XIX. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer [Kirin Cup] 1998 - Details

GROUP STAGE:

[May 17]
In Tokyo (Yoyoki National Stadium, 14.00)
Japan               1 (Soma 86)
Paraguay            1 (Ayala 7)
HT. 0-1. Att. 53,408. Referee: Jong-Chul Kwon (South Korea)
JPN: 20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 5-Norio Omura (HT. 16-Toshihide Saito), 4-Masami Ihara [c], 17-Yutaka Akita 
     (78' 22-Takashi Hirano), 2-Akira Narahashi, 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 3-Naoki Soma, 15-Hiroaki Morishima 
     (63' 28-Teruyoshi Ito), 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 9-Masashi Nakayama (63' 12-Wagner Lopes), 18-Shoji Jo. 
     Coach: Takeshi Okada
PAR: 1-Jose Luis Chilavert (GK) [c], 3-Catalino Rivarola (HT. 4-Carlos Gamarra), 5-Celso Ayala, 14-Ricardo Rojas, 
     20-Denis Caniza, 10-Roberto Acuna (HT. 15-Miguel Benitez), 19-Carlos Morales (69' 7-Juan Carlos Yegros), 
     13-Carlos Paredes, 17-Hugo Brizuela (HT. 16-Julio Cesar Enciso), 9-Jose Cardozo (81' 18-Cesar Ramirez),
     21-Jorge Campos. Coach: Paulo Cesar Carpeggiani (Brazil)
Booked: 26' Acuna, 45' Omura, 50' Morales, 54' Paredes, 77' Chilavert

[May 21]
In Kobe (Universiade Memorial Stadium)
Paraguay            0
Czech Republic      1 (Smicer 12)
HT. 0-1. Att. 6,104. Referee: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)
PAR: 1-Jose Luis Chilavert (GK) [c], 5-Celso Ayala, 4-Carlos Gamarra, 20-Denis Ramon Caniza (77' 21-Jorge Campos), 
     11-Pedro Sarabia, 15-Miguel Benitez, 10-Roberto Acuna, 16-Julio Cesar Enciso, 13-Carlos Humberto Paredes, 
     7-Julio Cesar Yegros (66' 17-Hugo Brizuela), 18-Cesar Ramirez. Coach: Paulo Cesar Carpeggiani (Brazil)
CZE: 16-Tomas Postulka (GK), 3-Jan Suchoparek, 5-Michal Hornak, 2-Tomas Repka (78' 18-Karel Rada), 20-Martin Cizek
     (64' 15-Edvard Lasota), 7-Jiri Nemec [c], 6-Roman Vonasek, 8-Karel Poborsky (88' 14-Radek Sloncik), 
     11-Radek Bejbl, 17-Vladimir Smicer (85' 12-Tomas Galasek), 19-Vratislav Lokvenc (55' 10-Horst Siegl). 
     Coach: Jozef Chovanec
Booked: Caniza, Enciso, Cizek

[May 24]
In Yokohama (International Stadium, 14.00)
Japan               0
Czech Republic      0
HT. 0-0. Att. 66,930. Referee: Russamee Jindamai (Thailand)
JPN: 20-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (GK), 16-Toshihide Saito, 4-Masami Ihara [c], 19-Eisuke Nakanishi, 2-Akira Narahashi 
     (77' 12-Wagner Lopes), 6-Motohiro Yamaguchi, 3-Naoki Soma, 8-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Hiroshi Nanami, 18-Shoji Jo,
     9-Masashi Nakayama (65' 30-Shinji Ono). Coach: Takeshi Okada
CZE: 1-Ladislav Maier (GK), 3-Jan Suchoparek, 5-Michal Hornak, 2-Tomas Repka, 7-Jiri Nemec [c], 6-Roman Vonasek 
     (72' 18-Karel Rada), 8-Karel Poborsky (85' 10-Horst Siegl), 14-Radek Sloncik (65' 12-Tomas Galasek), 
     11-Radek Bejbl, 20-Martin Cizek (69' 15-Edvard Lasota), 19-Vratislav Lokvenc. Coach: Jozef Chovanec
Booked: 28' Cizek, 51' Sloncik, 53' Poborsky, 64' M. Yamaguchi


TABLE:
 1. CZECH REPUBLIC          2  1  1  0   1- 0  4 - CHAMPIONS
 2. Japan                   2  0  2  0   1- 1  2
 3. Paraguay                2  0  1  1   1- 2  1