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PURPOSE #2 The strength of Japanese women's football and what lies behind it.

Achievement #1FIFA Women’s World Cup™ won by three generations
(Nadeshiko Japan, U-20 and U-17)

In 2011, Nadeshiko Japan rose to the top of the world. This was 30 years after Japan’s first women’s national team was formed. Since then, the U-17 and U-20 women’s national teams have also become world champions. Women’s football in Japan has come a long way in such a short time thanks to a clear vision and the implementation of various measures in four areas - strengthening the national team, player development, coach education and promotion of the sport.

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Player development

Competitions organised by JFA in which female players can participate
  • JFA U-12 Japan Football Championship
  • Amateur Junior Soccer League
  • Japan Women’s Empowerment Professional Football League (WE League)
  • Japan Women’s Football League (Nadeshiko League)
  • Empress's Cup JFA Japan Women's Football Championship
  • JFA O-30 Japan Women's Football Tournament
  • JFA O-40 Japan Women's Football Open Tournament
  • All Japan University Women's Football Tournament
  • JFA U-18 Women's Football Final
  • JFA U-18 Japan Women's football championship
  • Princess Takamado Trophy JFA U-15 Japan Women's Football Championship
  • All Japan High School Women's Football Championship
  • Inter High School Sports Festival (Women's football)
  • Special National Sports Festival (Football)
  • Japan Women’s Futsal League (Women's F.League)
  • JFA Vermont Cup U-12 Japan Futsal Championship
  • JFA Japan Women's Futsal Championship
  • JFA U-15 Japan Women's Futsal Championship
  • JFA Japan Beach Soccer Tournament

Development

Achievement #2Winning through fair play

Since the launch of the Fair Play Campaign in 1989, JFA has worked to promote the importance of fair play through initiatives such as the introduction of Fair Play Awards at tournaments held in Japan. JFA believes that fair play and winning are not mutually exclusive, and that Japanese football prides itself on winning through fair play. Japan National Teams in all categories, , including the FIFA Women's World Cup™ winners, Nadeshiko Japan, have won numerous Fair Play Awards at international tournaments.
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List of tournaments in which Japan Women's National Team have won Fair Play awards
  • Japan Women's National Team
  • AFC Women's Championship Malaysia 1993
  • Asian Games Hiroshima 1994
  • AFC Women's Championship Philippines 1999
  • AFC Women's Championship Thailand 2003
  • AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Athens 2004
  • Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (Athens 2004)
  • East Asian Football Championship 2005 (Korea Republic)
  • AFC Women’s' Asia Cup Vietnam 2008
  • East Asian Football Championship 2008 (China PR)
  • FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011™
  • AFC Women’s Asian Cup Vietnam 2014
  • AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018
  • FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™
  • U-20 Japan Women's National Team
  • FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012™
  • FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016™
  • FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018™
  • FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022™
  • U-19 Japan Women's National Team
  • AFC U-19 Women's Championship Canada 2002
  • AFC U-19 Women's Championship Malaysia 2006
  • AFC U-19 Women's Championship China PR 2007
  • AFC U-19 Women's Championship Vietnam 2011
  • AFC U-19 Women's Championship China PR 2015
  • AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019
  • U-17 Japan Women's National Team
  • AFC U-17 Women's Championship Korea Republic 2005
  • FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Azerbaijan 2012™
  • FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2014™
  • FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016™
  • AFC U-19 Women's Championship China PR 2017
  • FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018™
  • U-16 Japan Women's National Team
  • AFC U-17 Women's Championship Malaysia 2007
  • AFC U-17 Women's Championship Thailand 2009
  • AFC U-17 Women's Championship China PR 2015
  • AFC U-17 Women's Championship Thailand 2017
  • Japan Women's Futsal National Team
  • AFC Women's Futsal Championship Malaysia 2015

Achievement #3Training individuals to become world leaders

Since the announcement of FIFA's women's football strategy in 2018, women's football has developed rapidly around the world.
With the establishment of a professional women's league (WE League) and the success of Nadeshiko Japan, more and more women are now involved in the world of football in Japan, not only as players, coaches and referees, but also in management positions with JFA, local football associations and clubs. JFA aims to use women's football as a platform to develop leaders in football and sport, both nationally and internationally, and to promote the empowerment of women.

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