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Ritabrata Banerjee 05:19 BST 18/06/2021 Asian giants Japan has scored the most number of goals in recently concluded 2022 World Cup qualifiers and 2023 Asian Cup joint qualifiers.
The 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup joint qualifiers second round concluded on June 15 and 12 teams from eight groups qualified to the third round of the World Cup qualifiers.
The third round draw will be conducted on July 1, 2021, where the 12 teams will be divided into two groups based on the seedings.
India were placed in the Group E of the qualifiers where they finished third behind Qatar and Oman. The Blue Tigers ended their campaign with seven points registering four draws, three losses and one win from their eight matches. They scored six goals and conceded only seven.