Senbatsu High School Baseball Matchup Lottery Results and Tournament Table Revealed

A lottery will be held for the Senbatsu High School baseball team, which will begin at Koshien Stadium on the 18th of this month. Yamanashi Gakuin, which aims to win the tournament consecutively, will compete against Kyoto Soto Onishi High School, and Japan, which was affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake and has been practicing at an affiliated school in Yamanashi Prefecture. Aviation High School Ishikawa will play against Joso Gakuin in Ibaraki.

In the second half of the article, we will tell you all the results of the combinations, as well as the tournament table.

Pairing decided: Japan Airlines Ishikawa will play with Joso Gakuin (Ibaraki)

The 96th Senbatsu High School Baseball Matchup Lottery was held in Osaka City this year, and the captains of the 32 participating schools drew lots in order to determine their opponents for the first round.

Yamanashi Gakuin won last year’s Senbatsu for the first time as a team from Yamanashi Prefecture and is aiming to become the fourth school in history to win the tournament consecutively.In the second game on the third day, Yamanashi Gakuin will face Kyoto Soto Onishi, which will be playing for the seventh time and the first time in 18 years. Ta.

In addition, Japan Airlines Ishikawa, which had been practicing at an affiliated school in Yamanashi Prefecture after the Noto Peninsula earthquake damaged schools and grounds in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, was the last of the 32 participating schools to appear, and in the first game on the 6th day. They will play against Ibaraki’s Joso Gakuin, which has won the spring/summer Koshien.

The two schools participating in the 21st century slot are
▽In the first game on the third day, Hokkaido’s Betsukai, who will be making his first appearance throughout the spring and summer, will play against Okayama’s Soushi Gakuen, who will be making his fourth appearance after seven years.
▽Wakayama’s Tanabe, who has decided to participate for the third time in 76 years, will play in the second match on the first day against Seiryo, which has a school in Kanazawa City and won last year’s Meiji-Jingu Tournament.

In addition, teams appearing in Koshien for the first time throughout the spring and summer are
▽Wakayama Taishu, a traditional school with a 120-year history, will play Chiba’s Chuo Gakuin in the third game on the third day.
▽In the third game of the first day, Kumamoto Kokufu will play against the runner-up Omi of Shiga.

The tournament, which will be held at Koshien Stadium, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this August, will begin on the 18th of this month and will be held for 13 days, including two rest days.If all goes well, the final will be held this month. It will be held on the 30th.

Player oath taken by Aomori Yamada captain Kosuke Hashiba

As a result of a lottery, Aomori Yamada’s captain Kosuke Hashiba was chosen to take the oath of office at the opening ceremony.

Hashiba expressed his feelings, saying, “I’m really nervous right now.I didn’t want to draw a lottery if possible, but I want to be as active as a high school student.” Regarding the words he would like to include in the athlete oath, he said, “There was an earthquake on the Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day, so I would like to include words that will give courage to all of Japan.”

==Combination determination==

◆1st day

～Opening Ceremony～
▽First match: Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei (Aomori, 11th match after 5 years) – Kanto Daiichi (Tokyo, 7th match after 8 years)
▽2nd match: Tanabe (Wakayama, 3rd time in 76 years) – Seiryo (Ishikawa, 16th time in 2 years)
▽3rd match: Omi (Shiga, 7th time in 2 years) – Kumamoto Kokufu (Kumamoto, first time through spring and summer)

▽The first game after the opening ceremony was against Aomori’s Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei, featuring the good left-handed pitcher Hiro Zenpei, and a powerful batting line that hit seven home runs, matching the record for any participating school in an official game last fall. Kanto Daiichi from Tokyo, which has the characteristics of
▽The second match will be in the 21st century, with Wakayama’s Tanabe, who has decided to participate for the third time in 76 years, and Seiryo, a school in Kanazawa city that won last year’s Meiji-Jingu Games, competing against each other.
▽The third game will be played in the year before yesterday, when Omi, who became the first Shiga prefecture team to take runner-up, will face Kumamoto Kokufu, who won last fall’s Kyushu tournament and is appearing for the first time in the spring and summer.

◆2nd day

▽First match: Toyokawa (Aichi, 2nd time in 10 years) – Anan Hikaru (Tokushima, 2nd time in 32 years)
▽2nd match: Tsurugakehi (Fukui, 11th match in 4 consecutive years) – Meiho (Oita, 6th match after 3 years)
▽ Third match: Gakuho Ishikawa (Fukushima, 4th time in 33 years) – Kendai Takasaki (Gunma, 7th time in 2 consecutive years)

▽In the first game, Aichi’s Toyokawa, who won last fall’s Tokai tournament, will play against Tokushima’s Anan Hikaru, who will be playing for the second time in 32 years and the first time since the school took its current name.
▽In the second match, Oita’s Meiho will compete against Tsurugakehi from Fukui, who has won the Senbatsu championship, and Meiho from Oita, who will be participating for the sixth time in three years since the runner-up in 2021.
▽In the third game, Fukushima’s Gakuho Ishikawa, who will be participating for the fourth time in 33 years, will compete against Gunma’s Takasaki Health and Welfare University Takasaki, who will be participating for the second consecutive year and seventh time.

◆3rd day

▽First match: Soushi Gakuen (Okayama, 4th time in 7 years) – Betsukai (Hokkaido, first time in spring/summer)
▽2nd match: Yamanashi Gakuin (Yamanashi, 7th match in 3 consecutive years) – Kyoto Soto Onishi (Kyoto, 7th match for the first time in 18 years)
▽3rd match: Endurance (Wakayama, first through spring/summer) – Chuo Gakuin (Chiba, second time in 6 years)

▽The first game will be against Soushi Gakuen from Okayama, who will be making their fourth appearance in seven years, and Betsukai from Hokkaido, who will be making their first appearance throughout the spring and summer, in the 21st century slot.
▽In the second game, Yamanashi Gakuin, which won its first championship as a Yamanashi prefecture team last year and is aiming to become the fourth school in history to win the tournament, will face off against Kyoto Soto Onishi, who will be participating for the seventh time in 18 years.
▽The third match will be held by Wakayama Taishu, a traditional school founded in the late Edo period, which is in its 120th year since its founding and will be participating for the first time in spring and summer.This will be the second time in six years since 2018, when it participated for the first time in consecutive spring and summer seasons. Chiba’s Chuo Gakuin will fight for their first victory at Koshien.

◆4th day

▽First match: Uji Yamada Commercial (Mie, 2nd time in 16 years) – Tokai University Fukuoka (Fukuoka, 3rd time in 7 years)
▽2nd match: Koryo (Hiroshima, 27th match for 3 consecutive years) – Kochi (Kochi, 21st match for 3 consecutive years)
▽3rd match: Kyoto International (Kyoto, 2nd time in 3 years) – Aomori Yamada (Aomori, 3rd time in 8 years)

▽In the first game, Mie’s Ujiyamada Commercial will be playing for the second time in 16 years, and Tokai University Fukuoka will be playing for the third time in seven years.
▽The second match was a match between Hiroshima’s Koryo, who won the championship for the first time in a row at last fall’s China tournament, and Kochi, who won last fall’s Shikoku tournament, and was a meeting between two teams who had won at Senbatsu. Ta.
▽In the third match, Kyoto Kokusai will be playing for the second time in three years, and Aomori Yamada will be playing for the third time in eight years after winning the Tohoku tournament last fall.

◆5th day

▽First match: Kamimura Gakuen (Kagoshima, 6th time in 9 years) – Sakushin Gakuin (Tochigi, 12th time in 2 consecutive years)
▽2nd match: Osaka Toin (Osaka, 15th match in 5 consecutive years) – Hokkai (Hokkaido, 14th match for the first time in 3 years)
▽3rd match: Aichi Daimyo Den (Aichi, 10th time in 12 years) – Hotoku Gakuen (Hyogo, 23rd time in 2 consecutive years)

▽The first game will be played by Kamimura Gakuen in Kagoshima, where the center of the batting lineup will be made up of players who experienced the top four at last summer’s Koshien, and Tochigi, who won last fall’s Kanto tournament, will be centered around Teppei Ogawa, a right-handed pitcher who is attracting attention in the tournament. Sakushin Gakuin will compete.
▽In the second game, Osaka Toin, who won the Kinki tournament last fall for the first time in history, will face Hokkai, who won the Hokkaido tournament last fall.
▽The third game will be between Aichi’s Aichi Daimyo Den, which features a strong batting line whose team batting average exceeded .39 in the official game last fall, and Hyogo’s Hotoku Gakuen, whose team is led by a pitching staff that contributed to the team’s runner-up finish last year. We will compete. Both have won championships at Senbatsu.

◆6th day

▽First match: Japan Airlines Ishikawa (Ishikawa, 3rd time in 4 years) – Joso Gakuin (Ibaraki, 11th time after 3 years)
~2nd round starts here~
▽Game 2: Day 1 Winner of Game 1 – Winner of Game 2 of Day 1
▽Game 3: Winner of Game 3 on Day 1 – Winner of Game 1 on Day 2

▽In the first game, the school and ground in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture were damaged by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, so they moved to an affiliated school in Yamanashi Prefecture and practiced. They have won once in spring and summer at Japan Airlines Ishikawa and Koshien for three years. Joso Gakuin from Ibaraki will be competing for the 11th time, and 32 schools will be participating.
▽The second round will begin from the second match.

[Details]Senbatsu 32 participating schools decided, with voices of joy from each team

[Introducing all schools]What are the characteristics of the 32 schools participating in Senbatsu?

[Tournament table]

《Statement by the captain of the featured team》

Yamanashi Gakuin Captain Yoshitora Nakahara “Play baseball that is tenacious and strong in close games”

Yamanashi Gakuin, which won last year’s Senbatsu for the first time as a team from Yamanashi Prefecture and is aiming to become the fourth school in history to win the tournament consecutively, will face Kyoto Soto Onishi in the second game on the third day of the tournament. Captain Yoshitora Nakahara said enthusiastically, “I feel like we’re getting closer to the game.We want to play baseball that is our style, tenacious and strong in close games.” Regarding the new bat standards that will be introduced in this tournament, he said, “In order to cope with this, I have been strengthening my lower body over the winter.”

Japan Airlines Ishikawa Captain Kazue Houda “Played at Koshien with gratitude”

Japan Airlines Ishikawa, located in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, whose school and ground were damaged by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, was the last of the 32 participating schools to appear, and in the first game on the 6th day, it faced Ibaraki’s Joso Gakuin, which has won the spring/summer Koshien. I will play against. Captain Kazue Homoda said, “The opponent has a good balance in both pitching and hitting, and I have the impression that they are a great team.We are aiming to play a winning baseball game, and first of all, we want to play our own baseball and do our best to win.”
Looking ahead to the big stage, which will take place in the midst of the earthquake damage, he said, “I have received a lot of words of support from various people, and I want to be able to repay them at Koshien so that I can respond to those words. I want to do my best and aim for the championship,” he said with enthusiasm.
After the earthquake, he moved to an affiliated school in Yamanashi Prefecture and has been practicing a lot, and he said, “I’m really grateful to the people of Yamanashi.I want to play at Koshien with a feeling of gratitude.” Ta.

Captain Seiryo (Ishikawa) Kota Ashikaga “At our own pace”

Ishikawa, which was affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, has a school in Kanazawa City, and Seiryo, which won last year’s Meiji-Jingu Games, will also be participating. Seiryo will play against Tanabe from Wakayama in the second match on the first day of the tournament, and captain Kota Ashikata said, “Every high school is nervous about their first match, so it was great to be able to play after the opening ceremony. “I think it’s a positive thing for us. We want to be 100% prepared and play baseball at our own pace so that we don’t get sucked into the atmosphere of the Alps.” He then enthusiastically said, “At last year’s Meiji-Jingu Tournament, we faced many issues in batting and defense, so this winter we have worked hard one by one.I would like to demonstrate that on the stage of Koshien.” I was there.

Captain Tanabe (Wakayama) Yusho Yamamoto: “I want to live up to expectations by playing my best”

Wakayama Tanabe’s captain Yuto Yamamoto, who will play Seiryo (Ishikawa) in the 21st century slot for the third time in 76 years, said, “There will be an opening ceremony on the first day, so we had a lot of customers to see our team. It’s an honor for people to watch baseball, and I want to do my best to meet the expectations of the people in the community who are calling out to me,” he said with enthusiasm. Regarding his opponent Seiryo, he said, “Both his pitching and hitting are of a high level, and I have the impression that he is very strong.”

Kumamoto Kokufu Captain Nozomi Noda: “We’re doing our best like a team competing for the first time.”

Kumamoto Kokufu, who won last fall’s Kyushu tournament and is making their first appearance throughout the spring and summer, will face Omi from Shiga in the third game on the first day of the tournament. Captain Nozomi Noda said, “Omi is a wonderful team with a good balance of pitching and hitting, and I am very happy to have been able to play against them from the first round. Our strength is playing baseball to defend and win. As a team that is playing for the first time, we will give our best. I want to do my best,” he said with enthusiasm.

Betsukai (Hokkaido) Captain Kotaro Nakamichi: “I want to see how effective it is.”

Hokkaido’s Betsukai, who will be participating in the 21st century tournament for the first time throughout the spring and summer, will face Okayama’s Soushi Gakuen in the first game on the third day of the tournament. Captain Kotaro Nakamichi said, “Our opponent is a school that is a regular at Koshien, and I’m very happy to be able to play against a strong high school, and I want to see how well we can compete.” Looking ahead to their first big stage after overcoming the winter, “The team’s strength lies in its defense, centered around its ace, and we practiced in the snow, mainly building up our bodies, but running on the snow made our legs stronger. I’ve learned a lot, so I want to make use of that in my play,” he said with enthusiasm.

Taikyu (Wakayama) Captain Yuto Akayama “Like Taikyu, ‘endure and win”’

Wakayama’s Taikyu, which is in its 120th year of existence and will be making its first appearance in Koshien throughout the spring and summer, will face Chiba’s Chuo Gakuin in the third game on the third day of the tournament. Captain Yuto Akayama said, “I felt like we had no choice but to do it.I think Chuo Gakuin is a team with a high level of overall strength, so I want to build a team that won’t lose.We will try to “endure and win” in the spirit of endurance. I want to work towards that goal,” he said with enthusiasm.

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《How the combination lottery works》

The combination lottery will be held at Oval Hall in Kita Ward, Osaka from 9am on the 8th. The captains of the 32 participating schools will draw the lottery tickets in the order determined by the preliminary lottery.

Teams from the same region do not play each other until at least the quarterfinals.
▽Teams from six prefectures, Hokkaido, Aomori, Ishikawa, Aichi, Kyoto, and Wakayama, in which the two schools will participate, will not play against each other until the finals.

The first round pairings for all teams will be determined in approximately one hour.
In addition, the player oath will be determined by a lottery among all captains.

2024-03-07 23:07:07
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