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2022 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three
Japan
6-0-2
, 18 PTS
2
Winner Icon Japan
China
1-2-5
, 5 PTS
0
Yuya Osako
- 13' Pen
Junya Ito
- 61'
Summary
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
JPN
CHN
No.
Name
12
Shuichi Gonda
4
Kou Itakura
3
Shogo Taniguchi
19
Hiroki Sakai
5
Yuto Nagatomo
20
Yuta Nakayama
17
Ao Tanaka
10
Takumi Minamino
8
Genki Haraguchi
13
Hidemasa Morita
6
Wataru Endo
11
Takefusa Kubo
14
Junya Ito
21
Ritsu Doan
15
Yuya Osako
9
Daizen Maeda
Substitutes
7
Gaku Shibasaki
22
Miki Yamane
2
Naomichi Ueda
23
Daniel Schmidt
16
Shinnosuke Nakatani
1
Eiji Kawashima
Game Information
Saitama Stadium 2002
5:01 AM, January 27, 2022
Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 11,753
Match Timeline
Japan
China
13
35
56
58
61
64
73
85
89
FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings
Team
GP
W
D
L
GD
P
South Korea
8
4
4
0
+7
16
Jordan
8
3
4
1
+6
13
Iraq
8
3
3
2
+1
12
Oman
8
3
1
4
-2
10
Palestine
8
1
3
4
-5
6
Kuwait
8
0
5
3
-7
5
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