2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final
# 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final

The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final was the final match of the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France. The match was played at the Stade de la Rabine, located in Vannes, on 24 August 2018 and was contested by Spain and Japan. The same national teams faced each other the posterior edition of the tournament. In both cases, the match resulted on a 3–1 scoreline, being the 2018 scoreline of the clash in Japan's favour. Beating Spain in the Final granted Japan's their first FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup title, turning them into only the second Asian national team to ever win the trophy, after North Korea won it on 2006 and 2016. With North Korea's triumph on 2016, Japan's win turned out to be the only time where back-to-back trophies were handed to national teams of the same confederation (AFC).

## Road to the final

| Spain | Spain | Round | Japan | Japan |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
| Paraguay | 4–1 | Match 1 | United States | 1–0 |
| Japan | 1–0 | Match 2 | Spain | 0–1 |
| United States | 2–2 | Match 3 | Paraguay | 6–0 |
| Group C winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Spain 3 7 2  Japan 3 6 3  United States 3 4 4  Paraguay 3 0 Source: FIFA | Group C winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Spain 3 7 2  Japan 3 6 3  United States 3 4 4  Paraguay 3 0 Source: FIFA | Final standings | Group C runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Spain 3 7 2  Japan 3 6 3  United States 3 4 4  Paraguay 3 0 Source: FIFA | Group C runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Spain 3 7 2  Japan 3 6 3  United States 3 4 4  Paraguay 3 0 Source: FIFA |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| Nigeria | 2–1 | Quarter-finals | Germany | 3–1 |
| France | 1–0 | Semi-finals | England | 2–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Spain | Japan |
| - | - |
| GK | 21 | Cata Coll |
| RB | 12 | Lucía Rodríguez | 71' | 71' |
| CB | 3 | Berta Pujadas |
| CB | 4 | Laia Aleixandri | 78' |
| LB | 11 | Carmen Menayo |
| CM | 8 | Patri Guijarro (c) |
| CM | 6 | Damaris Egurrola |
| CM | 18 | Eva Navarro |
| RW | 10 | Maite Oroz | | 80' |
| ST | 20 | Claudia Pina |
| LW | 15 | Candela Andújar |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 9 | Paula Fernández | | 71' |
| MF | 19 | Paula Sancho | | 80' |
| Coach: ||
| Pedro López ||
| GK | 16 | Hannah Stambaugh |
| RB | 13 | Asato Miyagawa |
| CB | 6 | Hana Takahashi |
| CB | 4 | Moeka Minami (c) |
| LB | 17 | Nanami Kitamura |
| RM | 9 | Hinata Miyazawa |
| CM | 7 | Honoka Hayashi |
| CM | 10 | Fuka Nagano |
| LM | 20 | Jun Endo | 79' |
| ST | 19 | Riko Ueki |
| ST | 11 | Saori Takarada |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Mami Muraoka | | 90' |
| Coach: ||
| Futoshi Ikeda ||
| Assistant referees: Manuela Nicolosi (France) Michelle O'Neill (Ireland) Fourth official: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil) | Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Ten named eligible substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time. |
