Tunisia v Japan, 20 June 2026

Score4-0 to Japan
RefereeIstván Kovács
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group F
VenueEstadio BBVA, Guadalupe
Attendance51,243

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Kick-off: 10.00pm local . FIFA World Ranking: Tunisia 45th, Japan 18th . This was the all-time 1,000th game to be play at FIFA World Cup tournaments. . This was the second time they had met at a FIFA World Cup tournament: previously Japan won 2-0 in a group game played in Osaka, Japan on 14 June 2002.

0 Tunisia

Manager: Hervé Renard

4 Japan

Manager: Hajime Moriyasu

Goals:

Goals:

Daichi Kamada 4 G
Ayase Ueda 31 G
Junya Ito 69 G
Ayase Ueda 83 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen
Defender Dylan Bronn
Defender Omar Rekik
Defender Montassar Talbi
Defender Yann Valery
Defender/Midfielder Ali Abdi
Midfielder Anis Ben Slimane
Midfielder Hannibal Mejbri
Midfielder Ellyes Skhiri (captain)
Midfielder/Forward Elias Saad
Midfielder/Forward Sebastian Tounekti

Starting lineup:

Zion Suzuki Goalkeeper
Ko Itakura Defender (captain)
Hiroki Ito Defender
Takehiro Tomiyasu Defender/Midfielder
Ritsu Doan Midfielder
Daichi Kamada Midfielder
Kaishu Sano Midfielder
Ao Tanaka Midfielder
Junya Ito Midfielder/Forward
Keito Nakamura Midfielder/Forward
Ayase Ueda Forward

Substitutions:

Amine Ben Hamida for Dylan Bronn 46
Ismaël Gharbi for Elias Saad 46
Firas Chaouat for Sebastian Tounekti 64
Elias Achouri for Ali Abdi 90
Rani Khedira for Ellyes Skhiri 90

Substitutions:

Yukinari Sugawara for Ritsu Doan 74
Junnosuke Suzuki for Daichi Kamada 74
Ayumu Seko for Takehiro Tomiyasu 78
Yuito Suzuki for Keito Nakamura 78
Keisuke Gotō for Ayase Ueda 84

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Sabri Ben Hessen
Goalkeeper Abdelmouhib Chamakh
Defender Adem Arous
Defender Amine Ben Hamida
Defender Raed Chikhaoui
Defender Moutaz Neffati
Defender/Midfielder Mortadha Ben Ouanes
Midfielder Ismaël Gharbi
Midfielder Rani Khedira
Midfielder Hadj Mahmoud
Midfielder/Forward Khalil Ayari
Forward Elias Achouri
Forward Firas Chaouat
Forward Rayan Elloumi
Forward Hazem Mastouri

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tomoki Hayakawa
Goalkeeper Keisuke Osako
Defender Yūto Nagatomo
Defender Ayumu Seko
Defender Yukinari Sugawara
Defender Junnosuke Suzuki
Defender Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Defender/Midfielder Shogo Taniguchi
Midfielder/Forward Daizen Maeda
Midfielder/Forward Yuito Suzuki
Forward Keisuke Gotō
Forward Koki Ogawa
Forward Kento Shiogai

Comments:

This was Hervé Renard’s first game in charge of Tunisia following the sacking of manager Sabri Lamouchi after the 5-1 loss in their opening group game against Sweden. . This defeat confirmed that they could not progress to the knockout stages of this tournament. . The Eagles of Carthage had now conceded nine goals after two games of this FIFA World Cup tournament: the most by an African nation at this stage since Congo DR (then known as Zaire) in Germany in 1974 – 0-2 versus Scotland and 0-9 against Yugoslavia.

Comments:

This victory became Japan’s biggest-ever win at a FIFA World Cup finals: previously 3-1 in a group game against Denmark in Rustenberg, South Africa in 2010. It was also the biggest-ever win by an Asian nation at the FIFA World Cup finals. . Excluding penalty shoot-outs, the Samurai Blue now remained unbeaten in four consecutive games at FIFA World Cup finals for the first time. . Timed at 3 minutes and 12 seconds, Daichi Kamada’s opening goal became Japan’s quickest-ever goal at a FIFA World Cup tournament: previously a 6th minute penalty by Shinji Kagawa against Colombia at Saransk, Russia in 2018. . Japan named only 13 of a possible 15 substitutes. Takefusa Kubo and Shūto Machino were deemed not fit enough to participate in this game.

0 Tunisia

Manager: Hervé Renard

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen
Defender Dylan Bronn
Defender Omar Rekik
Defender Montassar Talbi
Defender Yann Valery
Defender/Midfielder Ali Abdi
Midfielder Anis Ben Slimane
Midfielder Hannibal Mejbri
Midfielder Ellyes Skhiri (captain)
Midfielder/Forward Elias Saad
Midfielder/Forward Sebastian Tounekti

Substitutions:

Amine Ben Hamida for Dylan Bronn 46
Ismaël Gharbi for Elias Saad 46
Firas Chaouat for Sebastian Tounekti 64
Elias Achouri for Ali Abdi 90
Rani Khedira for Ellyes Skhiri 90

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Sabri Ben Hessen
Goalkeeper Abdelmouhib Chamakh
Defender Adem Arous
Defender Amine Ben Hamida
Defender Raed Chikhaoui
Defender Moutaz Neffati
Defender/Midfielder Mortadha Ben Ouanes
Midfielder Ismaël Gharbi
Midfielder Rani Khedira
Midfielder Hadj Mahmoud
Midfielder/Forward Khalil Ayari
Forward Elias Achouri
Forward Firas Chaouat
Forward Rayan Elloumi
Forward Hazem Mastouri

Comments:

This was Hervé Renard’s first game in charge of Tunisia following the sacking of manager Sabri Lamouchi after the 5-1 loss in their opening group game against Sweden. . This defeat confirmed that they could not progress to the knockout stages of this tournament. . The Eagles of Carthage had now conceded nine goals after two games of this FIFA World Cup tournament: the most by an African nation at this stage since Congo DR (then known as Zaire) in Germany in 1974 – 0-2 versus Scotland and 0-9 against Yugoslavia.

4 Japan

Manager: Hajime Moriyasu

Goals:

Daichi Kamada 4 G
Ayase Ueda 31 G
Junya Ito 69 G
Ayase Ueda 83 G

Starting lineup:

Zion Suzuki Goalkeeper
Ko Itakura Defender (captain)
Hiroki Ito Defender
Takehiro Tomiyasu Defender/Midfielder
Ritsu Doan Midfielder
Daichi Kamada Midfielder
Kaishu Sano Midfielder
Ao Tanaka Midfielder
Junya Ito Midfielder/Forward
Keito Nakamura Midfielder/Forward
Ayase Ueda Forward

Substitutions:

Yukinari Sugawara for Ritsu Doan 74
Junnosuke Suzuki for Daichi Kamada 74
Ayumu Seko for Takehiro Tomiyasu 78
Yuito Suzuki for Keito Nakamura 78
Keisuke Gotō for Ayase Ueda 84

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tomoki Hayakawa
Goalkeeper Keisuke Osako
Defender Yūto Nagatomo
Defender Ayumu Seko
Defender Yukinari Sugawara
Defender Junnosuke Suzuki
Defender Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Defender/Midfielder Shogo Taniguchi
Midfielder/Forward Daizen Maeda
Midfielder/Forward Yuito Suzuki
Forward Keisuke Gotō
Forward Koki Ogawa
Forward Kento Shiogai

Comments:

This victory became Japan’s biggest-ever win at a FIFA World Cup finals: previously 3-1 in a group game against Denmark in Rustenberg, South Africa in 2010. It was also the biggest-ever win by an Asian nation at the FIFA World Cup finals. . Excluding penalty shoot-outs, the Samurai Blue now remained unbeaten in four consecutive games at FIFA World Cup finals for the first time. . Timed at 3 minutes and 12 seconds, Daichi Kamada’s opening goal became Japan’s quickest-ever goal at a FIFA World Cup tournament: previously a 6th minute penalty by Shinji Kagawa against Colombia at Saransk, Russia in 2018. . Japan named only 13 of a possible 15 substitutes. Takefusa Kubo and Shūto Machino were deemed not fit enough to participate in this game.