2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final
# 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final

The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica. The match was played at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José on 28 August 2022 and was contested by Spain and Japan. For the first time ever, the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final was a repeat of the previous edition's Final, as Japan had beaten Spain to win their first title on 2018 by a 3–1 scoreline. However, things were different on 2022. Spain won the 2022 Final after defeating Japan by a 3–1 win after 90 minutes of action, now with the 3–1 score being on their favour, bouncing back from the previous edition. It was Spain's first-ever FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup title, with them now being only the second European national team to win the tournament within all the 10 editions of the tournament.

## Road to the final

| Spain | Spain | Round | Japan | Japan |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
| Brazil | 0–0 | Match 1 | Netherlands | 1–0 |
| Costa Rica | 5–0 | Match 2 | Ghana | 2–0 |
| Australia | 3–0 | Match 3 | United States | 3–1 |
| Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Spain 3 7 2  Brazil 3 7 3  Australia 3 3 4  Costa Rica (H) 3 0 Source: FIFA (H) Host | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Spain 3 7 2  Brazil 3 7 3  Australia 3 3 4  Costa Rica (H) 3 0 Source: FIFA (H) Host | Final standings | Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Japan 3 9 2  Netherlands 3 6 3  United States 3 3 4  Ghana 3 0 Source: FIFA | Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Japan 3 9 2  Netherlands 3 6 3  United States 3 3 4  Ghana 3 0 Source: FIFA |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| Mexico | 1–0 | Quarter-finals | France | 3–3 (aet) (5–3 pen.) |
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Semi-finals | Brazil | 2–1 |

## Match

### Details

| Spain | Japan |
| - | - |
| GK | 13 | Txell Font 74' |
| CB | 8 | Silvia Lloris |
| CB | 3 | Ana Tejada (c) |
| CB | 5 | Andrea Medina |
| RM | 12 | Esther Laborde | 62' |
| CM | 10 | Julia Hogado |
| CM | 6 | Ariadna Mingueza | 75' |
| LM | 20 | Asun Martínez | 46' |
| RW | 19 | Ane Elexpuru |
| ST | 9 | Inma Gabarro | 75' |
| LW | 11 | Salma Paralluelo | 78' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Fiamma Benítez | 46' |
| MF | 17 | Mirari Uria | 62' |
| DF | 4 | Sonia Majarin | 75' |
| DF | 16 | Maite Zubieta | 75' |
| MF | 18 | Izarne Sarasola | 78' |
| Coach: ||
| Pedro López ||
| GK | 18 | Shu Ohba |
| CB | 3 | Ibuki Nagae | | 46' |
| CB | 4 | Rion Ishikawa | 27' |
| CB | 12 | Haruna Tabata |
| RWB | 7 | Mihoshi Sugisawa (c) |
| CM | 8 | Kokona Iwasaki | | 46' |
| CM | 6 | Aemu Oyama | | 88' |
| CM | 10 | Aoba Fujino |
| LWB | 16 | Shiori Koyama |
| ST | 11 | Maika Hamano |
| ST | 9 | Yuzuki Yamamoto | | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Manaka Matsukubo | | 46' |
| MF | 15 | Suzu Amano | | 46' |
| FW | 17 | Maya Hijikata | | 83' |
| FW | 13 | Mei Shimada | | 88' |
| Coach: ||
| Futoshi Ikeda ||
| Assistant referees: Migdalia Rodriguez (Venezuela) Mary Blanco (Colombia) Fourth official: Cheryl Foster (Wales) Video assistant referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland) Assistant video assistant referees: Kate Jacewicz (Australia) Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco) | Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Ten named eligible substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time. |
