Women's football in Japan
Women's football in Japan is one of the rising powers of women's football.[1]
- For more in depth, albeit general, information see Football in Japan.
Women's football in Japan | |
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Celebration after winning the 2011 World Cup | |
Country | Japan |
Governing body | Japan Football Association |
National team(s) | Women's national team |
National competitions | |
Club competitions | |
L. League | |
International competitions | |
History
The first women's football team in Japan was formed in 1966.[2]
In the first national female football tournament in 1980, women played 8-a-side football and on smaller soccer fields than their male counterparts.[3][4]
National competition
L. League is the national competition for female football players in Japan which began in 1989.[5][6] It is a two-tiered system.[7]
National team
The team, organized by the Japan Football Association, is the only Asian women's side to win FIFA Women's World Cup, winning in 2011.[8] The Japanese national team playing style has being compared to men's Spanish national team of Tiki-taka.[9]
In Fiction
- While there aren't many depictions of Japanese women's football in fiction, one prominent example is the manga Mai Ball! by Inoue Sora. It depicts a Japanese high school girls' team as they rise to the challenge of being the national best in the Japanese high school girls' football tournament.
See also
References
- "Taking the Measure of the Year's Victors". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- "Japan's Women Have Come Farther Than Most". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 March 2015. - Agergaard, Sine; Tiesler, Nina Clara (21 August 2014). "Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration". Routledge. Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via Google Books.
- "For Japan's Women, Winning Changes Things, but Not Everything". The New York Times. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- Agergaard, Sine; Tiesler, Nina Clara (21 August 2014). "Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration". Routledge. Retrieved 30 July 2017 – via Google Books. - Ebashi, Yoshinori (3 June 2019). "Women's World Cup 2019 team guide No 16: Japan". Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- Patrick, Philip (June 10, 2019). "The rise and stall of women's football in Japan" – via www.theguardian.com.
- "Women's football is booming in Japan as the game tries to capitalise on Nadeshiko's World Cup and Olympic success". Goal.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- "Women's game enjoys newfound popularity but not counting its laurels". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- Goddard, John; Sloane, Peter (28 November 2014). "Handbook on the Economics of Professional Football". Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via Google Books. - Parrish, Charles; Nauright, John (21 April 2014). "Soccer around the World: A Cultural Guide to the World's Favorite Sport". ABC-CLIO. Retrieved 30 July 2017 – via Google Books.
- Reck, Gregory G.; Dick, Bruce Allen (12 January 2015). "American Soccer: History, Culture, Class". McFarland. Retrieved 30 July 2017 – via Google Books.
- "VOX POPULI: Nadeshiko Japan in full bloom". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 26 August 2012. - Hunt, Dermot (9 August 2012). "The Nadeshiko Revolution: Japan's Women's Soccer Team Plays Tiki-Taka Without the Tedium". Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- "Small-sided soccer turns Japan into big-time women's program". Chicago Tribune. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
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