| 24.03.2016 | Saitama | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 48 967 |
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Japan | 5:0 (1:0) | Afghanistan | |
| [23] Masaaki Higashiguchi, [5] Yuto Nagatomo, [6] Masato Morishige, [7] Yosuke Kashiwagi, [8] Genki Haraguchi, [9] Shinji Okazaki, [13] Hiroshi Kiyotake, [15] Mu Kanazaki, [17] Makoto Hasebe(c), [19] Hiroki Sakai, [22] Maya Yoshida | [1] Ovays Azizi, [3] Hassan Amin, [5] Masih Saighani, [7] Zubayr Amiri, [8] Josef Shirdel, [10] Faisal Shayesteh(c), [13] Sayed Hashemi, [14] Modjieb Jamali, [16] Sharif Muhammad, [20] Mustafa Hadid, [21] Kanischka Taher |
| Coach:Halilhodzic Vahid (BIH) | Segrt Petar (CRO) |
| Scorers:43' Shinji Okazaki, 58' Hiroshi Kiyotake, 63' Sharif Muhammad(og), 74' Maya Yoshida, 78' Mu Kanazaki | |
| Substitutions:64' in [10] Shinji Kagawa out Yosuke Kashiwagi, 72' in [18] Mike Havenaar out Shinji Okazaki, 79' in [14] Yu Kobayashi out Mu Kanazaki |
30' in [17] Mustafa Zazai out Mustafa Hadid, 64' in [11] Noroallah Amiri out Josef Shirdel, 75' in [18] Ahmad Hatiefi out Kanischka Taher |
| Cautions: | |
| Referee:Mohanad Sarray (IRQ) Fourth Official:Mohammed Zaid Thamer (IRQ) |
Assistant referee:Al Umri Fahad (KSA), Alshammari Khalaf Zaid (KSA) |
