Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 25 | 06 October 2008 | Brasilia / Gimnasio Nilson Nelson | 10:30 | 5096 |
Referee AL DAWI Tawfik (LBY) | Assistant Referee 1 KRNAC Jason (USA) |
Fourth Official TOROK Karoly (HUN) | Assistant Referee 2 CUMBO Massimo (ITA) |
| Match events | |||||||
| Chronologic order | Countdown order | ||||||
| Japan | Cuba | ||||||
| First Half | |||||||
| Kotaro INABA | [11] |  | 14'55" | 5'05" | |||
| 15'50" | 4'10" |  | [7] | Yampier RODRIGUEZ | |||
| 17'20" | 2'40" | | [2] | Jhonnet MARTINEZ | |||
| Second Half | |||||||
| Nobuya OSODO | [6] | | 23'07" | 16'53" | |||
| Kotaro INABA | [11] | | 25'31" | 14'29" | |||
| 29'05" | 10'55" | | [10] | Isven ROMAN | |||
| 30'51" | 9'09" | | [2] | Jhonnet MARTINEZ | |||
| 30'52" | 9'08" |  | [2] | Jhonnet MARTINEZ | |||
| Yuki KANAYAMA | [7] | | 31'03" | 8'57" | |||
| Kotaro INABA | [11] | | 33'13" | 6'47" | |||
| Japan (JPN) | Statistics | Cuba (CUB) |
| 36 | Shots | 23 |
| 25 | Shots on goal | 18 |
| 3 | Accumulated Fouls 1st half | 4 |
| 5 | Accumulated Fouls 2nd half | 4 |
| 15 | Corner kicks | 6 |
| 0 | Free kicks Shots (scored) | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 0 |
| 0 / 0 | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | 0 / 0 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 45% | Possession (%) | 55% |
| 1 | Time out 1st half | 1 |
| 1 | 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