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		<title>Farewell Japan: 16 games as unofficial football world champions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday&#8217;s title match defeat for the Blue Samurai saw Japan lose the UFWC title, and saw North Korea crowned the new Unofficial Football World Champions. We&#8217;ll be dedicating plenty of time to the new champions over the next few days, but first we&#8217;re taking a look back over Japan&#8217;s exciting and memorable reign as champions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea 1-0 Japan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea 1-0 Japan 15/11/2011, Pyongyang Scorer: Pak Nam-Chol Japan&#8217;s long reign as UFWC champions came to an end today in Pyongyang, as North Korea became the new unofficial football world champions. Midfielder Nam Chol Pak was the hero for the North Koreans, who fought hard for a deserved victory against an admittedly weakened Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea ready to end Japan&#8217;s reign as UFWC champions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea vs Japan 15/11/2011, Pyongyang The final UFWC title match of 2011 sees long-standing champions Japan travel to North Korea in one of the toughest tests of their reign. Japan have been champions for 16 games, since beating Argentina back in October 2010. Back-to-back high-scoring wins over Tajikistan (8-0 and 4-0) were impressive, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry England, but Japan are unofficial football world champions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[England&#8217;s win over World Cup holders Spain yesterday kicked off a light-hearted debate, particularly on Twitter, regarding football&#8217;s unofficial champions. Some English fans, including journalists and TV personalities, suggested that the win over the official champions made England &#8220;unofficial champions&#8221;. Plenty of other fans chipped in to point out that, in fact, the unofficial champions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tajikistan 0-4 Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tajikistan 0-4 Japan Dushanbe, 11/11/11 Scorers: Konno, Okazaki (2), Maeda Japan comfortably defeated Tajikistan once again to retain the UFWC title and reach the next qualification round for the 2014 World Cup. The Blue Samurai only scored half as many goals as they did last time out, but it was a strong performance in difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan must avoid complacency against hapless Tajikistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tajikistan vs Japan Dushanbe, 11/11/11 (1400 local, 0900 GMT) Alberto Zaccheroni&#8217;s Japan side have been training in Doha, Qatar in preparation for this UFWC title match against Tajikistan. Doha, of course, was the venue for the Blue Samurai&#8217;s Asian Cup triumph in January, and the team is still riding on a wave of glory some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tajikistan aim to challenge Japan after eight-goal thrashing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Blackwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tajikistan vs Japan Dushanbe, 11/11/11 Friday&#8217;s UFWC title match sees champions Japan again face Tajikistan. The Tajiks have been given the chance to immediately redeem themselves following the 8-0 thrashing they received in the previous match last month. As much as the former Soviet republic would like to cause an astonishing upset, a more realistic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yokohama 1874: how Japan discovered football</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Followers of the UFWC will know that the lineage of the unofficial competition goes back to 1872, when the first official international football match was played between Scotland and England. Current UFWC champions Japan didn&#8217;t play their first international football match until 1917 (against China), and didn&#8217;t play a UFWC title match until 1998 (against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unofficial football champions Japan eye record-breaking run</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current all-conquering UFWC champions Japan may be on course to set a new record for the most number of consecutive defences of the Unofficial Football World Championships title. There&#8217;s still some way to go, but with Japan showing no signs of relinquishing their title, and with some relatively easy fixtures coming up, the opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The biggest ever UFWC title match wins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s 8-0 win over Tajikistan this week was the biggest UFWC title match win for more than 20 years. Mike Havenaar, Shinji Okazaki, and Shinji Kagawa scored two goals each, and Yuichi Komano and Kengo Nakamura also netted in the huge win that saw Japan retain the UFWC title. It wasn&#8217;t Japan&#8217;s biggest ever win [...]]]></description>
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