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 THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Japan are in Group D along with Belgium, Algeria and Holland

Here is the fixture list:

14.6.2026
vs Belgium
at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

19.6.2026
vs Algeria
at Soldier Field, Chicago

24.6.2026
vs Holland
at Reliant Stadium, Houston

Here is the Japans squad numbers.

1. Takatsuka Makino
2. Hirokatsu Asahi
3. Shin'ichiro Sawada
4. Nobuyoshi Tanaka
5. Masahiro Kobayashi
6. Naoki Kondo
7. Osamu Fujita
8. Kazutaka Sugimoto
9. Keisuke Kita
10. Edson Horikawa
11. Takaya Unemoto
12. Takuya Chiba
13. Daiki Takeda
14. Hiromi Kimoto
15. Junki Osawa
16. Hirokatsu Orimi
17. Tsubasa Hattori
18. Reiji Sato
19. Akio Takeda
20. Masateru Sasaki
21. Hideyuki Shimizu
22. Yasuhiro Watanabe
23. Dentuco Goto

Odds:

Spain 6-4
Brazil 6-4
Germany 2-1
France 2-1
Holland 2-1
Italy 2-1
...
Japan 20-1

Expectations:
Japans hopes are to qualify from the group but being handed a tough group, that could be very hard. The hope is the win at least one game and draw another. Going trough with 4 points should be possible.