1800-WorldCup.com - Japan at Korea-Japan 2002

Index: World Cup Finals: Korea-Japan 2002: Teams: Japan

Japan in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Japan's 2nd appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Qualifying for France 1998.

Japan in the 2002 World Cup

Group H

Japan vs Belgium
The first goal, from Marc Wilmots, sparked this game into a frenzy and the action didn't stop. Japan threw everything forward in the closing minutes, that Belgium hardly had a chance to catch their breath.

Japan vs Russia
Arsenal's Junichi Inamoto inspired Japan to their first World Cup finals victory.

Tunisia vs Japan
Japan beat Tunisia by two goals to top Group H with seven points.

Knockout Stage

Japan vs Turkey (Second Round)
The sun finally set on Japan's World Cup dreams in Miyagi.

Japan World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Portsmouth)
12 Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya)
23 Hitoshi Sogahata (Kashuma Antlers)

Defenders:

2 Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers)
3 Naoki Matsuda (Yokohama)
4 Ryuzo Morioka (Shimizu)
6 Toshihiro Hattori (Iwata)
16 Koji Nakata (Kashima)
17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka)

Midfielders:

5 Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal)
7 Hidetoshi Nakata (Parma)
8 Hiroaki Morishima (Cerezo Osaka)
14 Alessandro Santos (Shimizu)
15 Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata)
18 Shinji Ono (Feyenoord)
19 Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)
20 Tomokazu Myojin (Kashiwa)
21 Kazuyuki Toda (Shimizu)
22 Daisuke Ichikawa (Shimizu)

Forwards:

9 Akinori Nishizawa (Cerezo Osaka)
10 Masashi Nakayama (Iwata)
11 Takayuki Suzuki (Kashima)
13 Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima)

Trainer:
Philippe Troussier.

Players to watch:
Junichi Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata and Shinji Ono.

Destination Japan

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