Group B
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JAPAN 0:1 U.S.A. (0:0) (07.08.08, Tianjin)
1-Shusaku Nishikawa, 7-Atsuto Uchida, 6-Masato Morishige, 4-Hiroki Mizumoto (c), 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 10-Yohei Kajiyama (17-Tadanari Lee 64), 16-Takuya Honda, 8-Keisuke Honda, 12-Hiroyuki Taniguchi, 14-Shinji Kagawa (11-Shinji Okazaki 83), 15-Takayuki Morimoto (9-Yohei Toyoda 72)
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JAPAN 1:2 NIGERIA (0:0) Toyoda (79). (10.08.08, Tianjin)
1-Shusaku Nishikawa, 4-Hiroki Mizumoto (c), 6-Masato Morishige, 7-Atsuto Uchida, 13-Michihiro Yasuda, 2-Hajime Hosogai (10-Yohei Kajiyama 75), 8-Keisuke Honda, 12-Hiroyuki Taniguchi, 14-Shinji Kagawa (11-Shinji Okazaki 63), 16-Takuya Honda, 17-Tadanari Lee (9-Yohei Toyoda 63)
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JAPAN 0:1 HOLLAND (0:0) (13.08.08, Shenyang)
1-Shusaku Nishikawa, 3-Maya Yoshida, 4-Hiroki Mizumoto (c), 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 6-Masato Morishige, 2-Hajime Hosogai, 8-Keisuke Honda (14-Shinji Kagawa 80), 10-Yohei Kajiyama, 12-Hiroyuki Taniguchi (15-Takayuki Morimoto 80), 9-Yohei Toyoda, 11-Shinji Okazaki (17-Tadanari Lee 86)
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(Shinji is pictured above during the match against the U.S.A. at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.)