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2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three
Japan
6-2-1
, 20 PTS
2
Winner Icon Japan
Australia
4-4-1
, 16 PTS
0
Takuma Asano
- 41'
Yosuke Ideguchi
- 82'
Summary
Report
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
JPN
AUS
No.
Name
--
Eiji Kawashima
19
Hiroki Sakai
--
Yuto Nagatomo
--
Gen Shoji
22
Maya Yoshida
24
Yosuke Ideguchi
--
Hotaru Yamaguchi
11
Takashi Inui
8
Genki Haraguchi
--
Makoto Hasebe
--
Yuya Osako
9
Shinji Okazaki
18
Takuma Asano
11
Yuya Kubo
Substitutes
7
Gaku Shibasaki
13
Yu Kobayashi
20
Tomoaki Makino
10
Shinji Kagawa
4
Keisuke Honda
6
Genta Miura
12
Masaaki Higashiguchi
23
Kosuke Nakamura
21
Gotoku Sakai
Game Information
Saitama Stadium 2002
11:35 AM, 31 August 2017
Saitama, Japan
Japan beat Australia, book World Cup spot
AFC World Cup Qualifying
May 17, 2023, 05:42 am - AAP
Match Timeline
Japan
Australia
41
42
61
70
75
82
86
87
89
90
FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings
Team
GP
W
D
L
GD
P
South Korea
4
3
1
0
+5
10
Jordan
4
2
1
1
+4
7
Iraq
4
2
1
1
+1
7
Oman
4
1
0
3
-3
3
Kuwait
4
0
3
1
-4
3
Palestine
4
0
2
2
-3
2
WCQ - AFC News
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