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Bahrain v Japan

Bahrain and Japan have met 13 times since 1978: Japan lead 11–2.

2Bahrain wins

0draws

11Japan wins

Goals: Bahrain 8, Japan 27 · 13 meetings

The first meeting on record was on Wednesday, 13 December 1978: Bahrain 0–4 Japan in Bangkok.
The most recent was on Thursday, 20 March 2025: Japan 2–0 Bahrain (FIFA World Cup qualification).
Bahrain's biggest win: Bahrain 1–0 Japan, 2008.
Japan's biggest win: Bahrain 0–5 Japan, 2024.
13 of the 13 meetings were competitive matches and 0 were friendlies.

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Every meeting

2025
20 Mar	Japan 2–0 Bahrain FIFA World Cup qualification · Saitama, Japan	Japan
2024
10 Sept	Bahrain 0–5 Japan FIFA World Cup qualification · Riffa, Bahrain	Japan
31 Jan	Bahrain 1–3 Japan AFC Asian Cup · Doha, Qatar (neutral)	Japan
2010
3 Mar	Japan 2–0 Bahrain AFC Asian Cup qualification · Toyota, Japan	Japan
2009
28 Mar	Japan 1–0 Bahrain FIFA World Cup qualification · Saitama, Japan	Japan
28 Jan	Bahrain 1–0 Japan AFC Asian Cup qualification · Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain
2008
6 Sept	Bahrain 2–3 Japan FIFA World Cup qualification · Riffa, Bahrain	Japan
22 Jun	Japan 1–0 Bahrain FIFA World Cup qualification · Saitama, Japan	Japan
26 Mar	Bahrain 1–0 Japan FIFA World Cup qualification · Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain
2005
3 Jun	Bahrain 0–1 Japan FIFA World Cup qualification · Riffa, Bahrain	Japan
30 Mar	Japan 1–0 Bahrain FIFA World Cup qualification · Saitama, Japan	Japan
2004
3 Aug	Bahrain 3–4 Japan AFC Asian Cup · Jinan, China (neutral)	Japan
1978
13 Dec	Bahrain 0–4 Japan Asian Games · Bangkok, Thailand (neutral)	Japan

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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.