Japan 2010 FIFA World Cup Odds: The Japan national football team is looking forward to the 2010 FIFA World Cup after qualifying for the 4th consecutive year. Go to SPORTSBOOK.com to get all of the current 2010 World Cup odds.
Coming in at +60000 is the Japan national football team has been attempting to qualify for the World Cup since 1954 and finally did in 1998. 2002 took them the farthest when they moved on to the 2nd round. Their production in the 2006 games weren’t any better after not being able to get passed the 1st round.
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Goalkeepers: Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus), Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata)
Defenders: Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama Marinos), Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers), Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers)
Midfielders: Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama Marinos), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Junichi Inamoto (Kawasaki Frontale), Yuki Abe (Urawa Red Diamonds), Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg, Germany), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow), Daisuke Matsui (Grenoble)
Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus), Yasuhito Okubo (Vissel Kobe), Kisho Yano (Albirex Niigata), Takayuki Morimoto (Catania)
"I have not changed my goal at all. With these 23 players, I believe we can make [qualifying for the semi-finals] happen. Japan keep on challenging like swarming flies – and have a great work rate. We are also fast in switching between offensive and defensive and well organized. Those are our strengths," said manager Takeshi Okada.
The team that has been nicknamed Samurai Blue by the fans will be playing against Cameroon, Holland and Denmark after drawing Group E for the 1st round of the 2010 World Cup. Japan will be the 10th match of the Cup and will be starting things out with Cameroon on June 14th out of Mangaung. Key players looking to get their team the title are midfielder Keisuke Honda who is powerful, quick, and has an eye for the goal; Midfielder Makota Hasebe is an outstanding exponent and has emerged as one of Japan’s key players; 2009 Asian footballer of the year was Yashito Endo and has proved it as he’s a technically gifted midfielder.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup begins June 11th and go to SPORTSBOOK.com to get all of the current 2010 FIFA World Cup odds.
Algeria: +70000
Argentina: +650
Australia: +15000
Brazil: +450
Cameroon: +12500
Chile: +6600
Denmark: +12500
England: +700
France: +2000
Germany: +1200
Ghana: +10000
Greece: +20000
Holland: +900
Honduras: +100000
Italy: +1400
Ivory Coast: +5000
Japan: +60000
Mexico: +8000
New Zealand: +250000
Nigeria: +15000
North Korea: +200000
Paraguay: +10000
Portugal: +2500
Serbia: +5000
Slovakia: +40000
Slovenia: +50000
South Africa: +15000
South Korea: +25000
Spain: +400
Switzerland: +25000
USA: +8000
Uruguay: +12500
