Japan and Sweden played out a 1-1 draw in their Group F encounter at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, on Thursday, June 25. All goals came in the second half of the match.

Japan took the lead in the 56th minute through Daizen Maeda, who converted an open play opportunity assisted by Ritsu Doan. However, Sweden responded six minutes later when Anthony Elanga found the back of the net in the 62nd minute, assisted by Viktor Gyökeres, also from open play.

The match saw a total of three yellow cards. Sweden's Isak Hien received a caution in the 32nd minute, followed by Japan's Shogo Taniguchi in the 77th minute, and Sweden's Viktor Gyökeres in the 85th minute. Substitutions were made by both teams as they looked to influence the game, including Lucas Bergvall replacing Isak Hien for Sweden in the 37th minute and Shogo Taniguchi coming on for Ko Itakura for Japan in the 39th minute.