Japan beat Norway

Published: August 5, 2023

By: Manu Tournoux

Japan reach the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup.

World champion in 2011, Japan will be there for the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

This Saturday, in Wellington, the Japanese took the best of Norway (3-1), in the round of 16. The goals are signed Engen (15th, csc), Shimizu (50th) and Miyazawa (81st), while Reiten had equalized for the Scandinavians (20th).

In the quarter-finals, Japan will face the winner of the clash between Sweden and the United States, in a decidedly tough part of the table.

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