2010 Women's U-20 World Cup / Japan

The Japanese team before the group match against Nigeria, playing the Japanese national anthem Kimi Ga Yo during the anthem ceremony in Augsburg's Impuls Arena .

Anthem ceremony before the game Nigeria - Japan

This article covers the Japanese women's U-20 national soccer team at the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup .

Contingent

Advantage for Japan after a Nigerian foul; far right Japan's star Mana Iwabuchi (10)

Ayano Dozono (16) is ready for the free kick

No.	player	society	Date of birth	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Erina Yamane	TEPCO Mareeze	Dec 20, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
12	Mayu Funada	JEF United Ichihara Ladies	0Nov 9, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Ayaka Saitoh	TEPCO Mareeze	Aug 26, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Yuko Takeyama	Urawa Reds ladies	Sep 30 1991	1	0	0	0	0
3	Misaki Kobayashi	NTV Beleza	Aug 21, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
4th	Natsuki Kishikawa	Urawa Reds ladies	Apr 26, 1991	3	2	0	0	0
5	Saki Kumagai	Urawa Reds ladies	Oct 17, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
6th	Yuria Obara	Albirex Niigata Ladies	04th Sep 1990	3	0	0	0	0
16	Ayano Dozono	Urawa Reds ladies	27 Mar 1990	2	0	0	0	0
midfield
7th	Nozomi Fujita	Urawa Reds ladies	Feb 21, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Yuika Sugasawa	Albirex Niigata Ladies	0Oct 5, 1990	2	0	0	0	0
11	Michi Goto	Urawa Reds ladies	July 27, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
14th	Emi Nakajima	INAC Leonessa	27 Sep 1990	3	1	0	0	0
15th	Yuka Kado	Yunogo Belle	June 19, 1990	3	0	1	0	0
17th	Shoko Yamada	JEF United Ichihara Ladies	July 23, 1990	2	0	0	0	0
18th	Akane Saito	Tokiwagi Gakuen	Jan. 12, 1993	1	0	1	0	0
19th	Shiori Kinoshita	NTV menina	Aug 17, 1992	1	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Megumi Takase	INAC Leonessa	Nov 10, 1990	3	1	1	0	0
10	Mana Iwabuchi	NTV Beleza	18 Mar 1993	3	2	0	0	0
13	Sawako Yasumoto	TEPCO Mareeze	0July 6, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
20th	Nanami Seguchi	Hinomoto Gakuen	Oct 17, 1992	1	0	0	0	0

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in Germany, the Japanese U-20 women's national soccer team met in Group C against Nigeria , Mexico and England .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	1	2	0	005: 400	+1	05
2.	Nigeria	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	Japan	3	1	1	1	007: 600	+1	04th
4th	England	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

• Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 2:30 p.m. in Augsburg

Mexico - Japan 3: 3 (3: 1)

• Saturday, July 17, 2010, 3 p.m. in Augsburg

Nigeria -Japan 2: 1 (2: 0)

• Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 11:30 a.m. in Bielefeld

Japan - England 3: 1 (1: 0)