After displaying their superior football skill for over two weeks in Costa Rica, the Japanese U-17 women emerged as worthy winners of 2014 World Cup. For the umpteenth time in the tournament, Captain Hina Sugita was named as the player of the match. The little bundle of Japanese dynamo, moved around purposefully and her combination game with Hasegawa was a treat to watch. For Hina, it was like living a dream after missing the champions tag at the previous event in Azerbaijan in 2012, when she was part of the Japanese team, which lost in the quarterfinals to Ghana