Japón
Japón arrives at the 2026 World Cup with 7 appearances in the FIFA World Cup and a best historic result of octavos de final. It belongs to the AFC (Asia) confederation and currently sits at #18 in the FIFA ranking, which places it as a competitive top-tier national team. In the 2026 World Cup draw it was placed in Group F alongside Países Bajos (#8 FIFA), Túnez (#45 FIFA), Suecia (#39 FIFA). On paper, this is a balanced group, with a real chance to fight for a knockout-stage berth. Países Bajos stands out as the group’s benchmark by ranking, while Túnez closes the section at #45. Japón is one of the 8 Asian representatives at the 2026 World Cup, the first edition expanded to 48 national teams. Japón carries the legitimate aspiration of clearing the group stage and forcing its way into the best of the 2026 World Cup. On FutbolQuiniela you can follow the full schedule of Japón at the 2026 World Cup, browse its squad, check its recent form and make match-by-match predictions to compete in the quiniela.
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Octavos de finalJapón se ha convertido en una selección respetada mundialmente, con figuras consolidadas en Europa. Los Samuráis Azules demostraron en Qatar que pueden vencer a potencias, pero la profundidad del plantel les limita más allá de octavos.
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Squad · 58 players
L. Kokubo24 years
Z. Suzuki23 years
K. Osako26 years
A. Pisano19 years
T. Nozawa23 years
T. Hayakawa26 years
H. Mochizuki24 years
H. Araki29 years
S. Taniguchi34 years
K. Itakura28 years
T. Koga27 years
Y. Nagatomo39 years
T. Watanabe28 years
T. Ando26 years
A. Seko25 years
H. Ito26 years
T. Tomiyasu27 years
D. Hashioka26 years
N. Ueda31 years
J. Suzuki22 years
Y. Sugawara25 years
W. Endo32 years
H. Kawabe30 years
A. Tanaka27 years
J. Fujita23 years
S. Tanaka23 years
R. Sato19 years
S. Kitano21 years
Y. Ozeki20 years
Keito Nakamura25 years
S. Inagaki34 years
Y. Suzuki24 years
Z. Uno22 years
K. Tawaratsumida21 years
T. Kubo26 years
K. Sano25 years
Y. Tsunashima25 years
S. Machino26 years
K. Mitoma28 years
Y. Soma28 years
T. Kubo24 years
T. Minamino30 years
K. Goto20 years
T. Miyashiro25 years
R. Doan27 years
M. Hosoya24 years
T. Hara26 years
D. Maeda28 years
R. Germain30 years
J. Ito32 years
D. Kamada29 years
S. Yamada25 years
A. Ueda27 years
Y. Kakita28 years
Koki Ogawa28 years
K. Saito24 years
K. Shiogai20 years
S. Nakamura23 yearsNews · Japón
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