USA 1999: Japan

Australia | Brazil |  Canada | China |  Denmark | Germany |  Ghana | Italy |
Japan | Mexico |  Nigeria | North Korea |  Norway | Russia |  Sweden | U.S.A.

   Japan: Despite the presence of a strong domestic professional league -- missing in the United States -- Japan has been unable to establish a major presence on the international scene. Homare Sawa is an outstanding attacking midfielder. Nami Otake and Tamaki Uchiyama provide firepower at forward. Japan's disciplined defense is helped by the improvement in goal provided by Nozomi Yamago. Chances: Slim.

Roster
No.	Name	Pos.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Shiho Onodera Rie Yamaki Kaoru Nagadome Mai Nakachi Tomoe Sakai Kae Nishina Yumi Tomei Ayumi Hara Tamaki Uchiyama Homare Sawa Nami Otake Hiromi Isozaki Miyuki Yanagita Tomomi Mitsui Mito Isaka Yayoi Kobayashi Mayumi Omatsu Nozomi Yamago Kozue Ando Naoko Nishagi	G D D D M D D M F M F D M M F M F G F G