Nadeshiko Japan Squad for Women’s World Cup 2015 (in Canada)

The Nadeshiko Japan squad was recently revealed, here are the players that will be going to Canada for the Women’s World Cup 2015

Goalkeepers:
Miho Fukumoto (Okayama Yunogo Belle)
Ayumi Kaihori (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Erina Yamane (JEF United Chiba)

Defenders:
Yukari Kinga (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Megumi Kamionobe (Albirex Niigata)
Azusa Iwashimizu (NTV Beleza)
Aya Sameshima (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Saori Ariyoshi (NTV Beleza)
Kana Kitahara (Albirex Niigata)
Yuri Kawamura (Vegalta Sendai)
Saki Kumagai (Olympique Lyonnais – FRA)

Midfielders:
Homare Sawa (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Kozue Ando (1.FFC Frankfurt – GER)
Aya Miyama (Okayama Yunogo Belle)
Nahomi Kawasumi (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Mizuho Sakaguchi (NTV Beleza)
Asuna Tanaka (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Rumi Utsugi (Montpellier HSC – FRA)
Asano Nagasato (1.FFC Turbine Potsdam – GER)

Forwards:
Shinobu Ono (INAC Kobe Leonessa)
Yuki Ogimi (Wolfsburg – GER)
Yuika Sugasawa (JEF United Chiba)
Mana Iwabuchi (Bayern Munich – GER)

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A reminder of the games Nadeshiko Japan has to play,

Group C
Monday 8th June – Nadeshiko Japan v Switzerland
Friday 12th June – Nadeshiko Japan v Cameroon
Tuesday 16th June – Ecuador v Nadeshiko Japan

Women’s World Cup 2015 Draw (For Nadeshiko Japan)

Women’s World Cup 2015 Draw

On the Saturday, 6th December the Women’s World Cup draw was done in Canada, the Pot’s for the Women’s teams were:

Pot 1 – Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Nadeshiko Japan & United States
Pot 2 – Cameroon, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Mexico, New Zealand & Nigeria
Pot 3 – Australia, China PR, Colombia, Ecuador, Korea Republic & Thailand
Pot 4 – England, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden & Switzerland

To The Draw:

Nadeshiko Japan were placed into Group C, from pot 2 Cameroon came out and placed in C3, from pot 3 Ecuador came out and placed in C4 & then in pot 4 Switzerland were placed into C2, so the 1st game of Group C for Nadeshiko Japan is against Switzerland on the Monday 8th June 2015

So the fixtures for Nadeshiko Japan in the WWC 2015,

Monday, 8th June – Japan v Switzerland – BC Place, Vancouver
Friday, 12th June – Japan v Cameroon – BC Place, Vancouver
Monday, 16th June – Ecuador v Japan – Investors Group Field, Winnipeg

2015 AFC Asian Cup – From The Start

A brief history of how the 2015 AFC Asian Cup from the last 3 years –

• On the 5th January 2011, Australia were officially named as the host of the 2015 Asian Cup

• The 5 Cities that will host the tournament are – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Newcastle

• The Qualified Teams, after Asian Cup Qualification & Challenge Cup were – Australia (Hosts – they finished 2nd in 2011 Asian Cup), Japan (1st in 2011 Asian Cup), South Korea (3rd in 2011 Asian Cup), North Korea (2012 Challenge Cup Winners), Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Iran, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, China PR (Best Place Team in A.C Qual) And Palestine (2014 Challenge Cup Winners – 1st Time in the Asian Cup)

• On the 26th March 2014, the draw for the AFC Asian Cup was held, the 4 pots were –

Pot 1
Australia (Hosts)
Iran
Japan
Uzbekistan

Pot 2
South Korea
UAE
Jordan
Saudi Arabia

Pot 3
Oman
China PR
Qatar
Iraq

Pot 4
Bahrain
Kuwait
North Korea
Palestine

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The Group’s came out like this:

Group A
Australia
South Korea
Oman
Kuwait

Group B
Uzbekistan
Saudi Arabia
China PR
North Korea

Group C
Iran
UAE
Qatar
Bahrain

Group D
Japan
Jordan
Iraq
Palestine

So, the 1st game is in the Group A when the hosts start the tournament where they face Kuwait in Melbourne on 9th January 2015

Asian Women Cup (May 2014)

Japan Nadeshiko played in the Asian Cup Women in May 2014, they got to the Final, here is how they did it:

Japan Nadeshiko were in Group A with Australia Women, Vietnam Women & Jordan Women teams

Wednesday, 14th May – Australia Women 2-2 Japan Nadeshiko
Friday, 16th May – Japan Nadeshiko 4-0 Vietnam Women
Sunday, 18th May – Japan Nadeshiko 7-0 Jordan Women

Semi-Final:
Thursday, 22nd May – Japan Nadeshiko 2-1 China Women (AET)

Final:
Sunday, 25th May – Japan Nadeshiko 1-0 Australia Women

Japan’s Under 23/Under 19 & Under 16 National Sides

Japan U23’s

The U23’s team are playing in the Asian Games currently, the U23’s side were in Group D with Iraq, Kuwait and Nepal U23 teams

Group D Results
Sunday, 14th Sept – Japan U23’s 4-1 Kuwait U23’s
Wednesday, 17th Sept – Japan U23’s 1-3 Iraq U23’s
Sunday, 21st Sept – Nepal U23’s 0-4 Japan U23’s

Finished – 2nd, W 2, D 0, L 1 – GF 9, GA 4, GD + 5, Points 6

The U23’s side will play against Palestine U23’s in the 2nd Round on the 25th September

Japan U19’s

2 Things about the U19’s side –

Japan U19’s side won the AFF U19 Championships by beating Vietnam U19’s 1-0 in the Final, the route to the final was

Group B:
Sunday, 7th Sept – Australia U19’s 3-4 Japan U19’s
Tuesday, 9th Sept – Japan U19’s 3-2 Vietnam U19’s

Finished – 1st, W 2, D 0, L 0, GF 7, GA 5, GD + 2, Pts 6

Semi-Final:
Thursday, 11th Sept – Japan U19’s 2-1 Thailand U19’s

Final:
Satursday, 13th Sept – Vietnam U19’s 0-1 Japan U19’s

The U19’s side play in the AFC U19 Championship, it starts on the 9th October with Japan U19’s side in Group C with China, South Korea and Vietnam U19’s side

Thursday, 9th Oct – Japan U19’s v China U19’s
Saturday, 11th Oct – Vietnam U19’s v Japan U19’s
Monday, 13th Oct – South Korea U19’s v Japan U19’s

Under 16’s

The Under 16’s played in AFC U16’s Championship, the U16’s side got knocked out in the Quarter-Final’s, here is how they got there:

Group B

Saturday, 6th Sept – Japan U16’s 2-0 Hong Kong U16’s
Monday, 8th Sept – China U16’s 0-3 Japan U16’s
Wednesday, 10th Sept – Japan U16’s 2-4 Australia U16’s

Quarter Final:
Tuesday, 14th Sept – South Korea U16’s 2-0 Japan U16’s

Japan in World Cup Brazil 2014 (Complete)

After being one of the 1st teams to qualify for the World Cup, Japan got drawn with Ivory Coast, Greece & Colombia in Group C, below are Japan’s games in Group C

Sun, 15th June – Arena Pernambuco, Recife – Ivory Coast 2-1 Japan – K Honda 16′
Thur, 19th June – Estadio das Dunas, Natal – Japan 0-0 Greece
Tue, 24th June – Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba – Japan 1-4 Colombia – Okazaki 45′ + 1′

So the 1st Group C ended in a defeat to Ivory Coast but it started all so well with Keisuke Honda scoring in the 16th minute with a cracking goal, but the cracks were starting to show near the end of the 1st half, but Japan got to half time 1-0 up against Ivory Coast, in the 2nd half, Ivory Coast brought on Drogba at about 60 mins and he made a impact with Bony Wilfried scoring on 64th min & Gervinho 66th min, the game finished 2-1 to Ivory Coast but it could of been more then that but the Japanese defence stopped the attacks on the Japan goal, but hopefully things will change for the next group game against Greece on Thursday the 19th June
A 0-0 against Greece & a 4-1 defeat against Colombia seal Japan’s exit of the World Cup, only getting 1 point from the 3 group games

Nadeshiko Japan U17’s Women’s World Cup

The U17 Women’s team played in the U17’s Women World Cup in Costa Rica in March & April 2014, the U17’s team did the country proud by getting all the way to the Women’s World Cup Final and beating the Spanish team by 2 goals to 0, here is how they did it

Group C
Sun, 16th March – Spain 0-2 Japan – Miyagawa 43′ & Matsubara 51′
Wed, 19th March – Paraguay 0-10 Japan – Hasegawa 15′, Endo 22′, Miyagawa 36′, Ichise 47′, Hiratsuka 56′, Saihara 62′, Sugita 75’/85’/86′, Kono 92′
Sun, 23rd March – Japan 3-0 New Zealand – Hasegawa 20′, Kobayashi 71′ pen, Matsubara 93′

Group C (After 3 Group Games) – Won 3, Draw 0, Lost 0, Goals For – 15, Goals Against – 0

Quarter Final
Thur, 27th March – Japan 2-0 Mexico – Hasegawa 12′, Sugita 44′

Semi Final
Mon, 31st March – Venezuela 1-4 Japan – Nagano 13′, Ichise 33′ Kobayashi 52′, Sugita 63′ pen

Final
Sat, 5th April – Japan 2-0 Spain – Nishida 5′, Kono 78′

Nadeshiko Japan U17’s are the U17 Women’s World Cup Champions!!!

The U17WWC Tournament for Japan – Played 6, Won 6, Draw 0, Lost 0, Goals For – 23, Goals Against – 1

 

Picture above, the Nadeshiko Japan U17’s team lifting the U17 Women’s World Cup Trophy

Japan Goalscorers
Sugita – 5
Hasegawa – 3
Kobayashi – 2
Miyagawa – 2
Kono – 2
Matsubara – 2
Ichise – 2
Saihara – 1
Hiratsuka – 1
Nishida – 1
Endo – 1
Nagano – 1

Japan National Team Friendlies

Japan National Team – Friendlies

16th November
Netherlands 2-2 Japan
(Osako ’44 & Honda ’60)

19th November
Belguim 2-3 Japan
(Kakitani 37′, Honda ’53 & Okazaki ’63)

Two very good results for the Japan National Team in friendlies against Netherlands & Belguim

Japan U17’s in the World Cup (Group Stage)

Japan U17’s (U17’s World Cup in UAE 2013)

Group D:
Friday, 18th October – Russia U17’s 0-1 Japan U17’s (Uryu ’15)
Monday, 21st October – Japan U17’s 3-1 Venezuela U17’s (Sugimoto ‘7, Watanabe ’44 & ’78 pen)
Thursday, 24th October – Japan U17’s v Tunisia U17’s

Japan National Teams Results (October)

Japan National Team
Friendly:

Serbia 2-0 Japan (11th Oct)
Belarus 1-0 Japan (15th Oct)

Next 2 Friendly’s for Japan (In November) – Belgium (not fully confirmed yet but this might happen) and Netherlands

Japan U19’s National Team
AFC Championship U19 Qualification – Group I

Japan U19 6-0 Macau U19 (8th Oct)
Malaysia U19 1-5 Japan U19 (10th Oct)
Japan U19 1-1 China U19 (12th Oct)

Japan U19’s – 1st Played – 3, Won – 2, Drawn – 1, Lost 0, Goals For – 12, Goals Against – 2, Points – 7