Italy 2 - 3 Belgium
| Match Information | |
| Stadium: | Beijing Workers' Stadium |
| Attendance: | 50,802 |
| Match Time: | August 16, 2008, 11:00 UK |
| Official(s): | Héctor Baldassi (Referee) |
| Scoring Summary | |
| Italy | Belgium |
| Giuseppe Rossi (pen 19) | Moussa Dembele (24) |
| Giuseppe Rossi (pen 74) | Kevin Mirallas (45) |
| Moussa Dembele (79) | |
| Italy | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Emiliano Viviano | (G) |
| 3 | Paolo De Ceglie | (D) |
| 2 | Marco Motta | (D) |
| 15 | Salvatore Bocchetti | (D) |
| 6 | Domenico Criscito | (D) |
| 7 | Riccardo Montolivo | (M) |
| 5 | Luca Cigarini | (M) |
| 4 | Antonio Nocerino | (M) |
| 11 | Giuseppe Rossi | (ST) |
| 14 | Robert Acquafresca | (ST) |
| 10 | Sebastian Giovinco | (ST) |
| Belgium | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Logan Bailly | (G) |
| 4 | Thomas Vermaelen | (D) |
| 2 | Sepp De Roover | (D) |
| 5 | Sebastien Pocognoli | (D) |
| 7 | Tom De Mul | (M) |
| 11 | Maarten Martens | (M) |
| 8 | Faris Haroun | (M) |
| 10 | Jan Vertonghen | (M) |
| 15 | Jeroen Simaeys | (M) |
| 9 | Kevin Mirallas | (ST) |
| 18 | Moussa Dembele | (ST) |
| Italy Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 18 | Andrea Consigli | (G) |
| 13 | Andrea Coda | (D) |
| 16 | Lorenzo De Silvestri | (D) |
| 12 | Daniele Dessena | (M) |
| 17 | Ignazio Abate | (M) |
| 20 | Antonio Candreva | (M) |
| 21 | Andrea Russotto | (ST) |
| Belgium Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 12 | Yves Ma-Kalambay | (G) |
| 22 | Yves De Winter | (G) |
| 16 | Anthony Vanden Borre | (D) |
| 13 | Laurent Ciman | (D) |
| 14 | Landry Mulemo | (D) |
| 19 | Vadis Odjija Ofoe | (D) |
| 6 | Marouane Fellaini | (M) |
| Italy Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Ignazio Abate for Luca Cigarini (61) |
| Andrea Consigli for Marco Motta (81) |
| Antonio Candreva for Ignazio Abate (83) |
| Belgium Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Anthony Vanden Borre for Maarten Martens (65) |
| Yves Ma-Kalambay for Logan Bailly (68) |
| Italy Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Giuseppe Rossi | (57) |
| Antonio Nocerino | (90) |
| Belgium Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Moussa Dembele | (85) |
| Faris Haroun | (85) |
| Italy Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Emiliano Viviano | (80) |
| Belgium Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Thomas Vermaelen | (18) |
Saturday, August 16, 2008
| Brazil | 2 | |
| Cameroon | 0 | FT |
| Italy | 2 | |
| Belgium | 3 | FT |
| Argentina | 2 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | FT |
| Nigeria | 2 | |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | FT |