Japan v Russia, 09 June 2002
| Score | 1-0 to Japan |
| Referee | Markus Merk |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup Finals group H |
| Venue | International Stadium, Yokohama |
| Attendance | 66,108 |
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Kick-Off: 20:30 Local (12:30 BST)
Assistant referees:
Heiner Müller (Germany)
Evzen Amler (Czech Republic)
Fourth official:
Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Man of the Match:
Junichi Inamoto (Japan)
Goals:
| Junichi Inamoto | 51 |
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Goals:
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Seigo Narazaki
Defender/Right back
Naoki Matsuda
Defender
Koji Nakata
Defender/Centre back
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
(captain)
Midfielder
Junichi Inamoto
Midfielder
Tomokazu Myojin
Midfielder
Hidetoshi Nakata
Midfielder
Shinji Ono
Midfielder
Kazuyuki Toda
Forward
Takayuki Suzuki
Forward
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Ruslan Nigmatullin
Defender
Yuri Kovtun
Defender
Youri Nikiforov
Defender
Viktor Onopko
(captain)
Defender
Andrei Solomatin
Midfielder
Marat Izmailov
Midfielder
Valery Karpin
Midfielder
Igor Semshov
Midfielder
Alexei Smertin
Midfielder
Yegor Titov
Forward
Ruslan Pimenov
Substitutions:
| Mashshi Nakayama for Takayuki Suzuki | 72 |
| Toshihiro Hattori for Shinji Ono | 75 |
| Takashi Fukunishi for Junichi Inamoto | 85 |
Substitutions:
| Dmitry Sychev for Yegor Titov | 46 |
| Dmitri Khokhlov for Marat Izmailov | 52 |
| Vladimir Beschastnykh for Alexei Smertin | 57 |
Cards:
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 15 | Y |
| Koji Nakata | 42 | Y |
| Mashshi Nakayama | 90 | Y |
Cards:
| Ruslan Pimenov | 13 | Y |
| Andrei Solomatin | 38 | Y |
| Youri Nikiforov | 60 | 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
Ryuzo Morioka
Midfielder
Takashi Fukunishi
Midfielder
Daisuke Ichikawa
Midfielder
Hiroaki Morishima
Forward
Mashshi Nakayama
Forward
Akinori Nishizawa
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Stanisav Cherchesov
Goalkeeper
Alexandre Filimonov
Defender
Igor Chugainov
Defender
Vyacheslav Dayev
Defender
Dmitri Sennikov
Midfielder
Dmitri Alenichev
Midfielder
Dmitri Khokhlov
Midfielder
Alexandr Mostovoi
Midfielder
Sergei Semak
Forward
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Forward
Alexander Kerzhakov
Forward
Dmitry Sychev