| 28.03.2009 | Saitama | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 57 276 |
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Japan | 1:0 (0:0) | Bahrain | |
| [1] Seigo Narazaki, [2] Yuji Nakazawa(c), [4] Marcus Tulio Tanaka, [6] Atsuto Uchida, [7] Yasuhito Endo, [9] Tatsuya Tanaka, [10] Shunsuke Nakamura, [11] Keiji Tamada, [15] Yuto Nagatomo, [16] Yoshito Okubo, [17] Makoto Hasebe | [1] Sayed Jaffer, [3] Abdulla Marzooq, [4] Abdulla Fatadi, [7] Mohammed Hubail, [8] Jaycee Okwunwanne, [10] Mohamed Salmeen(c), [12] Fouzi Aaish, [13] Mahmood Abdulrahman, [14] Salman Isa, [15] Abdulla Omar, [16] Sayed Mohamed |
| Coach:Takeshi Okada | Milan Macala (CZE) |
| Scorers:47' Shunsuke Nakamura | |
| Substitutions:76' in [12] Hideo Hashimoto out Makoto Hasebe, 79' in [8] Daisuke Matsui out Keiji Tamada, 86' in [13] Shinji Okazaki out Tatsuya Tanaka |
75' in [2] Abdulla Abdi Omar out Abdulla Omar, 91' in [11] Ismaeel Latif out Fouzi Aaish |
| Cautions:86' Tatsuya Tanaka | 45' Jaycee Okwunwanne, 62' Abdulla Omar |
| Referee:Kim Dong Jin (KOR) Fourth Official:Lee Min Hu (KOR) |
Assistant referee:Jeong Hae Sang (KOR), Yang Byoung Eun (KOR) |
