Football Frontier International

The Football Frontier International (フットボールフロンティア・インターナショナル, Futtobōru Furontia Intānashonaru) is a tournament held for youth soccer teams around the world. The teams that won their preliminaries get to compete in the FFI as their countries' representatives.

Inazuma Eleven

Stadiums

• Football Frontier Stadium
• Umihebi Stadium
• Yamaneko Stadium
• Kujaku Stadium
• Condor Stadium
• Umigame Stadium
• Titanic Stadium

Participating teams

Block A

• Inazuma Japan (Japan)
• Orpheus (Italy)
• Unicorn (America)
• Knights of Queen (England)
• The Empire (Argentina)

Block B

• The Kingdom (Brazil)
• Red Matador (Spain)
• Rose Griffon (France)
• Brockenborg (Germany)
• Little Gigant (Cotarl)

Eliminated teams

• Big Waves (Australia) – Round 1 (Asian Rep.)
• Desert Lion (Qatar) – Semi-Finals (Asian Rep.)
• Fire Dragon (South Korea) – Finals (Asian Rep.)
• The Barracuda (Saudi Arabia) – Semi-Finals (Asian Rep.)
• Red Viper (dub: Red Vipers) (Uzbekistan) – Round 1 (Asian Rep.)
• Southern Cross (dub: Flying Garudas) (Thailand) – Round 1 (Asian Rep.)
• Last Emperor (dub: Middle Kings) (China) – Round 1 (Asian Rep.)
• The Great Horn (South Africa, played the Africa finals against Little Gigant and lost) – Finals (African Rep.)

Matches

Asia Representatives Quarter-finals

• Inazuma Japan vs. Big Waves : Win of Inazuma Japan (2-1)
• Fire Dragon vs. Red Viper: Win of Fire Dragon
• Desert Lion vs. Southern Cross: Win of Desert Lion
• The Barracuda vs. Last Emperor: Win of The Barracuda

Asia Representatives Semi-finals

• Inazuma Japan vs. Desert Lion : Win of Inazuma Japan (3-2 (Anime)/ 1-0 (Manga))
• Fire Dragon vs. The Barracuda : Win of Fire Dragon (4-0)

Asia Representatives Final

• Inazuma Japan vs. Fire Dragon : Win of Inazuma Japan (4-3)

Africa Representatives Final

• Little Gigant vs. The Great Horn : Win of Little Gigant (4-1)

Block A

• Inazuma Japan vs. Orpheus : Draw (Anime 3-3) / Win of Inazuma Japan (Game and manga)
• Inazuma Japan vs. Unicorn : Win of Inazuma Japan (4-3)
• Inazuma Japan vs. Knights of Queen : Win of Inazuma Japan (3-2)
• Inazuma Japan vs. The Empire : Win of The Empire (1-2)
• Orpheus vs. Unicorn : Draw (Anime) / Win of Orpheus (Manga) (3-2)
• Orpheus vs. Knights of Queen : Win of Orpheus (2-1)
• Orpheus vs. The Empire : Win of Orpheus (2-1)
• Unicorn vs. Knights of Queen : Win of Unicorn (1-0)
• Unicorn vs. The Empire : Win of The Empire (1-0)
• Knights of Queen vs. The Empire : Win of Knights of Queen (1-0)

Block B

• The Kingdom vs. Red Matador : Win of The Kingdom (2-1)
• The Kingdom vs. Rose Griffon : Win of The Kingdom (3-0)
• The Kingdom vs. Brockenborg : Win of The Kingdom (3-1)
• The Kingdom vs. Little Gigant : Draw (1-1) / Win of The Kingdom (Game)
• Red Matador vs. Rose Griffon : Win of Red Matador (2-1)
• Red Matador vs. Brockenborg : Win of Brockenborg (1-2)
• Red Matador vs. Little Gigant : Draw (1-1)
• Rose Griffon vs. Brockenborg : Win of Rose Griffon (3-2)
• Rose Griffon vs. Little Gigant : Win of Little Gigant (1-3)
• Brockenborg vs. Little Gigant : Draw (2-2)

Semi-Finals

• The Kingdom vs. Inazuma Japan : Win of Inazuma Japan (2-3)
• Orpheus VS. Little Gigant : Win of Little Gigant (0-8)

Finals

• Inazuma Japan vs. Little Gigant : Win of Inazuma Japan (3-2)

Main Tournament Knock Out Stages (manga only)

In the manga, the main tournament uses knockout format instead of block format.

Round 1

• Inazuma Japan vs. Knights of Queen : Win of Inazuma Japan (1-0)
• Unicorn vs. Orpheus : Win of Orpheus

Round 2

• Inazuma Japan vs. The Empire : Win of Inazuma Japan (1-0)
• Little Gigant vs. Brockenborg : Win of Little Gigant

Semi-finals

• Inazuma Japan vs. Orpheus : Win of Inazuma Japan (2-1)

Final

• Inazuma Japan vs. Little Gigant : Win of Inazuma Japan (2-1)

Inazuma Eleven Orion no Kokuin

In Inazuma Eleven Orion no Kokuin, the event takes place in an alternate universe where the original series' FFI never happened.

Stadiums

• Football Frontier Stadium
• Kazan Castle Hills Stadium
• Volgograd Volga-Don Unga Stadium
• Moscow Route Bay Main Stadium

Participating teams

Group A

• Inazuma Japan (Japan)
• Muteki no Giant (Spain)
• Star Unicorn (America)
  • Navy Invader (America) (for one match)
• Perfect Spark (Russia)

Unknown Groups

• France
• England
• Olé de Samba (Brazil)
• Guardians of Queen (Italy)

Asian Regional Qualifiers

• Red Bison (South Korea)
• Shining Satans (Australia)
• Eternal Dancers (Uzbekistan)
• Arab no Hinotori Gundan (Saudi Arabia)
• Iraq
• Soccer Zatsugidan (China)

Matches

Asia Representative Round 1

• Japan vs. South Korea ; Win of Japan (3-2)

Asia Representative Round 2

• Japan vs. Australia ; Win of Japan (5-4)

Asia Representative Round 3

• Japan vs. Uzbekistan ; Win of Japan (4-2)

Asia Representative Round 4

• Japan vs. Saudi Arabia ; Win of Japan (2-0)
• China vs. Iraq ; Win of China

Asia Representative Final Match

• Japan vs. China ; Win of Japan (3-2)

Group A

• Japan vs. Spain ; Draw (3-3)
• America vs. Russia ; Win of America (2-1)
• Japan vs. America ; Win of Japan (4-3)
• Russia vs. Spain ; Win of Russia (6-0)
• Japan vs. Russia ; Win of Russia (2-3)
• Spain vs. America ; Win of Spain (2-1)

Knockout Stage Round 1

• Japan vs. France ; Win of Japan (Default)
• Brazil vs. England ; Win of Brazil

Knockout Stage Quarter Finals

• Japan vs. Brazil ; Win of Japan (4-3)

Knockout Stage Semifinals

• Japan vs. Italy ; Win of Japan (Forfeit, 2-3)
• Russia vs. Unknown team ; Win of Russia

Knockout Stage Finals

• Japan vs. Russia ; Interrupted (1-1)
• Zhao Jinyuns vs. Shadow of Orion ; Win of Zhao Jinyuns (4-3)
• Japan vs. Russia (Rematch) ; Win of Japan

Gallery

FFI A block rankings.

FFI's logo in the manga.

The FFI trophy.

Trivia

• For unknown reasons, there were five teams from Europe and two from South America, while Asia/Australia, North America and Africa had only one representative team.
• The fact that the main tournament in Orion no Kokuin is set up in Russia is a reference to the 2018 World Cup also held in Russia.