junior team
Refers to a sports team or competitive group for younger or less experienced players, typically in contexts like youth leagues or school clubs.
彼は今年からサッカーのジュニアチームに入った。
He joined the junior soccer team this year.
ジュニアチームの試合は来週の土曜日です。
The junior team's match is next Saturday.
Variant with a middle dot, sometimes used in formal or editorial contexts.
Loanword from English 'junior team', adopted into Japanese with katakana spelling.