Tunisia lifted the Kirin Cup after a 3-0 win over hosts Japan, while nine-man Ghana claimed third place in the friendly tournament by beating Chile on penalties.
Esperance midfielder Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane opened the scoring for Tunisia with a penalty in the 55th minute in Osaka after Maya Yoshida upended Taha Yassine Khenissi.
Captain Youssef Msakni took advantage of hesitancy in the Japan defence to tee up Ferjani Sassi for the second in the 76th minute, and substitute Issam Jebali scored his second of the tournament in injury time with a fierce strike from 25 yards.
Denmark-based Jebali was also on target as Tunisia beat Chile 2-0 on Friday.
Ghana, Tunisia and Japan are using the tournament to prepare for the World Cup, which kicks off in Qatar in November.
“Our aim was to get to the World Cup, but now that we have achieved that we want to get to the knock-out round for the first time – that’s our goal,” Tunisia coach Jalel Kadri said.
“We have France, Denmark and Australia in our group and that will be very difficult, but we want to make our dream come true and get through to the knock-out round at the sixth time of asking.”
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