Japan and Brazil played the opening match of the 2013 Confederations Cup, at the Mané Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia. Brazil won 3-0.

Attendance - 67,423
Referee - Pedro Proença

Line ups:-
Brazil (Head coach: Phil Scolari) -
12 Julio Cesar; 02 Alves; 03 Thiago Silva, 04 David Luiz, 06 Marcelo; 11 Oscar, 17 Dias, 18 Paulinho; 09 Fred (21 Jo, 81'), 10 Neymar (07 Lucas Moura, 74'), 19 Hulk (08 Hernanes, 75')

Substitutions Not Used: 01 Jefferson, 22 Cavalieri, 13 Dante, 14 Filipe, 16 Araujo Rever, 05 Fernando Martins, 15 Jean, 20 Bernard, 23 Jadson

Japan (Head coach: Alberto Zaccheroni) -
01 Kawashima; 05 Nagatomo, 06 Uchida, 15 Konno, 22 Yoshida; 04 Honda (19 Inui, 88'), 07 Endo (13 Hosogai, 78'), 08 Hiroshi Kiyotake (18 Maeda, 51'), 10 Kagawa, 17 Hasebe; 09 Okazaki

Substitutions Not Used: 12 Nishikawa, 23 Gonda, 02 Inoha, 03 Sakai, 16 Kurihara, 21 Sakai, 14 Nakamura, 20 Takahashi, 11 Mike Havenaarm

Goals:-
Brazil - Neymar - 3'
Brazil - Paulinho - 47'
Brazil - Jo - 90+3'