This year's FIFA under 20 women tournament commences in Japan on Sunday. The biennial football tournament was inaugurated in 2004 by the world governing body, FIFA. Germany are the defending champions after their 2-0 win over Nigeria in 2010. Nigeria became the first African team to parade a team in the final of any Women tournament on the global scene. The city of Miyagi will host the opening ceremony of the sixteen team tournament. Japan will square up against Mexico on the opening day at 7.20pm local time (10.20 UTC) on Sunday 19th August,2012.
The city of Miyagi was badly affected by the earth quake that occurred in March,2011. The Japanese people will have the opportunity to prove to the world that they can overcome major disasters and re-group to achieve greatness. The host nation's senior team are the reigning World champions. They also finished as silver medalists after a 2-1 defeat to USA at the London 2012 Olympics. The under 20 side have never gone beyond the quarter finals of previous editions. In 2011, Japan were crowned as the Asian under 19 champions in Vietnam.
Mexico will be willing to go beyond the group phase of this competition. The Central Americans also got to the last eight at Germany 2010.
Other matches
New Zealand will meet Switzerland in another group A match that will be played on the same day. Last tournament's runner-up, Nigeria will be up against South Korea. The Africans won all their qualifying matches prior to this tournament while their opponents sneaked into the competition after the Japanese were named as the hosts of this mundial. Nigeria's Francesca Ordega said "Our opening game against South Korea will give us an indication of how far we can go, and it could also give us a real confidence boost.Make no mistake, I haven’t come to Japan to admire the skyscrapers; I’m here to win the World Cup."
Brazil will face Italy in the opening match of the competition at 15:00 local time (06:00UTC) on Sunday.
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Brazil's Thais Guedes was part of Brazil's ill-fated London 2012 Women soccer campaign. She is the captain of the South American giants while Yeo Minji is also expected to be a star performer in Japan. She was named FIFA's best under 17 women player at Trinidad and Tobago 2010.
The city of Miyagi was badly affected by the earth quake that occurred in March,2011. The Japanese people will have the opportunity to prove to the world that they can overcome major disasters and re-group to achieve greatness. The host nation's senior team are the reigning World champions. They also finished as silver medalists after a 2-1 defeat to USA at the London 2012 Olympics. The under 20 side have never gone beyond the quarter finals of previous editions. In 2011, Japan were crowned as the Asian under 19 champions in Vietnam.
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Mexico will be willing to go beyond the group phase of this competition. The Central Americans also got to the last eight at Germany 2010.
Other matches
New Zealand will meet Switzerland in another group A match that will be played on the same day. Last tournament's runner-up, Nigeria will be up against South Korea. The Africans won all their qualifying matches prior to this tournament while their opponents sneaked into the competition after the Japanese were named as the hosts of this mundial. Nigeria's Francesca Ordega said "Our opening game against South Korea will give us an indication of how far we can go, and it could also give us a real confidence boost.Make no mistake, I haven’t come to Japan to admire the skyscrapers; I’m here to win the World Cup."
Brazil will face Italy in the opening match of the competition at 15:00 local time (06:00UTC) on Sunday.
Watch Out
Brazil's Thais Guedes was part of Brazil's ill-fated London 2012 Women soccer campaign. She is the captain of the South American giants while Yeo Minji is also expected to be a star performer in Japan. She was named FIFA's best under 17 women player at Trinidad and Tobago 2010.
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