Japan beat Finland 4-1

A young Japan team got the better of Finland in the opening round of this group D contest. The result means Japan join Canada at the top of the group.First half goals from Tetsuya Toda and Tatsuhiro Ura set Japan on their way. Janne Helander gave Finland brief hope with an early second half goal but almost immediately Simo Mykkanen deflected the ball into his own net. Finland pushed hard at Japan to get back in the game but Japanese captain Inoue made sure of the win a goal 2 minutes from time.

Both teams are in action tomorrow with Japan facing the hosts Denmark and Finland taking on group favourites Canada.

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Japan

Name

Class

Played

Goals Scored

Sub In

Sub Out

Yellow

Red

Yanagi, Hideyuki - GK

FT1 C

60'

Taniguchi, Taisei

FT2 C

48'

Miura, Ryosuke

FT2 C

55'

Osawa, Shotaro

FT2 C

31'

27'

Toda, Tetsuya

FT2 C

60'

Inoue, Temma - C

FT8 RFD

60'

58'

38'

Ura, Tatsuhiro

FT2 C

60'

16'

Nakaoka, Kodai

FT7 C

29'

31'

33'

Kuroda, Shou

FT5 C

12'

48'

Takahashi, Hiroto

FT7 C

Ono, Tomohisa

FT1 C

55'

Hanaki, Kazuma

FT6 RFD

Yoshioka, Kuniaki - GK

FT7 RFD

Head coach: Junichi Sano

Finland

Name

Class

Played

Goals Scored

Sub In

Sub Out

Yellow

Red

Seppälä, Jaakko - GK

FT1 R

60'

Laurila, Jussi

FT2 C

60'

23'

Mykkanen, Simo

FT1 C

60'

42' (o.g)

Jukarainen, Mikael

FT2 C

60'

Helander, Janne

FT2 C

60'

39'

Siikonen, Johannes - C

FT1 C

60'

Kuronen, Ville

FT3 C

60'

59'

FT2 R

FT6 C

FT1 R

FT5 C

FT1 C

Head coach: Samuel Siikonen

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