| Federation
founded: 1921 |
| FIFA
member since: 1929 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Did not qualify |
| 1958 - Did not participate |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not participate |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - First round exit |
| 2002 - Second round exit |
| 2006 - First round exit |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
10
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| Won |
2
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| Drawn |
2
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| Lost |
6
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| Goals for |
8
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| Goals against |
14
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| Points |
8
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Japan
are 43rd on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
2-0 vs Tunisia in 2002.
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Biggest
defeat:
1-4 vs Brazil in 2006.
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Overall
topscorer:
Junichi Inamoto,
2 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Hidetoshi Nakata, 10 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
2002.
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Hidetoshi Nakata |
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1930 to 1950
JAPAN did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1954
(WCQ - Group 13)
07.Mar 54 JAPAN 1-5 South Korea
14.Mar 54 JAPAN 2-2 South Korea
JAPAN failed to qualify for Swizterland 1954.
1958
JAPAN did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1962
(Asian pool)
06.Nov 60 South Korea 2-1 JAPAN
11.Jun 61 JAPAN 0-2 South Korea
JAPAN failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
JAPAN did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1970
(AFC/OFC First round)
10.Oct 69 Australia 3-1 JAPAN
12.Oct 69 JAPAN 2-2 South Korea
16.Oct 69 JAPAN 1-1 Australia
18.Oct 69 South Korea 2-0 JAPAN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Australia 4 2 2 0 7- 4 6
2.South Korea 4 1 2 1 6- 5 4
3.JAPAN 4 0 2 2 4- 8 2
JAPAN failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(Asian pool)
Group allocation match
16.May 73 Israel 2-1 JAPAN
Sub-group A
20.May 73 JAPAN 4-0 South Vietnam
22.May 73 Hongkong 1-0 JAPAN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hongkong 2 2 0 0 2- 0 4
2.JAPAN 2 1 0 1 4- 1 2
3.South Vietnam 2 0 0 2 0- 5 0
Semifinal sub-groups A/B
26.May 73 Israel 1-0 JAPAN
[aet]
JAPAN failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(AFC - Sub-group 2)
06.Mar 77 Israel 2-0 JAPAN
10.Mar 77 JAPAN 0-2 Israel
26.Mar 77 JAPAN 0-0 South Korea
03.Apr 77 South Korea 1-0 JAPAN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.South Korea 4 2 2 0 4- 1 6
2.Israel 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
3.JAPAN 4 0 1 3 0- 5 1
JAPAN failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(AFC - Sub-group D)
Group allocation match
22.Dec 80 Singapore 0-1 JAPAN
Group 1
26.Dec 80 China 1-0 JAPAN
28.Dec 80 JAPAN 3-0 Macao
P W D L Gls Pts
1.China 2 2 0 0 4- 0 4
2.JAPAN 2 1 0 1 3- 1 2
3.Macao 2 0 0 2 0- 6 0
(AFC - Semifinal round)
30.Dec 80 North Korea 1-0 JAPAN
[aet]
JAPAN failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(AFC First round - Route B - Sub-group D)
23.Feb 85 Singapore 1-3 JAPAN
21.Mar 85 JAPAN 1-0 North Korea
30.Apr 85 North Korea 0-0 JAPAN
18.May 85 JAPAN 5-0 Singapore
P W D L Gls Pts
1.JAPAN 4 3 1 0 9- 1 7
2.North Korea 4 1 2 1 3- 2 4
3.Singapore 4 0 1 3 2-11 1
(AFC Second round - Route B)
11.Aug 85 JAPAN 3-0 Hongkong
22.Sep 85 Hongkong 1-2 JAPAN
(AFC Final round - Route B)
26.Oct 85 JAPAN 1-2 South Korea
03.Nov 85 South Korea 1-0 JAPAN
JAPAN failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
(AFC First round - Group F)
22.May 89 Hongkong 0-0 JAPAN
28.May 89 Indonesia 0-0 JAPAN
04.Jun 89 JAPAN 2-1 North Korea
11.Jun 89 JAPAN 5-0 Indonesia
18.Jun 89 JAPAN 0-0 Hongkong
25.Jun 89 North Korea 2-0 JAPAN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.North Korea 6 4 1 1 11- 5 9
2.JAPAN 6 2 3 1 7- 3 7
3.Indonesia 6 1 3 2 5-10 5
4.Hongkong 6 0 3 3 5-10 3
JAPAN failed to qualify for Italy 1990.
1994
(AFC First round - Group F)
08.Apr 93 JAPAN 1-0 Thailand
11.Apr 93 JAPAN 8-0 Bangladesh
15.Apr 93 JAPAN 5-0 Sri Lanka
18.Apr 93 JAPAN 2-0 UAE
28.Apr 93 Thailand 0-1 JAPAN
30.Apr 93 Bangladesh 1-4 JAPAN
05.May 93 Sri Lanka 0-6 JAPAN
07.May 93 UAE 1-1 JAPAN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.JAPAN 8 7 1 0 28- 2 15
2.UAE 8 6 1 1 19- 4 13
3.Thailand 8 4 0 4 13- 7 8
4.Bangladesh 8 2 0 6 7-28 4
5.Sri Lanka 8 0 0 8 0-26 0
(AFC Final round)
15.Oct 93 Saudi Arabia 0-0 JAPAN
18.Oct 93 JAPAN 1-2 Iran
21.Oct 93 North Korea 0-3 JAPAN
25.Oct 93 JAPAN 1-0 South Korea
28.Oct 93 Iraq 2-2 JAPAN
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Saudi Arabia 5 2 3 0 8- 6 7
2.South Korea 5 2 2 1 9- 4 6
3.JAPAN 5 2 2 1 7- 4 6
4.Iraq 5 1 3 1 9- 9 5
5.Iran 5 2 0 3 8-11 4
6.North Korea 5 1 0 4 5-12 2
JAPAN failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(AFC First round - Group 4)
23.Mar 97 Oman 0-1 JAPAN
25.Mar 97 Macao 0-10 JAPAN
27.Mar 97 Nepal 0-6 JAPAN
22.Jun 97 JAPAN 10-0 Macao
25.Jun 97 JAPAN 3-0 Nepal
28.Jun 97 JAPAN 1-1 Oman
P W D L Gls Pts
1.JAPAN 6 5 1 0 31- 1 16
2.Oman 6 4 1 1 14- 2 13
3.Macao 6 1 1 4 3-28 4
4.Nepal 6 0 1 5 2-19 1
(AFC Final round - Group B)
07.Sep 97 JAPAN 6-3 Uzbekistan
19.Sep 97 UAE 0-0 JAPAN
28.Sep 97 JAPAN 1-2 South Korea
04.Oct 97 Kazakhstan 1-1 JAPAN
11.Oct 97 Uzbekistan 1-1 JAPAN
26.Oct 97 JAPAN 1-1 UAE
01.Nov 97 South Korea 0-2 JAPAN
08.Nov 97 JAPAN 5-1 Kazakhstan
P W D L Gls Pts
1.South Korea 8 6 1 1 19- 7 19
2.JAPAN 8 3 4 1 17- 9 13
3.UAE 8 2 3 3 9-12 9
4.Uzbekistan 8 1 3 4 13-18 6
5.Kazakhstan 8 1 3 4 7-19 6
JAPAN to face the runner-up in the other
group (Iran) in a play-off.
Asian play-off
16.Nov 97 Iran 2-3 JAPAN
JAPAN qualified for France 1998.
2002
JAPAN qualified automatically
as host nation.
2006
(AFC First round - Group 3)
18.Feb 04 JAPAN 1-0 Oman
31.Mar 04 Singapore 1-2 JAPAN
09.Jun 04 JAPAN 7-0 India
08.Sep 04 India 0-4 JAPAN
13.Oct 04 Oman 0-1 JAPAN
17.Nov 04 JAPAN 1-0 Singapore
P W D L Gls Pts
1.JAPAN 6 6 0 0 16- 1 18
2.Oman 6 3 1 2 14- 3 10
3.India 6 1 1 4 2-18 4
4.Singapore 6 1 0 5 3-13 3
(AFC Final round - Group B)
09.Feb 05 JAPAN 2-1 North Korea
25.Mar 05 Iran 2-1 JAPAN
30.Mar 05 JAPAN 1-0 Bahrain
03.Jun 05 Bahrain 0-1 JAPAN
08.Jun 05 North Korea 0-2 JAPAN
17.Aug 05 JAPAN 2-1 Iran
P W D L Gls Pts
1.JAPAN 6 5 0 1 9- 4 15
2.Iran 6 4 1 1 7- 3 13
3.Bahrain 6 1 1 4 4- 7 4
4.North Korea 6 1 0 5 5-11 3
JAPAN qualified for Germany 2006.
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