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  • Finishing school for Asians

    Finishing school for Asians

    Thursday 14 August 2008
    Asia's representatives at the Men's Olympic Football Tournament have all exited at the group stage, ruing their lack of bite in front of goal.
  • Argentinian joy meets Asian misery

    Argentinian joy meets Asian misery

    Wednesday 13 August 2008
    All four Asian hopefuls are out of the Men's Olympic Football Tournament, but there was a proud new Olympic record for Argentina.

Photos

  • A sliding tackle by Masato Morishige of Japan (R) on Ryan Babel of the Netherlands.
  • Japan's Hajime Hosogai (C) in action against the Netherlands.
  • Netherlands won its game against Japan and will be in the quarter finals of the Olympic Games in China
  • Japan's Takavuki Morimoto (in blue jersey) tries to shoot against Netherlands in the 2008 Beijing Ol
  • Japan's players show their dejection after losing to Netherlands in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games f
  • Gerald Sibon of the Netherlands celebrates with his teammates Roy Makaay and Kew Jaliens
  • The Netherlands' Gerald Sibon (L) celebrates with his teammates
  • Masata Morishige (R) of Japan vies for the ball with Jonathan De Guzman of Netherlands
  • Roy Makaay of the Netherlands looks on
  • The Netherlands' Gerald Sibon (L) celebrates with his teammate after scoring
  • The Netherlands' Gerald Sibon reacts after scoring
  • Gerald Sibon (R) of the Netherlands heads the ball with Maya Yoshida (C) of Japan

Match galleries

Fixtures and Results

First stage
MatchDate - Time Results
307 Aug - 17:00JapanJapan0:1 (0:0)USAUSA
1110 Aug - 17:00NigeriaNigeria2:1 (0:0)JapanJapan
1713 Aug - 17:00NetherlandsNetherlands1:0 (0:0)JapanJapan

Groups and Standings

Group B
TeamMPWDLGFGAPts
1Nigeria3210427
2Netherlands3120325
3USA3111444
4Japan3003140

Statistics

MPGFGAY2YCR
314500

Squad List

1Shusaku NISHIKAWA
2Hajime HOSOGAI
3Maya YOSHIDA
4Hiroki MIZUMOTO
5Yuto NAGATOMO
6Masato MORISHIGE
7Atsuto UCHIDA
8Keisuke HONDA
9Yohei TOYODA
10Yohei KAJIYAMA
11Shinji OKAZAKI
12Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI
13Michihiro YASUDA
14Shinji KAGAWA
15Takayuki MORIMOTO
16Takuya HONDA
17Tadanari LEE
18Kaito YAMAMOTO