Canada will face Japan in their final preparation match for the 2022 World Cup on November 17.
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The duel will be held at Al-Maktoun Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The two teams will play their opening match less than a week later, on November 23. Canada will face one of the semi-finalists of the last World Cup, Belgium, in group F while Japan have an appointment with Germany in a match of group E.
The Canadian men’s soccer team will then face the vice-champion of the last World Cup, Croatia, on November 27 and will conclude the group stage against Morocco on November 1.er december. “With an eight-week gap between our games in September (against Qatar and Uruguay) and our first World Cup game, it’s important for our players to experience this level of international intensity with our preseason game against Japan,” said Canada’s head coach, John Herdman.
“Japan have consistently qualified for the knockout stages of the last editions of the World Cup so this will be a good test for our team. »
Japan will participate in a seventh consecutive World Cup. This will be Canada’s first appearance at the men’s World Cup since 1986 in Mexico.
Canada qualified for the Worlds after finishing first in the Concacaf qualifying final round standings.
In 20 games played across three rounds of Concacaf World Cup qualifying, Canada posted a 14-4-2 record.