Comparison Between South Korea and Japan in the Soccer World Cups

Stats comparison between the National Teams of South Korea and Japan in their participations in the Soccer World Cup including world cups played and won, results, goals and best and worst performances.

South Korea

Japan

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World Cups / Games / Goals / Best and Worst Performance

Summary

	World Cups Played	Champion	All-Time Standing
South Korea	11	0	26
Japan	7	0	29

Full All-time Standings...

Games

	Games Played GP	Wins W	Draw D	Losses L
South Korea	38	7	10	21
Japan	25	7	6	12

Games %

	Games Played GP	Wins W	Draw D	Losses L
South Korea	38	18.4%	26.3%	55.3%
Japan	25	28.0%	24.0%	48.0%

GP: Played - W: Wins - D: Draws - L: Losses

All the games: South Korea... / Japan...

Goals

	Goals Scored	Goals Against	Goal Difference
South Korea	39	78	-39
Japan	25	33	-8

Goal Average

	Goals Scored	Goals Against	Goal Difference
South Korea	1.03	2.05	-1.03
Japan	1.00	1.32	-0.32

All-Time Top Scorers

	Goals	Player
South Korea	3	3 Players
Japan	4	Keisuke Honda

Full list of scorers: South Korea... / Japan...

Best Performance

	Standing	World Cup	Stage
South Korea	4	2002	Third Place
Japan	9	3 Comparison	Round of 16

Worst Performance

	Standing	World Cup	Stage
South Korea	30	1998	1st Round Groups
Japan	31	1998	1st Round Groups

World Cup by World Cup: South Korea... / Japan...