{"id":11698,"date":"2026-11-07T10:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T10:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/2026-u-17-wwc-japan-ready-to-make-history-against-flamingos-yotsumoto\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T10:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T10:01:06","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-japan-ready-to-make-history-against-flamingos-yotsumoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/2026-u-17-wwc-japan-ready-to-make-history-against-flamingos-yotsumoto\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Japan Ready to Make History Against Flamingos &#8211; Yotsumoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan captain Honoka Yotsumoto has vowed to lead her side to the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup title as the Little Nadeshiko aim to honour the legacy of former players.<\/p>\n<p>Japan will be making their fourth appearance in the tournament\u2019s final, having previously reached the decisive stage in 2010, 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Their only title came in 2014, when they defeated Spain 2-0 in San Jose, Costa Rica, to claim their maiden crown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-japan-coach-shirai-braces-for-tough-flamingos-test\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Japan Coach Shirai Braces For Tough Flamingos Test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Standing in their way this time are Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos, who are targeting a historic first-ever title after an impressive run in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria have been one of the standout teams of the competition, announcing their arrival with a stunning 3-1 group-stage victory over defending champions DPR Korea before repeating the same scoreline against Brazil in the semi-finals to book their place in the final.<\/p>\n<h3>Yotsumoto Wants Trophy For Predecessors<\/h3>\n<p>Despite Nigeria\u2019s impressive form, Yotsumoto remains confident in Japan\u2019s ambition, stressing that her team are determined to reward the efforts and sacrifices of previous generations by bringing the trophy home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe carry the hopes and feelings of the players who came before us. We want to honour them by bringing the trophy back to Japan,\u201d she told <a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.com\">FIFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Japan will now look to draw inspiration from their memorable 2014 triumph as they prepare for a challenging showdown against the confident Flamingos, who are equally determined to make history by winning Nigeria\u2019s first-ever FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup title.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan captain Honoka Yotsumoto has vowed to lead her side to the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup title as the Little Nadeshiko aim to honour the legacy of former&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}