Ghana v Japan, 29 June 1997
| Score | 2-1 to Ghana |
| Referee | Ubaldo Aquino |
| Competition | World Youth Cup Quarter-final |
| Venue | Johor Bahru |
| Attendance | 18,700 |
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Ghana
Manager: Francis Oti-Akenteng
Goals:
| Joseph Ansah | 8 |
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| Peter Ofori-Quaye | 96 |
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Substitutions:
| Joe Sam for Richard John Ackon | 69 |
| Abdul-Karim Ahmed for Fuseini Adams | 84 |
| Mohamed- Kamil Mouktar for Awudu Isaaka | 88 |
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Japan
Manager: Masakuni Yamamoto
Goals:
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | 79 |
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Starting lineup:
Satoshi Yamaguchi
Defender
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Defender/Centre back
Nozomi Hiroyama
Midfielder
Tomokazu Myojin
Midfielder
Shunsuke Nakamura
Midfielder
Kazuyuki Toda
Midfielder
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Forward
Substitutions:
| Kenji Fukuda for Yuichiro Nagai | 46 |