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In the second half, Greece had a Theofanis Gekas header saved, while Japan, which needed at least a point to stay alive in the competition, had chances to score through Yoshito Ōkubo and Atsuto Uchida, but the game finished goalless. [15] The result ensured Colombia's qualification to the knockout stage, their first since 1990. [16]
Diplomatic relations between Colombia and Japan were established in a treaty called Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed in Washington, D.C., United States on May 25, 1908. However, the first official embassy was set up by Japan in Bogotá, Colombia in 1934 and the following year Colombia established its embassy in Tokyo.
Japan was scheduled to play against Colombia on 20–21 July in Bogotá, but the Japanese withdrew from their tie citing security concerns over the Colombian armed conflict. [7] Colombia thus progressed to the 2003 World Group, while Japan was relegated to Zonal Competition.
The top two teams, Colombia and Japan, advanced to the round of 16. [2] For the first time in World Cup history, the "fair play" rule was invoked to break a tie. Japan and Senegal finished with identical scores and goal differences to tie for second behind Colombia. Japan were awarded the place in the round of 16 based on receiving fewer yellow ...
Japan made their seventh and most recent appearance at the finals at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. In 2018, Japan became the first ever Asian nation to beat a side from South America, after they won 2–1 against Colombia in the group stage. The team has progressed to the round of 16 on four occasions, 2002 (as join-hosts), 2010, 2018 and 2022.
The knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 28 June with the round of 16 and ended on 13 July with the final match of the tournament, held at Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro.
The runners-up of Group C, Chile, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Colombia. Matches Uruguay vs Ecuador. 16 June 2019 () 19:00 ... Uruguay vs Japan
Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and United States will remain in the World Group in 2016. Poland were promoted to the World Group in 2016 . Colombia , Dominican Republic , India , Netherlands , Slovakia , Russia and Uzbekistan will remain in Zonal Group I in 2016 .