Japan national futsal team
| Nickname(s) |
サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Japan Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Miguel Rodrigo | ||
| FIFA code | JPN | ||
| FIFA ranking | 12 (25 April 2016)[1] | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium 3 – 0 Japan  (Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6 January 1989) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Japan 18 – 0 Guam  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 24 May 2005) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Spain 16 – 0 Japan (Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, 29 March 2002) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1989) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16, (2012) | ||
| AFC Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1999) | ||
| Best result |
 Champions, (2006, 2012, 2014) | ||
| EAFF Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2009) | ||
| Best result |
 Runners-up, (2009) | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2014) | ||
| Best result | 6th place, (2014) | ||
| Grand Prix de Futsal | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2013) | ||
| Best result | 8th place, (2013) | ||
The Japan national futsal team represents Japan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. It is one of the strongest teams in Asia, the champions in the 2006, 2012 and 2014 Asian Futsal Championships.[2] Japan has also played in four FIFA Futsal World Cups.[3]
Competitive records
FIFA Futsal World Cup
See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1989 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1992 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2000 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2004 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
 2008 | Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 24 |
 2012 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
 2016 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 4/8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 63 |
AFC Futsal Championship
See also: AFC Futsal Championship
| Asian Championship record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
 1999 | Fourth Place | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| 2000 | Fourth Place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 26 |
 2001 | Fourth Place | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 29 |
 2002 | Runners-up | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 |
| 2003 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 9 |
 2004 | Runners-up | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 10 |
 2005 | Runners-up | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 9 |
 2006 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 |
| 2007 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 12 |
| 2008 | Third Place | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 |
| 2010 | Third Place | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 10 |
 2012 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 2014 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 |
| 2016 | Seventh Place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 |
| Total | 14/14 | 86 | 63 | 6 | 17 | 434 | 174 |
Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 2005 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | Quarter Final | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 2009 | Quarter Final | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
 2013 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15 |
| Total | 3/4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 28 |
EAFF Futsal Championship
See also: EAFF Futsal Championship
| East Asian Championship record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
 2009 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 |
| 2013 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1/2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 |
Grand Prix de Futsal
See also: Grand Prix de Futsal
| Grand Prix de Futsal record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 2005 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Eighth Place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 2014 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | TBD | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1/11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
Futsal Confederations Cup
See also: Futsal Confederations Cup
| Confederations Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
.svg.png){kind=small} 2009 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2014 | Sixth Place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Total | 1/3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
- ***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
See also
References
- ↑ Futsal World Ranking
- ↑ "Asian Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
- ↑ "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
| Preceded by 2005 Iran |
Asian Champions 2006 (First title) |
Succeeded by 2007 Iran |
| Preceded by 2010 Iran |
Asian Champions 2012 (Second title) 2014 (Third Title) |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| ||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, May 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.