2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

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]

2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Nagai stadium who hosted the match
Japan Egypt
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Date17 October 2007
VenueNagai Stadium, Osaka
Man of the MatchYoshito Ōkubo (Japan)
RefereeGrzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
Attendance41,901

Qualified teams
Country Qualified as Previous appearance in tournament
 Egypt2006 Africa Cup of Nations champions1 (1987)
 Japan2004 AFC Asian Cup champions1 (1993)

Match details
Japan 4–1 Egypt
Ōkubo  21', 42'
Maeda  53'
Kaji  68'		 Fadl  58'
Attendance: 41,901
Japan
Egypt
Japan:
GK–Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
DF–Yūichi Komano
DF–Akira Kaji
DF–Yuji Nakazawa 58'
MF–Yuki Abe
MF–Keita Suzuki 73'
MF–Kengo Nakamura
MF–Yasuhito Endō 73'
MF–Satoru Yamagishi 73'
FW–Ryoichi Maeda
FW–Yoshito Ōkubo
Substitutes:
MF–Jungo Fujimoto 73'
MF–Yasuyuki Konno 73'
FW–Hideo Hashimoto 73'
Manager:
Ivica Osim
Egypt:
GK–Mohamed Abdel Monsef
DF–Hany Said
DF–Mahmoud Fathalla
DF–Ahmed Elmohamady
DF–Sayed Moawad
MF–Mohamed Homos
MF–Abdul Rahman Mohie 52'
MF–Hosny Abd Rabo
FW–Amr Zaki 79'
FW–Mohamed Fadl
FW–Ahmed Hassan Farag 46'
Substitutes:
MF–Omar Gamal 46'
MF–Gomaa Mashhour 52'
FW–Akram Abdel-Majeed 90+2' 79'
Manager:
Hassan Shehata

Assistant referees:
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Man of the Match:
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References
  1. "Japan scheduled to take on Egypt". Japan Times. 29 August 2007.
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