Has Japan made it out of the World Cup?
Japan's World Cup is not out of the line
Japan has made seven World Cup appearances. Japan played in the World Cup proper in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022, with an automatic berth in the final round as hosts in 2002.
In 1998, Japan made it to the final round of the World Cup for the first time in their history, and were drawn in a group with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, and South Korea in the 1998 World Cup qualifying tournament. Japan beat Uzbekistan 6:3 in the first match, drew 0:0 with UAE in the second match, suffered a 1:2 loss against South Korea in the third match, and drew with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in the fourth and fifth matches, which made the situation of qualifying very delicate, and then the Japan Football Association (JFA) announced that it would replace the then head coach, Shigeru Kamo, and replace him with Takeshi Okada. The Japanese team then took down South Korea 2:0, drew with the United Arab Emirates 1:1, and beat Kazakhstan 5:1, and finally ranked second in the group to advance to the World Cup final round. But the first time to participate in the World Cup Japan was eliminated in the group stage, but against Jamaica Japan scored the first goal in the team history of the World Cup.
Subsequently in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 Japan has qualified for the World Cup main round, and Japan is the seventh consecutive year to enter the World Cup main round. Japan's best World Cup results results in 2002, 2010 and 2018 to reach the round of 16, the future of the Japanese team will have what new breakthroughs, worth looking forward to.
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Japan's best finish at a World Cup is the Round of 16. They have reached the round of 16 three times in the 2002, 2010 and 2018 World Cups.
In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, Japan, as the host, was placed in Group H with Belgium, Russia and Tunisia. They drew 2-2 with Belgium in the first match, 1-0 with Russia in the second match, and won 2-0 against Tunisia in the last round of the group stage, and got 7 points in the three matches to advance to the round of 16, but lost 0-1 to Turkey in the round of 16.
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Japan was drawn into Group E with the Netherlands, Denmark and Cameroon. They won 1-0 against Cameroon in the first match of the group, lost 0-1 against the Netherlands in the second match, and won 3-1 against Denmark in the last round to reach the round of sixteen, and then lost 3-5 on penalties in the 1/8th final against Paraguay after 120 minutes of hard fought battles.
At the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Japan was drawn in Group H with Colombia, Senegal and Poland. They beat Colombia 2-1 in the first match, drew with Senegal 2-2 in the second match, and lost to Poland 0-1 in the final round. They finished second in the group with fewer yellow cards and went on to the round of 16, where they lost to Belgium 2-3 in the 1/8 final.
At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Japanese team performed brilliantly, breaking out of the "Group of Death" in the group stage with a 2-1 comeback against Spain and Germany, but losing to Croatia 2-4 on penalties in the 1/8th final, and failing to make their fourth appearance in the World Cup's last eight.
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Has Japan ever made it out of the World Cup? Has Japan ever made it out of the World Cup?
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