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| Federation founded: 1921 |
| FIFA member since: 1929 |
| Confederation: AFC |
| Colours: Dark blue and white |
| Nickname: Samurai Blue
|
| World Cups qualified for: 6 (of 21) |
| Best results: Round of 16 in 2002, 2010, 2018 |
|
 WORLD CUP RANKING
|
| P 21
|
W 5
|
D 5
|
L 11
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GF 20
|
GA 29
|
Pts 20
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Japan
is 30th on the all-time table.
|
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TEAM RECORDS
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| Champions |
- |
| Finalists |
- |
| Semi-finalists (or top 4) |
- |
| Quarter-finalists (or top 8) |
- |
| Biggest win |
3-1 vs Denmark 2010 |
| Biggest loss |
1-4 vs Brazil 2006
1-4 vs Colombia 2014 |
| Most wins in a row |
2 |
| Most losses in a row |
3 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
3 |
| Longest run without win |
4 |
| Longest run qualifying |
6 (1998- ) |
| Longest run not qualifying |
11 (1954-94) |
| Penalty shoot-outs |
0 win, 1 loss |
| JPN vs Europe |
W2 - D3 - L5 |
| JPN vs South America |
W1 - D1 - L3 |
| JPN vs Africa |
W2 - D1 - L1 |
| JPN vs N/C America |
W0 - D0 - L1 |
| JPN vs Oceania |
W0 - D0 - L1 |
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MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
|
| Makoto Hasebe |
11 |
2010-18 |
| Eiji Kawashima |
11 |
2010-18 |
| Yuto Nagatomo |
11 |
2010-18 |
| Keisuke Honda |
10 |
2010-18 |
| Hidetoshi Nakata |
10 |
1998-06 |
| Shinji Okazaki |
10 |
2010-18 |
| Junichi Inamoto |
8 |
2002-10 |
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MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
|
| Keisuke Honda |
4 |
2010-18 |
| Junichi Inamoto |
2 |
2002-10 |
| Takashi Inui |
2 |
2018 |
| Shinji Okazaki |
2 |
2010-14 |
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1998 1R Argentina L 0-1
1R Croatia L 0-1
1R Jamaica L 1-2
2002 1R Belgium D 2-2
1R Russia W 1-0
1R Tunisia W 2-0
2R Turkey L 0-1
2006 1R Australia L 1-3
1R Croatia D 0-0
1R Brazil L 1-4
2010 1R Cameroon W 1-0
1R Netherlands L 0-1
1R Denmark W 3-1
2R Paraguay [3-5 ap] D 0-0
2014 1R Côte d'Ivoire L 1-2
1R Greece D 0-0
1R Colombia L 1-4
2018 1R Colombia W 2-1
1R Senegal D 2-2
1R Poland L 0-1
2R Belgium L 2-3
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