4 High School Basketball Powerhouses Kick Off the New Season! Invitational Tournament 'MANDOM presents Iizuka Cup 2026' All 6 Matches Free Live Broadcast on 'ABEMA'!

The new future TV 'ABEMA' will broadcast live for free all 6 round-robin matches of the high school basketball invitational exchange tournament 'MANDOM presents Iizuka Cup 2026' (hereafter, Iizuka Cup), which will be held on Saturday, April 11, and Sunday, April 12, 2026. Along with this, it has been decided that the head coaches and assistant coaches of the participating schools will appear as commentators during the broadcast of this tournament.

This tournament, where four of the top powerhouse schools in the country (Fukuoka University Ohori High School, Fukuoka Daiichi High School, Higashiyama High School, and Kaishi Kokusai High School) gather in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, is the first round-robin tournament of the new academic year. The four schools competing for national domination will clash under new structures, unfolding a highly anticipated battle that will predict the hegemony of the 2026 fiscal year. The 'Iizuka Cup' is also known each year as the debut match for highly anticipated rookies, raising expectations for the birth of 'future stars' to see what kind of play the new first-year students who just enrolled this spring will show on a top national level stage. As a prelude to the Inter-High qualifiers, what tactics will each school test, and who will they center their team around...? We will deliver a heated battle where 'experimentation' and 'seriousness' intermingle.

Furthermore, it has been decided that the coaching staff of the participating schools will serve as commentators for matches other than those of their own teams in this broadcast. Fukuoka Daiichi High School Head Coach Takashi Ideguchi, Kaishi Kokusai High School Head Coach Hideki Togashi, Higashiyama High School Head Coach Tetsuya Osawa, and Fukuoka University Ohori High School Assistant Coach Daiki Ikeda will appear in the commentary seats. They will convey the charm of the game from a realistic perspective that only active top instructors can discuss, such as tactical insights unique to the leaders of rival schools who constantly push each other, and battle power analysis of each team. In addition, announcers Shumpei Terakawa (TV Asahi), Keisuke Yagishita (TV Asahi), and Yohei Iuchi (Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting) will be in charge of live play-by-play, livening up the immersive broadcast.

Please enjoy the 'Iizuka Cup 2026', where four of the top high school basketball schools in the country kick off the new season, with free live broadcasting on 'ABEMA'. In addition, highlight videos will also be distributed for free for all matches after each match concludes.

ABEMA 'MANDOM presents Iizuka Cup 2026' Broadcast Overview Broadcast Schedule: Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12, 2026

### Saturday, April 11 Match 1 10:30~ 'Fukuoka Daiichi High School VS Higashiyama High School' Broadcast URL: https://abema.tv/channels/world-sports/slots/CpvxBK14QrBVL3 Commentary: Head Coach Hideki Togashi (Kaishi Kokusai), Assistant Coach Daiki Ikeda (Fukudaiohori) Play-by-play: Announcer Keisuke Yagishita (TV Asahi)

Match 2 12:45~ 'Kaishi Kokusai High School VS Fukuoka University Ohori High School' Broadcast URL: https://abema.tv/channels/world-sports/slots