June 4th 2002 (6:00pm)                             Saitama, Saitama Stadium 2002

     JAPAN - BELGIUM             2-2 (0-0)

      Goals             56'16   0-1   Marc Wilmots (assist - Eric Van Meir)
                        58'42   1-1   Takayuki Suzuki (assist - Shinji Ono)
                        67'56   2-1   Junichi Inamoto (assist - Atsusihi Yanagisawa)
                        74'05   2-2   Peter Van der Heijden (assist - Eric Van Meir)

      Referee           William Mattus Vega (Costa Rica)  5,5
      Linesmen          Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
                        Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
      4th official      Graham Poll (England)

      Yellow cards      20'07   Peter Van der Heijden (foul on Daisuke Ichikawa)
                        30'11   Kazuyuki Toda (foul on Gert Verheyen)
                        53'21   Junichi Inamoto (foul on Gert Verheyen)
                        61'11   Gert Verheyen (foul on Junichi Inamoto)
                        61'48   Jacky Peeters (foul on Atsushi Yanagisawa)
                        81'41   Eric Van Meir (foul on Atsushi Yanagisawa)

      Attendance        55,258

      Playtime          First half     46'51
                        Second half    47'02
                        Total          93'53

      Quality           5  
      Intensity         7,5
      Excitement        7  



      JAPAN (formation 3-5-2)             CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Seigo Narazaki                   Nagoya Grampus Eight      26     19   5,5
       3 Noaki Matsuda                    Yokohama Flügels Marinos  25     29   4  
       4 Ryoko Marioka (c)          (-72) Shimizu S-Pulse           26     34   6  
      16 Koji Nakata                      Kashima Antlers           22     27   5,5
      22 Daisuke Ichakawa                 Shimizu S-Pulse           22      5   6  
       5 Junichi Inamoto                  Arsenal                   22     30   6,5
      21 Kazuyuki Toda                    Shimizu S-Pulse           24     15   6  
       7 Hidetoshi Nakata                 Parma                     25     43   6,5
      18 Shinji Ono                 (-64) Feyenoord                 22     27   5,5
      13 Atsushi Yanagisawa               Kashima Antlers           25     26   5,5
      11 Takayuki Suzuki            (-69) Kashima Antlers           25     16   4,5

      Substitutes
      14 Alessandro Santos Alex     (+64) Shimizu S-Pulse           24      6   7  
       8 Hiroaki Morishima          (+69) Cerezo Osaka              30     62   5  
      17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (2nd c) (+72) Gamba Osaka               25     11   6  

      Coach: Philippe Troussier                                        Average  5,68



      BELGIUM (formation 4-4-2)           CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Geert De Vlieger                 Willem II                 31     25   6  
      15 Jacky Peeters                    AA Gent                   32     13   6  
      16 Daniel Van Buyten                Olympique Marseille       24      7   5,5
       4 Eric Van Meir                    Standard Luik             34     32   6,5
      12 Peter Van der Heijden            Club Brügge               25      4   6,5
      18 Yves Vanderhaeghe                Anderlecht                32     30   6  
      10 Johan Walem                (-69) Standard Luik             30     33   5  
       6 Timmy Simons                     Club Brügge               25     12   6  
       8 Bart Goor                        Hertha BSC                29     38   5  
      11 Gert Verheyen              (-83) Club Brügge               31     46   5,5
       7 Marc Wilmots (c)                 Schalke 04                33     66   6,5

      Substitutes
       9 Wesley Sonck               (+69) RC Genk                   23     13   5,5
      20 Branko Strupar             (+83) Derby County              32     15   -  

      Coach: Robert Waseige                                            Average  5,83



* Numbers in blue are points set by us after
  performance in the match (0=worst, 10=best).