Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 43 | 24 June 2010 | 20:30 | Rustenburg / Royal Bafokeng Stadium | 27967 |
Referee Jerome DAMON (RSA) | Assistant Referee 1 Celestin NTAGUNGIRA (RWA) | |
Fourth Official Martin HANSSON (SWE) | Assistant Referee 2 Enock MOLEFE (RSA) | |
Match Commissioner Luis CHIRIBOGA (ECU) | Fifth Official Henrik ANDREN (SWE) |
| Denmark (DEN) | Statistics | Japan (JPN) |
| 19 | Shots | 15 |
| 7 | Shots on goal | 10 |
| 23 | Fouls Committed | 10 |
| 7 | Corner kicks | 2 |
| 1 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 2 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 1 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 5 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 3 | Cautions | 2 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 56% | Possession (%) | 44% |
| 37 | Actual playing time | 29 |
| Denmark (DEN) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Japan (JPN) |
| 8% | 14% | 5% |
| 11% | 22% | 12% |
| 2% | 17% | 9% |
| 1% | 11% | 5% |
| 13% | 15% | 13% |
| 6% | 21% | 15% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Thomas SORENSEN | GK | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Christian POULSEN | M | 90 | 1/1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Daniel AGGER | D | 90 | 1/3 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 6 | Lars JACOBSEN | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Jon Dahl TOMASSON | F | 90 | 1 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | Martin JORGENSEN | M | 34 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 11 | Nicklas BENDTNER | F | 90 | 0/1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 12 | Thomas KAHLENBERG | M | 63 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 13 | Per KROLDRUP | D | 56 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | Simon POULSEN | D | 90 | 0/1 | 2 | |||||||
| 19 | Dennis ROMMEDAHL | F | 90 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Jakob POULSEN | M | 56 | 1/2 | ||||||||
| 18 | Soren LARSEN | F | 34 | 1/2 | 3 | |||||||
| 21 | Christian ERIKSEN | M | 27 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 7/19 | 0/1 | 23 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 21 | Eiji KAWASHIMA | GK | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Yuki ABE | M | 90 | |||||||||
| 3 | Yuichi KOMANO | D | 90 | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | Marcus Tulio TANAKA | D | 90 | 0/1 | 3 | |||||||
| 5 | Yuto NAGATOMO | D | 90 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Yasuhito ENDO | M | 90 | 1 | 2/2 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Daisuke MATSUI | M | 74 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | Yoshito OKUBO | F | 88 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 17 | Makoto HASEBE | M | 90 | 0/1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 18 | Keisuke HONDA | M | 90 | 1 | 1/2 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| 22 | Yuji NAKAZAWA | D | 90 | 4 | ||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Shinji OKAZAKI | F | 16 | 1 | 2/2 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | Yasuyuki KONNO | D | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 | Junichi INAMOTO | M | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 10/15 | 10 | 23 | 2 | ||||||
| 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 |
Match Report