"I'd never seen so many people come to greet us," added the talismanic leader of Japan's "Nadeshiko" - named after a type of frilly pink carnation, symbolizing grace and stoicism. "It was amazing." Winners of Asia's first world soccer title at any level, the winners then faced ...
The 2002 World Cup match vs. Belgium at Saitama Stadium 2002 on 4 June Two years later, Japan co-hosted the 2002 World Cup with South Korea. After a 2–2 draw with Belgium in their opening match, the Japanese team advanced to the second round with a 1–0 win over Russia and a 2–...
up 24), a side they ousted in the last eight, who are the biggest climbers in the latest installment of the global ranking. Two-time Asian Cup winners Qatar (37th, up 21) chalk up the biggest tally (92.04 points) after capitalizing on home comforts...
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Football World Cup 2002: South Korea and Japan Are Winners as Much as Brazil
"We were both kind of nervous at first, yet we adjusted well and overall played to our level," said Nagahara, while Hoki tips China as the strongest among all great teams, saying "the goal we made for the Sudirman Cup is to defeat China." ...
Since the end of the 90s the 3 Gamest Cup winners have been pretty much inactive. One of the main highlights of X-Mania 16, in 2015, was that the 3 of them were returning to a major and on the same team as “Dream team 20 years ago”. Unfortunately,ASTEKABlanka OCVed them in st...
The group winners and the four best runners-up are qualified for the next group phase In the event that two (or more) teams finish with an equal number of points, the following rules break the tie: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head ...
NEW DELHI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan became group winners with perfect records in three matches at the FIBA Women's Asia Cup on Thursday. Thanks to captain Shao Ting's layup and Wang Siyu's steal, China inflicted a rare head-to-head defeat on world third-ranked Australia ...
Cesar Azpilicueta has rubbished any suggestion that Spain gave up against Japan because they knew that Germany would be heading out of the World Cup. La Roja suffered shock defeat in final group game Still went through to the last-16