Tunisia v Japan, 14 June 2002
| Score | 2-0 to Japan |
| Referee | Gillies Veissiere |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup Finals group H |
| Venue | Osaka Nagai Stadium, Osaka |
| Attendance | 45,213 |
View Tunisia v Japan head to head
Kick-Off: 15:30 Local (07:30 BST)
Assistant referees:
Frédéric Arnault (France)
Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
Fourth official:
René Ortubé (Bolivia)
Man of the Match:
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)
0
Tunisia
Manager: Ammar Souayah
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Ali Boumnijel
Defender/Right back
Jose Clayton
Defender/Right back
Hatem Trabelsi
Defender
Raouf Bouzaiene
Defender/Centre back
Khaled Badra
(captain)
Defender/Centre back
Radhi Jaidi
Midfielder
Selim Ben Achour
Midfielder
Riadh Bouazizi
Midfielder
Kaies Ghodhbane
Midfielder
Mourad Melki
Forward
Zied Jaziri
Substitutions:
| Zoubeir Baya for Mourad Melki | 46 |
| Imed Mhedhebi for Jose Clayton | 61 |
| Ali Zitouni for Raouf Bouzaiene | 78 |
Cards:
| Riadh Bouazizi | 21 | Y |
| Khaled Badra | 81 | Y |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Hassen Bejaoui
Goalkeeper
Ahmed El-Jaouachi
Defender
Mohamed Mkacher
Defender/Centre back
Hamdi Marzouki
Defender/Centre back
Tarek Thabet
Midfielder
Zoubeir Baya
Midfielder
Hassen Gabsi
Midfielder
Emir Mkademi
Midfielder/Forward
Imed Mhedhebi
Forward
Riadh Jelassi
Forward
Adel Sellimi
Forward
Ali Zitouni
2
Japan
Manager: Philippe Troussier
Goals:
| Hiroaki Morishima | 48 |
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| Hidetoshi Nakata | 75 |
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Starting lineup:
Seigo Narazaki
Goalkeeper
Naoki Matsuda
Defender/Right back
Koji Nakata
Defender
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Defender/Centre back
(captain)
Junichi Inamoto
Midfielder
Tomokazu Myojin
Midfielder
Hidetoshi Nakata
Midfielder
Shinji Ono
Midfielder
Kazuyuki Toda
Midfielder
Takayuki Suzuki
Forward
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Forward
Substitutions:
| Hiroaki Morishima for Atsushi Yanagisawa | 46 |
| Daisuke Ichikawa for Junichi Inamoto | 46 |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara for Hidetoshi Nakata | 84 |
Cards:
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
Akinori Nishizawa