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

The 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, officially called AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup was the eighth and final edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations and 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

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

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  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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Winners

 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 

Japan
2nd title

References

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