2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Football match

Nagai stadium hosted the match

Japan	Egypt

4	1

Date

17 October 2007

Venue

Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Man of the Match

Yoshito Ōkubo (Japan)

Referee

Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Attendance

41,901

← 1997

The 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, officially called AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup was played between the winners of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Japan and the winners of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt. The competition returned after 10 years, the previous edition was held in 1997. It was held into one leg in Japan.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearance in tournament
Egypt	2006 Africa Cup of Nations champions	1 (1987)
Japan	2004 AFC Asian Cup champions	1 (1993)

Match details

17 October 200719:30 UTC+9

Japan	4–1	Egypt
Ōkubo 21', 42' Maeda 53' Kaji 68'		Fadl 58'

Nagai Stadium, OsakaAttendance: 41,901Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Japan

Egypt


Japan:
GK	–	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
DF	–	Yūichi Komano
DF	–	Akira Kaji
DF	–	Yuji Nakazawa	58'
MF	–	Yuki Abe
MF	–	Keita Suzuki		73'
MF	–	Kengo Nakamura
MF	–	Yasuhito Endō		73'
MF	–	Satoru Yamagishi		73'
FW	–	Ryoichi Maeda
FW	–	Yoshito Ōkubo
Substitutes:
MF	–	Jungo Fujimoto		73'
MF	–	Yasuyuki Konno		73'
FW	–	Hideo Hashimoto		73'
Manager:
Ivica Osim


Egypt:
GK	–	Mohamed Abdel Monsef
DF	–	Hany Said
DF	–	Mahmoud Fathalla
DF	–	Ahmed Elmohamady
DF	–	Sayed Moawad
MF	–	Mohamed Homos
MF	–	Abdul Rahman Mohie		52'
MF	–	Hosny Abd Rabo
FW	–	Amr Zaki		79'
FW	–	Mohamed Fadl
FW	–	Ahmed Hassan Farag		46'
Substitutes:
MF	–	Omar Gamal		46'
MF	–	Gomaa Mashhour		52'
FW	–	Akram Abdel-Majeed	90+2'	79'
Manager:
Hassan Shehata

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Man of the Match:
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Winners

2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Japan 2nd title

References

"Japan scheduled to take on Egypt". Japan Times. 29 August 2007.

External links

2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations - rsssf.com

v t e Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
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v t e Japan national football team matches
FIFA Confederations Cup Final	2001
AFC Asian Cup Finals	1992 2000 2004 2011 2019
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1993 2007
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup	2001
Other matches	Japan 2–15 Philippines (1917) Japan 15–0 Philippines (1967) Japan 2–2 Iraq (1993)

v t e Egypt national football team matches
Africa Cup of Nations finals	1957 1959 1962 1986 1998 2006 2008 2010 2017 2021
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1987 2007
Other matches	Egypt 11–2 Palestine BM (1934) Iraq 1–3 Egypt (1972) Egypt 1–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq (1975) Algeria 0–1 (agg.) Egypt (1989) Egypt 3–2 Saudi Arabia (1992) Egypt 0–1 Algeria (2009) Egypt 3–1 Uganda (2011)

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