SOCCER SCHEDULE

Modified on December 11, 2004

2006 World Cup Soccer Asian Final
Japan faces
February 9 vs. North Korea
March 15 vs.Iran
March 30 vs. Bahrain
June 3 vs. Bahrain
June 8 vs. North Korea
August 17 vs.Iran

2006 World Cup Soccer Asian Qualifier
Japan in Round 1
February 18 vs. Oman
March 31 vs. Singapore
June 9 vs. India
September 8 vs. India
November 17 vs. Singapore

2003 Confederations Cup for Japan
June 18 vs. New Zealand
June 20 vs. France
June 22 vs. Colombia
June 26 semi-finals
June 29 final

2003 Friendly Matches for Japan
April 16 vs. S.Korea in S.Korea
June 8 vs. Argentine
August 20 vs. Serbia Monte Negro
September 10 vs. Senegal
November 11 vs. Cameroon

2002 Friendly Matches for Japan
March 21 vs. Uruguay
March 27 vs. Poland
April 17 vs. Costa Rica
April 29 vs. Honduras
May 2 vs. Slovakia
May 7 vs. Real Madrid
May 14 vs.Norway
May 25 vs. Sweden

2002 World Cup Soccer in Japan and South Korea
The World Cup will be co-hosted for the first time. 32 countries take part
Scheduled from May 31 to June 30 with the opener in S. Korea and the closing game in Japan.
Japan in Group H
June 4 vs. Belgium
June 9 vs. Russia
June 14 vs. Tunisia

2002 J. League
J1
1st stage: Mar. 2 to Aug 17
2nd stage: Aug. 31 to Nov. 30
Olympic break between Aug.10 to Nov. 7

2001 Japan-Korea vs World Select
Jan 3, 2001 at Yokohama International Stadium

2001 J. League
J1
1st stage: Mar. 10 to July 21
Confederation Cup break between May 30 to June 10

Draw for 2002 World Cup Finals
Dec. 2001

Preliminaries for World Cup 2002
begins Mar.1, 2000.

2000 J. League
J1
1st stage: Mar. 11 to May 27
2nd stage: June 24 to Nov. 26
Olympic break between Aug.10 to Nov. 7

2000 J. League Championship
Dec. 2 and 9

1999 J. League
J1
1st stage: Mar. 6 to May 29
2nd stage: Aug. 7 to Nov. 27
J2
Mar. 14 to Nov. 21

Kirin Cup
June 3 vs. Belgium
June 6 vs. Peru

Perugia vs. Cerezo Osaka
On June 8 in Osaka's Nagai Stadium.

Asian Preliminaries for Sydney Olympics
June 12 vs. Philippines
June 14 vs. Nepal
June 16 vs. Malaysia
June 18 vs. Hong Kong

Asian Finals for Sydney Olympics
October 9 vs. Kazakhstan
October 17 vs. Thailand
November 6 vs. Kazakhstan
November 13 vs. Thailand

Jomo Cup
Oct. 10

J. League Championship
Matches on Dec. 4 and 11 between 1st and 2nd stage champion teams.

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