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2022 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three
Australia
4-3-2
, 15 PTS
0
Japan
7-0-2
, 21 PTS
2
Winner Icon Japan
Kaoru Mitoma
- 89', 90'+4'
Summary
Report
Statistics
Line-Ups
AUS
No.
Name
1
Mathew Ryan
2
Milos Degenek
20
Trent Sainsbury
13
Joel King
4
Rhyan Grant
11
Awer Mabil
21
Marco Tilio
3
Connor Metcalfe
8
James Jeggo
6
Martin Boyle
9
Jamie Maclaren
19
Gianni Stensness
22
Ben Folami
10
Ajdin Hrustic
15
Mitchell Duke
14
Bruno Fornaroli
Substitutes
16
Aziz Behich
17
Denis Genreau
23
Kenneth Dougall
18
Danny Vukovic
7
Alex Wilkinson
12
Andrew Redmayne
5
Fran Karacic
JPN
No.
Name
12
Shuichi Gonda
16
Miki Yamane
5
Yuto Nagatomo
20
Yuta Nakayama
22
Maya Yoshida
4
Kou Itakura
10
Takumi Minamino
21
Kaoru Mitoma
13
Hidemasa Morita
6
Wataru Endo
17
Ao Tanaka
8
Genki Haraguchi
14
Junya Ito
18
Takuma Asano
9
Ayase Ueda
Substitutes
1
Eiji Kawashima
19
Sho Sasaki
15
Reo Hatate
3
Shogo Taniguchi
2
Naomichi Ueda
7
Gaku Shibasaki
11
Takefusa Kubo
23
Daniel Schmidt
Game Information
ANZ Stadium
5:10 AM, March 24, 2022
Suva, Australia
Attendance: 41,852
Referees:
Nawaf Shukralla
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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