6th All-Japan Boys' Football Tournament

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The 6th All-Japan Boys' Football Tournament (第6回全日本少年サッカー大会) is the Japanese nation-wide tournament held in Yomiuriland amusement park in the Kids' Dream arc of Captain Tsubasa.

The first time we see this tournament was in its 6th edition, were Nankatsu SC participated with Tsubasa Ozora as captain and Tadashi Shiroyama as coach. Nankatsu was able to win the national championship, where they managed to beat Meiwa FC led by Kojiro Hyuga.

History[]

In order to win the National Juveniles Tournament cup against fierce opponents such as Hanawa SS, Musashi FC and Meiwa FC.

Classification Stage[]

Soon Tsubasa and his Nankatsu SC team, which were mostly newcomers (except for the Shutetsu quartet), had a rough time against Meiwa FC, both of which were team favorites of the tournament. After a first loss of 6-7 against the latter, Nankatsu SC started improving themselves, whereas Kojiro Hyuga was offered a 10-year scholarship if he was able to make his team win the tournament as champion.

Nankatsu SC then, had to win against Hanawa SS and the Tachibana twins against all odds (a tie was not allowed due to lack of points). So, finally, Tsubasa won the aerial duel against the twins and they were classified. This time, they were not to face Meiwa FC if they did not make it to the finals. So Tsubasa promised Wakabayashi that he will do this feat and to not give up in the way.

Knockout Stage[]

In this stage, other powerful players appeared against Nankatsu SC, such as the giant keeper Taichi Nakanishi from Naniwa FC in the first round. In the semifinals, Nankatsu faced Jun Misugi from Musashi FC while Furano Elementary Soccer Club faced Meiwa FC, both of which had a hard time to win and repeat a second duel.

Then, then finals against Nankatsu SC and Meiwa FC begin, now with Wakabayashi's return to get his revenge against Hyuga but also Tsubasa and Misaki had a new challenge, to defeat the newcomer "karate keeper" Ken Wakashimazu who became a regular in Meiwa FC strengthening the defense for the Meiwa Combi of Takeshi and Kojiro to attack and be able to score against Wakabayashi.

The finals ended 4-2 in favor of Nankatsu. Tsubasa was able to defeat Hyuga and make amends from the last game, while also Wakabayashi proved to be the S.G.G.K. by not allowing any goals from outside the penalty area. Misaki was the best assist player of the tournament. Despite being in second place of the tournament, Hyuga was allowed to play in Toho Academy Middle School because he indeed gave his best and also because the scouts wanted both him and Tsubasa on the team.

Epilogue[]

After the tournament, Tsubasa fulfills his goal of becoming the best player in Japanese elementary school category, but Roberto breaks his promise to take him to Brazil, instead leaving his personal book annotations as a gift to help Tsubasa aim for his goal to become a pro football player in the future, specially since he some main teachings: rely and trust teamwork, enjoy football as a philosophy and his powerful Drive Shot technique.