Japan enters FIFA World Cup for the 5th time. Twice they have reached 2nd round, once at home and last time at South Africa Football World Cup 2010. With their 5th consecutive entry, they also hold the dubious record of finishing in bottom 5 twice, and on remaining two occasions they finished 9th.
2014 Football World Cup: Schedule in Indian Standard Time
Team Profiles: Brazil, Colombia, Cameroon, Greece, , Costa Rica, England
WC Feat
- In 14 matches, won 4, lost 8 and drew 2.
Scored 12 goals and conceded 16 goals.
Lost 2nd Round match in 2010 on penalties.
Performance in Every Edition
World Cup Performances By Editions
Year | Played | Won | Lost | Drew |
1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2002 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2006 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2010 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
4 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Overall Results by Edition
1998
- Lost to Argentina 0-1
Lost to Croatia 0-2
Lost to Jamaica 1-2
2002: Round of 16
- Drew Belgium 2-2
Def Russia 1-0
Def Tunisia 2-0
Round of 16: Lost to Turkey 0-1
2006
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Lost to Australia 1-3
Drew Croatia 0-0
Lost to Brazil 1-4
2010
- Def Cameroon 1-0
Lost to Netherlands 0-1
Def Denmark 0-3
Round of 16: Lost to Paraguay 5-3 (0-0) on penalties.
Top Scorers
- 2: Inamoto (2002), Honda (2010)
1: Nakayama (1998), Suzuki, Morishima, Nakata (2002), Nakamura, Tamada (2006), Endo, Okazaki (2010)
World Cup Records By Editions
GS: Goals Scored, GC: Goals Conceded
Year | Played | Best Rank | GS | GC |
1998 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 4 |
2002 | 4 | 9th | 5 | 3 |
2006 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 7 |
2010 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
4 | 14 | 9th | 12 | 16 |
Opponents and Results
W= Won, L= Lost, D= Draw, GS= Goals Scored, GC = Goals Conceded
Countries | Edition | Match | W/L/D | Gs | GC |
Australia | 2006 | 1 | 0/1/0 | 1 | 3 |
Argentina | 1998 | 1 | 0/1/0 | 0 | 1 |
Belgium | 2002 | 1 | 0/0/1 | 2 | 2 |
Brazil | 2006 | 1 | 0/1/0 | 1 | 4 |
Cameroon | 2010 | 1 | 1/0/0 | 1 | 0 |
Croatia | 1998, 2006 | 2 | 0/1/2 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark | 2010 | 1 | 1/0/0 | 3 | 0 |
Jamaica | 1998 | 1 | 0/1/0 | 1 | 2 |
Netherlands | 2010 | 1 | 0/1/0 | 0 | 1 |
Russia | 2002 | 1 | 1/0/0 | 1 | 0 |
Tunisia | 2002 | 1 | 1/0/0 | 2 | 0 |
Turkey | 2002 | 1 | 0/1/0 | 0 | 1 |
Paraguay | 2010 | 1 | 0/1/0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | 4 | 14 | 4/8/2 | 12 | 16 |
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