| Date | 16 October 1968 — 15:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla | |
| Referee | George Lamptey |  GHA | 
| Linesman | Seyoum Tarekegn |  ETH | 
| Linesman | Dimitar Rumenchev |  BUL | 
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Brazil |  BRA | 1 | |
| – | Japan |  JPN | 1 | 
 Brazil
Brazil| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 11 | Toninho | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Arnaldo | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Moreno | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Fernando Ferretti | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Manoel Maria | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Plínio | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 16 | Luiz Henrique | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Tião | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 13 | Deodato | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | João Almeida | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Miguel | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Getúlio | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Coach | Marão | ||||||||||||||||
 Japan
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 13 | Masashi Watanabe | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Kunishige Kamamoto | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Ikuo Matsumoto | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Ryuichi Sugiyama | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 9 | Aritatsu Ogi | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 12 | Teruki Miyamoto | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 3 | Masakatsu Miyamoto | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Yasuyuki Kuwahara | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Hiroshi Katayama | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Yoshitada Yamaguchi | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Mitsuo Kamata | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 8 | Takaji Mori | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Kenzo Yokoyama | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Coach | Shunichiro Okano | ||||||||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 (1) | Fernando Ferretti |  | 1-0 | |
| 83 (2) | Masashi Watanabe |  | 1-1 | 
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 (2) | Yasuyuki Kuwahara |  | out | |
| 46 (2) | Masakatsu Miyamoto |  | in | |
| 81 (2) | Ikuo Matsumoto |  | out | |
| 81 (2) | Masashi Watanabe |  | in | |
| 84 (2) | Fernando Ferretti |  | out | |
| 84 (2) | Arnaldo |  | in |