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Japan (JPN)
- FIFA Trigramme: JPN
- Country: Japan
- Country (official name): Nihon Koku
- Continent: Asia
- Capital: Tokyo
- Major cities: Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo,
Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Hiroshima, Kita-Kyushu, Sendai, Kagoshima,
Niigata
- Currency: Yen
- Official languages: Japanese
- Motto: Peace and progress (Emperor's motto).
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Standings |
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Group F |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
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BRA |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
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AUS |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
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CRO |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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JPN |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
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| Founded |
1921 |
| Affiliated |
1929 |
| WC participations |
2 (1998, 2002) |
| WC honours |
Last sixteen (2002) |
| Continental Titles |
Asian Cup three times (1992, 2000, 2004)
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Facts
- Japan will be participating in qualifying for a FIFA World Cup™
for the 13th time, having reached the finals just twice. For a long
time, Japanese football struggled to break through, despite an
Olympic bronze medal.
- That was to change in 1998, when the team reached the finals of
the FIFA World Cup in France, suffering narrow defeats to Argentina,
Croatia and Jamaica. Four years later in their home country, Japan
would have their finest hour.
- The surprise package reached the last sixteen after topping
their group, only to be eliminated by the slightest of margins in a
1-0 defeat to eventual semi-finalists Turkey. Asian football will
surely play an increasing part in international football for years
to come.
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