Head to head · Women's national teams
Japan v USA
Japan and USA have met 43 times since 1986: USA lead 32–4.
4Japan wins
7draws
32USA wins
Goals: Japan 35, USA 115 · 43 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Friday, 25 July 1986: USA 3–1 Japan in Jesolo.
- The most recent was on Saturday, 18 April 2026: USA 3–0 Japan (Friendly).
- Japan's biggest win: Japan 1–0 USA, 2012.
- USA's biggest win: USA 9–0 Japan, 1999.
- 24 of the 43 meetings were competitive matches and 19 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2026 | ||
| 18 Apr | USA 3–0 Japan Friendly · Commerce City, United States |
USA |
| 15 Apr | USA 0–1 Japan Friendly · Seattle, United States |
Japan |
| 11 Apr | USA 2–1 Japan Friendly · San Jose, United States |
USA |
| 2025 | ||
| 26 Feb | USA 1–2 Japan SheBelieves Cup · San Diego, United States |
Japan |
| 2024 | ||
| 3 Aug | USA 1–0 Japan Olympic Games · Paris, France (neutral) |
USA |
| 6 Apr | USA 2–1 Japan SheBelieves Cup · Atlanta, United States |
USA |
| 2023 | ||
| 19 Feb | USA 1–0 Japan SheBelieves Cup · Nashville, United States |
USA |
| 2020 | ||
| 11 Mar | USA 3–1 Japan SheBelieves Cup · Frisco, United States |
USA |
| 2019 | ||
| 27 Feb | USA 2–2 Japan SheBelieves Cup · Chester, United States |
Draw |
| 2018 | ||
| 26 Jul | USA 4–2 Japan Tournament of Nations · Kansas City, United States |
USA |
| 2017 | ||
| 3 Aug | USA 3–0 Japan Tournament of Nations · Carson, United States |
USA |
| 2016 | ||
| 5 Jun | USA 2–0 Japan Friendly · Cleveland, United States |
USA |
| 3 Jun | USA 3–3 Japan Friendly · Denver, United States |
Draw |
| 2015 | ||
| 5 Jul | USA 5–2 Japan FIFA Women's World Cup · Vancouver, Canada (neutral) |
USA |
| 2014 | ||
| 5 Mar | Japan 1–1 USA Algarve Cup · Parchal, Portugal (neutral) |
Draw |
| 2012 | ||
| 9 Aug | USA 2–1 Japan Olympic Games · London, England (neutral) |
USA |
| 18 Jun | Japan 1–4 USA Friendly · Halmstad, Sweden (neutral) |
USA |
| 1 Apr | Japan 1–1 USA Kirin Challenge Cup · Sendai, Japan |
Draw |
| 5 Mar | Japan 1–0 USA Algarve Cup · Faro, Portugal (neutral) |
Japan |
| 2011 | ||
| 17 Jul | Japan 2–2 USA (pens) FIFA Women's World Cup · Frankfurt, Germany (neutral) |
Japan |
| 2 Mar | USA 2–1 Japan Algarve Cup · Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal (neutral) |
USA |
| 2008 | ||
| 18 Aug | USA 4–2 Japan Olympic Games · Beijing, China (neutral) |
USA |
| 9 Aug | USA 1–0 Japan Olympic Games · Qinhuangdao, China (neutral) |
USA |
| 2007 | ||
| 28 Jul | USA 4–1 Japan Friendly · San Jose, United States |
USA |
| 2006 | ||
| 9 May | Japan 0–1 USA Friendly · Osaka, Japan |
USA |
| 7 May | Japan 1–3 USA Friendly · Kumamoto, Japan |
USA |
| 2004 | ||
| 20 Aug | USA 2–1 Japan Olympic Games · Thessaloniki, Greece (neutral) |
USA |
| 6 Jun | USA 1–1 Japan Friendly · Louisville, United States |
Draw |
| 2003 | ||
| 12 Jan | USA 0–0 Japan Friendly · San Diego, United States |
Draw |
| 2000 | ||
| 17 Dec | USA 1–1 Japan Friendly · Phoenix, United States |
Draw |
| 7 Jun | USA 4–1 Japan Friendly · Newcastle, Australia (neutral) |
USA |
| 1999 | ||
| 2 May | USA 7–0 Japan Friendly · Atlanta, United States |
USA |
| 29 Apr | USA 9–0 Japan Friendly · Charlotte, United States |
USA |
| 1998 | ||
| 24 May | Japan 0–3 USA Friendly · Tokyo, Japan |
USA |
| 21 May | Japan 0–2 USA Friendly · Kobe, Japan |
USA |
| 17 May | Japan 1–2 USA Friendly · Tokyo, Japan |
USA |
| 1996 | ||
| 16 May | USA 4–0 Japan U.S. Cup · Horsham, United States |
USA |
| 1995 | ||
| 13 Jun | Japan 0–4 USA FIFA Women's World Cup · Gävle, Sweden (neutral) |
USA |
| 1993 | ||
| 10 Jul | USA 7–0 Japan Friendly · Hamilton, Canada (neutral) |
USA |
| 1991 | ||
| 21 Nov | Japan 0–3 USA FIFA Women's World Cup · Foshan, China (neutral) |
USA |
| 1988 | ||
| 1 Jun | USA 5–2 Japan FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament · Panyu, China (neutral) |
USA |
| 1987 | ||
| 12 Dec | USA 1–0 Japan Chunghua Cup · Taipei, Taiwan (neutral) |
USA |
| 1986 | ||
| 25 Jul | USA 3–1 Japan Mundialito · Jesolo, Italy (neutral) |
USA |
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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.