Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo struck in the second half to earn Hajime Moriyasu's side a 2-0 win over Bahrain at ...

Here are all of the past and future hosts in men's and women's World Cup history. 2034: Saudi Arabia 2030: Spain, Portugal and Morocco ... Germany 2002: Japan and South Korea 1998: France 1994 ...

Spain, Portugal and ... On the women's side, the United States and United Kingdom are set to be named as hosts in 2031 and 2035, respectively. Since the inaugural World Cup in 1930, the Cup ...

Japan have become the first team to join ... The 2026 tournament will mark the Samurai Blue’s eighth successive World Cup, with their first qualification coming back in 1998, where they exited ...

Japan became the first country to qualify for the 2026 men’s World Cup after it beat Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium on Thursday. Second-half goals from Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo were ...

Japan have become ... a place in next year's expanded World Cup as the hosts but the Samurai Blue are the first to do so via the qualifiers. The Asian Football Confederation is guaranteed eight ...

Japan beat Bahrain 2-0 to book place at 2026 finals Substitute Kamada and Kubo score second-half goals Iran beat United Arab Emirates, South Korea held March 20 (Reuters) - Japan became the first ...