Women's World Cup · recorded head-to-head

England vs Japan

Follow England and Japan across 4 source-recorded World Cup meetings in 4 editions.

England Japan

4Recorded meetings
4Editions represented
2England wins
1Japan wins
England W–D–L
2–1–1
Japan W–D–L
1–1–2
Recorded match goals
England 7–4 Japan
Editions in this record
2007, 2011, 2015, 2019

Archive scope: This page compares 4 source-recorded matches across 4 editions. The Atlas match archive is incomplete for some historical tournaments, so these totals should not be read as a definitive all-time record.

Meeting ledger

4 recorded match reports

Chronological source records, oldest to newest.

EditionDateStageFixtureScoreReport
2007Sep 11, 2007group stageJapan vs England2–2Match report
2011Jul 5, 2011group stageEngland vs Japan2–0Match report
2015Jul 1, 2015semi-finalJapan vs England2–1Match report
2019Jun 19, 2019group stageJapan vs England0–2Match report

A penalty-shootout winner counts as the match winner in the W–D–L record. Goal totals use the recorded match score; shoot-out kicks are not counted as match goals. Every row links to its edition and match report.

Browse more women's World Cup head-to-head pages, or read the archive source notes and counting methodology.