Japan national under-23 football team

The Japan national under-23 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games and were champions in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Since 1992, it was decided that teams targeting athletes under the age of 23 will participate in the Olympics (additional provisions for overage limits have been added since 1996).

Competitive record
Olympic Games

Summer Olympics recordYearRoundPosition1908–1988See Japan national team 1992Did Not Qualify 1996Group Stage9th320144 2000Quarter-finals5th421165 2004Group Stage13th310267 2008Group Stage15th300314 2012Fourth Place4th631265 2016Group Stage10th311177 2020Qualified as hostTotal  Fourth Place  7/8  22  9  3  10  30  33

Summer Olympics historyYearRoundScoreResult1996Round 1 1–0 WinRound 1 0–2 LossRound 1 3–2 Win2000Round 1 2–1 WinRound 1 2–1 WinRound 1 0–1 LossQuarter-finals 2–2 Draw2004Round 1 3–4 LossRound 1 2–3 LossRound 1 1–0 Win2008Round 1 0–1 LossRound 1 1–2 LossRound 1 0–1 Loss2012Round 1 1–0 WinRound 1 1–0 WinRound 1 0–0 DrawQuarter-finals 3–0 WinSemi-finals 1–3 LossBronze Play-off  0–2 Loss2016Round 1 4–5 LossRound 1 2–2 DrawRound 1 1–0 Win2020Round 1 v Group A2Round 1 v Group A3Round 1 v Group A4

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Championship recordFinals recordHosts / YearResultPosition 2013Quarter-finals7412185 2016Champions16600154  2018 Quarter-finals5430155  2020 Group Stage15301235Total4/4Champions1710343119

AFC U-23 Asian Cup historyFinals historyYearRoundScoreResult2013Preliminary Stage 6–0 WinPreliminary Stage 3–1 WinPreliminary Stage 1–0 WinPreliminary Stage 5–1 WinPreliminary Stage 5–0 WinGroup Stage 3–3 DrawGroup Stage 0–0 DrawGroup Stage 4–0 WinQuarter-finals 0–1 Loss2016Preliminary Stage 7–0 WinPreliminary Stage 2–0 WinPreliminary Stage 1–0 WinGroup Stage 1–0 WinGroup Stage 4–0 WinGroup Stage 2–1 WinQuarter-finals 3–0 WinSemi-finals 2–1 WinFinal 3–2 Win2018Preliminary Stage 8–0 WinPreliminary Stage 2–0 WinPreliminary Stage 1–2 LossGroup Stage 1–0 WinGroup Stage 1–0 WinGroup Stage 3–1 WinQuarter-finals 0–4 Loss2020Preliminary Stage 8–0 WinPreliminary Stage 6–0 WinPreliminary Stage 7–0 WinGroup Stage 1–2 LossGroup Stage 1–2 LossGroup Stage 1–1 Draw

Asian Games

Asian Games recordFinals recordHosts / YearResultPosition 200226501134 2006Round 111320154 201017700171 2014Quarter-finals65302105 201827502104Total5/52822065518

Asian Games historyFinals historyYearRoundScoreResult2002Round 1 2–0 WinRound 1 5–2 WinRound 1 1–0 WinQuarter-finals 1–0 WinSemi-finals 3–0 WinFinal 1–2 Loss2006Round 1 3–2 WinRound 1 1–0 WinRound 1 1–2 Loss2010Round 1 3–0 WinRound 1 2–0 WinRound 1 3–0 WinRound 2 5–0 WinQuarter-finals 1–0 WinSemi-finals 2–1 WinFinal 1–0 Win2014Round 1 4–1 WinRound 1 1–3 LossRound 1 4–0 WinRound 2 4–0 WinQuarter-finals 0–1 Loss2018Round 1 1–0 WinRound 1 4–0 WinRound 1 0–1 LossRound 2 1–0 WinQuarter-finals 2–1 WinSemi-finals 1–0 WinFinal 1–2 Loss

References

Other websites
 Japan Football Association website ; 

Category:Asian national football teams
Category:Football in Japan
Category:National youth sports teams of Japan
Category:International under-23 association football teams