The National Tournament (also known as the All-Japan Tournament, or Nationals) occurs in Tokyo and is won by Seigaku, who faces Rikkai in the final. It is the third official tournament of Prince of Tennis, following the Kantou Tournament. The Nationals matches are covered in 3 OVAs following the original anime.
Seigaku faces Higa, Hyoutei for the second time, Shitenhouji, and Rikkai for the second time.
History
Rikkai are the reigning champions going into the tournament, having won the tournament the two previous years. This is the first time Seigaku attends Nationals for any of the current team members.
The year before the story, Rikkai faces and defeats Shitenhouji in the semifinal. They then defeat Makinofuji, who had defeated Shishigaku.
Higa is the first team from Okinawa to qualify for Nationals in 26 years.
Match Results
Round 1
| Maikozaka vs. Murigaoka |
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| S3 |
Koishihara vs. Sakakibara |
4 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Ashida/Nonoguchi vs. Hibino/Suzuki |
6 - 4 |
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| S2 |
Nishimura vs. Kakei |
2 - 6 |
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| D1 |
Kinugawa/Okunishi vs. Miyase/Oowaki |
6 - 2 |
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| S1 |
Teraishi vs. Ushida |
3 - 6 |
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| Shimizu Joushuuin vs. Midoriyama |
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| S3 |
Asahina vs. Habu |
6 - 4 |
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| D2 |
Hakamada/Wakuta vs. Kongawa/Tsuta |
6 - 4 |
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| S2 |
Sone vs. Takase |
3 - 6 |
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| D1 |
Atsumi/Segiyama vs. Kitamura/Minamoto |
6 - 4 |
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| S1 |
Mochizuki vs. Kiraku |
2 - 6 |
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| Hikogashima vs. Takashiro |
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| S3 |
Nukushina vs. Inaga |
2 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Harada/Kaneshige vs. Matsuo/Mutaguchi |
3 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Yamane vs. Koga |
1 - 6 |
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| D1 |
Akieda/Kouchiyama vs. Morotomi/Uryuu |
3 - 6 |
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| S1 |
Momoi vs. Haizuka |
1 - 6 |
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| St. Icarus vs. Yamabuki |
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| S3 |
Munekata vs. Nishikiori |
6 - 4 |
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| D2 |
Abe/Shirahata vs. Kita/Nitobe |
4 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Nawano vs. Muromachi |
5 - 7 |
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| D1 |
Hoshikawa/Takahashi vs. Higashikata/Minami |
3 - 6 |
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| S1 |
R. Sakata vs. Sengoku |
4 - 6 |
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| Hyoutei vs. Tsubakikawa |
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| S3 |
Hiyoshi vs. Niida |
6 - 0 |
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| D2 |
Mukahi/Oshitari Y. vs. Maki/Itou |
6 - 0 |
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| S2 |
Kabaji vs. Miura |
6 - 0 |
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| D1 |
Ootori/Shishido vs. Ebino/Noto |
6 - 0 |
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| S1 |
Akutagawa vs. Samukawa |
6 - 0 |
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| Higa vs. Rokkaku |
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| S3 |
Chinen vs. Aoi |
6 - 0 |
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| D2 |
Tanishi/Yamashiro vs. Amane/Kurobane |
6 - 2 |
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| S2 |
Kisarazu R. vs. Hirakoba |
6 - 0 |
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| D1 |
Aragaki/Shiranui vs. Itsuki/Shudou |
6 - 1 |
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| S1 |
Kai vs. Saeki |
6 - 4 |
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| Echigo Second vs. Fudoumine |
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| S3 |
Motai vs. Ishida T. |
2 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Sakurai/Uchimura vs. Endou/Sakata |
3 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Hokari vs. Ibu |
0 - 6 |
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| D1 |
Namigata/Wanibuchi vs. Kamio/Mori T. |
1 - 6 |
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| S1 |
Gondaira vs. Tachibana |
0 - 6 |
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| Kushimaki East vs. Okakura |
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| S3 |
Tatara vs. Mizuse |
4 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Hasei/Kamano vs. Nagi/Yamamoto |
2 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Miyoshi vs. Serada |
6 - 3 |
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| D1 |
Ayada/Manabe vs. Kageyama/Oonaga |
6 - 4 |
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| S1 |
Muguruma vs. Konishi |
6 - 7 |
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Round 2
| Murigaoka vs. Rikkai |
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| S3 |
Oowaki vs. Jackal |
0 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Sakakibara/Suzuki vs. Marui/Niou |
0 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Hibino vs. Yanagi R. |
0 - 6 |
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| D1 |
Miyase/Ushida vs. Kirihara/Yagyuu |
0 - 6 |
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| S1 |
Kakei vs. Sanada |
0 - 6 |
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| Kabuto vs. Shimizu Joushuuin |
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| S3 |
Kitagaito vs. Hakamada |
6 - 1 |
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| D2 |
Matsumoto/Yoshida vs. Segiyama/Sone |
6 - 3 |
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| S2 |
Minamihata vs. Atsumi |
6 - 3 |
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| D1 |
Fujii/Uyama vs. Asahina/Mochizuki |
6 - 2 |
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| S1 |
Shino vs. Wakuta |
7 - 5 |
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| Kuroshio vs. Takashiro |
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| S3 |
Narukami vs. Haizuka |
4 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Kuho/Mori W. vs. Koga/Uryuu |
6 - 2 |
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| S2 |
Ryouno vs. Morotomi |
6 - 4 |
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| D1 |
Kusuyama/Setou vs. Matsuo/Mutaguchi |
3 - 6 |
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| S1 |
Tamaki vs. Inaga |
7 - 5 |
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| Nagoya Seitoku vs. Yamabuki |
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| S3 |
Shionoya vs. Muromachi |
6 - 1 |
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| D2 |
Hiei/Yoshiyama vs. Kita/Nishikiori |
6 - 0 |
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| S2 |
Hayashi vs. Nitobe |
6 - 2 |
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| D1 |
Isogai/Katou vs. Higashikata/Minami |
6 - 4 |
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| S1 |
Nanahara vs. Sengoku |
4 - 6 |
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| Hyoutei vs. Shishigaku |
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| S3 |
Mukahi vs. Unoki |
6 - 2 |
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| D2 |
Akutagawa/Shishido vs. Nakamura/Oonita |
6 - 1 |
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| S2 |
Oshitari Y. vs. Kushiyama |
6 - 0 |
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| D1 |
Kabaji/Ootori vs. Shigaki/Tanaka |
6 - 2 |
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| S1 |
Atobe vs. Daimaru |
6 - 0 |
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| Higa vs. Seigaku |
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| S3 |
Tanishi vs. Echizen Ryouma |
6-7 (7-9) |
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| D2 |
Chinen/Hirakoba vs. Fuji S./Kawamura T. |
5 - 7 |
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| S2 |
Kai vs. Kikumaru |
6-7 (5-7) |
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| D1 |
Aragaki/Shiranui vs. Kaidou/Inui |
6 - 3 |
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| S1 |
Kite vs. Tezuka |
4 - 6 |
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| Okakura vs. Shitenhouji |
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| S3 |
Oonaga vs. Zaizen |
1 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Ishida G./Konjiki vs. Nagi/Serada |
0 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Kageyama vs. Koishikawa |
0 - 6 |
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| D1 |
Mizuse/Yamamoto vs. Chitose/Shiraishi |
0 - 6 |
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| S1 |
Konishi vs. Oshitari K. |
2 - 6 |
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| Fudoumine vs. Makinofuji |
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| S3 |
Kamio vs. Inoue |
6 - 4 |
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| D2 |
Mori T./Uchimura vs. Kuge/Shinokura |
2 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Ibu vs. Kadowaki |
6 - 1 |
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| D1 |
Ishida T./Sakurai vs. Hanabata/Misaki |
6 - 4 |
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| S1 |
Tachibana vs. Hagi |
6 - 0 |
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Quarterfinals
| Kabuto vs. Rikkai |
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| S3 |
Shino vs. Kirihara |
0 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Minamihata/Yoshida vs. Niou/Yagyuu |
0 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Kitagaito vs. Sanada |
0 - 6 |
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| D1 |
Fujii/Matsumoto vs. Jackal/Yanagi R. |
not played |
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| S1 |
Uyama vs. Marui |
not played |
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| Kuroshio vs. Nagoya Seitoku |
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| S3 |
Mori W. vs. Katou |
0 - 6 |
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| D2 |
Kusuyama/Setou vs. Isogai/Nanahara |
0 - 6 |
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| S2 |
Tamaki vs. Shionoya |
0 - 6 |
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| D1 |
Narukami/Ryouno vs. Hayashi/Yoshiyama |
not played |
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| S1 |
Kuho vs. Hiei |
not played |
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| Hyoutei vs. Seigaku |
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| S3 |
Oshitari Y. vs. Momoshiro |
6 - 4 |
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| D2 |
Hiyoshi/Mukahi vs. Kaidou/Inui |
5 - 7 |
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| S2 |
Kabaji vs. Tezuka |
6 - 7 |
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| D1 |
Ootori/Shishido vs. Kikumaru/Ooishi |
7-6 (9-7) |
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| S1 |
Atobe vs. Echizen Ryouma |
6-7 (117-119) |
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| Fudoumine vs. Shitenhouji |
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| S3 |
Ibu vs. Tooyama |
Ibu retired |
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| D2 |
Ishida G./Oshitari K. vs. Kamio/Ishida T. |
0 - 4 (Kamio/Ishida T. retired) |
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| S2 |
Tachibana vs. Chitose |
5 - 7 |
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| D1 |
Mori T./Uchimura vs. Hitouji/Konjiki |
not played |
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| S1 |
Sakurai vs. Shiraishi |
not played |
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Semifinals
| Seigaku vs. Shitenhouji |
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| S3 |
Fuji S. vs. Shiraishi |
6 - 7 |
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| D2 |
Kaidou/Momoshiro vs. Hitouji/Konjiki |
7-6 (7-5) |
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| S2 |
Kawamura T. vs. Ishida G. |
0 - 5 (Ishida G. retired) |
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| D1 |
Inui*/Tezuka vs. Chitose/Zaizen* |
6 - 1 |
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| S1 |
Echizen Ryouma vs. Tooyama |
not played |
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| Nagoya Seitoku vs. Rikkai |
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| S3 |
Gallagher vs. Yagyuu |
6 - 2 |
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| D2 |
M. Carothers/Moulin vs. Jackal/Marui |
6 - 1 |
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| S2 |
Krauser vs. Kirihara |
5 - 7 |
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| D1 |
Rivera/Siebold vs. Niou/Yanagi R. |
1 - 6 |
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| S1 |
Mikhailov vs. Sanada |
0 - 6 |
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- This was essentially a singles match between Tezuka and Chitose. Inui and Zaizen did not really participate.
Finals
| Rikkai vs. Seigaku |
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| S3 |
Sanada vs. Tezuka |
7 - 5 |
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| D2 |
Kirihara/Yanagi R. vs. Kaidou/Inui |
5 - 1 (Kaidou/Inui retired) |
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| S2 |
Niou vs. Fuji S. |
5 - 7 |
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| D1 |
Jackal/Marui vs. Kikumaru/Ooishi |
5 - 7 |
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| S1 |
Yukimura vs. Echizen Ryouma |
4 - 6 |
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