In the 40th minute of the game, the Japanese women's soccer team managed to get the ball into the penalty area. After a teammate's pass came through, Ririichi Nezu scored with an easy shot, leaving the Korean women's soccer goalkeeper with no way to stop the rebound, making the score 0-1 and putting Korea on the back foot.
The Korean women's soccer team was in dire straits and almost equalized before the end of the first half, but a shot was flung off the line by the Japanese women's goalkeeper.
The Japanese women's soccer team continued to control the game at the start of the second half. In the 68th and 88th minutes, Miharu Maki broke through twice to extend the score to 3-0, and the Korean women's soccer team was unable to mount a comeback.
In the end, the Japanese women's soccer team opened the tournament with four wins and advanced to the finals for the seventh time, having won four of the previous six finals and finished second on two occasions.
According to the rules, the top three finishers of the tournament will qualify for the U17 Women's World Cup, which will be held in the Dominican Republic from Oct. 16 to Nov. 3, 2024, so Japan has confirmed its World Cup berth.
According to the game schedule, the other semifinal will be played at 7:00 p.m., with the Women's Football Team of the People's Republic of China facing the Women's Football Team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The winning team will compete with the Japanese women's soccer team for the championship and secure an early qualification for the World Junior Championships.
For the Chinese women's soccer team, the minimum goal for this tournament was to secure a spot in the World Junior Championships, and now they are just one step away from their goal, which is to beat the DPRK women's soccer team.
