{"id":350988,"date":"2026-06-26T04:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350988\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:02:16","slug":"in-photos-samurai-blue-draw-with-sweden-brazil-up-next-at-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/350988\/","title":{"rendered":"IN PHOTOS: Samurai Blue draw with Sweden, Brazil up next at World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO – Japan drew 1-1 with Sweden in their final match of the group phase at the World Cup on Thursday, booking a round-of-32 date with five-time champions Brazil in the process.<\/p>\n

The following selection of photos captures all the action and more\u00a0from the Group F clash at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n

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\nJapan and Sweden supporters cheer ahead of a World Cup Group F football match between the two countries at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan supporters cheer ahead of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan supporters cheer ahead of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan supporters cheer ahead of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nSweden supporters cheer ahead of a World Cup Group F football match against Japan at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan supporters cheer ahead of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki punches the ball in the first half of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan’s Yukinari Sugawara controls the ball in the first half of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan’s Ko Itakura heads the ball over Sweden’s Viktor Gyokeres in the first half of a World Cup Group F football match at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan’s Daizen Maeda (L) scores the opening goal in the second half of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan’s Daizen Maeda (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the second half of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki attempts to save a shot during the second half of a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan’s Yuto Nagatomo (L) high-fives teammate Tsuyoshi Watanabe following their 1-1 draw in a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan and Sweden players are pictured following their 1-1 draw in a World Cup Group F football match at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan players acknowledge the crowd following the team’s 1-1 draw in a World Cup Group F football match against Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan head coach Hajime Moriyasu acknowledges the crowd following a 1-1 draw with Sweden in a World Cup Group F football match at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n

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\nJapan supporters pick up trash after a World Cup Group F football match between Japan and Sweden at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 25, 2026. (Kyodo) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOKYO – Japan drew 1-1 with Sweden in their final match of the group phase at the World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-350988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}