FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999

First stage

Cameroon - Japan

2:1 (0:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
9	05 April 1999	16:00	Kano / Sani Abacha Stadium	12000

Match Officials

Referee William MATTUS (CRC)	Assistant Referee 1 Walter RIVERA (HON)
	Assistant Referee 2 Ali TOMUSANGE (UGA)

Goals scored

Naohiro TAKAHARA (JPN) 51',
Gaspard KOMOL (CMR) 72',
Gaspard KOMOL (CMR) 89'

Cameroon

Line-up

[1]
Idriss KAMENI (GK)
[3]
Innocent HAMGA
[4]
Clement LEBE
[5]
Benoit Fils MOUSSONGUI
[6]
Hugues NZINKEU
[7]
Modeste MBAMI
[8]
Samuel INOGUE (-65')
[10]
Francois DIKOUME (-56')
[12]
Mohamadou IDRISSOU
[14]
Daniel KOME (C) (-70')
[15]
Salifou IBRAHIMA

Substitute(s)

[2]
Thierry MODO ABOUNA (+65')
[9]
Francis KIOYO (+56')
[11]
Gaspard KOMOL (+70')
[13]
Jean-Pierre TCHEUTCHOUA
[16]
Gilbert NDJAMA
[17]
Daniel BIKOI
[18]
William TABI

Coach

Ikouam GWEHA (NGA)

Japan

Line-up

[18]
Yuta MINAMI (GK)
[2]
Kasuki TESHIMA
[3]
Shigeki TSUJIMOTO
[7]
Tomoyuki SAKAI
[8]
Mitsuo OGASAWARA (-74')
[9]
Naohiro TAKAHARA
[10]
Masashi MOTOYAMA
[11]
Yasuhito ENDO
[12]
Koji NAKATA
[13]
Shinji ONO (C)
[14]
Yuichiro NAGAI (-69')

Substitute(s)

[1]
Tatsuya ENOMOTO
[4]
Tatsuya ISHIKAWA (+74')
[5]
Akira KAJI
[6]
Junichi INAMOTO
[15]
Yasunori TAKADA
[16]
Ryuji BANDO (+69')
[17]
Hideyuki UJIIE

Coach

Philippe TROUSSIER (FRA)

Cautions

Mohamadou IDRISSOU (CMR) 57'
, Benoit Fils MOUSSONGUI (CMR) 60'

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution