All-Hokkaido Tournament

Format: seven-team, round-robin tournament. At the conclusion of round-robin play, the top four teams advance to single-elimination semifinal and championship round games.

Tournament Results:

Round-Robin results:

(Participating Teams: Asahikawa Taisetsu, Kushiro Chuo, Obihiro, Otaru Ushio, Sapporo Shinkotoni, Sapporo Shiroishi, and Sapporo Toyohira)

Day One (Sunday, May 3 - at Obihiro):
Asahikawa Taisetsu 15, Sapporo Shiroishi 0 (4 innings)
Sapporo Shinkotoni 12, Sapporo Toyohira 5 (4 innings)
Obihiro 11, Kushiro Chuo 0 (4 innings)
Sapporo Toyohira 10, Otaru Ushio 8
Sapporo Shinkotoni 6, Obihiro 2
Asahikawa Taisetsu 21, Otaru Ushio 0 (4 innings)
Sapporo Shiroishi 12, Kushiro Chuo 8

Day Two (Monday, May 4 - at Obihiro):
Sapporo Toyohira 3, Obihiro 0
Asahikawa Taisetsu 8, Sapporo Shinkotoni 0
Sapporo Shiroishi 4, Otaru Ushio 1
Sapporo Shinkotoni 9, Kushiro Chuo 2
Sapporo Toyohira 9, Sapporo Shiroishi 2 (4 innings)
Asahikawa Taisetsu 17, Kushiro Chuo 0 (4 innings)
Obihiro 26, Otaru Ushio 1 (4 innings)

Day Three (Tuesday, May 5 - at Obihiro):
Obihiro 7, Sapporo Shiroishi 5
Sapporo Shinkotoni 15, Otaru Ushio 4 (5 innings)
Asahikawa Taisetsu 7, Obihiro 0 (4 innings)
Kushiro Chuo 13, Otaru Ushio 8
Asahikawa Taisetsu 10, Sapporo Toyohira 2
Sapporo Shinkotoni 19, Sapporo Shiroishi 0 (4 innings)
Sapporo Toyohira 5, Kushiro Chuo 1

Round-Robin Standings	W	L
Asahikawa Taisetsu	6	0
Sapporo Shinkotoni	5	1
Sapporo Toyohira	4	2
Obihiro	3	3
Sapporo Shiroishi	2	4
Kushiro Chuo	1	5
Otaru Ushio	0	6

Semifinal Round (Sunday, May 10 - at Sapporo Shinkotoni)

Asahikawa Taisetsu 15, Obihiro 8 (5 innings)
Sapporo Toyohira 5, Sapporo Shinkotoni 3

Championship Game (Sunday, May 10 - at Sapporo Shinkotoni)

Asahikawa Taisetsu 5, Sapporo Toyohira 0 (TITLE)

Asahikawa Taisetsu advances to the Japanese Region tournament.

All-Kitakanto Tournament

Format: This is a two-stage tournament. The first stage is a double-elimination tournament, with the last four undefeated teams and the elimination bracket champion advancing to the district finals.

In the second stage, the five district finalists play a round-robin schedule that determines the Kitakanto champion.

Tournament Results:

Opening Round (Monday, May 4):
Kawagoe 4, Minami Urawa 0
Niiza 10, Asaka 8
Tokorozawa 6, Hanno 4

Winner's Bracket - Round 2 (Monday, May 4):
Omiya 6, Kawaguchi 2
Urawa 11, Ageo 8
Shiki 15, Ashikaga 0 (4 innings)
Warabi 5, Soka 0
Fukaya City 4, Fujimi 0
Kawagoe 14, Utsunomiya 6
Ageo Nishi 10, Niiza 0 (4 innings)
Tokorozawa 8, Koshigaya 4 (8 innings)

Elimination Bracket - Round 1 (nineteen teams remain) (Wednesday, May 6):
Minami Urawa 5, Hanno 3 (elim.)
Asaka 13, Ashikaga 2 (4 innings; elim.)
Kawaguchi 11, Fujimi 2 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket - Round 1 (sixteen teams remain) (May 6 and May 10):
Minami Urawa 6, Ageo 0 (elim.)
Kawaguchi 6, Asaka 3 (elim.)
Koshigaya 4, Niiza 1 (elim.)
Utsunomiya 7, Soka 0 (5 innings; elim.)

Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals (May 6 and May 10):
Omiya 8, Urawa 0 (Omiya advances to round-robin phase)
Shiki 7, Kawagoe 3 (Shiki advances to round-robin phase)
Ageo Nishi 10, Warabi 3 (Ageo Nishi advances to round-robin phase)
Fukaya City 7, Tokorozawa 4 (Fukaya City advances to round-robin phase)

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (twelve teams remain) (Sunday, May 10):
Kawagoe 9, Minimi Urawa 4 (elim.)
Kawaguchi 6, Warabi 1 (elim.)
Koshigaya 11, Urawa 0 (4 innings; elim.)
Tokorozawa 2, Utsunomiya 1 (7 innings; elim.)

Elimination Bracket Semifinals (eight teams remain) (Saturday, May 23):
Kawaguchi 11, Kawagoe 6 (8 innings; elim.)
Tokorozawa 9, Koshigaya 8 (7 innings; elim.)

Elimination Bracket Finals (six teams remain) (Saturday, May 23):
Kawaguchi 10, Tokorozawa 4 (elim.) (Kawaguchi advances to round-robin phase)

Round-Robin Playoff:

Day One (Sunday, May 24):
Omiya 13, Shiki 0 (5 innings)
Ageo Nishi 6, Fukaya City 0
Omiya 6, Kawaguchi 2
Shiki 4, Fukaya City 3
Ageo Nishi 5, Kawaguchi 2

Day Two (May 31 and June 7 - at Ageo Nishi):
Ageo Nishi 11, Shiki 2
Omiya 7, Fukaya City 0
Kawaguchi 6, Shiki 1
Omiya 6, Ageo Nishi 0 (5 innings; rain)
Kawaguchi 10, Fukaya City 0 (4 innings)

Round-Robin Standings	W	L
Omiya	4	0
Ageo Nishi	3	1
Kawaguchi	2	2
Shiki	1	3
Fukaya City	0	4

Omiya advances to the Japanese Region tournament as the Kitakanto champion.

All-Higashikanto Tournament

Format: This is a three-stage tournament. In the first stage, leagues compete in area tournaments that determine which teams qualify for the All-Higashikanto tournament. Eight teams from the Hitachi block, four from the Chiba City block, four from the Funabashi block and four from the Tokiwa block advance to the All-Higashikanto tournament..

Mito Nishi and Choshi Little Leagues both automatically qualify for the All-Higashikanto tournament without participating in area tournament competition based on their finish in April's Higashikanto Cup tournament. These two teams are placed in pre-determined slots at the top and bottom of the All-Higashikanto tournament bracket. All other bracket positions were determined in a manner that ensured teams finishing higher in area tournament competition did not meet in the initial rounds of play.

The Chiba, Chiba City, and Tokiwa block tournaments used a round-robin format to determine which teams advance to the All-Higashikanto finals. The Hitachi block used a pod-based schedule in which four pod winners, three second-chance pod winners, and one third-chance pod winner advanced to the All-Higashikanto finals.

In the tournament's second stage, twenty-two teams compete in a single-elimination tournament until four teams remain. These four teams then advance to the third stage, which is a round-robin playoff that determines the Higashikanto champion.

Tournament Results:

We have not received individual game results from the Chiba City, Funabash, Hitachi, or Tokiwa block tournaments.

Chiba City, Sawara, Omigawa, and Narita advance to the Al-Higashikanto tournament from the Chiba City block tournament.

Yachiyo, Funibashi Hokubu, Ichikawa, and Matsudo advance to the All-Higashikanto tournament from the Funibashi block tournament.

Hitachinaka, Hitachi Omiya, Kita Ibaraki, Tomobe, Hitachi Ota, Omitama, Mito Higashi, and Hitachi advance to the All-Higashikanto tournament from the Hitachi block tournament.

Ryugasaki, Kashima, Toride, and Ushiku advance to the all-Higashikanto tournament from the Tokiwa block tournament.

All-Higashikanto Tournament

Format: twenty-two team, single-elimination tournament, with the four semifinalists advancing to a round-robin playoff.

Opening Round (Sunday, May 10):
Hitachi Ota 8, Ushiku 0
Ichikawa 8, Hitachi Omiya 1
Hitahci 5, Omigawa 3
Kita Ibaraki 2, Toride 1
Kashima 15, Narita 1
Matsudo 7, Mito Higashi 0

Winner's Bracket - Round 2 (Sunday, May 10):
Hitachi Ota 3, Mito Nishi 2
Chiba City 5, Ichikawa 3
Funabashi Hokubu 7, Omitama 2
Ryugasaki 8, Hitachi 0
Yachiyo 6, Kita Ibaraki 4
Sawara 11, Tomobe 1
Hitachinaka 15, Kashima 0
Choshi 7, Matsudo 0

Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals (Sunday, May 31):
Chiba City 11, Hitachi Ota 0 (Chiba City advances to round-robin phase)
Funabashi Hokubu 5, Ryugasaki 3 (Funabashi Hokubu advances to round-robin phase)
Sawara 10, Yachiyo 1 (Sawara advances to round-robin phase)
Choshi 10, Hitachinaka 0 (Choshi advances to round-robin phase)

Round-Robin Playoff:

Day 1 (Saturday, June 6):
Chiba City 8, Funabashi Hokubu 1
Choshi 1, Sawara 0
Chiba City 15, Sawara 2
Choshi 10, Funabashi Hokubu 4

Day 2 (Sunday, June 7):
Chiba City 4, Choshi 2
Sawara 7, Funabashi Hokubu 0

Round-Robin Standings	W	L
Chiba City	3	0
Choshi	2	1
Sawara	1	2
Funabashi Hokubu	0	3

Chiba City advances to the Japanese Region tournament.

All-Tokyo Tournament

Format: The All Tokyo tournament uses a modified double-elimination format that produces two qualifiers for the Japanese Region tournament. A double-elimination schedule narrows the initial field to four teams. The winner's bracket champion advances to the Japanese Region tournament, while the three teams remaining in the elimination bracket play a round-robin schedule to determine which league advances as the Tokyo runner-up.

The thirty-two team tournament bracket was drawn so that the top four finishers in April's Tokyo Cup tournament (Tokyo Nakano, Musashi Fuchu, Sumida, and Hachioji) are seeded into specific positions in the bracket. Bracket positions for all other teams were determined randomly.

Tournament Results:

Opening Round (Sunday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 29):
Itabashi 9, Kokubunji 3
Adachi 8, Kunitachi 1
Kodaira 7, Arakawa 2
Higashi Itabashi 2, Fussa 1

Winner's Bracket - Round 2 (Sunday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 29):
Higashi Yamato 7, Meguro Higashi 3
Edogawa Minami 3, Itabashi 2
Ohme 6, Akishima 1
Edogawa 6, Tokyo Nippori 0
Setagaya 5, Adachi 0
Akigawa 3, Meguro Nishi 1
Higashi Kurume 7, Musashino 1
Kodaira 14, Machida 2
Tokyo Kitasuna 3, Tokyo Johoku 0
Chofu 6, Koganei 1
Higashi Itabachi 10, Inagi 3
Tokyo Hino 10, Ota 0

Winner's Bracket - Round 3 (Sunday, May 3):
Tokyo Nakano 9, Higashi Yamato 0
Edogawa Minami 8, Ohme 5
Edogawa 9, Setagaya 0
Hachioji 14, Akigawa 0
Musashi Fuchu 10, Higashi Kurume 0
Tokyo Kitasuna 6, Kodaira 2
Chofu 4, Higashi Itabachi 3
Sumida 13, Tokyo Hino 0

Elimination Bracket - Round 1 (thirty-two teams remain) (Sunday, May 3):
Machida 19, Akishima 6 (elim.)
Koganei 14, Meguro Nishi 4 (elim.)
Adachi 8, Meguro Higashi 6 (elim.)
Inagi 4, Tokyo Nippori 3 (elim.)
Ota 8, Tokyo Johoku 7 (elim.)
Itabashi 10, Musashino 3 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket - Round 2 (twenty-four teams remain) (Sunday, May 10):
Machida 24, Setagaya 0 (elim.)
Koganei 14, Higashi Kurume 4 (elim.)
Higashi Itabachi 4, Adachi 0 (elim.)
Kokubunji 8, Fussa 2 (elim.)
Ohme 2, Inagi 1 (elim.)
Ota 6, Higashi Yamato 1 (elim.)
Kodaira 14, Itabachi 1 (elim.)
Arakawa 9, Kunitachi 1 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals (Sunday, May 10):
Tokyo Nakano 6, Edogawa Minami 5
Hachioji 8, Edogawa 1
Musashi Fuchu 4, Tokyo Kitasuna 3
Chofu 6, Sumida 2

Elimination Bracket - Round 3 (eighteen teams remain) (Sunday, May 24):
Machida 6, Akigawa 3 (elim.)
Higashi Itabashi 11, Koganei 6 (elim.)
Sumida 8, Kokubunji 0 (elim.)
Tokyo Hino 4, Ohme 3 (elim.)
Ota 8, Kodaira 3 (elim.)
Arakawa 6, Edogawa 5 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Semifinals (Sunday, May 24):
Hachioji 16, Tokyo Nakano 0
Musashi Fuchu 6, Chofu 5

Elimination Bracket - Round 4 (twelve teams remain) (Sunday, May 24):
Machida 4, Edogawa Minami 3 (elim.)
Higashi Itabashi 6, Sumida 4 (elim.)
Tokyo Kitasuna 7, Tokyo Hino 3 (elim.)
Ota 10, Arakawa 4 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (eight teams remain) (Sunday, May 31):
Higashi Itabashi 8, Machida 1 (elim.)
Tokyo Kitasuna 18, Ota 2 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Final (Sunday, May 31):
Musashi Fuchu 5, Hachioji 3 (Musashi Fuchu advances to the Japanese Region tournament and Hachioji advances to the round-robin playoff)

Elimination Bracket Semifinals (six teams remain) (May 31 and June 7):
Chofu 9, Higashi Itabashi 2 (elim.) (Chofu advances to the round-robin playoff)
Tokyo Kitasuna 2, Tokyo Nakano 1 (elim.) (Tokyo Kitasuna advances to the round-robin playoff)

Round-Robin Playoff:

Day One (Sunday, June 14):
Chofu 1, Hachioji 0
Chofu 9, Tokyo Kitasuna 2
Tokyo Kitasuna 9, Hachioji 2

Round-Robin Standings	W	L
Chofu	2	0
Tokyo Kitasuna	1	1
Hachioji	0	2

Musashi Fuchu and Chofu advance to the Japanese Region tournament.

All-Kanagawa Tournament

Format: This is a three-stage tournament. In the first stage, leagues compete in round-robin area tournaments, and the top finishers in each area advance to the eighteen-team All-Kanagawa tournament. In the second stage, seveneen teams compete in a double-elimination tournament until two unbeaten and two once-beaten teams remain. These four teams then advance to the third stage, which is a round-robin playoff that determines the Kanagawa champion.

Tournament Results:

We have not received full results from the round-robin area tournaments.

All-Kanagawa Tournament

(Eastern Area qualifiers: Asahi, Fujino, and Seya)

(Northern Area qualifiers: Aoba Midori Higashi, Hadano, Kohhoku, and Tsurumi)

(Southern Area qualifiers: Fujisawa, Isogo Konan, Totsuka, Yokohama Aoba, Yokohama Chuo, Yokohama Midori, Yokosuka Chuo, and Zushi)

(Western Area qualifiers: Hiratsuka, Ninomiya Ohiso, and Odowara Ashigara)

Opening Round (Sunday, May 10):
Ninomiya Ohiso 9, Yokohama Aoba 2
Hadano 4, Yokohama Chuo 0

Winner's Bracket - Round 2 (May 10 and May 30):
Hiratsuka 8, Ninomiya Ohiso 2
Isogo Konan 5, Fujisawa 1
Yokosuka Chuo 10, Tsurumi 5
Totsuka 13, Asahi 5
Seya 13, Hadano 1
Odawara Ashigara 3, Kohhoku 0
Yokohama Midori 9, Fujino 0
Aoba Midori Higashi 8, Zushi 2

Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals (May 10, 30, and 31):
Hiratsuka 5, Isogo Konan 0
Yokosuka Chuo 10, Totsuka 4
Seya 1, Odawara Ashigara 0
Yokohama Midori 12, Aoba Midori Higashi 2

Elimination Bracket - Round 1 (eighteen teams remain) (May 30 and June 6):
Yokohama Aoba 16, Yokohama Chuo 1 (elim.)
Fujisawa 8, Kohhoku 5 (elim.)
Totsuka 6, Aoba Midori Higashi 2 (elim.)
Tsurumi 16, Fujino 3 (elim.)
Zushi 6, Asahi 2 (elim.)
Ninomiya Ohiso 6, Hadano 2 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket - Round 2 (twelve teams remain) (May 31 and June 6):
Yokohama Aoba 9, Fujisawa 4 (elim.)
Isogo Konan 12, Totsuka 0 (elim.)
Odawara Ashigara 20, Tsurumi 0 (elim.)
Zushi 3, Ninomiya Ohiso 0 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Semifinals (May 31 and June 7):
Hiratsuka 5, Yokosuka Chuo 4 (Hiratsuka advances to the round-robin phase)
Seya 3, Yokohama Midori 1 (Seya advances to the round-robin phase)

Elimination Bracket - Round 3 (eight teams remain) (Sunday, June 7):
Yokohama Aoba 10, Isogo Konan 0 (elim.)
Zushi 2, Odawara Ashigara 1 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (six teams remain) (Sunday, June 7):
Yokosuka Chuo 3, Yokohama Aoba 1 (elim.) (Yokosuka Chuo advances to the round-robin phase)
Yokohama Midori 4, Zushi 3 (elim.) (Yokohama Midori advances to the round-robin phase)

Round-Robin Playoff:

Day One (Saturday, June 13):
Hiratsuka 3, Yokosuka Chuo 0
Seya 10, Yokohama Midori 1
Hiratsuka 3, Yokohama Midori 2

Day Two (Sunday, June 14):
Seya 17, Yokosuka Chuo 1
Yokohama Midori 12, Yokosuka Chuo 4
Seya 2, Hiratsuka 0

Round-Robin Standings	W	L
Seya	3	0
Hiratsuka	2	1
Yokohama Midori	1	2
Yokosuka Chuo	0	3

Seya advances to the Japanese Region tournament.

All-Shinetsu Tournament

Format: This is a two-stage tournament. In the first stage, leagues compete in round-robin area tournaments that determine the sixteen qualifiers for the All-Shinetsu tournament. Five teams from the Kitahashi Block tournament, eight from the Matsumoto Block tournament, and three from the Niigata Block tournament advance to the All-Shinetsu finals.

In the second stage, participants compete in a single-elimination tournament that determines the Shinetsu champion. Qualifiers were seeded into specific bracket positions for the All-Shinetsu tournament based on their finish in Block tournament play. The bracket was arranged so that teams finishing higher in Block tournament competition could not meet until later rounds.

Tournament Results:

(Kitahigashi Block participants: Mochizuki, Nagano Higashi, Nagano Minami, Obuse, Sakaki, Suzaka, Ueda, and Ueda Minami)

(Matsumoto Block participants: Azusakawa, Hakuba, Hata, Horigane, Hotaka, Iida, Matsumoto Higashi, Matsumoto Kita, Matsumoto Minami, Misato, Omachi, Shiojiri, and Toyoshina)

(Niigata Block participants: Niigata Chuo, Niigata Higashi, Niigata Kita, Niigata Minami, and Niigata Nishi)

Kitahigashi Block Tournament

Participants in the Kitahigashi Block tournament played a round-robin schedule between Sunday, April 26 and Sunday, May 3. The top five finishers advance to the All-Shinetsu tournament.

Round-Robin Standings	W	L
Mochizuki	7	0
Nagano Higashi	6	1
Nagano Minami	4	3
Obuse	3	4
Suzaka	3	4
Sakaki	2	5
Ueda Minami	2	5
Ueda	1	6

Mochizuki, Nagano Higashi, Nagano Minami, Obuse, and Suzaka advance to the All-Shinetsu tournament.

Matsumoto Block Tournament

Day 1 (Sunday, April 12):
Matsumoto Kita 7, Azusakawa 4
Shiojiri 13, Hata 0
Matsumoto Minami 10, Misato 0
Hotaka 6, Hakuba 0
Iida 10, Toyoshina 5
Horigane 7, Matsumoto Higashi 0
Omachi 6, Horigane 6 (tie game)
Omachi 10, Hata 0

Day 2 (Sunday, April 19):
Shiojiri 10, Azusakawa 0
Matsumoto Minami 7, Hata 4
Matsumoto Minami 9, Matsumoto Kita 6
Shiojiri 6, Hakuba 2
Iida 10, Misato 0
Hotaka 13, Matsumoto Higashi 0
Iida 10, Horigane 0
Toyoshina 18, Omachi 6

Day 3 (Sunday, April 26):
Azusakawa 9, Matsumoto Minami 9 (tie game)
Hakuba 8, Hata 3
Hotaka 10, Shiojiri 1
Matsumoto Minami 9, Iida 4
Hakuba 11, Matsumoto Higashi 0
Misato 6, Matsumoto Higashi 4
Toyoshina 4, Matsumoto Kita 3
Toyoshina 8, Misato 2
Hotaka 9, Horigane 2
Omachi 10, Shiojiri 9

Days 4-6 (April 29, May 3 and May 4):
Hakuba 7, Azusakawa 1
Misato 10, Hata 1
Hotaka 10, Matsumoto Kita 1
Iida 7, Shiojiri 4
Matsumoto Minami 14, Matsumoto Higashi 7
Toyoshina 12, Hakuba 0
Toyoshina 13, Azusakawa 3
Horigane 3, Hata 2
Matsumoto Kita 9, Omachi 0
Hotaka 9, Azusakawa 1
Iida 10, Hata 0
Matsumoto Kita 10, Matsumoto Higashi 0
Toyoshina 6, Shiojiri 4
Matsumoto Minami 12, Horigane 2
Omachi 11, Misato 8
Horigane 2, Hakuba 1
Matsumoto Higashi 6, Azusakawa 4
Azusakawa 3, Horigane 2
Hata 7, Matsumoto Higashi 1
Toyoshina 10, Hata 1
Matsumoto Kita 8, Hakuba 0
Matsumoto Kita 5, Misato 4
Misato 2, Shiojiri 2 (tie game)
Shiojiri 9, Horigane 3
Hotaka 11, Matsumoto Minami 1
Matsumoto Minami 10, Omachi 0
Iida 10, Hakuba 0
Hotaka 7, Toyoshina 7 (tie game)
Iida 11, Omachi 3
Omachi 12, Matsumoto Higashi 5

Day 7 (Tuesday, May 5):
Misato 12, Azusakawa 1
Iida 10, Azusakawa 0
Hotaka 15, Hata 3
Iida 3, Matsumoto Kita 2
Matsumoto Kita 13, Horigane 8
Shiojiri 14, Matsumoto Higashi 4
Matsumoto Minami 11, Toyoshina 3
Omachi 10, Hakuba 2
Horigane 7, Misato 5
Hotaka 16, Omachi 6

Day 8 (Wednesday, May 6):
Azusakawa 4, Hata 1
Matsumoto Kita 3, Hata 0
Matsumoto Kita 7, Shiojiri 2
Matsumoto Minami 11, Shiojiri 2
Matsumoto Minami 11, Hakuba 0
Misato 8, Hakuba 5
Hotaka 11, Misato 1
Hotaka 11, Iida 0
Iida 12, Matsumoto Higashi 0
Toyoshina 10, Matsumoto Higashi 5
Toyoshina 6, Horigane 0
Azusakawa 8, Omachi 5

Round-Robin Standings	W	L	T
Hotaka	11	0	1
Matsumoto Minami	10	1	1
Iida	10	2	0
Toyoshina	9	2	1
Matsumoto Kita	8	4	0
Omachi	5	6	1
Shiojiri	5	6	1
Horigane	4	7	1
Misato	4	7	1
Azusakawa	3	8	1
Hakuba	3	9	0
Hata	1	11	0
Matsumoto Higashi	1	11	0

Hotaka, Matsumoto Minami, Iida, Toyoshina, Matsumoto Kita, Omachi, Shiojiri, and Horigane advance to the All-Shinetsu tournament.

Niigata Block Tournament

Day 1 (Wednesday, April 29):
Niigata Nishi 1, Niigata Higashi 0
Niigata Chuo 12, Niigata Higashi 1 (5 innings)
Niigata Nishi 11, Niigata Kita 1 (5 innings)
Niigata Chuo 10, Niigata Minami 0
Niigata Minami 9, Niigata Kita 6

Day 2 (Sunday, May 3):
Niigata Minami 2, Niigata Nigashi 1
Niigata Nishi 10, Niigata Minami 0 (4 innings)
Niigata Kita 6, Niigata Higashi 1
Niigata Chuo 6, Niigata Nishi 6 (tie game)
Niigata Chuo 4, Niigata Kita 3

Round-Robin Standings	W	L	T
Niigata Chuo	3	0	1
Niigata Nishi	3	0	1
Niigata Minami	2	2	0
Niigata Kita	1	3	0
Niigata Higashi	0	4	0

Niigata Chuo finishes in first place due to a superior run differential (+22) than Niigata Nishi (+21).

Niigata Chuo, Niigata Nishi, and Niigata Minami advance to the All-Shinetsu tournament.

All-Shinetsu Tournament

The All-Shinetsu tournament is a sixteen team, single-elimination tournament. The winner advances to the Japanese Region tournament.

Opening Round (Sunday, June 7):
Hotaka 13, Suzaka 3
Iida 4, Obuse 0
Niigata Nishi 6, Omachi 2
Nagano Higashi 14, Matsumoto Kita 10
Niigata Chuo 5, Horigane 1
Matsumoto Minami 6, Nagano Minami 1
Toyoshina 14, Niigata Minami 1
Mochizuki 4, Shiojiri 3

Quarterfinal Round (Sunday, June 7):
Hotaka 5, Iida 3
Niigata Nishi 12, Nagano Higashi 2
Niigata Chuo 8, Matsumoto Minami 4
Toyoshina 7, Mochizuki 3

Semifinal Round (Sunday, June 14):
Hotaka 11, Nagano Nishi 0
Niigata Chuo 6, Toyoshina 5

Consolation Game (Sunday, June 14):
Toyoshina 5, Niigata Nishi 4 (third place)

Championship Game (Sunday, June 14):
Niigata Chuo 5, Hotaka 2 (TITLE)

Niigata Chuo advances to the Japanese Region tournament.

All-Tokai Tournament

Format: thirty-five team, double-elimination tournament, with both the winner's bracket champion and elimination bracket champion advancing to the Japanese Region tournament. The two teams do not meet in a championship game.

Tournament Results:

Opening Round (Sunday, May 3):
Aichi Kinuura 20, Yaizu 0
Nagoya Higashi 12, Izutagawa 1
Hamamatsu Minami 16, Shizuoka Chuo 1

Winner's Bracket - Round 2 (Sunday, May 3):
Aichi Kinuura 11, Mishima 1
Gifu Tohno 12, Suzuka 9
Okazaki 20, Hamamatsu 0
Fuji 7, Higashi Mikawa 4
Nagoya Higashi 8, Inuyama 2
Owari Ichimiya 10, Aichi Nishi 1
Anjo 12, Numazu 0
Aichi Iwakura 6, Nagoya Nishi 5
Seto 8, Hamamatsu Minami 4
Nagoya Kita 14, Kanazawa 8
Meito Chikusa 5, Tsu 4
Inazawa 12, Owari Higashi 4
Matsusaka 7, Toyota 2
Kasugai 11, Ise 5
Chita 4, Toyohashi 2
Nagoya Minami 13, Toyama 0

Winner's Bracket - Round 3 (Sunday, May 4):
Gifu Tohno 13, Aichi Kinuura 0
Okazaki 8, Fuji 6
Nagoya Higashi 5, Owari Ichimiya 4
Anjo 14, Aichi Iwakura 7
Nagoya Kita 10, Seto 0
Meito Chikusa 10, Inazawa 6
Matsusaka 10, Kasugai 0
Nagoya Minami 5, Chita 2

Elimination Bracket - Round 1 (thirty-five teams remain) (Sunday, May 4):
Suzuka 7, Higashi Mikawa 3 (elim.)
Nagoya Nishi 6, Aichi Nishi 2 (elim.)
Kanazawa 4, Owari Higashi 3 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket - Round 2 (thirty-two teams remain) (Sunday, May 4):
Suzuka 6, Yaizu 2 (elim.)
Numazu 5, Inuyama 3 (elim.)
Nagoya Nishi 10, Izutagawa 0 (elim.)
Hamamatsu 3, Mishima 0 (elim.)
Kanazawa 7, Shizuoka Chuo 2 (elim.)
Hamamatsu Minami 3, Toyama 0 (elim.)
Ise 6, Toyota 5 (elim.)
Toyohashi 20, Tsu 2 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals (Sunday, May 10):
Gifu Tohno 7, Okazaki 2
Anjo 5, Nagoya Higashi 0
Nagoya Kita 12, Meito Chikusa 3
Matsusaka 13, Nagoya Minami 0

Elimination Bracket - Round 3 (twenty-four teams remain) (Sunday, May 10):
Suzaka 3, Seto 2 (elim.)
Inazawa 11, Numazu 3 (elim.)
Kasugai 3, Nagoya Nishi 2 (elim.)
Chita 6, Hamamatsu 3 (elim.)
Kanazawa 3, Aichi Kinuura 1 (elim.)
Hamamatsu Minami 3, Fuji 2 (elim.)
Owari Ichimiya 9, Ise 3 (elim.)
Toyohashi 5, Aichi Iwakura 4 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket - Round 4 (sixteen teams remain) (Sunday, May 10):
Suzaka 13, Inazawa 3 (elim.)
Kasugai 4, Chita 3 (elim.)
Kanazawa 3, Hamamatsu Minami 2 (elim.)
Toyohashi 10, Owari Ichimiya 9 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Semifinals (Sunday, May 17):
Gifu Tohno 11, Anjo 4
Matsusaka 11, Nagoya Kita 7

Elimination Bracket - Round 5 (twelve teams remain) (Sunday, May 17):
Suzaka 6, Nagoya Minami 0 (elim.)
Meito Chikusa 9, Kasugai 1 (elim.)
Kanazawa 5, Nagoya Higashi 4 (elim.)
Toyohashi 14, Okazaki 3 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket - Round 6 (eight teams remain) (Sunday, May 17):
Meito Chikusa 7, Suzaka 6 (elim.)
Kanazawa 4, Toyohashi 0 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (Sunday, May 24):
Anjo 6, Meito Chikusa 3 (elim.)
Nagoya Kita 6, Kanazawa 4 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Finals (Sunday, May 31):
Matsusaka 11, Gifu Tohno 2 (Matsusaka advances to the Japanese Region tournament)

Elimination Bracket Semifinals (four teams remain) (Sunday, May 31):
Nagoya Kita 7, Anjo 3 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Finals (three teams remain) (Sunday, May 31):
Nagoya Kita 4, Gifu Tohno 1 (elim.) (Nagoya Kita advances to the Japanese Region tournament)

Matsusaka advances to the Japanese Region tournament as the Tokai champion, and Nagoya Kita advances as the Tokai runner-up.

All-Kansai Tournament

Format: This is a single-elimination tournament, with the champion and runner-up both advancing to the Japanese Region tournament. Semifinal round pairings are determined by a random draw held after all quarterfinal round games are complete.

The thirty one-team tournament bracket was drawn so that the winner of the Kansai Spring Cup tournament (Kaizuka) is seeded into a specific bracket position. All other bracket positions are determined randomly.

Tournament Results:

Opening Round (Sunday, May 31):
Kashiwara 5, Osaka Fuse 4
Himeji Chuoh 5, Wakayama 3
Kobe 11, Higashi Osaka 10
Toyonaka 10, Osaka Ikuno 2 (4 innings)
Kishiwada 4, Sumiyoshi Yamatogawa 0
Takatsuki 4, Osaka Yodogawa 3
Takarazuka 10, Kyoto Kita 2 (5 innings)
Osaka Suita 3, Izumi Kita 2
Hyogo Yamasaki 8, Sakai 0 (4 innings)
Nara 8, Amagasaki Kita 0 (5 innings)
Izumisano 17, Kakogawa Nishi 0 (4 innings)
Kobe Kita 9, Kyoto Higashi 1 (4 innings)
Tondabayashi 2, Osaka Yawo 1
Kakogawa 3, Osaka Ibaraki 1
Yamato Takada 6, Minami Kyoto 5

Round 2 (Sunday, June 7):
Kashiwara 13, Kaizuka 11
Kobe 8, Himeji Chuoh 3
Toyonaka 4, Kishiwada 3
Takarazuka 14, Takatsuki 6 (5 innings)
Osaka Suita 10, Hyogo Yamasaki 2 (4 innings)
Izumisano 6, Nara 5, (7 innings)
Kobe Kita 17, Tondabayashi 4 (4 innings)
Yamato Takada 10, Kakogawa 2 (4 innings)

Quarterfinal Round (Sunday, June 7):
Kobe 13, Kashiwara 5
Takarazuka 13, Toyonaka 7
Izumisano 2, Osaka Suita 0
Yamato Takada 12, Kobe Kita 1 (4 innings)

Semifinal Round (Sunday, June 14):
Izumisano 8, Kobe 2 (Izumisano advances to the Japanese Region tournament)
Yamato Takada 7, Takarazuka 5 (Yamato Takada advances to the Japanese Region tournament)

Izumisano and Yamato Takada advance to the Japanese Region tournament.

All-Chugoku Tournament

Tournament Results:

Format: Twelve-team, round-robin tournament. Tiebreaking games will be held if there is a tie for first place at the conclusion of round-robin play.

Round-Robin results:

(Participating Teams: Hiroshima Aki, Hiroshima Kita, Hiroshima Minami, Hiroshima Nishi, Hiroshima Rijo, Hiroshima Saiki, Kasaoka, Kure Higashi, Okayama, Okayama Chuo, Shimonoseki, and Yamaguchi Higashi)

Day One (Sunday, April 19):
Hiroshima Saiki 16, Okayama 12
Shimonoseki 5, Hiroshima Aki 4
Okayama Chuo 5, Hiroshima Rijo 4
Hiroshima Nishi 13, Hiroshima Minami 3
Kasaoka 4, Hiroshima Kita 2
Kure Higashi 9, Yamaguchi Higashi 0
Hiroshima Saiki 8, Hiroshima Minami 7
Shimonoseki 2, Hiroshima Kita 0
Kure Higashi 6, Okayama Chuo 4
Hiroshima Nishi 10, Okayama 0
Kasaoka 9, Hiroshima Aki 3
Hiroshima Rijo 15, Yamaguchi Higashi 3

Day Two (Sunday, April 26):
Hiroshima Kita 6, Hiroshima Minami 4
Kasaoka 6, Hiroshima Nishi 2
Hiroshima Rijo 5, Okayama 1
Shimonoseki 4, Okayama Chuo 3
Okayama 5, Yamaguchi Higashi 4
Hiroshima Saiki 8, Hiroshima Aki 3
Shimonoseki 4, Kure Higashi 0
Hiroshima Saiki 8, Yamaguchi Higashi 7
Hiroshima Nishi 5, Hiroshima Rijo 4
Kasaoka 11, Hiroshima Minami 0
Hiroshima Kita 3, Kure Higashi 0
Okayama Chuo 9, Hiroshima Aki 7

Day Three (Wednesday, April 29):
Kasaoka 6, Okayama 0
Hiroshima Kita 15, Hiroshima Saiki 2
Hiroshima Aki 4, Hiroshima Nishi 3
Shimonoseki 5, Yamaguchi Higashi 1
Okayama Chuo 11, Okayama 1
Hiroshima Rijo 6, Hiroshima Saiki 3
Kure Higashi 10, Hiroshima Nishi 7
Hiroshima Minami 6, Shimonoseki 5
Kasaoka 5, Okayama Chuo 0
Hiroshima Kita 8, Hiroshima Rijo 2
Hiroshima Aki 13, Kure Higashi 3
Hiroshima Minami 10, Yamaguchi Higashi 0

Day Four (Sunday, May 3):
Shimonoseki 17, Hiroshima Saiki 3
Hiroshima Aki 9, Yamaguchi Higashi 6
Kure Higashi 3, Hiroshima Minami 2
Hiroshima Kita 2, Okayama 0
Kasaoka 10, Hiroshima Rijo 0
Hiroshima Nishi 8, Okayama Chuo 4

Day Five (Monday, May 4):
Hiroshima Minami 11, Okayama 0
Kasaoka 11, Shimonoseki 3
Okayama Chuo 11, Yamaguchi Higashi 1
Kure Higashi 4, Hiroshima Saiki 2
Hiroshima Kita 21, Hiroshima Nishi 1
Hiroshima Rijo 3, Hiroshima Aki 2
Shimonoseki 6, Okayama 2
Kasaoka 6, Yamaguchi Higashi 0
Hiroshima Minami 6, Okayama Chuo 1
Hiroshima Nishi 9, Hiroshima Saiki 1
Hiroshima Aki 7, Hiroshima Kita 5
Hiroshima Rijo 9, Kure Higashi 2

Day Six (Sunday, May 10):
Hiroshima Aki 6, Okayama 1
Kasaoka 12, Kure Higashi 1
Okayama Chuo 8, Hiroshima Saiki 0
Hiroshima Kita 12, Yamaguchi Higashi 6
Hiroshima Nishi 2, Shimonoseki 1
Hiroshima Rijo 11, Hiroshima Minami 7
Kure Higashi 3, Okayama 1
Kasaoka 8, Hiroshima Saiki 0
Hiroshima Kita 12, Okayama Chuo 0
Hiroshima Rijo 6, Shimonoseki 2
Yamaguchi Higashi 12, Hiroshima Nishi 7
Hiroshima Minami 6, Hiroshima Aki 4

Round-Robin Standings	W	L
Kasaoka	11	0
Hiroshima Kita	8	3
Hiroshima Rijo	7	4
Shimonoseki	7	4
Kure Higashi	6	5
Hiroshima Nishi	6	5
Hiroshima Aki	5	6
Hiroshima Minami	5	6
Okayama Chuo	5	6
Hiroshima Saiki	4	7
Okayama	1	10
Yamagata Higashi	1	10

Kasaoka advances to the Japanese Region tournament.

All-Shikoku Tournament

Format: This is a two-stage tournament. The first stage is a double-elimination tournament, with two undefeated teams and two once-beaten teams advancing to the semifinal round.

In the second stage, the four semifinalists play a single-elimination schedule that determines the Shikoku champion.

Tournament Results:

Opening Round (Sunday, May 3):
Saijo 4, Hojo 3

Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals (Sunday, May 3):
Iyo Masaki 8, Ehime Komatsu 1
Saijo 12, Ehime Tobe 3
Ehime Konan 5, Dohgo 3
Niihama 8, Matsuyama 0

Elimination Bracket - Round 1 (nine teams remain) (Sunday, May 10):
Dohgo 10, Matsuyama 9 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (eight teams remain) (Sunday, May 10):
Ehime Tobe 10, Ehime Komatsu 0 (elim.)
Dohgo 14, Hojo 7 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Semifinals (Saturday, May 16):
Iyo Masaki 10, Saijo 0 (Iyo Masaki advances to All-Shikoku finals)
Ehime Konan 6, Niihama 0 (Ehime Konan advances to All-Shikoku finals)

Elimination Bracket Semifinals (six teams remain) (Sunday, May 17):
Dohgo 5, Saijo 4 (elim.) (Dohgo advances to All-Shikoku finals)
Ehime Tobe 7, Niihama 2 (elim.) (Ehime Tobe advances to All-Shikoku finals)

All-Shikoku Finals:

Semifinal Round (Sunday, May 24):
Iyo Masaki 12, Ehime Tobe 6
Dohgo 11, Ehime Konan 8

Championship Game (Sunday, May 24):
Iyo Masaki 27, Dohgo 4 (TITLE)

Iyo Masaki advances to the Japanese Region tournament.

All-Kyushu Tournament
Host - Kumamoto

Format: Ten team, single-elimination tournament, with the winner advancing to the Japanese Region tournament.

Tournament Results:

Opening Round (Sunday, April 26):
Kumamoto Chuo 6, Nagasaki Higashi 0 (forfeit; Nagasaki Higashi withdrew from the tournament)
Yukuhashi 3, Kokura 2 (7 innings)

Quarterfinal Round (Sunday, April 26):
Kumamoto Minami 10, Kumamoto Oozu 0 (6 innings)
Sasebo Chuo 6, Nagasaki Kita 0
Kumamoto Chuo 11, Nagasaki Minami 4
Yukuhashi 6, Fukuoka Chuo 4

Semifinal Round (Wednesday, April 29):
Kumamoto Chuo 7, Kumamoto Minami 0
Sasebo Chuo 10, Yukuhashi 4

Championship Game (Wednesday, April 29):
Sasebo Chuo 5, Kumamoto Chuo 4 (TITLE)

Sasebo Chuo advances to the Japanese Region tournament.