Japan v Belgium, 04 June 2002
| Score | 2-2 |
| Referee | William Mattus |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup Finals group H |
| Venue | Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama |
| Attendance | 55,258 |
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Kick-Off: 18:00 Local (12:00 BST)
Assistant referees:
Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
Yury Dupanov (Belarus)
Fourth official:
Graham Poll (England)
Man of the Match:
Junichi Inamoto (Japan)
2
Japan
Manager: Philippe Troussier
Goals:
| Takayuki Suzuki | 59 |
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| Junichi Inamoto | 68 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Seigo Narazaki
Defender/Right back
Naoki Matsuda
Defender
Ryuzo Morioka
(captain)
Defender
Koji Nakata
Midfielder
Daisuke Ichikawa
Midfielder
Junichi Inamoto
Midfielder
Hidetoshi Nakata
Midfielder
Shinji Ono
Midfielder
Kazuyuki Toda
Forward
Takayuki Suzuki
Forward
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
| Alessandro Santos Alex for Shinji Ono | 64 |
| Hiroaki Morishima for Takayuki Suzuki | 71 |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto for Ryuzo Morioka | 73 |
Cards:
| Kazuyuki Toda | 31 | Y |
| Junichi Inamoto | 54 | Y |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Goalkeeper
Hitoshi Sogahata
Defender/Right back
Mitsuo Ogasawara
Defender
Yutaka Akita
Defender
Alessandro Santos Alex
Defender
Toshihiro Hattori
Defender/Centre back
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Midfielder
Takashi Fukunishi
Midfielder
Hiroaki Morishima
Midfielder
Tomokazu Myojin
Forward
Akinori Nishizawa
2
Belgium
Manager: Robert Waseige
Goals:
| Marc Wilmots | 57 |
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| Peter Van der Heyden | 75 |
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Starting lineup:
Geert De Vlieger
Goalkeeper
Jacky Peeters
Defender
Daniel Van Buyten
Defender
Peter Van der Heyden
Defender
Eric Van Meir
Defender/Centre back
Bart Goor
Midfielder
Timmy Simons
Midfielder
Yves Vanderhaeghe
Midfielder
Gert Verheyen
Midfielder
Johan Walem
Midfielder
Marc Wilmots
Midfielder
(captain)
Substitutions:
| Wesley Sonck for Johan Walem | 71 |
| Branko Strupar for Gert Verheyen | 83 |
Cards:
| Peter Van der Heyden | 21 | Y |
| Gert Verheyen | 62 | Y |
| Eric Van Meir | 82 | Y |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Frédéric Herpoel
Goalkeeper
Franky Vandendriessche
Defender
Glenn De Boeck
Defender
Eric Deflandre
Defender/Left back
Nico Van Kerckhoven
Midfielder
Danny Boffin
Midfielder
Gaetan Englebert
Midfielder
Bernd Thijs
Midfielder
Sven Vermant
Forward
Mbo Mpenza
Forward
Wesley Sonck
Forward
Branko Strupar