In the evening of 14 August, U-19 Japan Women’s National Team arrived in Nanjing, China where the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2015 will be held. In the next morning, the team had a light training that focused on physical conditioning to adjust them to the new conditions. 

In the afternoon, they had a 3-on-3 + GK, and 4-on-4 + GK sessions to check their tactics in front of goals and another mini game session at the end of the day.

The training venue in Nanjing is one of the best training centers of China with 8.5 natural turf pitches, 1 artificial turf pitch, one stadium with athletic track, accommodation, a big cafeteria that can accommodate 400 people, and meeting rooms.

On their second day in Nanjing, KANEKO Takayuki who is dispatched by JFA as a coach of Jiangsu Women’s Youth Team and his team players visited the training venue to watch their training and cheered the Japanese team.

Players' Comments 

MF #7   SUGITA Hina (INAC Kobe)
Until the first match of the championship, I want to make good decisions in the middle much quicker and contribute to scoring. As a team we need to pay more attention to scoring goals. Our aim is to win this championship, along with qualifying for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. 

FW #22   ANZAI Yuka (JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies)
Now I have more sense of tension in regards to the championship after arriving in China where we will play for the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship. We want to improve our level of play not only as a team but also as individual players, to win this championship. I want to play aggressively to contribute to the team’s victory.

Schedule

*Local Time
Note: The schedule is subject to change due to the team condition, the weather, etc.