J.LEAGUE announced the 2020 J.LEAGUE International Youth Cup will not be held in the 2020 season.

The decision has been made along with the cancellation of the J YOUTH CUP, a nationwide tournament in the youth category, taking account the situation of the COVID-19 crisis and the safety of all those involved.
J.LEAGUE will further work to design a plan for the development of individual players as the highest priority and details of the tournaments for next year will be announced as soon as decided.

■Tournament cancelled
2020 J.LEAGUE International Youth Cup
　In aim to provide J.club youth teams to play with world-class teams from other countries, the tournament started in 2015. The tournament consists of eight teams (top four teams of J Youth Cup and four teams from overseas) starting with a group stage and decide on the winner in a playoff format.