The Australia–Japan football rivalry is a sports rivalry that exists between the national association football teams of each country, regarded as one of Asia's biggest football rivalries. The rivalry
Australia played against Japan at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Socceroos supporters at a Japan match in Kaiserslautern
2011 AFC Asian Cup final
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The 2011 AFC Asian Cup final was a football match that took place on 29 January 2011 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, to determine the winner of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The ma
Australia–Japan football rivalry
…Asian Football Confederation in 2006. The two teams have played each other in several significant matches, including a World Cup group stage match, the 2011 Asian Cup final and have been drawn in the same group in five consecutive World Cup qualification campaigns. The first match between the two teams was played at the…
Khalifa International Stadium (pictured in 2010) held the final