Japan
1–1
(1–3)
Croatia
Daizen Maeda (43')
Ivan Perišić (55')
Japan
Hajime Moriyasu (Japan)
12Shūichi GondaGK
3Shogo TaniguchiCB
16Takehiro TomiyasuCB
22Maya YoshidaCB
6Wataru EndoCM
13Hidemasa MoritaCM
5Yuto NagatomoLM
14Junya ItoRM
25Daizen MaedaCF
15Daichi KamadaLF
8Ritsu DōanRF
Subs
19Hiroki SakaiDF
9Kaoru MitomaMF
10Takumi MinaminoMF
17Ao TanakaMF
18Takuma AsanoFW
Croatia
Zlatko Dalić (Croatia)
1Dominik LivakovićGK
6Dejan LovrenCB
20Joško GvardiolCB
3Borna BarišićLB
116'
22Josip JuranovićRB
11Marcelo BrozovićDM
8Mateo KovačićCM
90'
10Luka ModrićCM
16Bruno PetkovićCF
4Ivan PerišićLF
9Andrej KramarićRF
Subs
7Lovro MajerMF
13Nikola VlašićMF
15Mario PašalićMF
14Marko LivajaFW
17Ante BudimirFW
18Mislav OršićFW
Date
2022-12-05, 18:00
Stadium
Al Janoub Stadium • Al Wakrah, Qatar
Referee
Ismail Elfath (United States)
Other matches between Japan and Croatia
| Japan 0-1 Croatia 1998-06-20, 14:30 |
| Japan 0-0 Croatia 2006-06-18, 15:00 |