Japan v Uzbekistan, 09 December 1996
| Score | 4-0 to Japan |
| Referee | Jamal Moridi |
| Competition | AFC Asian Cup Group C |
| Venue | Bin Said, Al Ain |
| Attendance | 3,000 |
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Japan
Manager: Shu Kamo
Goals:
| Hiroshi Nanami | 7 |
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| Kazuyoshi Miura | 37 |
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| Masakiyo Maezono | 86 |
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| Masakiyo Maezono | 90 |
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Starting lineup:
Defender
Masami Ihara
(captain)
Defender
Norio Omura
Defender
Naoki Soma
Defender
Hiroshige Yanagimoto
Midfielder
Hiroaki Morishima
Midfielder
Hiroshi Nanami
Midfielder
Motohiro Yamaguchi
Forward
Kazuyoshi Miura
Forward
Takuya Takagi
Substitutions:
| Yasuto Honda for Hiroaki Morishima | 73 |
| Masayuki Okano for Takuya Takagi | 75 |
Goals:
Substitutions:
| Dilmurod Salem Nazarov for Fevzi Davletov | 46 |
| Azamat Abduraimov for Numon Khasanov | 67 |
| Nikolay Shirshov for Eduard Momotov | 67 |