Japan will make their 15th appearance in the Maurice Revello Tournament during the 48th edition held from June 1 to June 14. As a reminder, here are the performances made by the Samurai Blue so far.
RECORD
14 participations : 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Runners-up in 2019
Third in 2002
Japan made their best performance ever at the Maurice Revello Tournament by reaching the final last year
AWARDS
Second best player : Daisuke Matsui (2002)
Third best player : Hiroki Mizumoto (2008), Ao Tanaka (2019)
Top scorer : Satoshi Nakayama (2002)
Goal of the tournament : Hiroto Mogi (2003), Hiroki Ito (2016)
Fair play : 2000, 2003, 2016, 2019
Daisuke Matsui, the only Japanese player to have received the Maurice Revello Tournament second best player award to this day
THE MOST FAMOUS JAPAN INTERNATIONALS WHO PLAYED THE MAURICE REVELLO TOURNAMENT
Yuichi Komano (2001, 2002), Makoto Hasebe (2003), Shusaku Nishikawa (2004, 2008), Tomoaki Makino, Shinji Kagawa, Atsuto Uchida (2007), Masato Morishige (2007, 2008), Hajime Hosogai, Shinji Okazaki, Keisuke Honda, Maya Yoshida (2008), Yuya Osako (2010, 2012), Gotoku Sakai (2012), Takumi Minamino, Daichi Kamada (2016), Hiroki Abe (2017), Takehiro Tomiyasu (2018)
Sampdoria defender and Japan senior national team's current captain Maya Yoshida during the Maurice Revello Tournament 2008