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⚽FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off June 11, the first-ever 48-team tournament🥇Spain tops the global Elo rankings at 2171📊Polymarket favorites: Spain 17% · France 16% · England 11% · Portugal 10%🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽Hosted across the United States, Canada & Mexico · 16 host cities, 104 matches🔥Argentina (2113) and France (2063) lead the chasing pack⚔️Run any matchup through the Elo predictor⚽FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off June 11, the first-ever 48-team tournament🥇Spain tops the global Elo rankings at 2171📊Polymarket favorites: Spain 17% · France 16% · England 11% · Portugal 10%🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽Hosted across the United States, Canada & Mexico · 16 host cities, 104 matches🔥Argentina (2113) and France (2063) lead the chasing pack⚔️Run any matchup through the Elo predictor
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Japan

Strong
Current Elo
1879
Peak Elo
1879
at peak
World Rank
#16
Confederation
AFC

Key players

Japan stars · stats and highlights

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FWTakefusa Kubo
Real Sociedad
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FWKaoru Mitoma
Brighton
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MFWataru Endō
Liverpool
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MFDaichi Kamada
Crystal Palace
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Japan elsewhere

Profiles & ratings on related football sites

EloRatings
Full national-team Elo history & match log
eloratings.net ↗
PlayerElo
Squad & player-level Elo ratings
playerelo.football ↗
Wikipedia
Squad, history & records
wikipedia.org ↗

Win probability vs. top opponents

OpponentTheir EloJapan winOpponent win
Spain217114%77%
Argentina211319%71%
France206323%66%
England204225%63%
Colombia199829%58%
Brazil197931%56%

Closest rivals (by Elo)

Turkey1880+1Senegal1869−10Uruguay1890+11Denmark1864−15Switzerland1897+18Italy1859−20

AFC regional table

#28South Korea1784#30Australia1774#33Iran1754#37Uzbekistan1735#48Jordan1691#64Saudi Arabia1592#68Iraq1583#75United Arab Emirates1540