A total of 15 matched for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will start on 3 September around Asia. SAMURAI BLUE (Japanese National Team) will kick off their training from 31 August toward their second game against Cambodia.

SAMURAI BLUE isn't the only team who hold a training camp in Japan. The Guam squad, who will take on Iran on 3 September as their third contest, have begun their camp at J-GREEN Sakai from the 25th.

This is the second time ever for Guam to participate in an Asian qualifier, first since the 2002 Japan/Korea World Cup. In the previous qualifying, Guam was completely devastated by Iran 0-19 and Tajikistan 0-16.
But this time, they edged Turkmenistan 1-0 in their first Group D game and then defeated India 2-1 to be on top of the group standings. With the victories, they moved up in the FIFA rankings (as of 6 August) to the 146th spot from the 174th spot of the one before (4 June).....

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