Original title: Japanese men's football team participated in the Olympic Games for 8 consecutive times

In the early morning of April 30, Beijing time, Japan U23 competed with Iraq U23 in the semi-final of the U23 Asian Cup, and finally the Japan Olympic Games went through the Paris Olympic Games 2-0, and the Japan Olympic Games will compete with Uzbekistan Olympic Games in the final.

As the top three of this Asian Cup will be qualified for the direct access to the Paris Olympic Games. As a result, Japan's Olympic team, which has locked in the top two places, will definitely appear in the men's football field of the Paris Olympic Games.

This is the 8th consecutive time that the Japanese men's football team has participated in the Olympic Games. In history, Japan has participated in the men's football competition in the Olympic Games 11 times, and its best record was the bronze medal in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. Since the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the Japanese team has not been absent from the Olympic men's football competition. The best performance during this period is the fourth place in 2012 and 2020.

After the Japanese men's football team locked its place in the Olympic Games, five teams of Japan's three major goals have been determined to appear in the field of the Paris Olympic Games. They are Japan Men's Football Team, Japan Women's Football Team, Japan Men's Basketball Team, Japan Women's Basketball Team and Japan Men's Volleyball Team.

Although the Japanese women's volleyball team missed the pass through qualification in the Olympic Games, it still has the opportunity to be shortlisted through the performance of the World Women's Volleyball League, and they will compete fiercely with the Chinese women's volleyball team.