Kirin Cup

Kirin Cup
Organising body	Japan Football Association
Founded	1978
Region	International
Number of teams	4
Current champions	Bosnia and Herzegovina (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (11 titles)

The Kirin Cup (Japanese: キリンカップサッカー Kirin Kappu Sakkā) is an association football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup (International competition which national teams and clubs participated in), and was last held in its full form in 2016.

From 1992 onwards, the format was changed to a round robin national team competition. The first nation to win the competition was Argentina. Japan are the tournament's most successful team with eleven titles, followed by Peru with three titles. As of 2016, the current cup holders are Bosnia and Hezegovina.

Since the start of the international competitions in 1992, the tournament has hosted a variety of teams from South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Out of the South American CONMEBOL members who have been invited (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru), Peru have been the most successful (three titles).

Out of the European invitees, there have been seven different champions, the most successful being the Czech Republic with two titles, with Hungary, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Slovakia and Scotland winning one title each. Aside from Japan, the only other Asian country to have won the tournament are the United Arab Emirates (2005), who shared the title with Peru. No African teams have won the tournament (only one African team has participated in just one edition).

In addition to the annual Kirin Cup there are a few Kirin Challenge Cups, friendlies also sponsored by the Kirin Corporation, played throughout the year in Japan. Japan took out the most recent 2015 Kirin Challenge Cup with 2–0 win over Tunisia on 27 March 2015 and 4–0 win over Iraq on 11 June 2015.

Tournaments

All times are Japan standard time (UTC+9)

1984 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
China PR	2	1	1	3	3	2
Toulouse	2	1	1	3	3	2
Japan	2	1	1	1	1	2

27 May 1984

Japan

0 – 1

Toulouse

29 May 1984

China PR

3 – 2

Toulouse

31 May 1984	Japan	1 – 0	China PR	Omiya Stadium, Saitama, Japan
	Kato

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internacional	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
Republic of Ireland	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Japan Universiade XI	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

27 May 1984

Republic of Ireland

0 – 0

Japan Universiade XI

30 May 1984

Internacional

3 – 0

Japan Universiade XI

1 June 1984

Internacional

0 – 0

Republic of Ireland

Semi-finals

3 June 1984

Internacional

4 – 1

Toulouse

3 June 1984	Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	China PR
	O'Keefe 57'

Final

5 June 1984	Internacional	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Milton Cruz Rubén Paz		Stapleton	Attendance: 28,000

1985 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Santos	9	5	4	1	0	19	4	+15
Uruguay	8	5	3	2	0	16	6	+10
West Ham	5	5	1	3	1	13	7	+6
Yomiuri	5	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1
Japan	3	5	1	1	3	7	11	-4
Malaysian Tigers	0	5	0	0	5	3	31	-28

26 May 1985	Japan	1 - 4	Uruguay	National Stadium, Tokyo
	Kimura 15'		Aguilera 44', 73' da Silva 51', 69'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Henk van Ettekoven

26 May 1985	Santos	2 - 1	West Ham	Shimizu
	Mario Sérgio 13' Zé Sérgio 34'		Goddard 57'	Attendance: 10,000

26 May 1985

Yomiuri

5 - 0

Malaysian Tigers

Sendai

28 May 1985	Japan	2 - 2	West Ham	Okayama
	Hara Mizunuma		Potts Swindlehurst

28 May 1985	Santos	8 - 1	Malaysian Tigers	Okayama
	Mirandinha Lima Mario Sérgio Gersinho Humberto		Azhar Shahrin

28 May 1985	Uruguay	4 - 3	Yomiuri	Omiya
	Aguilera

30 May 1985	Japan	0 - 1	Yomiuri	Tokyo
			Totsuka 78'

30 May 1985	West Ham	9 - 2	Malaysian Tigers	Tokyo
	Cottee Ravindan (o.g.) Swindlehurst Martin Pike Whitton		Shahdan

30 May 1985	Uruguay	1 - 1	Santos	Hiroshima
	Aguilera 21'		Davi 60'	Attendance: 15,000

1 June 1985	Uruguay	6 - 0	Malaysian Tigers	Osaka
	Carrasco Pereira Alzugaray Barrios Aguilera Cabrera

2 June 1985	Japan	1 - 4	Santos	Kobe
	Hara 85'		Zé Sérgio 16', 37' Gersinho 21' Mirandinha 29'

2 June 1985	Yomiuri	0 - 0	West Ham	Sapporo
				Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Okaya

4 June 1985	Japan	3 - 0	Malaysian Tigers	Nagoya
	Kimura 32' Mizunuma 69' Hashiratani 89'			Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Soo-Deok Kim

4 June 1985	West Ham	1 - 1	Uruguay	Nagoya
	Swindlehurst 26'		Montelongo 54'

4 June 1985	Santos	4 - 0	Yomiuri	Yokohama
	Mirandinha Davi Gersinho

Final

6 June 1985	Santos	4 - 2	Uruguay	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Zé Sérgio 22', 89' Mirandinha 41', 50'		Aguilera 15' Carrasco 81'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada

1986 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Palmeiras	6	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7
Werder Bremen	3	3	1	1	1	3	5	-2
Japan	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2
Algeria B	1	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3

11 May 1986	Japan	2 - 1	Algeria B	Matsuyama
	Hashiratani		Djahmoune

11 May 1986	Palmeiras	4 - 0	Werder Bremen	Fukuoka
	Mirandinha 20', 21', 25' Jorginho Putinatti 56'

14 May 1986	Japan	0 - 2	Werder Bremen	Tokyo
			Burgsmüller 10' Neubarth 27'

14 May 1986	Palmeiras	4 - 2	Algeria B	Shizuoka
	Mirandinha Mendonça Barbosa		Djahmoune Sabbah

16 May 1986	Japan	1 - 2	Palmeiras	Kyoto
	Kimura 51'		Denys 34' Mirandinha 71' (pen.)

16 May 1986	Werder Bremen	1 - 1	Algeria B	Nagoya
	Meier 8'		Djahmoune 16'

Final

18 May 1986	Werder Bremen	4 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Palmeiras	Tokyo
	Neubarth 56' Möhlmann 91' Ordenewitz 99', 101'		Jorginho Putinatti 26' Mirandinha 106' (pen.)

1987 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Torino	5	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Fluminense	4	3	1	2	0	8	1	+7
Japan	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1
Senegal	1	3	0	1	2	3	12	-9

24 May 1987	Japan	0 - 0	Fluminense	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Joe Worrall

24 May 1987	Torino	3 - 1	Senegal	Maruyama Baseball Stadium, Sapporo, Japan
	Corradini 30' Lentini 46' Mariani 80'		Bunjai 86'	Attendance: 3,500

25 May 1987	Torino	1 - 1	Fluminense	Shizuoka Kusanagi Baseball Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan
	Junior 6'		Paulinho 47'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Kiichiro Tachi

27 May 1987	Japan	2 - 2	Senegal	Prefectual Stadium, Hiroshima, Japan
	Hara 40' Matsuyama 50'		Ndao 43', 57' (pen.)

29 May 1987	Japan	0 - 1	Torino	Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya, Japan
			Corradini	Attendance: 26,000

29 May 1987	Fluminense	7 - 0	Senegal	Kobe Central Stadium, Shizuoka, Kobe
	Assis 5' Tato 24' Eduardo 25', 34' Washington 30', 87' Romerito 67'			Referee: Yasuki Nagoya

Final

31 May 1987	Fluminense	2 - 0	Torino	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Washington 26' Tato 44'			Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Joe Worrall

1988 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Bayer Leverkusen	5	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
Flamengo	4	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2
China PR	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Japan	0	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6

29 May 1988	Japan	1 - 3	Flamengo	Tokyo
	Yoshida 86'		Zico 9' (pen.) Paulo César 52' Delacir

29 May 1988	Bayer Leverkusen	2 - 0	China PR	Takamatsu
	Götz Falkenmayer

1 June 1988	Bayer Leverkusen	1 - 1	Flamengo	Kyoto
	Cha Bum-kun 24'		Edinho 36'

2 June 1988	Japan	0 - 3	China PR	Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya, Japan
			Wang Baoshan 24' Gao Sheng 41' Ma Lin 45'	Referee: Jamal Al Sharif

5 June 1988

Japan

0 - 1

Bayer Leverkusen

Omiya

5 June 1988	China PR	1 - 1	Flamengo	Kagoshima
	Ma Lin 53'		Gérson 17'

Final

7 June 1988	Flamengo	1 - 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Tokyo
	Zico 55'

1991 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	6	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6
Vasco	3	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
Tottenham	3	3	1	1	1	2	5	-3
Thailand	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5

2 June 1991	Japan	1 - 0	Thailand	Yamagata Park Stadium, Tendō, Japan
	Hashiratani 89' (pen.)			Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming

2 June 1991

Tottenham

0 - 0

Vasco

5 June 1991	Japan	2 - 1	Vasco	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto, Japan
	Kitazawa 41' Miura 74'	(Report)	Bismarck 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming

5 June 1991	Thailand	1 - 2	Tottenham	Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya, Japan
	K. Viton		Hendry Matthew Edwards	Attendance: 25,000

9 June 1991

Thailand

0 - 3

Vasco

9 June 1991	Japan	4 - 0	Tottenham	National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Kitazawa 2' Miura 8', 41' Sakakura 66'			Attendance: 45,000

1992 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD
Argentina	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2
Wales	2	2	1	1	1	1	0
Japan	0	2	0	2	0	2	-2

30 May 1992	Japan	0–1	Argentina	Yoyoki National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
			Batistuta 53'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Kil Ki Chul

3 June 1992	Argentina	1–0	Wales	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium, Gifu, Japan
	Batistuta 87'			Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Kiichiro Tachi

7 June 1992	Japan	0–1	Wales	Ehime Sports Complex Athletics Stadium, Matsuyama, Japan
			Bowen 40'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Samuel Chan Yam-Ming

1993 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Hungary	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Japan	3	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
United States	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2

7 March 1993	Japan	0–1	Hungary	Hakatanomori Football Stadium, Fukuoka, Japan
			Kiprich 47'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Majid Jay

10 March 1993	Hungary	0–0	United States	Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya, Japan
				Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Shinichiro Obata

14 March 1993	Japan	3–1	United States	Yoyoki National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Miura 36', 80' Lapper 68' (o.g.)		Pérez 23'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Gwang-Taek

1994 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
France	6	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Australia	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
Japan	1	2	0	1	1	2	5	-3

22 May 1994	Japan	1–1	Australia	Big Arch Stadium, Hiroshima, Japan
	Asano 10'		A Vidmar 67'	Attendance: 27,350 Referee: Piron Unprasert

26 May 1994	Australia	0–1	France	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan
			Cantona 43'	Attendance: 16,743 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

29 May 1994	Japan	1–4	France	Yoyoki National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Ogura 78'		Djorkaeff 15' Papin 18' Kurosaki 53' (o.g.) Ginola 55'	Attendance: 48,841 Referee: Mohamed Nazri Abdullah

1995 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	4	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
Scotland	4	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Ecuador	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4

21 May 1995	Japan	0 – 0	Scotland	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
				Attendance: 24,556 Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos

24 May 1995	Scotland	2 – 1	Ecuador	Toyama Athletic Recreation Park Stadium, Toyama
	Robertson 75' Crawford 83'		Hurtado 79' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,669 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

28 May 1995	Japan	3 – 0	Ecuador	Olympic Stadium (Tokyo), Tokyo
	Nakayama 36' Miura 46' (pen.), 53' (pen.)			Attendance: 53,438 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich

1996 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	6	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Mexico	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
Yugoslavia	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1

23 May 1996	Mexico	0 – 0	Yugoslavia	IAI Stadium Nihondaira, Shizuoka, Japan
				Attendance: 8,604 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

26 May 1996	Japan	1 – 0	Yugoslavia	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Miura 62'			Attendance: 50,632 Referee: Young-Joo Kim

29 May 1996	Japan	3 – 2	Mexico	Hakatanomori Football Stadium, Fukuoka, Japan
	Morishima 35' Miura 45' Soma 82'		del Olmo 5' Pelaez 16'	Attendance: 17,432 Referee: Nik Ahmad Yaakub

1997 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	6	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2
Croatia	1	2	0	1	1	4	5	-1
Turkey	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1

8 June 1997	Japan	4 – 3	Croatia	Yoyoki National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Hirano 34' Miura 49', 53' Morishima 89'		Asanovic 77', 79' (pen.) Vlaovic 90'	Attendance: 50,136 Referee: Kim Tae-Young

12 June 1997	Croatia	1 – 1	Turkey	Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai, Japan
	Erceg 21'		Ertuğrul 77'	Attendance: 15,687 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

15 June 1997	Japan	1 – 0	Turkey	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan
	Morishima 25'			Attendance: 35,029 Referee: Park Jong-Kyu

1998 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Japan	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Paraguay	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1

17 May 1998	Japan	1 – 1	Paraguay	Yoyoki National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Soma 86'		Ayala 7'	Attendance: 53,408 Referee: Kwon Jong-chul

21 May 1998	Czech Republic	1 – 0	Paraguay	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan
	Šmicer 12'			Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse

24 May 1998	Japan	0 – 0	Czech Republic	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
				Attendance: 66,930 Referee: Russamee Jindamai

1999 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	D	GS	GA
Peru	2	2	2	1	1
Belgium	2	2	2	1	1
Japan	2	2	2	0	0

30 May 1999	Peru	1 – 1	Belgium	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto
	Maestri 6'		Tanghe 28'	Attendance: 9,262 Referee: Naotsugu Fuse

3 June 1999	Japan	0 – 0	Belgium	Olympic Stadium (Tokyo), Tokyo
				Attendance: 54,985 Referee: Tae-Young Kim

6 June 1999	Japan	0 – 0	Peru	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama
				Attendance: 67,354 Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung

2000 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	4	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Slovakia	4	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Bolivia	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4

11 June 2000	Japan	1 – 1	Slovakia	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan
	Nakamura 9'		Dzúrik 7'	Attendance: 45,831 Referee: Kim Young-joo

14 June 2000	Slovakia	2 – 0	Bolivia	Tosu Stadium, Tosu, Japan
	Kratochvíl 21' Fabuš 45'			Attendance: 8,023 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

18 June 2000	Japan	2 – 0	Bolivia	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan
	Yanagisawa 7', 34'			Attendance: 65,073 Referee: Sun Baojie

2001 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	6	2	2	0	3	0	+3
Paraguay	3	2	1	1	2	2	0
Yugoslavia	0	2	0	2	0	3	-3

28 June 2001	Paraguay	2 – 0	Yugoslavia	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Cáceres 39' Ferreira 83'			Attendance: 21,213 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

1 July 2001	Japan	2 – 0	Paraguay	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
	Yanagisawa 16', 50'			Attendance: 39,073 Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung

4 July 2001	Japan	1 – 0	Yugoslavia	Big Eye Stadium, Ōita, Japan
	Inamoto 21'			Attendance: 38,147 Referee: Vijay Rahman

2002 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	4	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Honduras	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1

29 April 2002	Japan	1 – 0	Slovakia	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
	Nishizawa 38'			Attendance: 55,144 Referee: Bae Jae-Young

2 May 2002	Japan	3 – 3	Honduras	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan
	Nakamura 26', 41' Alex 76' (pen.)		Pineda 15' Pavón 27', 45'	Attendance: 38,130 Referee: Park Sang-Gu

There was no match scheduled between Honduras and Slovakia.

2003 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Argentina	3	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Paraguay	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Japan	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3

8 June 2003	Japan	1 – 4	Argentina	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan
	Akita 55'		Saviola 30' Zanetti 45' Romeo 78' Rodríguez 82'	Attendance: 42,508 Referee: Herbert Fandel

11 June 2003	Japan	0 – 0	Paraguay	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan
				Attendance: 59,891 Referee: Mike Riley

There was no match scheduled between Argentina and Paraguay.

2004 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	6	2	2	0	4	1	+3
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	1	2	1	+1
Slovakia	0	2	0	2	1	5	-4

9 July 2004	Japan	3 – 1	Slovakia	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
	Fukunishi 45' Suzuki 66' Yanagisawa 81'		Babnič 65'	Attendance: 34,458 Referee: Matthew Breeze

11 July 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	2 – 0	Slovakia	Hakata no Mori Stadium, Fukuoka
	Milošević 6' Jestrovic 90'			Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

13 July 2004	Japan	1 – 0	Serbia and Montenegro	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama
	Endo 48'			Attendance: 57,616 Referee: Eddie Lennie

2005 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Peru	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
United Arab Emirates	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Japan	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2

22 May 2005	Japan	0 – 1	Peru	Niigata Stadium, Niigata
			Vassallo 90+4'	Attendance: 39,856 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ

24 May 2005	United Arab Emirates	0 – 0	Peru	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi
				Attendance: 6,536 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

27 May 2005	Japan	0 – 1	United Arab Emirates	National Stadium, Tokyo
			Alo Ali 69'	Attendance: 53,123 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ

2006 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Scotland	4	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	1	3	6	-3
Japan	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1

9 May 2006	Japan	1 – 2	Bulgaria	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
	Maki 76'	(Report)	S. Todorov 1' Yanev 90+1'	Attendance: 44,851 Referee: Carlos Megia Davila

11 May 2006	Bulgaria	1 – 5	Scotland	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe
	Y. Todorov 26'	(Report)	Boyd 13', 43' McFadden 69' Burke 77', 88'	Attendance: 5,780 Referee: Toru Kamikawa

13 May 2006	Japan	0 – 0	Scotland	Saitama Stadium, Saitama
		(Report)		Attendance: 58,648 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

2007 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	4	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Colombia	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Montenegro	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3

1 June 2007	Japan	2 – 0	Montenegro	Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi
	Nakazawa 23' Takahara 38'			Attendance: 28,635 Referee: Michael Svendsen

3 June 2007	Colombia	1 – 0	Montenegro	Matsumoto Stadium, Matsumoto
	Falcao 33'			Attendance: 10,070 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

5 June 2007	Japan	0 – 0	Colombia	Saitama Stadium, Saitama
				Attendance: 45,091 Referee: Nicolai Volquartz

2008 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
Paraguay	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Ivory Coast	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1

22 May 2008	Ivory Coast	1 – 1	Paraguay	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
	Traoré 74'		Bogado 78'	Attendance: 5,197 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

24 May 2008	Japan	1 – 0	Ivory Coast	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi
	Tamada 21'			Attendance: 40,710 Referee: Bruno Paixão

27 May 2008	Japan	0 – 0	Paraguay	Saitama Stadium, Saitama
				Attendance: 27,998 Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa

2009 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	6	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Chile	1	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4
Belgium	1	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4

27 May 2009	Japan	4 – 0	Chile	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
19:35	Okazaki 20', 24' Abe 53' Honda 90+2'	(Report) (Report 2)		Attendance: 43,531 Referee: Anders Hermansen

29 May 2009	Belgium	1 – 1	Chile	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba
19:00	Roelandts 17'	(Report)	Medel 23'	Attendance: 6,050 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

31 May 2009	Japan	4 – 0	Belgium	National Stadium, Tokyo
19:20	Nagatomo 21' K. Nakamura 23' Okazaki 60' Yano 70'	(Report)		Attendance: 42,520 Referee: Rob Styles

2011 Kirin Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	D
Czech Republic	2	2	2
Japan	2	2	2
Peru	2	2	2

1 June 2011	Japan	0 – 0	Peru	Niigata Stadium, Niigata
19:20		(Report)		Attendance: 39,048 Referee: Howard Webb

4 June 2011	Czech Republic	0 – 0	Peru	Matsumoto Stadium, Nagano
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 7,592 Referee: Ryuji Sato

7 June 2011	Japan	0 – 0	Czech Republic	International Stadium Yokohama, Kanagawa
19:30		(Report)		Attendance: 65,856 Referee: Martin Atkinson

2013 Kirin Challenge Cup

One match series

14 August 2013	Japan	2 – 4	Uruguay	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu
19:20 JST	Kagawa 55' Honda 72'	(Report)	Forlán 26' 29' Suárez 53' González 59'	Attendance: 45,883 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2014 Kirin Challenge Cup

One match series

5 September 2014	Japan	0 – 2	Uruguay	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
19:30 JST		(Report)	Cavani 34' Hernández 71'	Attendance: 39,294 Referee: Sang-woo Kim (South Korea)

2016 Kirin Cup Soccer

Japan against Bosnia-Herzegovina at Suita City Stadium in Osaka during the final of 2016 Kirin Cup.

After one year of not being held, Kirin Cup returned in 2016 under a new name and format: Kirin Cup Soccer 2016.^[1]

Final tournament

Semi-finals		Final

3 June – Toyota (Toyota Stadium)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 (4)
		7 June – Suita (Suita City Football Stadium)
Denmark	2 (3)
		Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
3 June – Toyota (Toyota Stadium)
		Japan	1
Japan	7

Bulgaria	2
		Third place

		7 June – Suita (Suita City Football Stadium)

		Denmark	4

		Bulgaria	0

Semi-finals

3 June 2016	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2−2 (4–3 p)	Denmark	Toyota Stadium, Toyota
16.00	Đurić 52', 82'		Kjær 22' Fischer 41'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)
	Penalties
	Vrančić Krunić Hodžić Stevanović Medunjanin		Rasmussen Vestergaard Christensen Schöne Eriksen

3 June 2016	Japan	7–2	Bulgaria	Toyota Stadium, Toyota
19.40	Okazaki 3' Kagawa 26', 35' Yoshida 38', 53' Usami 57' Asano 87' (pen.)		Aleksandrov 59' Chochev 82'	Attendance: 41,940 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Third place play-off

7 June 2016	Denmark	4−0	Bulgaria	Suita City Football Stadium, Suita
16.00	Rasmussen 39' Eriksen 72', 74', 82'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,223 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Final

7 June 2016	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2−1	Japan	Suita City Football Stadium, Suita
19.30	Đurić 29', 66'		Kiyotake 28'	Attendance: 35,589 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

2016 Kirin Challenge Cup

One match series

11 November 2016	Japan	4−0	Oman	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
19:20 JST	Osako 32', 42' Kiyotake 64' (pen.) Kobayashi 90+4'	(Report) (PDF)		Attendance: 33,709 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

2017 Kirin Challenge Cup

One match series

7 June 2017	Japan	1−1	Syria	Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu
19:30 JST	Konno 58'	Report (PDF)	48' Mardikian	Attendance: 43,608 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

6 October 2017	Japan	2−1	New Zealand	Toyota Stadium, Toyota
19:30 JST	Osako 50' (pen.) Kurata 87'	Report (PDF)	58' Wood	Attendance: 38,461 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

10 October 2017	Japan	3−3	Haiti	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
19:30 JST	Kurata 7' Sugimoto 17' Kagawa 90+2'	Report (PDF)	28' Lafrance 53', 78' Nazon	Attendance: 47,420 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Teams

Japan (Host)
Colombia (CONMEBOL Representative)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016 Champions)
Latvia (UEFA Representative)

Winners

Clubs

1978 : Borussia Mönchengladbach and SE Palmeiras (Shared)
1979 : Tottenham Hotspur
1980 : Middlesbrough
1981 : Club Brugge
1982 : Werder Bremen
1983 : Newcastle United
1984 : Internacional
1985 : Santos
1986 : Werder Bremen
1987 : Fluminense
1988 : CR Flamengo
1989 : Not Held
1990 : Not Held

National teams

1992 : Argentina
1993 : Hungary
1994 : France
1995 : Japan
1996 : Japan
1997 : Japan
1998 : Czech Republic
1999 : Belgium and Peru (Shared)
2000 : Japan and Slovakia (Shared)
2001 : Japan
2002 : Not Finished
2003 : Not Finished
2004 : Japan
2005 : Peru and United Arab Emirates (Shared)
2006 : Scotland
2007 : Japan
2008 : Japan
2009 : Japan
2010 : Not Held
2011 : Japan, Czech Republic and Peru (Shared)
2012 : Not Held
2013 : Uruguay
2014 : Uruguay
2015 : Not Held
2016 : Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 : Ukraine
2018 : Ghana

References

↑ www.jfa.jp (25 January 2016). "Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark to participate in KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2016". Retrieved 25 January 2016.

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[1] www.jfa.jp (25 January 2016). "Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark to participate in KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2016". Retrieved 25 January 2016.

International association football
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North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Nations League Regional (CFU, UNCAF)
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-19 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
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Kirin Cup

Tournaments

1984 Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer

Group A

Group B

Semi-finals

Final

1985 Kirin Cup

Final

1986 Kirin Cup

Final

1987 Kirin Cup

Final

1988 Kirin Cup

Final

1991 Kirin Cup

1992 Kirin Cup

1993 Kirin Cup

1994 Kirin Cup

1995 Kirin Cup

1996 Kirin Cup

1997 Kirin Cup

1998 Kirin Cup

1999 Kirin Cup

2000 Kirin Cup

2001 Kirin Cup

2002 Kirin Cup

2003 Kirin Cup

2004 Kirin Cup

2005 Kirin Cup

2006 Kirin Cup

2007 Kirin Cup

2008 Kirin Cup

2009 Kirin Cup

2011 Kirin Cup

2013 Kirin Challenge Cup

2014 Kirin Challenge Cup

2016 Kirin Cup Soccer

Final tournament

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

2016 Kirin Challenge Cup

2017 Kirin Challenge Cup

Teams

Winners

Clubs

National teams

See also

References

External links