Japan women's national under-20 football team

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

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

### FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

|colspan=9|FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|Quarterfinals|4|1|1|2|4|8|
|2004|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|2006||||||||
|2008|Quarterfinals|4|3|0|1|8|4|
|2010|Round 1|3|1|1|1|7|6|
|2012|**Third place**|6|4|1|1|15|8|
|2014|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|2016|**Third place**|6|4|0|2|16|4|
|2018|**Champions**|6|5|0|1|15|3|
|2021|colspan=8|_Qualified_||||||
|**Total**|6/9|29|18|3|8|65|33|
- _*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks._

|colspan=4|FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup history||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|2002|Round 1|**1–1**|Draw|
|Round 1|**0–4**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**2–1**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|2008|Round 1|**2–0**|Win|
|Round 1|**2–1**|Win|||
|Round 1|**3–1**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=3|2010|Round 1|**3–3**|Draw|
|Round 1|**1–2**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**3–1**|Win|||
|rowspan=6|2012|Round 1|**4–1**|Win|
|Round 1|**2–2**|Draw|||
|Round 1|**4–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**3–1**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**0–3**|Loss|||
|Third Place|**2–1**|Win|||
|rowspan=6|2016|Round 1|**6–0**|Win|
|Round 1|**0–1**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**5–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**3–1**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**1–2**|Loss *|||
|Third Place|**1–0**|Win|||
|rowspan=6|2018|Round 1|**1–0**|Win|
|Round 1|**0–1**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**6–0**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**3–1**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**2–0**|Win|||
|Final|** 3–1 **|Win|||

- _*France win on after extra time._

### AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

|colspan=9|AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup record|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|**Champions**|5|4|1|0|34|2|
|2004|Quarterfinals|3|2|0|1|28|1|
|2006|Fourth Place|5|3|1|1|14|5|
|2007|Runners-up|5|2|1|2|10|4|
|2009|**Champions**|5|3|2|0|10|3|
|2011|**Champions**|5|4|1|0|13|3|
|2013|Fourth Place|5|2|2|1|11|4|
|2015|**Champions**|5|4|1|0|12|2|
|2017|**Champions**|5|5|0|0|21|1|
|2019|**Champions**|5|5|0|0|18|2|
|**Total**|10/10|48|34|9|5|171|27|

- _*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks._

## Other websites

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

## Infobox (national football team)

- **badge size**: 160px
- **nickname**: Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ)
- **association**: Japan Football Association
- **sub-confederation**: East Asian Football Federation, EAFF (East Asia)
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia)
- **coach**: Futoshi Ikeda
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- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 6
- **regional cup first**: 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, 2002
- **regional cup best**: Champions, 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, 2018
- **2ndregional name**: AFC U-19 Women's Championship
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 9
- **2ndregional cup first**: 2002 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, 2002
- **2ndregional cup best**: Winners, 2002 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, 2002, 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, 2009, 2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, 2011, 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, 2015, 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, 2017
- **type**: women