Japan's Head Coach Discusses Player Rotation in AFC U20 Cup Semifinals and Its Implications ...

A pair of Young Socceroos, emerging defenders from Japan and Korea Republic and ... With the curtain now drawn on the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, the four nations set to represent the planet's largest ...

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will put eight teams directly into the 2026 World Cup, with a ninth team going to the inter-confederation playoffs in hopes of making the tournament. Two spots ...

Japan have become the ... kept more shutouts than any other AFC team in this campaign. At the other end, they have now scored in each of their last 14 World Cup qualifiers, netting 35 goals ...

World Cup is approaching next year and qualifying is finally getting underway. Most of the biggest national teams around the ...

Japan continued their quest for World Cup qualification as they scored seven for the first time in an international match against China. Japan kickstarted their 2026 World Cup qualifying third ...

The upcoming 2026 AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers mark a pivotal moment for women's football, presenting unique hosting opportunities and a platform for future ...

Japan last week became the first non-host nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Iran joined the Samurai Blue on Tuesday. The rest of Asia will have to wait until the final window of third ...

Soccer Football - World Cup - AFC Qualifiers - Third Round - Group C - Japan v Bahrain - Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan - March 20, 2025 Japan's Daichi Kamada celebrates scoring their first goal ...

The national Iranian team were beaten by Japan on penalty shootouts at the AFC U20 Asian Cup China 2025 quarter-final on Sunday, leaving the tournament in China.