The 9th All Japan Youth (Under-18) Football Championship
finals
x-Teams progress to next round.
- Fujieda-Higashi
- Fujieda-Higashi
- JEF united
- Kagoshima jitsugyo High school (Kyushu#1)
- JEF united ICHIHARA (Club Youth#2)
- Fujieda-Higashi
- Tono High school (Tohoku)
- Fujieda-Higashi High school (Tokai)
- JEF united
- Teikyo
- Reysol
- KASHIWA Reysol (Club Youth#4)
- Tamano Konan High school (Chugoku)
- Teikyo
- Sapporo Dai-ichi High school (Hokkaido)
- Teikyo High school (Kanto)
- Reysol
- Fujieda-Higashi
- Gamba
- Gamba
- Flügels
- YOKOHAMA Flügels (Club Youth#5)
- Matsusho Gakuen High school (Hoku-shin-etsu)
- Gamba
- Nissho Gakuen High school (Kyushu#3: including winner of last year's championship)
- Gamba OSAKA (Club Youth#1)
- Flügels
- Kusatsu-Higashi
- Kumamoto Kokufu
- Takamatsu commercial High school (Shikoku)
- Kumamoto Kokufu High school (Kyushu#2: including winner of All Japan High School Tournament)
- Kusatsu-Higashi
- Kusatsu-Higashi High school (Kansai)
- Júbilo IWATA (Club Youth#3)
- Kumamoto Kokufu
- Gamba
Results
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagoshima jits. | 1:1 (3:5)pso | JEF united | 29/8/1998 | Kagoshima |
| Tono | 0:2 | Fujieda-Higashi | 29/8/1998 | Kagoshima |
| Reysol | 1:1 (5:3)pso | Tamano Konan | 29/8/1998 | Hiroshima |
| Sapporo I | 2:5 | Teikyo | 29/8/1998 | Hiroshima |
| Flügels | 6:3 | Matsusho Gakuen | 29/8/1998 | Tottori |
| Nissho Gakuen | 0:4 | Gamba | 29/8/1998 | Tottori |
| Takamatsu comm. | 0:1 | Kumamoto Kokufu | 29/8/1998 | Gifu |
| Kusatsu-Higashi | 2:1 | Júbilo | 29/8/1998 | Gifu |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEF united | 0:2 | Fujieda-Higashi | 30/8/1998 | Kagoshima |
| Reysol | 0:2 | Teikyo | 30/8/1998 | Hiroshima |
| Flügels | 0:2 | Gamba | 30/8/1998 | Tottori |
| Kumamoto Kokufu | 0:1 | Kusatsu-Higashi | 30/8/1998 | Gifu |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujieda-Higashi | 4:3 | Teikyo | 4/9/1998 | Nishigaoka, Tokyo |
| Gamba | 2:0 | Kusatsu-Higashi | 4/9/1998 | Nishigaoka, Tokyo |
| Team | Score | Team | Date | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujieda-Higashi | 3:2 | Gamba | 6/9/1998 | Tokyo National stadium |
note
In the tournamnet and after this, regulation time is 90 minutes.
Eleven regional representatives(*) and the top five teams in the All Japan Club Youth (Under-18) Football Tournament are qualified for the championship.
*) One high school team is selected to represent each of the nine regionals. Each one extra teams are selected to represent regions including winner of last year's championship and All Japan High School Tournament.
In the tournament, when regulation time of the match play fails to determine a winner, the winning team is decided in a penalty shoot-out.
In the final, if the teams are level at the end of regulation time, 20 minutes (two 10-minute halves) of 'V-goal'(golden-goal) extra time shall be played. If neither team scores in extra time, the teams shall be declared joint winners.