The “Blue Samurai” Japanese team faced Bahrain in the Asian qualifiers of the World Cup Football Championship today, relying on Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo to score in the second half, and finally won 2-0, and Japan was confirmed to become the first non-host country team to qualify for the 2026 World Football Tournament.
It wasn’t until the 66th minute of the second half that Daichi Kamada took the lead in scoring the net, and in the 87th minute, Takefusa Kubo scored another goal to lay the foundation for the victory.
Japan has a record of 6 wins and 1 draw in Group C of the preliminaries, with 19 points, locking the top two in the group in advance and automatically advancing to the 2026 World Cup tournament, which is also the 8th consecutive time that Japan has entered the World Cup.
In addition to Japan’s confirmation of playing in the 2026 World Cup tournament, the host countries the United States, Canada and Mexico automatically qualified due to their host status.
