Australia v Japan

WCQ - AFC, FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

4-3-2, 15 PTS

7-0-2, 21 PTS

Kaoru Mitoma - 89', 90'+4'

No.Name
1Mathew Ryan
2Milos Degenek
20Trent Sainsbury
13Joel King
4Rhyan Grant
11Awer Mabil 21Marco Tilio
3Connor Metcalfe 8James Jeggo
6Martin Boyle 9Jamie Maclaren
19Gianni Stensness 22Ben Folami
10Ajdin Hrustic
15Mitchell Duke 14Bruno Fornaroli

Substitutes
16Aziz Behich
17Denis Genreau
23Kenneth Dougall
18Danny Vukovic
7Alex Wilkinson
12Andrew Redmayne
5Fran Karacic

Accor Stadium

5:10 AM, March 24, 2022

Sydney, Australia

Attendance: 41,852

Referees:
Nawaf Shukralla

Australia's World Cup bid takes hit in Japan loss

Australia's hopes of automatic qualification for the World Cup are over after suffering a late 2-0 defeat at the hands of Japan in Sydney.

May 16, 2024, 11:58 pm - AAP

Australia

Japan

10
15
45
54
63
68
84
84
89
90
90+4

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Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	+1	4
Iraq	2	1	1	0	+1	4
Indonesia	2	0	0	2	-2	0

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Japan 'came here to win the World Cup, not fun' - Yukinari Sugawara

Fourth World Cup still has South Korea captain Son Heung-Min feeling 'like a kid'

Will 2026 prove to be Son Heung-Min's final FIFA World Cup hurrah?