Kirin Cup

Kirin Cup
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 as an international club competition 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 11 titles, followed by Peru with 3 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 (3 titles). Out of the European invitees, there have been 7 different champions, the most successful being the Czech Republic with 2 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 Kirin Cup

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

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

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 South Korea

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

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

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 United States

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

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

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 17:00	Australia	1–1	Japan	Big Arch Stadium, Hiroshima, Japan
	A Vidmar 67' A Vidmar 75'		Asano 10'	Attendance: 27,350 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert Thailand

26 May 1994 17:00	Australia	0–1	France	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan
			Cantona 43'	Attendance: 16,743 Referee: Masayoshi Okada Japan

29 May 1994 17:00	Japan	1–4	France	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan
	Ogura 78'		Djorkaeff 16' Papin 18' Ginola 53', 55'	Attendance: 16,743 Referee: Masayoshi Okada Japan

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
				Referee: Armando Perez (COL)

24 May 1995	Scotland	2 – 1	Ecuador	Toyama Athletic Recreation Park Stadium, Toyama
	Robertson Crawford		Hurtado

28 May 1995	Japan	3 – 0	Ecuador	Olympic Stadium (Tokyo), Tokyo

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

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: Tae-Young Kim

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

15 June 1997	Japan	1 – 0	Turkey	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan
	Morishima 25'			Attendance: 35,029

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

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

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

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'

3 June 1999	Japan	0 – 0	Belgium	Olympic Stadium (Tokyo), Tokyo

6 June 1999	Japan	0 – 0	Peru	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama

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

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
	Caceres 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

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

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

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

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'

11 July 2004	Serbia and Montenegro	2 – 0	Slovakia	Hakata no Mori Stadium, Fukuoka
	Milošević 6' Jestrovic 90'

13 July 2004	Japan	1 – 0	Serbia and Montenegro	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama
	Endo 48'

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

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

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'	(Report)	Bogado 78'	Attendance: 5,197 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

24 May 2008	Japan	1 – 0	Ivory Coast	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi
	Tamada 21'	(Report)		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 Tojo

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)

10 October 2014	Japan	1 – 0	Jamaica	Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata
19:25 JST	Nosworthy (o.g.) 16'	(Report)

2016 Kirin Soccer Cup

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)
Denmark	2 (3)

			7 June – Suita (Suita City Football Stadium)
			Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
			Japan	1


			Third place
3 June – Toyota (Toyota Stadium)		7 June – Suita (Suita City Football Stadium)
Japan	7	Denmark	4
Bulgaria	2		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		(Report) (PDF)

2018 Kirin Soccer Cup

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

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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Kirin Cup

Tournaments

1984 Kirin Cup

Group A

Group B

Semi-finals

Final

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 Soccer Cup

Final tournament

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

2016 Kirin Challenge Cup

2018 Kirin Soccer Cup

Winners

Clubs

National teams

See also

References

External links