The private plane carrying the crescent-star group and departing from Eskişehir landed at Maastricht Aachen Airport in the Netherlands. A group of Turkish fans who came to the airport welcomed the National Team. The players took pictures with the fans and signed autographs. The nationals then went to the hotel where they would stay by bus.
All football players from the national team were in the delegation, except Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Abdülkerim Bardakcı, who were excluded from the candidate squad.
Mehmet Büyükekşi, President of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), Member of the Board of Directors in charge of National Teams, Hamit Altıntop, and members of the TFF board of directors were also present in the convoy.
The special match between Japan and Turkey will be played at Cegeka Arena in Genk, Belgium. The match will start at 15.20 GMT.