The Blue Samurai and the Czechs had both failed to break down Peru in the two previous games before Chelsea goalkeeper Cech ensured the winner-takes-all clash in Yokohama also finished in a stalemate.

Cech brilliantly saved a Shinji Okazaki header after 78 minutes before acrobatically blocking Tadanari Lee's follow-up from point-blank range, drawing gasps from a crowd of 65,000.

Japan defender Maya Yoshida wasted the best chance of the match seven minutes into the second half when he somehow headed over from two meters out with Cech stranded and the goal wide open.

The home side were playing their first competitive games since winning a record fourth Asian Cup in January and March's deadly earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan.

Peru and the Czechs agreed to travel to Japan after receiving assurances that they would not be exposed to the risk of radiation from the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, north of Tokyo.