Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 25 | 19 June 2010 | 13:30 | Durban / Durban Stadium | 62010 |
Referee Hector BALDASSI (ARG) | Assistant Referee 1 Ricardo CASAS (ARG) | |
Fourth Official Martin HANSSON (SWE) | Assistant Referee 2 Hernan MAIDANA (ARG) | |
Match Commissioner Romer OSUNA (BOL) | Fifth Official Henrik ANDREN (SWE) |
| Netherlands (NED) | Statistics | Japan (JPN) |
| 9 | Shots | 10 |
| 5 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 18 | Fouls Committed | 11 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 5 |
| 1 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Cautions | 0 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 61% | Possession (%) | 39% |
| 38 | Actual playing time | 24 |
| Netherlands (NED) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Japan (JPN) |
| 4% | 19% | 5% |
| 11% | 20% | 13% |
| 4% | 18% | 6% |
| 5% | 9% | 6% |
| 11% | 20% | 12% |
| 9% | 22% | 6% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Maarten STEKELENBURG | GK | 90 | |||||||||
| 2 | Gregory VAN DER WIEL | D | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | John HEITINGA | D | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | Joris MATHIJSEN | D | 90 | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | Mark VAN BOMMEL | M | 90 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Dirk KUYT | F | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Nigel DE JONG | M | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Robin VAN PERSIE | F | 88 | 1/2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 10 | Wesley SNEIJDER | M | 83 | 1 | 1/3 | 3 | ||||||
| 23 | Rafael VAN DER VAART | M | 72 | 1/1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Eljero ELIA | F | 18 | 1 | ||||||||
| 20 | Ibrahim AFELLAY | M | 7 | 2/2 | ||||||||
| 21 | Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR | F | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 | 5/9 | 18 | 11 | 1 | |||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 21 | Eiji KAWASHIMA | GK | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Yuki ABE | M | 90 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Yuichi KOMANO | D | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Marcus Tulio TANAKA | D | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | Yuto NAGATOMO | D | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Yasuhito ENDO | M | 90 | |||||||||
| 8 | Daisuke MATSUI | M | 64 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 16 | Yoshito OKUBO | F | 77 | 1/3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | Makoto HASEBE | M | 77 | 1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Keisuke HONDA | M | 90 | 0/2 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| 22 | Yuji NAKAZAWA | D | 90 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Shinji OKAZAKI | F | 13 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 10 | Shunsuke NAKAMURA | M | 26 | 1 | ||||||||
| 11 | Keiji TAMADA | F | 13 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3/10 | 11 | 17 | ||||||||
| 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