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FIFA World Cup 2026: Japan script multiple records as tournament reaches 1000-match milestone in over nine decades

FIFA World Cup (Organization) World Cup Japan Group F the Samurai Blue Tunisia

Monterrey [Mexico]: The 1000th match in FIFA World Cup history turned into a landmark occasion for Japan as the Samurai Blue registered the biggest victory in their World Cup journey, thrashing Tunisia 4-0 in a Group F clash at Estadio Monterrey on Sunday.

Ninety-six years after the first World Cup match was played in Montevideo, Uruguay, Japan marked the tournament's 1000th game by becoming the first Asian nation to score four goals in a FIFA World Cup match.

The emphatic result also extended their unbeaten run at the World Cup to four matches, the longest such streak in the country's history.

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The victory lifted Japan to four points in Group F, level with leaders Netherlands but behind on goals scored. Tunisia, meanwhile, were eliminated in the group stage for a seventh successive World Cup appearance, extending an unwanted record.

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