FIFA WORLD CUP FRANCE '98 - Continental Qualification

OMAN VS JAPAN				0:1 (0:1)
AFC	23 MAR. 1996	MUSCAT, OMN	18:40 HRS.	---

MATCH SUMMARY:
SULTAN QABOOS SPORTS COMPLEX, BOSHER

OMAN: 23 AL ALAWI Awadh Shabait M.; 3 AL HAIDI Gharib Said; 4 FAIRUZ Khair Khadim; 5 AL MUKHAINI Adil Fa] il B.; 6 AL MAZROI Farid Ali A.; 18 AL ALAWI Abdul Aziz Hadid; 8 AL STYART Taqi Mubarak M.; 9 MOHAMED Tayib Abdul Noor; 19 AL BUSAIDY Saeed Shabaan; 14 AL SIYABI Nabeel Mubarak; 15 AL MAZROOFI Ahmed Khamis SUBSTITUTES: 2 AL MAHRDOQI Badar Ali; 7 SAMIR Majdi Shaaban F.; 10 AL NOBI Hani Al Dhabat; 12 AL HARBI Mohsin Saleh; 22 AL MAZROI Sulaiman Khamis; 16 AL ZA'ART Yaqoob Ismati; 17 AL KATHIRI Mohamed Amor COACH: AL JOWAHRI Mahmoud JAPAN: 2 YANAGIMOTO Hiroshige; 20 KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu; 3 SOMA Naoki; 4 IHARA Masami; 5 OMURA Norio; 6 YAMAGUCHI Motohiro; 7 HONDA Yasuto; 10 NANAMI Hiroshi; 11 MIURA Kazuyoshi; 15 MORISHIMA Hiroaki; 18 JO Shoji SUBSTITUTES: 16 SAITO Toshihide; 13 KITAZAWA Tsuyoshi; 14 OKANO Masayuki; 19 NAKAMURA Tadashi; 8 MAEZONO Masakiyo; 9 TAKAGI Takuyo; 1 KOJIMA Nobuyuki COACH: KAMO Shu
SCORERS:	Oman: - Japan: 10' OMURA Norio
REFEREE:	HAJI YAAKUB Nik Ahmad (MAL)
ASSISTANT REFEREES:	WONG Yiu Chong (HKG) ROVENSKIKH Serguei (KAZ)
SUBSTITUTIONS:	Oman: 59' in SAMIR Majdi Shaaban F., AL ZA'ART Yaqoob Ismati out MOHAMED Tayib Abdul Noor, AL SIYABI Nabeel Mubarak; 78' in AL KATHIRI Mohamed Amor out AL BUSAIDY Saeed Shabaan Japan: -
CAUTIONS:	Oman: 28' AL ALAWI Abdul Aziz Hadid Japan: -
EXPULSIONS:	Oman - Japan - () beside name indicates 2^nd yellow card expulsion. (*) indicates direct expulsion (red card).