Japan at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Japan have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on five occasions, the first being in 1998 where they lost all three group games and finished in 31st position. Masashi Nakayama scored Japan's first ever goal in a World Cup Finals against Jamaica on 26 June 1998 in a 2-1 defeat.[1]

They will make their fifth appearance at the finals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[2][3]

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup Finals Record Qualifications Record
Hosts / Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter ------
Italy 1934 ------
France 1938 Withdrew ------
Brazil 1950 Banned ------
Switzerland 1954 Did Not Qualify 201137
Sweden 1958 Did Not Enter ------
Chile 1962 Did Not Qualify 200214
England 1966 Did Not Enter ------
Mexico 1970 Did Not Qualify 402248
West Germany 1974 410354
Argentina 1978 401305
Spain 1982 420242
Mexico 1986 8512155
Italy 1990 623173
United States 1994 13931356
France 1998 Group Stage31st300314 159515112
South KoreaJapan 2002 Round of 169th421153 ------
Germany 2006 Group Stage28th301227 121101255
South Africa 2010 Round of 169th421142 14842239
Brazil 2014 Group Stage29th301226 14833308
Russia 2018 To be determined ------
Qatar 2022 To be determined ------
Total5/209th174491422 10254242420378

References

  1. "2-1 victory over Japan lifts the Reggae Boyz". Sports Illustrated. 19 September 1998. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. "Zaccheroni: It could be better, but it could be worse too". FIFA.com. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. "Your guide to Group C with Colombia, Ivory Coast, Greece and Japan". Daily Mail. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

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