The Japan women's national under-20 football team is a national

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and is controlled by the

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. The nickname of Japan women's national under-20 football team is the Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ).

Results and fixtures

;Legend

2024

Fixtures & Results (2024)
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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Players

Current U-20 squad

The following players were called up for the

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, held in

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in August 2024.

Previous squads

;FIFA U-20 World Cup * 2002 FIFA U-19 World Championship * 2008 FIFA U-20 World Cup * 2010 FIFA U-20 World Cup * 2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup * 2016 FIFA U-20 World Cup * 2018 FIFA U-20 World Cup * 2022 FIFA U-20 World Cup * 2024 FIFA U-20 World Cup ;AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.'' :''* (2016) France win after extra time.'' :''* (2022) Japan won after winning on penalty shoot-out.''

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Sud Ladies Cup

References

External links

* Asian women's national under-20 association football teams

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Head-to-head record

The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the

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and AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup.

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In AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

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