GOALS             -


      REFEREE           Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
      LINESMEN          Peter Hermans (Belgium)
                        Walter Vromans (Belgium)
      4TH OFFICIAL      Kevin Stott (USA)
      5TH OFFICIAL      Gregory Barkey (USA)

      YELLOW CARDS      21'  Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (JPN)
                        32'  Robert Kovac (CRO)
                        42'  Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (JPN)
                        69'  Darijo Srna (CRO)
                        72'  Alessandro Santos (JPN)

      RED CARDS         -

      ATTENDANCE        41,000




      JAPAN                                AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
      23 GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi            30   15 Aug 1975   Jubilo Iwata
       5 DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)          29   07 Feb 1977   Gamba Osaka
      21 DF Akira Kaji                      26   13 Jan 1980   Gamba Osaka
      22 DF Yuji Nakazawa                   28   25 Feb 1978   Yokohama F-Marinos
       7 MD Hidetoshi Nakata                29   22 Jan 1977   Bolton Wanderers (ENG)
       8 MD Mitsuo Ogasawara                27   05 Apr 1979   Kashima Antlers
      10 MD Shunsuke Nakamura               27   24 Jun 1978   Glasgow Celtic (SCO)
      14 MD Alessandro Santos               28   20 Jul 1977   Urawa Reds
      15 MD Takashi Fukunishi         (-46) 29   01 Sep 1976   Jubilo Iwata
       9 FW Naohiro Takahara          (-85) 27   04 Jun 1979   Hamburger SV (GER)
      13 FW Atsushi Yanagisawa        (-61) 29   27 May 1977   Kashima Antlers

      Substitutes
      17 MD Junichi Inamoto           (+46) 26   18 Sep 1979   West Bromwich A. (ENG)
      16 FW Masashi Oguro             (+85) 26   04 May 1980   Grenoble (FRA)
      20 FW Keiji Tamada              (+61) 26   11 Apr 1980   Nagoya Grampus Eight

      Coach: Arthur Coimbra ZICO (BRA)      53   03 Mar 1953



      CROATIA                              AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
       1 GK Stipe Pletikosa                 27   08 Jan 1979   Hajduk Split
       3 DF Josip Simunic                   28   18 Feb 1978   Hertha Berlin (GER)
       4 DF Robert Kovac                    32   06 Apr 1974   Juventus (ITA)
       5 DF Igor Tudor                (-70) 28   16 Apr 1978   Siena (ITA)
       7 DF Dario Simic                     30   12 Nov 1975   AC Milan (ITA)
       2 MD Darijo Srna               (-87) 24   01 May 1982   Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
       8 MD Marko Babic                     25   28 Jan 1981   Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
      10 MD Niko Kovac (c)                  34   15 Oct 1971   Hertha Berlin (GER)
      19 MD Niko Kranjcar             (-78) 21   13 Aug 1984   Hajduk Split
       9 FW Dado Prso                       31   05 Nov 1974   Glasgow Rangers (SCO)
      17 FW Ivan Klasnic                    26   29 Jan 1980   Werder Bremen (GER)

      Substitutes
      14 MD Luka Modric               (+78) 20   09 Sep 1985   Dinamo Zagreb
      18 FW Ivica Olic                (+70) 26   14 Sep 1979   CSKA Moscow (RUS)
      22 FW Ivan Bosnjak              (+87) 27   06 Feb 1979   Dinamo Zagreb

      Coach: Zlatko Kranjcar                49   15 Nov 1956