68th National Sports Festival of Japan - First Round

First Round Matches, ties played on Monday, 30th of September:

Match 1:
Miyagi  5 - 1  Ibaraki
(Attendance: 582)

Three Tokiwagi Gakuen students scored for reigning champions Miyagi as they beat Ibaraki 5-1, Shiraki Akari (2), Hirata Miki, and Sasaki Miwa. Former Tokiwagi pupil Gonno Takako, now studying at Waseda University, also got on the scoresheet. Ibaraki's lone reply came from Yokoyama Ai of the University of Tsukuba.

Match 2:
Gunma  5 - 0  Hokkaido
(Attendance: 954)

Gunma ran out easy winners, with all three scorers students at Kanto Gakuen University: Fukumaru Tomoko with a hat-trick, Urashima Risa and Minamino Arisa.

Match 3:
Tokyo  0 - 2  Ehime
(Attendance: 322)

Ehime FC Ladies' Iwamoto Yuka and Kushiyama Saki scored to give Ehime a good win over hosts Tokyo.

Match 4:
Fukuoka  2 - 1  Chiba
(Attendance: 1,134)

Fukuoka J. Anclas' Hirata Hikari scored twice for Fukuoka as they beat Chiba. JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies' Hanagiri Naomi had earlier equalized for Chiba.

Match 5:
Mie  0 - 1  Hyogo (aet)
(Attendance: 479)

Himeji Hinomoto College's Chiba Sonoko scored in extra time to give Hyogo a 1-0 win over Mie.

Match 6:
Nagano  1 - 2  Osaka (aet)
(Attendance: 525)

Waseda University's Shono Kanako and Nishizono Yukino of Senri Seiun High School scored for Osaka as they beat Nagano, with AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies' Hashiura Satsuki having equalized to force extra time.

Match 7:
Kagoshima  2 - 1  Niigata (aet)
(Attendance: 332)

Kagoshima won with goals from Imanaka Yuri (Je Vrille Kagoshima) and Ueno Mami (Kamimura Gakuen), Niigata's lone reply came from Albirex Niigata Under 18's Takizawa Rio.

Match 8:
Tokushima  1 - 1  Okayama
Okayama win 4-1 on penalties aet
(Attendance: 409)

Okayama beat Tokushima 4-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw, with Okayama Yunogo Belle's Yamaguchi Mami scoring for Okayama, the equaliser for Tokushima came from Mima Tomoko.


Quarter-Final Matches, ties to be played on Tuesday, 1st of October:

Match 9:
Miyagi versus Gunma

Match 10:
Ehime versus Fukuoka

Match 11:
Hyogo versus Osaka

Match 12:
Kagoshima versus Okayama


Semi-Final Matches, ties to be played on Wednesday, 2nd of October:

Match 13:
Winner of Match 9 versus Winner of Match 10

Match 14:
Winner of Match 11 versus Winner of Match 12


Third-Place Play-off Match, to be played on Thursday, 3rd of October:

Match 15:
Loser of Match 13 versus Loser of Match 14


Final Match, to be played on Thursday, 3rd of October:

Match 16:
Winner of Match 13 versus Winner of Match 14