2008 Japan National Team Results

January
Friendly International A Match
2008.01.26	Sat	19:10	Japan	vs	Chile	0	-	0				37,261	Kokuritsu
2008.01.30	Wed	19:20	Japan	vs	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	-	0	(0	-	0)	26,971	Kokuritsu
February
FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian 3rd Round Group 2
2008.02.06	Wed	19:20	Japan	vs	Thailand	4	-	1	(1	-	1)	35,130	Saitama
East Asian Football Championship
2008.02.17	Sun	18:15	Japan	vs	DPR Korea	1	-	1	(0	-	1)	15,000	Chongqing (CHN)
2008.02.20	Wed	18:15	China	vs	Japan	0	-	1	(0	-	1)	38,000	Chongqing (CHN)
2008.02.23	Sat	18:15	Japan	vs	Korea	1	-	1	(0	-	1)	29,000	Chongqing (CHN)
March
FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian 3rd Round Group 2
2008.03.26	Wed	17:20	Bahrain	vs	Japan	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	26,000	National Stadium (Manama)
May
Friendly Kirin Cup International A Match
2008.05.24	Sat	19:20	Japan	vs	Cote d'Ivoire	1	-	0	(1	-	0)	40,710	Toyota
2008.05.27	Tue	19:20	Japan	vs	Paraguay	0	-	0				27,998	Saitama
June
FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian 3rd Round Group 2
2008.06.02	Mon	19:20	Japan	vs	Oman	3	-	0	(2	-	0)	46,764	Nissan/Yokohama Int'l
2008.06.07	Sat	17:15	Oman	vs	Japan	1	-	1	(1	-	0)	6,500	Royal Oman Police Stadium (OMA)
2008.06.14	Sat	17:30	Thailand	vs	Japan	0	-	3	(0	-	2)	25,000	Rajamangala National Stadium (Bangkok)
2008.06.22	Sun	19:20	Japan	vs	Bahrain	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	51,180	Saitama
August
Friendly International A Match
2008.08.20	Wed	19:10	Japan	vs	Uruguay	1	-	3	(0	-	0)	31,133	Sapporo Dome
September
FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Final Round Group A - Match day #1
2008.09.06	Sat	21:30	Bahrain	vs	Japan	2	-	3	(0	-	2)	20,000	National Stadium (Manama)
October
Friendly International A Match
2008.10.09	Thu	19:20	Japan	vs	UAE	1	-	1	(0	-	0)	31,853	Tohoku Den/Niigata
FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Final Round Group A - Match day #3
2008.10.15	Wed	19:30	Japan	vs	Uzbekistan	1	-	1	(1	-	1)	55,142	Saitama
November
Friendly International A Match
2008.11.13	Thu	19:20	Japan	vs	Syria	3	-	1	(2	-	0)	25,004	HOME'S/Kobe Wing
FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Final Round Group A - Match day #4
2008.11.19	Wed	19:30	Qatar	vs	Japan	0	-	3	(0	-	1)		Al Sadd Club (QAT)

Japan Under-23

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men's Football

March
Friendly
2008.03.27	Thu	19:15	Japan U23	vs	Angola	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	12,718	Kokuritsu
May
Toulon Tournament 2008
2008.05.20	Tue	18:10	Japan U23	vs	Netherlands U23	1	-	0	(0	-	0)		Mayol (Toulon)
2008.05.22	Thu	18:10	France U23	vs	Japan U23	1	-	2	(0	-	1)		Perruc (Hyeres)
2008.05.24	Sat	18:30	Chili U23	vs	Japan U23	0	-	2	(0	-	0)		Murat (Solies-Pont)
Toulon Tournament 2008 Semifinals
2008.05.27	Tue	20:45	Italy U23	vs	Japan U23	0	-	0	(5	PK	4)		Mayol (Toulon)
Toulon Tournament 2008 3rd Place
2008.05.29	Thu	18:00	Cote d'Ivoire U23	vs	Japan U23	2	-	2	(4	PK	3)		Mayol (Toulon)
June
Friendly
2008.06.12	Thu	19:10	Japan U23	vs	Cameroon U23	0	-	0				15,560	Kokuritsu
July
Friendly
2008.07.24	Thu	19:00	Japan U23	vs	Australia U23	2	-	1	(1	-	1)	17,185	HOME'S/Kobe Wing
2008.07.29	Tue	19:20	Japan U23	vs	Argentina U23	0	-	1	(0	-	0)	43,089	Kokuritsu
August
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men's Football Group B
2008.08.07	Thu	17:00	Japan U23	vs	USA U23	0	-	1	(0	-	0)	57,102	Tianjin (CHN)
2008.08.10	Sun	17:00	Nigeria U23	vs	Japan U23	2	-	1	(0	-	0)	42,592	Tianjin (CHN)
2008.08.13	Wed	17:00	Netherlands U23	vs	Japan U23	1	-	0	(0	-	0)	38,790	Shenyang (CHN)

Japan Women

Beijing 2004 Olympic Games Football

August
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Women's Football Group G
2008.08.06	Wed	17:00	Japan Women	vs	New Zealand Women	2	-	2	(0	-	1)	10,270	Qinhuangdao (CHN)
2008.08.09	Sat	17:00	USA Women	vs	Japan Women	1	-	0	(1	-	0)	16,912	Qinhuangdao (CHN)
2008.08.12	Tue	19:45	Norway Women	vs	Japan Women	1	-	5	(1	-	1)	16,872	Shanghai (CHN)
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Women's Football Quarterfinals
2008.08.15	Fri	21:00	China Women	vs	Japan Women	0	-	2	(0	-	1)	28,459	Qinhuangdao (CHN)
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Women's Football Semifinals
2008.08.18	Mon	21:00	Japan Women	vs	USA Women	2	-	4	(1	-	2)	50,937	Beijing Worker's (CHN)
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Women's Football Bronze Match
2008.08.21	Thu	18:00	Germany Women	vs	Japan Women	2	-	0	(0	-	0)	49,285	Beijing Worker's (CHN)

Matches displayed in Local Time. Stadiums are located in Japan unless otherwise noted. Some stadium sells naming rights to sponsors ( Naming Rights/Original Name ) "ET" denotes matches are played in additional extra time. "v" denotes extra time matches ended with v-goal (golden goal). "PK" denotes the winner is decided with penalty shootout.

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