Japan national under-20 football team

The **Japan national under-20 football team** is a national association football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

### Intercontinental

- **FIFA U-20 World Cup**
- _Runners-Up (1):_ 1999

### Continental

- AFC U-19 Championship:
- **Winners (1):** 2016
- _Runners-Up (6):_ 1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006

### FIFA U-20 World Cup

|colspan=8|Finals record|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|1979|Group stage|3|0|2|1|1|2|
|1981|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|1983||||||||
|1985||||||||
|1987||||||||
|1989||||||||
|1991||||||||
|1993||||||||
|1995|Quarterfinals|4|1|1|2|6|6|
|1997|Quarterfinals|5|2|1|2|12|9|
|1999|**Runners-up**|7|4|1|2|11|9|
|2001|Group stage|3|1|0|2|4|4|
|2003|Quarterfinals|5|3|0|2|6|10|
|2005|Round of 16|4|0|2|2|3|5|
|2007|Round of 16|4|2|2|0|6|3|
|2009|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|2011||||||||
|2013||||||||
|2015||||||||
|2017|Round of 16|4|1|1|2|4|6|
|2019|Round of 16|4|1|2|1|4|2|
|2021|_To be determined_|||||||
|**Total**|10/22|43|15|12|16|57|56|
- _*Denotes draws which includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament._

|colspan=4|Finals history||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|1979|Group stage|**0–1**|Loss|
|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Group stage|**1–1**|Draw|||
|rowspan=4|1995|Group stage|**2–2**|Draw|
|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**2–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|1997|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|
|Group stage|**6–2**|Win|||
|Group stage|**3–3**|Draw|||
|Round of 16|**1–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=7|1999|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|
|Group stage|**3–1**|Win|||
|Group stage|**2–0**|Win|||
|Round of 16|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Quarterfinals|**2–0**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**2–1**|Win|||
|Final|**0–4**|Loss|||
|rowspan=3|2001|Group stage|**0–2**|Loss|
|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|rowspan=5|2003|Group stage|**1–0**|Win|
|Group stage|**1–4**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**1–0**|Win|||
|Round of 16|**2–1**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–5**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|2005|Group stage|**1–2**|Loss|
|Group stage|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Group stage|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Round of 16|**0–1**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|2007|Group stage|**3–1**|Win|
|Group stage|**1–0**|Win|||
|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Round of 16|**2–2**|Draw|||
|rowspan=4|2017|Group stage|**2–1**|Win|
|Group stage|**0–2**|Loss|||
|Group stage|**2–2**|Draw|||
|Round of 16|**0–1**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|2019|Group stage|**1–1**|Draw|
|Group stage|**3–0**|Win|||
|Group stage|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Round of 16|**0–1**|Loss|||

### AFC U-20 Asian Cup

|colspan=8|Finals record|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1959|Third place|4|2|0|2|12|11|
|1960|Third place|4|2|1|1|10|11|
|1961|Group stage|4|0|1|3|4|8|
|1962|Group stage|4|1|0|3|4|9|
|1963|Group stage|5|1|1|3|8|13|
|1964|Group stage|3|0|1|2|1|4|
|1965|Group stage|4|2|0|2|8|4|
|1966|Group stage|4|0|0|4|2|13|
|1967|Group stage|3|0|0|3|2|6|
|1968|First round|3|0|1|2|0|6|
|1969|Quarterfinals|3|1|0|2|5|11|
|1970|Fourth place|6|2|1|3|5|13|
|1971|Fourth place|6|4|1|1|13|2|
|1972|Quarterfinals|5|2|2|1|12|5|
|1973|Runners-up|5|1|2|2|5|6|
|1974|Quarterfinals|4|2|0|2|9|4|
|1975|Group stage|4|2|0|2|10|5|
|1976|Tie-breaker play-off|4|1|2|1|2|4|
|1977|Fourth place|5|1|2|2|8|6|
|1978|Group stage|4|1|2|1|8|6|
|1980|Final tournament|4|2|0|2|4|5|
|1982||–|–|–|–|–|–|
|1985||–|–|–|–|–|–|
|1986||–|–|–|–|–|–|
|1988|Group stage|3|0|0|3|3|7|
|1990|Group stage|3|1|1|1|5|4|
|1992|Third place|5|3|0|2|8|4|
|1994|Runners-up|6|4|0|2|9|4|
|1996|Fourth place|6|3|1|2|12|6|
|1998|Runners-up|6|3|1|2|18|10|
|2000|Runners-up|6|3|1|2|15|8|
|2002|Runners-up|6|4|1|1|11|4|
|2004|Third place|6|3|0|3|10|3|
|2006|Runners-up|6|3|2|1|12|6|
|2008|Quarterfinals|4|2|1|1|10|6|
|2010|Quarterfinals|4|3|0|1|11|4|
|2012|Quarterfinals|4|1|1|2|2|4|
|2014|Quarterfinals|4|2|1|1|7|5|
|2016|Champions|6|4|2|0|13|0|
|2018|Semifinals|5|4|0|1|15|5|
|**Total**|/40|**163**|**66**|**29**|**68**|**278**|**227**|

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association website ; [http://www.jfa.or.jp/ ]

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Japan Under-20
- **badge size**: 160px
- **fifa trigramme**: JPN
- **nickname**: _サムライ・ブルー_
 (Samurai Blue)
- **association**: Japan Football Association
- **sub-confederation**: East Asian Football Federation, EAFF (East Asia)
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia)
- **coach**: Masanaga Kageyama
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- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 10
- **regional cup first**: 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1979
- **regional cup best**: Runners-up (1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1999)
- **2ndregional name**: AFC U-19 Championship
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 40
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1959
- **2ndregional cup best**: Champions (2016 AFC U-19 Championship, 2016)