Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 16 | 05 November 2007 | Rio De Janeiro / Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena | 14:00 | 1300 |
Referee MOREIRA Alberto (BRA) | Second referee DE CARLOS Renato (BRA) |
Third referee MESZAROS Istvan (HUN) | Timekeeper GENG Zhiwei (CHN) |
| Match events | |||||||
| Chronologic order | Countdown order | ||||||
| France | Nigeria | ||||||
| First period | |||||||
| 10'51" | 1'09" |  | [5] | Uga OKPARA | |||
| 11'09" | 0'51" |  | [10] | Ifeanyi ONIGBO | |||
| Second period | |||||||
| Laurent CASTRO | [9] | | 12'21" | 11'39" | |||
| 19'35" | 4'25" | | [5] | Uga OKPARA | |||
| Third period | |||||||
| 24'52" | 11'08" | | [7] | Isiaka OLAWALE | |||
| 32'27" | 3'33" | | [6] | Suleiman USMAN | |||
| Stephane FRANCOIS | [8] | | 35'10" | 0'50" | |||
| Jeremy BASQUAISE | [11] | | 35'38" | 0'22" | |||
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| France (FRA) | Statistics | Nigeria (NGA) |
| 40 | Shots | 40 |
| 24 | Shots on goal | 18 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 7 | Fouls Committed | 10 |
| 10 | Fouls Suffered | 7 |
| 6 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 6 | Free Kicks to Goal | 4 |
| 1 | Overheads | 1 |
| 0 / 1 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 1 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 52% | Possession (%) | 48% |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out | (C): | Captain |
| GK: | Goalkeeper |  : | Red Cards | N: | Not eligible to play |
| I: | Injured | : | Yellow cards | Y: | Misses next match if booked |
 : | Second yellow card and red card | ||||
| A: | Absent |  : | Penalty goal |  : | Own goal |
| *: | Starting Five | #: | Played | S: | Substitute |
Match Report