| Date | 23 July 1996 — 20:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida | |
| Referee | Pierluigi Collina |  ITA |
| Linesman | Luis Torres |  CRC |
| Linesman | Dramane Dante |  MLI |
| Attendance | 22,734 |
| Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria |  NGR | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Japan |  JPN | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nigeria| Pos | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Tijani Babangida | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | Daniel Amokachi | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| Midfield | Nwankwo Kanu | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | Emmanuel Amunike | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | Jay-Jay Okocha | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | Victor Ikpeba | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | Garba Lawal | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | Mobi Oparaku | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Defense | Celestine Babayaro | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | Taribo West | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Defense | Uche Okechukwu | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | Sunday Oliseh | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Goalkeeper | Joseph Dosu | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | – | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| Coach | Jo Bonfrère | |||||||||||||
Japan| Pos | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Shoji Jo | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | Ryuji Michiki | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | Yuji Hironaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | Toshihiro Hattori | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | Masakiyo Maezono | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | Teruyoshi Ito | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | Hidetoshi Nakata | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | Hiroyuki Shirai | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | Hideto Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | Makoto Tanaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | Naoki Matsuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | Tadahiro Akiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Coach | Akita Nishino | |||||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 (2) | Ryuji Michiki | | yellow | ||
| 65 (2) | Mobi Oparaku | | yellow | ||
| 72 (2) | Shoji Jo | | yellow | ||
| 82 (2) | Celestine Babayaro | | yellow | ||
| 86 (2) | Masakiyo Maezono | | yellow |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 (2) | Tijani Babangida | | 1-0 | 1 | |
| 89 (2) | Jay-Jay Okocha | | 2-0 | penalty |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 (2) | Emmanuel Amunike | | out | ||
| 72 (2) | Makoto Tanaka | | out | ||
| 72 (2) | Garba Lawal | | in | ||
| 72 (2) | Tadahiro Akiba | | in | ||
| 86 (2) | Toshihiro Hattori | | out | ||
| 86 (2) | Yuji Hironaga | | in | ||
| 87 (2) | Nwankwo Kanu | | out | ||
| 87 (2) | Victor Ikpeba | | in |
