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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.
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]
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 ...
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record ; Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pos Pld W D L GF GA; 1930: Not a FIFA member: Not a FIFA member: 1934: 1938: Withdrew: Withdrew: 1950
The knockout stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 30 June with the round of 16 and ended on 15 July with the final match, held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. [1]
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.
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
In Colombia's final Group A fixture, they beat Japan 1–0 with a 68th-minute goal from Giovanni Hernández, who had scored Colombia's final goal in their previous fixture against New Zealand. Subsequently, the team finished the group stage second behind France and qualified for the semi-finals, where they lost 1–0 against Cameroon.