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
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