{"id":417975,"date":"2026-06-20T05:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=417975"},"modified":"2026-06-20T05:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:45:25","slug":"japan-v-tunisia-marks-1000th-world-cup-match-fifa-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/japan-v-tunisia-marks-1000th-world-cup-match-fifa-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan v Tunisia marks 1,000th World Cup match, FIFA says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW YORK, June 19 : Japan and Tunisia will meet on Saturday in the 1,000th soccer World Cup match, FIFA said, with the Group F game at Monterrey Stadium serving as each side&#8217;s second fixture at the expanded 48-team tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan drew 2-2 with the Netherlands in their opener in Dallas, while Tunisia lost 5-1 to Sweden, also in Monterrey, ahead of the milestone meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 A record 209 teams began qualifying for this tournament, compared with 13 entrants at the first World Cup in 1930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Africa and Asia received a combined 17 direct qualifying slots plus two playoff places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 FIFA granted Oceania a direct World Cup berth for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The FIFA Forward programme has channelled more than $5 billion into domestic and regional football development since its 2016 launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Tunisia are competing in their third consecutive World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &#8220;Being able to take part in the 1,000th World Cup match is truly symbolic,&#8221; said Tunisia midfielder and captain Ellyes Skhiri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, June 19 : Japan and Tunisia will meet on Saturday in the 1,000th soccer World Cup match, FIFA said, with the Group F game at Monterrey Stadium serving as each side&#8217;s second fixture at the expanded 48-team tournament. Japan drew 2-2 with the Netherlands in their opener in Dallas, while Tunisia lost 5-1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417976,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417975\/revisions\/417976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}