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Japan World Cup history

Japan have appeared in 7 men's World Cup tournaments from 1998 to 2022.

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Overall record

Titles0
Finals0
Appearances7
Best finishRound of 16

2026 qualification

How did they qualify?

Route
AFC third round Group C winners
Qualified
20 March 2025
Goals for per game
3.38
Goals against per game
0.19

Source: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Record

Tournament match record

Matches

25

W-D-L

7-4-14

Goals

25-33Goal difference -8

Goals per game

1

Timeline

Tournament-by-tournament performance

YearHostPerformanceMatchesGoalsGPG
2022QatarRound of 1645-41.25
2018RussiaRound of 1646-71.5
2014BrazilGroup stage32-60.67
2010South AfricaRound of 1644-21
2006GermanyGroup stage32-70.67
2002Korea,JapanRound of 1645-31.25
1998FranceGroup stage31-40.33
Historical data source

Summary statistics generated from the Fjelstul World Cup Database by Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Summary statistics generated from the original CSV dataset. Women's tournaments are excluded from this first release.

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