Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | 30 September 2008 | Brasilia / Gimnasio Nilson Nelson | 10:30 | 6572 |
Referee CUMBO Massimo (ITA) | Assistant Referee 1 TOROK Karoly (HUN) |
Fourth Official CARDOSO Antonio (POR) | Assistant Referee 2 GRACIA Roberto (ESP) |
| Match events | |||||||
| Chronologic order | Countdown order | ||||||
| Brazil | Japan | ||||||
| First Half | |||||||
| LENISIO | [10] |  | 3'00" | 17'00" | |||
| MARQUINHO | [11] | | 4'00" | 16'00" | |||
| 5'55" | 14'05" |  | [11] | Kotaro INABA | |||
| FALCAO | [12] |  | 11'00" | 9'00" | |||
| 14'36" | 5'24" | | [6] | Nobuya OSODO | |||
| Second Half | |||||||
| WILDE | [13] | | 22'45" | 17'15" | |||
| ARI | [4] | | 24'38" | 15'22" | |||
| SCHUMACHER | [8] | | 26'37" | 13'23" | |||
| ARI | [4] | | 27'21" | 12'39" | |||
| BETAO | [9] | | 28'44" | 11'16" | |||
| 31'37" | 8'23" |  | [11] | Kotaro INABA | |||
| CICO | [5] | | 31'42" | 8'18" | |||
| FALCAO | [12] | | 31'58" | 8'02" | |||
| SCHUMACHER | [8] | | 34'53" | 5'07" | |||
| LENISIO | [10] | | 35'36" | 4'24" | |||
| Brazil (BRA) | Statistics | Japan (JPN) |
| 49 | Shots | 13 |
| 31 | Shots on goal | 8 |
| 3 | Accumulated Fouls 1st half | 3 |
| 3 | Accumulated Fouls 2nd half | 4 |
| 15 | Corner kicks | 3 |
| 0 | Free kicks Shots (scored) | 1 |
| 1 / 1 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 0 |
| 0 / 0 | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | 0 / 0 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 55% | Possession (%) | 45% |
| 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