1995 King Fahd Cup Group B Explained

Group B of the 1995 King Fahd Cup took place between 6 and 10 January 1995. Argentina won the group on goal difference, and advanced to the final, while Nigeria finished second and advanced to third-place playoff. Japan failed to advance.^[1]

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4
	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4
	2	0	0	2	1	8	-7	0

Results

Japan v Nigeria

JAPAN:
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GK	1	Shigetatsu Matsunaga
DF	2	Yoshihiro Natsuka
DF	3
DF	4	Masami Ihara
DF	7
MF	5	Tetsuji Hashiratani
MF	8
MF	10
MF	15	Motohiro Yamaguchi
FW	9
FW	11	Kazuyoshi Miura
Substitutions:
MF	14
FW	16
Manager:
Shu Kamo

NIGERIA:
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GK	1	Peter Rufai
DF	2	Augustine Eguavoen
DF	3
DF	5
DF	20
MF	8
MF	11	Emmanuel Amunike
MF	13	Sunday Oliseh
FW	12
FW	14
FW	18
Substitutions:
MF	10
MF	6
Manager:
Shuaibu Amodu

Japan v Argentina

JAPAN:
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GK	1	Shigetatsu Matsunaga
DF	2	Yoshihiro Natsuka
DF	3
DF	4	Masami Ihara
DF	7
MF	5	Tetsuji Hashiratani
MF	9
MF	14
MF	15	Motohiro Yamaguchi
FW	11	Kazuyoshi Miura
FW	16
Substitutions:
MF	8
DF	18
Manager:
Shu Kamo

ARGENTINA:
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GK	1	Carlos Bossio
DF	2	Roberto Ayala
DF	3	José Chamot
DF	4
DF	6
MF	5
MF	7	Ariel Ortega
MF	8	Alejandro Escudero
MF	20	Christian Bassedas
FW	9	Gabriel Batistuta
FW	11
Substitutions:
MF	18
MF	17
Manager:
Daniel Passarella

Nigeria v Argentina


NIGERIA:
GK	1	Peter Rufai
DF	2	Augustine Eguavoen
DF	3
DF	5
DF	20
MF	8
MF	10
MF	11
FW	12
FW	14
FW	18
Substitutions:
MF	17
MF	6
Manager:
Shuaibu Amodu


ARGENTINA:
GK	1	Carlos Bossio
DF	2
DF	3	José Chamot
DF	4
DF	6
MF	5
MF	7	Ariel Ortega
MF	8	Alejandro Escudero
MF	20	Christian Bassedas
FW	9	Gabriel Batistuta
FW	11	Pascual Rambert
Substitutions:
Manager:
Daniel Passarella

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20160901222304/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2007/m=3/news=saudi-arabia-1995-denmark-come-from-the-cold-501839.html 1995 King Fahd Cup overview