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Japan seal place at 2011 Asian Cup finals

January 7, 2010
Three-time champions Japan qualified for the 2011 Asian Cup finals after Hirayama Sota's hat-trick earned a 3-2 comeback victory over Yemen.

Bahrain also qualified from Group A after maintaining their perfect record, Ismaeel Abdulatif's first-half hat-trick helping to secure a 4-0 demolition of Hong Kong in Manama.

At the Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium in Sana'a, Basem Al Aqel opened the scoring for Yemen - who needed a win to keep their qualification hopes alive - before Sami ...

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