Group H contains none of the big pre-tournament favourites but it does feature sides with World Cup pedigree and will offer an intriguing clash of styles from four corners of the footballing world.
It also includes stellar names such as Colombia’s James Rodriguez ,who lit up the last World Cup in Brazil, and Robert Lewandowski of Poland – a striker with a fearsome record and reputation on the international stage.
Japan are a regular name at World Cups now, arguably due to the quality of their qualifying opponents.
The Blue Samurai reached their sixth successive World Cup by once again blowing away their Asian competition but are aware that Group H will provide a much sterner test.