FIFA Announces Tunisia-Japan Match as 1000th Game in World Cup History
The FIFA has announced that the match between Tunisia and Japan in the final phase of the 2026 World Cup will be the 1000th match in the competition's history, a symbolic figure that illustrates over ninety years of the World Cup since the first edition in 1930.
This encounter offers the Tunisian national team the honor of participating in a historic moment, as they will be competing in their sixth World Cup. Tunisia will be evolving in a group comprising Japan, the Netherlands, and one of the following teams: Ukraine, Sweden, Albania, or Poland, making the qualification for the finals open and highly contested.
The Tunisia-Japan match has an exceptional character, not only for its sporting stakes within the group but also for its symbolic value as the 1000th official match in the history of the World Cup.
