Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 34 | 08 October 2008 | Rio De Janeiro / Gimnasio Maracanazinho | 10:30 | 4454 |
Referee LOPEZ Fabian (COL) | Assistant Referee 1 ROJAS Hector (PER) |
Fourth Official LI Zhizhong (CHN) | Assistant Referee 2 KADARA Said (EGY) |
| Match events | |||||||
| Chronologic order | Countdown order | ||||||
| Russia | Japan | ||||||
| First Half | |||||||
| Dmitrii PRUDNIKOV | [4] |  | 3'49" | 16'11" | |||
| Damir KHAMADIEV | [14] | | 7'18" | 12'42" | |||
| Damir KHAMADIEV | [14] | | 9'46" | 10'14" | |||
| PULA | [7] |  | 18'51" | 1'09" | |||
| Second Half | |||||||
| Damir KHAMADIEV | [14] | | 20'23" | 19'37" | |||
| Konstantin AGAPOV | [13] | | 21'46" | 18'14" | |||
| PULA | [7] | | 22'13" | 17'47" | |||
| Konstantin MAEVSKIY | [10] | | 22'55" | 17'05" | |||
| 25'08" | 14'52" | | [7] | Yuki KANAYAMA | |||
| Dmitrii PRUDNIKOV | [4] | | 28'44" | 11'16" | |||
| Vladislav SHAYAKHMETOV | [2] | | 37'51" | 2'09" | |||
| Russia (RUS) | Statistics | Japan (JPN) |
| 29 | Shots | 20 |
| 21 | Shots on goal | 12 |
| 4 | Accumulated Fouls 1st half | 1 |
| 5 | Accumulated Fouls 2nd half | 3 |
| 8 | Corner kicks | 7 |
| 0 | Free kicks Shots (scored) | 1 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 1 |
| 0 / 0 | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | 0 / 0 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 54% | Possession (%) | 46% |
| 1 | Time out 1st half | 1 |
| 0 | Time out 2nd half | 1 |
| 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 |
 : | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | ||||
| *: | Starting Five | #: | Played | S: | Substitute |
Match Report