| 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 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Nigeria |  NGR | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| – | Japan |  JPN | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nigeria| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Tijani Babangida | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | 14 | Daniel Amokachi | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Nwankwo Kanu | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Emmanuel Amunike | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Jay-Jay Okocha | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 11 | Victor Ikpeba | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 13 | Garba Lawal | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 17 | Mobi Oparaku | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Celestine Babayaro | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 3 | Taribo West | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| Defense | 5 | Uche Okechukwu | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 15 | Sunday Oliseh | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 18 | Joseph Dosu | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | |||||
| Coach | Jo Bonfrère | ||||||||||
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9 | Shoji Jo | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| Forward | 17 | Ryuji Michiki | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Yuji Hironaga | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Toshihiro Hattori | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Masakiyo Maezono | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Teruyoshi Ito | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Hidetoshi Nakata | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 2 | Hiroyuki Shirai | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 3 | Hideto Suzuki | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Defense | 5 | Makoto Tanaka | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 13 | Naoki Matsuda | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Defense | 15 | Tadahiro Akiba | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 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 |
