Media playback is not supported on this device World Cup 2018: Japan 0-1 Poland highlights

Japan reached the last 16 of the World Cup by having a better disciplinary record than Senegal - after losing to Poland in their final Group H game. Japan knew that their fair play score in Group H, which stood at -4 (four yellow cards) was better than that of Senegal’s -6 (six yellow cards), was enough to send them through to the knockout phase.
Japan is the only Asian team to advance to the knockout stage, via fair play after exhausting other tiebreakers.