FACTBOX-Soccer-Japan v Qatar - Asian Cup final

Factbox ahead of Friday's Asian Cup final between Japan and Qatar: WHERE & WHEN:

Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi (capacity: 45,000) Kickoff 6.00pm local time (1400 GMT)

MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Assistant referees: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov, Jakhongier Saidov (both Uzbekistan) Fourth Official: Ma Ning (China)

Video assistant referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy) JAPAN

FIFA world ranking: 50 Ranking in Asia: 3

Previous Asian Cups: 8 Best performance: Champions (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)

2015: Quarter-finals Nickname: Samurai Blue

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu Top scorer at 2019 Asian Cup: Yuya Osako (4)

ROAD TO THE FINAL Group F (First)

Japan 3-2 Turkmenistan Japan 1-0 Oman

Japan 2-1 Uzbekistan Round of 16

Japan 1-0 Saudi Arabia Quarter-final

Japan 1-0 Vietnam Semi-final

Japan 3-0 Iran QATAR

FIFA world ranking: 93 Ranking in Asia: 13

Previous Asian Cups: 9 Best performance: Quarter-finals (2000, 2011)

2015: Group stage Nickname: The Maroons

Coach: Felix Sanchez Bas Top scorer at 2019 Asian Cup: Almoez Ali (8)

ROAD TO THE FINAL Group E (First)

Qatar 2-0 Lebanon Qatar 6-0 North Korea

Qatar 2-0 Saudi Arabia Round of 16

Qatar 1-0 Iraq Quarter-final

Qatar 1-0 South Korea Semi-final

Qatar 4-0 United Arab Emirates (Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Ken Ferris)