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2008 Olympic Women's Soccer, Group Stage
Japan
0-1-1
, 1 PTS
2
New Zealand
0-1-1
, 1 PTS
2
Aya Miyama
- 72' Pen
Homare Sawa
- 86'
Kirsty Yallop
- 37'
Amber Hearn
- 56' Pen
Summary
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
JPN
NZL
No.
Name
1
Miho Fukumoto
2
Yukari Kinga
4
Azusa Iwashimizu
7
Kozue Ando
12
Karina Maruyama
14
Kyoko Yano
5
Miyuki Yanagita
8
Aya Miyama
10
Homare Sawa
15
Mizuho Sakaguchi
11
Shinobu Ohno
9
Eriko Arakawa
17
Yuki Nagasato
Substitutes
18
Ayumi Kaihori
20
Rumi Utsugi
3
Hiromi Ikeda
6
Ayumi Hara
6
Tomoe Kato
Game Information
Guangdong Olympic Stadium
10:00 AM, 6 August 2008
Referees:
Deidre Mitchell
Match Timeline
Japan
New Zealand
KO
37
HT
56
70
72
79
79
82
86
87
FT
Women's Olympic Tournament Standings
Team
GP
W
D
L
GD
P
Spain
1
1
0
0
+1
3
Brazil
1
1
0
0
+1
3
Japan
1
0
0
1
-1
0
Nigeria
1
0
0
1
-1
0
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