On the evening of October 6, the Asian Games women's soccer final was held in Hangzhou, Japan beat North Korea 4-1, successfully defending the title. It is worth mentioning that this Japanese women's soccer team is not the main lineup of the Japanese team, which can be said to belong to the "third team" to some extent. Previously, the Japanese women's soccer team beat the Chinese women's soccer team 4-3 to advance to the final.
According to statistics, the Japanese women's soccer team has won three gold medals and one silver medal in the last four Asian Games. In comparison, the last time the Chinese women's soccer team won the Asian Games was 25 years ago in 1998.
It should be noted that Japan's women's soccer team ended up winning the 2023 FIFA World Cup after thrashing Spain 4-0 in the group stage. Japan's men's soccer team topped their group at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with consecutive victories over Germany and Spain. From the current situation, Japan's men's and women's soccer have the strength to "get out of Asia and into Europe", the Chinese team in the Asian games with them less and less often.
