanese Spring High School Baseball Tournament}}
{{About|The Spring Koshien baseball tournament|the summer tournament|Summer Koshien|other uses|Senbatsu (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox sports league
| title = The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
| logo = Mainichi-Senbatsu-Logo.jpg
| caption = Altermative logo made for Mainichi coverage of the tournament
| sport = Baseball
| founded = 1924
| teams = 32 (36 in special editions)
| champion = Yokohama - 97th (2025)
| venue = Hanshin Koshien Stadium
| country = {{JPN}}
| most successful club = Toho High School (5 Titles)
| TV = NHK, MBS, Gaora Sports
| streaming = Yahoo Japan, SportsBull, TVer
| related_comps = The National High School Baseball Championship
| website = https://mainichi.jp/koshien/senbatsu
https://baseball.yahoo.co.jp/hsb_spring/
https://sportsbull.jp/senbatsu/
}}
File:KarakawaYuki01.jpg of Narita High School pitches against Koryo High School in the 79th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament at Koshien Stadium on March 26, 2007.]]
The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (選抜高等学校野球大会 senbatsu kōtō gakkō yakyū taikai) of Japan, commonly known as "Spring Kōshien" (春の甲子園 haru no kōshien) or "Senbatsu" (センバツ), is an annual high school baseball tournament.
Background
The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and Mainichi Shimbun, takes place each year in March at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the Koshien district of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan.
Teams are chosen for the tournament by a committee from the Japan High School Baseball Federation based on a set of criteria. While it is not a guaranteed path, teams winning a regional tournament held annually in the fall are usually invited.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Spring Koshien Tourney |url=https://www.thehanshintigers.com/koshien-stadium/spring-koshien-tourney/ |website=thehanshintigers.com |location= |publisher=Hanshin Tigers |access-date=2025-05-21}} For instance, in the 2008 Fall Tournament in the Tōhoku region, Ichinoseki Gakuin was the runner-up. However, they were passed over for 3rd place Hanamaki Higashi for the 2009 invitation tournament.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
Of the 32 bids, 29 are awarded on a regional basis:
- Hokkaido - 1
- Tōhoku - 3
- Kantō - 4 or 5Six teams are chosen between Kanto and Tokyo, though the committee can choose the sixth team from either region.
- Tokyo - 1 or 2
- Tōkai - 3
- Hoku-shin'etsu - 2
- Kinki - 6
- Chūgoku - 2
- Shikoku - 2
- Kyushu including Okinawa - 4
The region of the winning team in the Meiji Jingu Fall Tournament (which consists of all fall regional champions) receives an additional bid.{{cite web |author= |date=2016-11-13 |title=Meiji Jingu Stadium has Kicked Off 47th High School & University National Championship |url=https://www.baseballjapan.org/system/prog/news.php?l=e&i=1270 |website=baseballjapan.org |location=|publisher=Baseball Japan |access-date=2025-05-21}}
The final two slots are awarded to "21st Century Teams" which are a way to give teams a chance to compete who have not gotten close to qualifying but who have served as a model school by engaging in the community or having overcome adverse circumstances such as having few players, lacking a baseball field to train on, or having been impacted by a natural disaster.
Finals
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= List of champions =
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|+ class="nowrap" | List of champions ! style="width: 5%;" | Number ! style="width: 10%;" | Year ! style="width: 15%;" | Champion ! style="width: 15%;" | Runner-up ! style="width: 10%;" | Final Score | ||
| 1
|1924 |Takamatsu Commercial High School | Waseda Jitsugyo School | 2-0 |
| 2
|1925 |Matsuyama Commercial High School | Takamatsu Commercial High School | 3-2 |
| 3
|1926 |Koryo High School | Matsumoto Commercial High School | 7-0 |
| 4
|1927 |Wakayama High School | Koryo High School | 8-3 |
| 5
|1928 |Kwansei Gakuin High School | Wakayama High School | 2-1 |
| 6
|1929 |First Shinko Commercial High School | Koryo High School | 3-1 |
| 7
|1930 |First Shinko Commercial High School | Matsuyama Commercial High School | 6-1 |
| 8
|1931 |Hiroshima Commercial High School | Chukyo Commercial High School | 2-0 |
| 9
|1932 |Matsuyama Commercial High School | Akashi High School | 1-0 |
| 10
|1933 |Gifu Commercial High School | Akashi High School | 1-0 |
| 11
|1934 |Toho Commercial High School | Naniwa Commercial High School | 2x-1 |
| 12
|1935 |Gifu Commercial High School | Koryo High School | 5-4 |
| 13
|1936 |Aichi Commercial High School | Kiryu High School | 2x-1 |
| 14
|1937 |Naniwa Commercial High School | Chukyo Commercial High School | 2-0 |
| 15
|1938 |Chukyo Commercial High School | Toho Commercial High School | 1-0 |
| 16
|1939 |Toho Commercial High School | Gifu Commercial High School | 7-2 |
| 17
|1940 |Gifu Commercial High School | Kyoto Commercial High School | 2-0 |
| 18
|1941 |Toho Commercial High School | Ichinomiya High School | 5-2 |
| colspan=5| Canceled | ||
| 19
|1947 |Tokushima Commercial High School | Kokura High School | 3-1 |
| 20
|1948 |Kyoto First Commercial High School | Kyoto Second Commercial High School | 1x-0 |
| 21
|1949 |Kitano High School | Ashiya High School | 6-4 |
| 22
|1950 |Nirayama High School | Kochi Commercial High School | 4-1 |
| 23
|1951 |Naruto High School | Naruo High School | 3x-2 |
| 24
|1952 |Shizuoka Commercial High School | Naruo High School | 2-0 |
| 25
|1953 |Sumoto High School | Naniwa Commercial High School | 4-0 |
| 26
|1954 |Idaosahime High School | Kokura High School | 1-0 |
| 27
|1955 |Naniwa Commercial High School | Kiryu High School | 4x-3 |
| 28
|1956 |Chukyo Commercial High School | Gifu Commercial High School | 4-0 |
| 29
|1957 |Waseda Jitsugyo High School | Kochi Commercial High School | 5-3 |
| 30
|1958 |Seiseiko High School | Chukyo Commercial High School | 7-1 |
| 31
|1959 |Chukyo Commercial High School | Gifu Commercial High School | 3-2 |
| 32
|1960 |Takamatsu Commercial High School | Yonago Higashi High School | 2x-1 |
| 33
|1961 |Hosei Second High School | Takamatsu Commercial High School | 4-0 |
| 34
|1962 |Sakushin Gakuin High School | The Third High School of Nihon University | 1-0 |
| 35
|1963 |Shimonoseki Commercial High School | Hokkai High School | 10-0 |
| 36
|1964 |Kainan High School | Onomichi Commercial High School | 3-2 |
| 37
|1965 |Okayama Higashi Commercial High School | Wakayama Municipal Wakayama Commercial High School | 2x-1 |
| 38
|1966 |Chukyo Commercial High School | Tosa High School | 1-0 |
| 39
|1967 |Tsukumi High School | Kochi High School | 2-1 |
| 40
|1968 |Omiya Technical High School | Onomichi Commercial High School | 3-2 |
| 41
|1969 |Mie High School | Horikoshi High School | 12-0 |
| 42
|1970 |Minoshima High School | Hokuyo High School | 5x-4 |
| 43
|1971 |The Third High School of Nihon University | Daitetsu High School | 2-0 |
| 44
|1972 |Sakuragaoka High School of Nihon University | The Third High School of Nihon University | 5-0 |
| 45
|1973 |Yokohama High School | Hiroshima Commercial High School | 3-1 |
| 46
|1974 |Hotoku Gakuen High School | Ikeda High School | 3-1 |
| 47
|1975 |Kochi High School | Sagami High School of Tokai University | 10-5 |
| 48
|1976 |Sutoku High School | Oyama High School | 5-0 |
| 49
|1977 |Minoshima High School | Nakamura High School | 3-0 |
| 50
|1978 |Hamamatsu Commercial High School | Fukui Commercial High School | 2-0 |
| 51
|1979 |Minoshima High School | Namisyo High School | 8-7 |
| 52
|1980 |Kochi Commercial High School | Teikyo High School | 1x-0 |
| 53
|1981 |PL Gakuen High School | Inba High School | 2x-1 |
| 54
|1982 |PL Gakuen High School | The High School of Nishogakusya University | 15-2 |
| 55
|1983 |Ikeda High School | Yokohama Commercial High School | 3-0 |
| 56
|1984 |Iwakura High School | PL Gakuen High School | 1-0 |
| 57
|1985 |Ino Commercial High School | Teikyo High School | 4-0 |
| 58
|1986 |Ikeda High School | Utsunomiya Minami High School | 7-1 |
| 59
|1987 |PL Gakuen High School | Kanto First High School | 7-1 |
| 60
|1988 |Uwajima Higashi High School | Toho High School | 6-0 |
| 61
|1989 |Toho High School | Uenomiya High School | 3x-2 |
| 62
|1990 |The High School of Kinki University | Nitta High School | 5-2 |
| 63
|1991 |Koryo High School | Matsusyo Gakuen High School | 6x-5 |
| 64
|1992 |Teikyo High School | Sagami High School of Tokai University | 3-2 |
| 65
|1993 |Uenomiya High School | Omiya Higashi High School | 3-0 |
| 66
|1994 |Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School | Joso Gakuin High School | 7-5 |
| 67
|1995 |Kanonji Central High School | Choshi Commercial High School | 4-0 |
| 68
|1996 |Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School | Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School | 6-3 |
| 69
|1997 |Tenri High School | Chukyo High School of Chukyo University | 4-1 |
| 70
|1998 |Yokohama High School | The First High School of Kansai Universityl | 3-0 |
| 71
|1999 |Okinawa Shogaku High School | Mito Commercial High School | 7-2 |
| 72
|2000 |Sagami High School of Tokai University | Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School | 4-2 |
| 73
|2001 |Joso Gakuin High School | Sendai Ikuei High School | 7-6 |
| 74
|2002 |Hotoku Gakuen High School | Naruto Technical High School | 8-2 |
| 75
|2003 |Koryo High School | Yokohama High School | 15-3 |
| 76
|2004 |Saibi High School | Meiden High School of Aichi Institute of Technology | 6-5 |
| 77
|2005 |Meiden High School of Aichi Institute of Technology | Kamimura Gakuen High School | 9-2 |
| 78
|2006 |Yokohama High School | Seiho High School | 21-0 |
| 79
|2007 |Tokoha Kikugawa High School | Ogaki High School of Nihon University | 6-5 |
| 80
|2008 |Okinawa Shogaku High School | Seibo Gakuen High School | 9-0 |
| 81
|2009 |Seiho High School | Hanamaki Higashi High School | 1-0 |
| 82
|2010 |Konan High School | The Third High School of Nihon University | 10-5 |
| 83
|2011 |Sagami High School of Tokai University | The High School of Kyushu International University | 6-1 |
| 84
|2012 |Osaka Toin High School | Kosei Gakuin High School | 7-3 |
| 85
|2013 |Urawa Gakuin High School | Saibi High School | 17-1 |
| 86
|2014 |Heian High School of Ryukoku University | Riseisya High School | 6-2 |
| 87
|2015 |Tsuruga Kehi High School | The fourth High School of Tokai University | 3-1 |
| 88
|2016 |Chiben Gakuen High School | Takamatsu Commercial High School | 2x-1 |
| 89
|2017 |Osaka Toin High School | Riseisha High School | 8-3 |
| 90
|2018 |Osaka Toin High School | Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School | 5-2 |
| 91
|2019 |Toho High School | Narashino High School | 6-0 |
| 92
|2020 | colspan=3|All 32 teams played one game each in replacement Invitational Games. No tournament (pandemic) | ||
| 93
|2021 |Tokai University Sagami High School | Meiho High School | 3-2 |
| 94
|2022 |Osaka Toin High School | Ohmi High School | 18-1 |
| 95
|2023 |Yamanashi Gakuin High School | Hōtoku Gakuen High School | 7-3 |
| 96
|2024 |Takasaki High School of Takasaki University of Health and Welfare | Hōtoku Gakuen High School | 3-2 |
| 97
|2024 |Yokohama High School | Chiben Gakuen Wakayama High School | 11-4 |
See also
- High school baseball in Japan
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- Japanese High School Baseball Championship ("Summer Koshien")
- Hanshin Koshien Stadium
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