1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Japan - Nepal
3:0 (1:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 26 | 25 June 1997 | Tokyo / National Stadium (Olympic Stadium) | 01:00 | 28360 |
- Akinori NISHIZAWA (JPN) 44',
- Kazu MIURA (JPN) 72',
- Kazu MIURA (JPN) 87'
Goals scored
Japan
- Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI (GK)
- Akira NARAHASHI
- Naoki SOMA
- Masami IHARA
- Motohiro YAMAGUCHI
- Yasuto HONDA (-66')
- Hidetoshi NAKATA (-80')
- Hiroshi NANAMI (-86')
- Kazu MIURA
- Yutaka AKITA
- Akinori NISHIZAWA
Line-up
- Nobuyuki KOJIMA
- Tsuyoshi KITAZAWA (+86')
- Masayuki OKANO
- Hiroaki MORISHIMA (+80')
- Toshihide SAITO
- Tadashi NAKAMURA
- Shigeyoshi MOCHIZUKI (+66')
Substitute(s)
Nepal
- Upendra SINGH (GK)
- Rajesh THAPA
- Dev Narayan CHAUDHARI
- Rajesh MANANDHAR
- Umesh PRADHAN
- Narendra SHRESTHA
- Saugesh SHRESTHA
- Deepak AMATYA (-89')
- Sunil TULADHAR
- Gurung Basanta RAJ (-76')
- Pushpa RAJ
Line-up
- Raju Kaji SHAKYA
- Hari KHADKA (+89')
- Shaila MAHARJAN
- Binod KHAREL
- Babin Bikram BISTA
- Naresh JOSHI (+76')
- Lekh Nath GHIMIRE
Substitute(s)
- Deepak AMATYA (NEP) 42'
- , Masami IHARA (JPN) 51'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Abayawansa Mahasena YAPA (SRI) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |
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