{"id":455941,"date":"2026-05-23T09:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/455941\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:27:10","slug":"china-youth-team-finish-runners-up-in-afc-u17-asian-cup-after-narrow-defeat-to-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/455941\/","title":{"rendered":"China youth team finish runners-up in AFC U17 Asian Cup after narrow defeat to Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Chinese national youth team finished runners-up in the AFC U17 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia after losing 3-2 to Japan in the final, despite a spirited second-half comeback.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The match in the early hours of Saturday marked China\u2019s return to the U17 Asian Cup final for the first time in 22 years, and the run to the showpiece match secured qualification for the 2026 Fifa U-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Japan\u2019s Tafuku Satomi opened the scoring in the 31st minute with a shot into the far corner, before Sho Saito doubled the lead.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In first-half stoppage time, Shin Kitamoto added a third for Japan with a long-range strike.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China rallied after the break with goals from Wan Xiang and Zhao Songyuan.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the 48th minute, Shuai Weihao delivered a cross from the right wing, allowing Wan to chip the ball into the net to pull one back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chinese national youth team finished runners-up in the AFC U17 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia after losing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[212611,212604,170845,212608,1657,184047,85,46,1437,1823,212607,78,212605,212603,212606,105,212610,212609,6866,212602],"class_list":["post-455941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-afc-u17-asian-cup","tag-anjinto-motosuna","tag-asian-cup","tag-bin-ukishima","tag-china","tag-fifa-u-17-world-cup","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-japan","tag-qatar","tag-red-star-belgrade-u17","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-shin-kitamoto","tag-sho-saito","tag-shuai-weihao","tag-sports","tag-tafuku-satomi","tag-wan-xiang","tag-world-cup","tag-zhao-songyuan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}