| 06.09.2008 | Manama | National Stadium | 20 000 |
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Bahrain | 2:3 (0:2) | Japan | |
| [1] Sayed Jaffer, [2] Husain Mohammed, [3] Abdulla Marzooq, [7] Sayed Jalal, [9] Aala Hubail, [10] Mohamed Salmeen, [11] Ismaeel Latif, [12] Fouzi Aaish, [14] Salman Isa, [15] Abdulla Omar, [16] Sayed Mohamed | [18] Seigo Narazaki, [2] Yuji Nakazawa(c), [3] Atsuto Uchida, [4] Marcus Tulio Tanaka, [6] Yuki Abe, [7] Yasuhito Endo, [9] Daisuke Matsui, [10] Shunsuke Nakamura, [11] Keiji Tamada, [16] Tatsuya Tanaka, [17] Makoto Hasebe |
| Coach:Milan Macala (CZE) | Takeshi Okada |
| Scorers:87' Salman Isa, 89' Marcus Tulio Tanaka(og) | 18' Shunsuke Nakamura, 44' Yasuhito Endo(p), 85' Kengo Nakamura |
| Substitutions:62' in [13] Mahmood Abdulrahman out Aala Hubail, 62' in [4] Jaycee Okwunwanne out Ismaeel Latif , 82' in [5] Jamal Rahman out Mohamed Salmeen |
70' in [14] Kengo Nakamura out Daisuke Matsui, 78' in [15] Hisato Sato out Keiji Tamada, 84' in [8] Yasuyuki Konno out Makoto Hasebe |
| Cautions:30' Husain Mohammed, 44' Fouzi Aaish, 66' Husain Mohammed, 73' Abdulla Omar | 35' Daisuke Matsui |
| Expulsions:66' Husain Mohammed | |
| Referee:Abdul Malik Bashir (SIN) Fourth Official:S Kumar (SIN) |
Assistant referee:Jeffrey Gek Pheng (SIN), Hussain Nazeer (SIN) |
