The China–Japan football rivalry is a competitive sports rivalry that exists between the national football teams of the two countries, as well as their respective sets of fans. Historical tensions had stemmed this rivalry into one of the most heated rivalries in Asia and the world.[1]
Location | Asia (AFC) East Asia (EAFF) |
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First meeting | Japan 0–5 China Far East Asian Games Tokyo (9 May 1917) |
Latest meeting | Japan 7–0 China 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Saitama (5 September 2024) |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 42 |
Most wins | Japan (18) |
All-time series | China: 15 Draw: 9 Japan: 18 |
Largest victory | Japan 7–0 China 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Saitama (5 September 2024) |
Men's matches
editThe men's football teams of China (then called the Republic of China) and Japan first met each other in 1917 at the Far Eastern Championship Games, which Japan hosted.
Prior to the 1990s, China were one of Asia's dominant men's football teams while football in Japan was still limited to amateur levels, partly due to little interest in development for the sport. Thus, Japan suffered many defeats to China. But with the rapid rise of the Japanese men's national team since the 1990s, the tide has turned. Nowadays, Japan have become far more successful than China in men's football, winning four AFC Asian Cups and have played in every FIFA World Cup since 1998, while China are runners-up in two Asian Cups (one on home soil) and qualified for just one World Cup in 2002, which Japan co-hosted along with South Korea.
Head-to-head record
edit- As of 5 September 2024
Competition | China wins | Draws | Japan wins |
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Total 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 |
Women's matches
edit# | Date | Venue | Competition | Home team | Score | Away team | Goals (home) | Goals (away) |
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1 | 31 August 2018 | Gelora Sriwijaya, Palembang | 2018 Asian Games | Japan | 1–0 | China | Yuika Sugasawa 90' | |
2 | 14 December 2019 | Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan | 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship | China | 0–3 | Japan | Mana Iwabuchi 9', 44', 56' | |
3 | 4 February 2022 | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune | 2022 Women's Asian Cup | China | 2–2 (a.e.t.), 4–3 (p) | Japan | Wu Chengshu 46', Wang Shanshan 119' | Riko Ueki 26', 103' |
4 | 26 July 2022 | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima | 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship | Japan | 0–0 | China |
Head-to-head record
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- As of 5 September 2024
Competition | China wins | Draws | Japan wins |
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Total 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mangan, J.A.; Kim, Hyun-Duck; Cruz, Angelita; Kang, Gi-Heun (2013). "Rivalries: China, Japan and South Korea – Memory, Modernity, Politics, Geopolitics – and Sport". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 30 (10): 1130–1152. doi:10.1080/09523367.2013.800046. S2CID 154388658.
- ^ "Chinese national football team gears up for World Cup qualifiers".