Japan National Team: 2000 Asian Cup
Japan 3 - 2 China

Date: Oct 26, 2000 Location: Rabat, Morocco Japan 3 0 1H 0 4 2H 0 2 China Own Goal (21') Nishizawa (53') Myojin (61') Scoring (30') (49) -- Cautions -- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Naoki Matsuda, Ryuzo Morioka, Toshihiro Hattori, Junichi Inamoto, Tomokazu Myojin, Hiroshi Nanami, Shunsuke Nakamura, Hiroaki Morishima (Daisuke Oku 71'), Akinori Nishizawa (Atsushi Yanagisawa 88'), Naohiro Takahara . < TBA

China gave Japan the toughest challenge of any team at the 2000 Asian Cup, but after a see-saw battle over 60 minutes, a second-half strike by Tomokazu Myojin gave Japan the margin of victory.