Japan v Spain, 18 June 1997
| Score | 2-1 to Spain |
| Referee | Jose Luis Da Rosa |
| Competition | World Youth Cup Group D |
| Venue | Darul Makmur, Kuantan |
| Attendance | 5,000 |
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Japan
Manager: Masakuni Yamamoto
Goals:
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | penalty | 65 |
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Starting lineup:
Defender
Satoshi Yamaguchi
Defender/Centre back
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
(captain)
Midfielder
Tomokazu Myojin
Midfielder
Shunsuke Nakamura
Midfielder
Kazuyuki Toda
Forward
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
On the bench:
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Spain
Manager: Inaki Saez Ruiz
Goals:
| Francisco 'Farinos' Zapata | 22 |
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| Angulo | 55 |
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Starting lineup:
Albelda
Midfielder
Gerard
Midfielder
Angulo
Forward
Francisco Montoya Gomez 'Curro'
(captain)
Substitutions:
| Alberto Rivera Pizarro for Jesus Maria LACRUZ Gomez | 65 |
| ISMAEL Ruiz Salmon for | 73 |
| Diego Ribera Ramirez for Jose L 'Deus' Rodriguez | 81 |