FIFA WORLD CUP FRANCE '98 - Continental Qualification

NEPAL VS JAPAN				0:6 (0:1)
AFC	27 MAR. 1997	MUSCAT, OMN	16:30 HRS.	500

MATCH SUMMARY:
SULTAN QABOOS SPORTS COMPLEX

NEPAL: 1 MAN SINGH Upendra; 3 CHAUDHARY Dev Narayan; 2 THAPA Rajesh; 6 SHAKYA Raju Kaji; 8 SHRESTHA Narendra; 9 SHRESTHA Saugesh; 10 SHAH Mani Bikram; 11 KHADKA Hari; 12 AMATYA Deepak; 14 MAHARAJAN Bal Gopal; 16 TULADHAR Sunil SUBSTITUTES: 22 KHAREL Binod; 4 DHAUBANJAR Babu Kaji; 14 MAHARAJAN Bal Gopal; 13 MAGAR Raju Pulami; 15 SHERCHAN Gyanendra; 18 SHRESTHA Chet Narayan; 17 LAMA Arjun; 5 MANANDHAR Rajesh COACH: SUWAL Yougamber JAPAN: 2 YANAGIMOTO Hiroshige; 3 SOMA Naoki; 15 MORISHIMA Hiroaki; 4 IHARA Masami; 5 OMURA Norio; 6 YAMAGUCHI Motohiro; 7 HONDA Yasuto; 10 NANAMI Hiroshi; 20 KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu; 9 TAKAGI Takuya; 18 JO Shoji SUBSTITUTES: 8 MAEZONO Masakiyo; 17 AKITA Yutaka; 13 KITAZAWA Tsuyoshi; 1 KOJIMA Nobuyuki; 14 OKANO Masayuki; 16 SAITO Toshihide; 19 NAKAMURA Tadashi COACH: KAMO Shu
SCORERS:	Nepal: - Japan: 24' MORISHIMA Hiroaki; 47' TAKAGI Takuya; 55' TAKAGI Takuya; 76' OMURA Norio; 89' TAKAGI Takuya; 90' HONDA Yasuto
REFEREE:	NADJAFALIEV Sardar (UZB)
ASSISTANT REFEREES:	NAGI Abdulsalam Mohamed (YEM) GOLAM MOSTAFA Mostafa (BGD)
SUBSTITUTIONS:	Nepal: 31' in SHRESTHA Chet Narayan out KHADKA Hari; 83' in MAGAR Raju Pulami out SHRESTHA Saugesh; 88' in LAMA Arjun out SHRESTHA Narendra Japan: 67' in OKANO Masayuki out JO Shoji; 72' in KITAZAWA Tsuyoshi out YAMAGUCHI Motohiro; 81' in NAKAMURA Tadashi out YANAGIMOTO Hiroshige
CAUTIONS:	Nepal: 25' MAHARAJAN Bal Gopal; 42' SHRESTHA Saugesh Japan: -
EXPULSIONS:	Nepal: - Japan: - ** () beside name indicates 2^nd yellow card expulsion. (*) indicates direct expulsion (red card).