Hirayama niet in WK-selectie Japan
Doel: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight)Verdediging: Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Alex (Urawa Reds), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F-Marinos), Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds), Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Middenveld: Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton Wanderers), Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic), Shinji Ono (Urawa Reds), Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion), Koji Nakata (FC Basel), Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka) Aanvaller: Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers), Naohiro Takahara (Hamburger SV), Masashi Oguro (Grenoble), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba)