1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
Third stage
Japan - Iran
3:2 a.e.t. (2:2, 1:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 41 | 16 November 1997 | Johor Bahru / Larkin | 01:00 | 22000 |
- Masashi NAKAYAMA (JPN) 39',
- Khodadad AZIZI (IRN) 46',
- Ali DAEI (IRN) 58',
- Shoji JO (JPN) 75',
- Masayuki OKANO (JPN) 118'
Goals scored
Japan
- Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI
- Masami IHARA
- Masashi NAKAYAMA
Line-up
- Masayuki OKANO
- Shoji JO
Substitute(s)
- Ali Akbar OSTAD-ASADI (IRN) 17'
- , Mohammad KHAKPOUR (IRN) 24'
- , Masami IHARA (JPN) 28'
- , Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA (IRN) 35'
- , Ahmed ABEDZADEH (IRN) 87'
- , Mehrdad MINAVAND (IRN) 106'
- , Khodadad AZIZI (IRN) 108'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Manuel DIAZ VEGA (ESP) | |
| 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 |