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The Japan national football team in 2024, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competes in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team is expected to participate in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, with the first matches to be played in January, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar. [1]
Japan and Iran have a combined seven Asian Cup titles, with a rivalry developing in the 1990s due to the famous "Joy of Johor Bahru" (ジョホール・バルの歓喜, Johōru Baru no kanki) that gave Japan a ticket to their first World Cup defeating the Persians by 3–2 in a neutral Asian play-off hosted in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Masashi Nakayama scored Japan's first ever goal in a World Cup match against Jamaica on 26 June 1998 in a 2–1 defeat. [1] Keisuke Honda became the first Japanese player to score in three World Cups: 2010, 2014, 2018. [2] Japan made their seventh and most recent appearance at the finals at the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
At the FIVB World Championship, Japan has won bronze medals in 1970 and 1974, as well as silver medals at the 1969 and 1977 FIVB World Cup. Despite their past struggles in the world leagues, Japan has been recognized as one of the best volleyball teams in Asia, and Japan's SV.League is typically regarded as the most prestigious volleyball ...
The Japan national football team in 2023, managed by head coach Hajime Moriyasu, competed in different international friendly matches around the year both at home and abroad. The team participated in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with the first matches being played on November, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar. [1] [2] [3]
The Japan women's national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. [1] It has reached the World Cup Finals on three times and won the 2014 edition.
The midfielder struggled with an injury at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which prevented him from making an appearance, but his early-season form for Tottenham has demanded a place in recent squads ...
[12] [13] On 1 November 2022, Tanaka was included in Japan's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [14] On 1 December, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Spain, which qualified his national team to the knockout stage as top of their group. [15]