2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Nagai stadium hosted the match
Japan Egypt
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Date17 October 2007
VenueNagai Stadium, Osaka
Man of the MatchYoshito Ōkubo (Japan)
RefereeGrzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
Attendance41,901
← 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.[1]

Qualified teams

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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

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Japan 4–1 Egypt
Ōkubo 21', 42'
Maeda 53'
Kaji 68'		 Fadl 58'
Attendance: 41,901
Japan
Egypt
Japan:
GK – Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
DF – Yūichi Komano
DF – Akira Kaji
DF – Yuji Nakazawa Yellow card 58'
MF – Yuki Abe
MF – Keita Suzuki downward-facing red arrow 73'
MF – Kengo Nakamura
MF – Yasuhito Endō downward-facing red arrow 73'
MF – Satoru Yamagishi downward-facing red arrow 73'
FW – Ryoichi Maeda
FW – Yoshito Ōkubo
Substitutes:
MF – Jungo Fujimoto upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF – Yasuyuki Konno upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW – Hideo Hashimoto upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 downward-facing red arrow 52'
MF – Hosny Abd Rabo
FW – Amr Zaki downward-facing red arrow 79'
FW – Mohamed Fadl
FW – Ahmed Hassan Farag downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
MF – Omar Gamal upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF – Gomaa Mashhour upward-facing green arrow 52'
FW – Akram Abdel-Majeed Yellow card 90+2' upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Hassan Shehata

Assistant referees:
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Fourth official:
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Man of the Match:
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Winners

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 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 

Japan
2nd title

References

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