How many players passed first selection?

How many players passed first selection in Blue Lock? Exactly 35 players successfully advanced from the grueling First Selection phase of the Blue Lock project, representing a dramatic reduction from the initial 300 candidates.

The First Selection Structure

The First Selection divided the 300 players into five buildings (Z through V), with each building housing 60 players across three teams of 20. This systematic approach created an intense competitive environment where only the strongest strikers could survive.

Selection Process and Elimination

Each team within the buildings competed in elimination matches where losing teams faced immediate departure from Blue Lock. The process continued until only the most skilled players remained in each facility. Through multiple rounds of intense soccer battles, the field was narrowed dramatically.

Building Results

From each of the five buildings, exactly 7 players advanced to the Second Selection:

- Building Z: 7 survivors including Isagi Yoichi

- Building Y: 7 survivors including Kunigami Rensuke

- Building X: 7 survivors

- Building W: 7 survivors

- Building V: 7 survivors including Itoshi Rin

The Survivors' Significance

The 35 players who passed represented the cream of Japan's youth soccer talent, having demonstrated exceptional individual skills, tactical awareness, and the ruthless "egoist" mentality that Blue Lock demanded. Notable survivors included protagonists like Isagi, Bachira, and Kunigami, alongside formidable rivals such as Itoshi Rin and Barou Shoei.

This massive elimination rate of nearly 90% established Blue Lock's unforgiving nature and set the stage for even more intense competitions ahead. The surviving 35 players would face new challenges in the Second Selection, where their abilities would be tested in entirely different ways that would further separate the true strikers from the rest.