Japan, the reigning AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup™ champions, endured a mixed group stage campaign.

Having opened their bid for the title with an impressive 6-0 win against New Zealand in Group C, the East Asian side couldn't cope with Portugal in their next match as they fell to a 3-1 defeat.

They bounced back impressively to defeat Tanzania 9-0, their second-biggest clean-sheet victory in history. having beaten Bahrain 13-0 in 2018.

Brazil, however, will be an extremely tough challenge but winger Naomi Matsumoto said they are looking forward to it.

"We’re really happy to have won (against Tanzania) and extremely excited to play Brazil. They beat us last year so now it’s our time to take revenge and beat them,” said Matsumoto.

Brazil advanced to the knockout stage with a perfect three wins with their 9-0 win against Panama in their final Group D match extending their world record run of victories to 40 matches.

The South Americans have multiple sources for goals and Japan will have to be sharp from the start if they are to advance to a semi-final meeting with either Spain or Morocco.

Brazil v Japan
Venue: PhilSports Arena, Pasig
Kick-off: Tuesday, 20:30 (UTC+8)