2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Appearance
Nagai stadium hosted the match | |||||||
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Date | 17 October 2007 | ||||||
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Venue | Nagai Stadium, Osaka | ||||||
Man of the Match | Yoshito Ōkubo (Japan) | ||||||
Referee | Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) | ||||||
Attendance | 41,901 | ||||||
The 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, officially called AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup was played between the winners of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Japan and the winners of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt. The competition returned after 10 years, the previous edition was held in 1997. It was held into one leg in Japan.[1]
Qualified teams
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearance in tournament |
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2006 Africa Cup of Nations champions | 1 (1987) | |
2004 AFC Asian Cup champions | 1 (1993) |
Match details
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Egypt
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Assistant referees:
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Man of the Match:
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Winners
2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations |
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Japan 2nd title |
References
- ^ "Japan scheduled to take on Egypt". Japan Times. 29 August 2007.
External links
- 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations - rsssf.com
Categories:
- Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
- 2007 in association football
- 2007 in African football
- 2007 in Asian football
- 2007–08 in Egyptian football
- 2007 in Japanese football
- Japan national football team matches
- Egypt national football team matches
- International association football competitions hosted by Japan
- October 2007 sports events in Asia