{"id":50248,"date":"2026-06-26T07:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=50248"},"modified":"2026-06-26T07:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:51:52","slug":"netherlands-top-group-f-as-japan-and-sweden-also-reach-fifa-world-cup-2026-knockout-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/netherlands-top-group-f-as-japan-and-sweden-also-reach-fifa-world-cup-2026-knockout-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands top Group F as Japan and Sweden also reach FIFA World Cup 2026 knockout stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"284\"><strong>Kathmandu, June 26:<\/strong> Netherlands finished as Group F winners after defeating Tunisia 3-1, while Japan and Sweden also secured places in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"432\">At Kansas City Stadium, the Dutch took an early lead in the 6th minute when Tunisia&#8217;s Ellyes Skhiri accidentally turned the ball into his own net.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"533\">Just four minutes later, Brian Brobbey doubled the Netherlands&#8217; advantage with a well-taken finish.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"762\">Tunisia pulled one back in the 54th minute through Hazem Mastouri, raising hopes of a comeback. However, Jan Paul van Hecke restored the two-goal cushion in the 62nd minute to seal a comfortable 3-1 victory for the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"849\">In the other Group F match, Japan and Sweden played out a 1-1 draw at Dallas Stadium.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"956\">Daizen Maeda gave Japan the lead, while Anthony Elanga equalized for Sweden as both sides earned a point.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1224\">The Netherlands finished top of Group F with seven points from three matches. Japan claimed second place with five points, while Sweden advanced as one of the best third-placed teams with four points. Tunisia ended their campaign without a point and were eliminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, June 26: Netherlands finished as Group F winners after defeating Tunisia 3-1, while Japan and Sweden also secured places in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32. At Kansas City Stadium, the Dutch took an early lead in the 6th minute when Tunisia&#8217;s Ellyes Skhiri accidentally turned the ball into his own net. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50250,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50248\/revisions\/50250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}