Two-time E1 Championship sharpened, Moriyasu's winning move...a club that calls for a call-up of European overseas transfers
Apr 06, 2025
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Japanese media DospoWeb said on the 5th that Japanese national soccer team coach Hajime Moriyasu is planning to convene an overseas team for the E-1 Championship. Since the competition is not an A-match period, there is no obligation to recruit players, he reported. Soccer Digest, a Japanese soccer media outlet, also mentioned the selection of E-1 Championship players by Moriyasu. He also mentioned foreigners.
The 2025 E-1 Championship will be held in South Korea in July. This tournament is not an A-match period designated by FIFA. There is no obligation to recruit players from each club. This is why some predicted that Japan will play mainly for players playing in the J League.
After watching the Yokohama F. Marinos-Tokyo Verdi match held on the 5th, Moriyasu said, "I want to take time to make a decision. Since it is not an A-match window, it seems difficult to call up players globally. We will form a team that focuses on J-League players. I'm going to watch more J-League games like now and make a final decision. "There is no negotiation, but there are some European overseas players who ask the club to call up players who have not been able to call them." Japan won the tournament twice, in 2013 and 2022. The most winning team in this competition is South Korea. In 2003, 2008, 2015, 2017, and 2019, he reached the top five times.
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In the third Asian qualifying round for the North-China World Cup, six teams that ranked first and second in three groups will go straight to the finals. After that, six teams ranked third and fourth in each group will be divided into two groups and the first-place team in each group will take the ticket to the finals after the fourth qualifying round. The two teams, who finished second in the group in the fourth qualifying round, will go through the playoffs (PO), and the winner will compete in continental POs for the last time to go to North Korea and China.
Japan was the first country in the world to confirm its advance to the finals, except for the United States, Canada and Mexico, which automatically participate as co-hosts in the North-China World Cup, where the number of countries advancing to the finals will increase to 48. Previously, from the 2006 German Games to the 2014 Brazil Games, Japan was named the 'First World Cup Finalist' for the third consecutive time.
In addition, Japan ranked 15th (1,652.64 points) in the FIFA rankings announced on the 3rd. It ranks first among the member countries of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
