Kirin Cup

Founded	1978
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	3
Current champions	Japan (11th),  Czech Republic (2nd) and  Peru (3rd)
Most successful team	Japan (11 titles)

The Kirin Cup is an annual friendly 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. 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 2011, the current cup holders are the Czech Republic, Japan and Peru, which shared the last title.

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, and Peru), Peru have been the most successful (3 titles) with Argentina in a close second (1 title). Out of the European invitees, there have been 6 different champions, the most successful being the Czech Republic with 2 titles, with Hungary, France, 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, and no Oceanic (OFC) ^[1] teams have ever been invited.

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.

Tournaments[link]

All times are Japan standard time (UTC+9)

2012 Kirin Cup[link]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2011 Kirin Cup[link]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
Czech Republic	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Japan	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Peru	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0

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

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

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

National Anthems

• George Kuramochi

2009 Kirin Cup[link]

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

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

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

2008 Kirin Cup[link]

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
Côte d'Ivoire	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1

22 May 2008	Côte d'Ivoire	1 – 1	Paraguay	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 5,197 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura
	Traoré  74'	(Report)	Bogado  78'

24 May 2008	Japan	1 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi Attendance: 40,710 Referee: Bruno Paixão
	Tamada  21'	(Report)

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

2007 Kirin Cup[link]

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 Attendance: 28,635 Referee: Michael Svendsen
	Nakazawa  23' Takahara  38'

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

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

2006 Kirin Cup[link]

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 Attendance: 44,851 Referee: Carlos Megia Davila
	Maki  76'	(Report)	S. Todorov  1' Yanev  90+1'

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

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

2005 Kirin Cup[link]

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 Attendance: 39,856
			Vassallo  90+4'

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 Attendance: 53,123 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ
			Alo Ali  69'

2004 Kirin Cup[link]

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

09 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
	Milosevic  6' Jestrovic  90'

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

1999 Kirin Cup[link]

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

30 May 1999	Peru	1 – 1	Belgium	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto
	Maestri  6'		Tanghe  28'

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

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

1995 Kirin Cup[link]

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

1984 Kirin Cup[link]

Group A[link]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Toulouse	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
Japan	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	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[link]

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

1 June 1984	Internacional	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland

Semi-final[link]

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

Final[link]

5 June 1984	Internacional	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland

National team competition winners[link]

• 2011 :  Czech Republic,  Japan and  Peru (Shared)
• 2010 : Not Held
• 2009 :  Japan
• 2008 :  Japan
• 2007 :  Japan
• 2006 :  Scotland
• 2005 :  Peru and  United Arab Emirates (Shared)
• 2004 :  Japan
• 2003 : No Final Ranking
• 2002 : No Final Ranking
• 2001 :  Japan
• 2000 :  Japan and  Slovakia (Shared)
• 1999 :  Belgium and  Peru (Shared)
• 1998 :  Czech Republic
• 1997 :  Japan
• 1996 :  Japan
• 1995 :  Japan
• 1994 :  France
• 1993 :  Hungary
• 1992 :  Argentina
• 1991 :  Japan

Club competition winners[link]

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

See also[link]

• Japan national football team
• Japan Football Association
• Football in Japan
• Japan
• Kirin Corporation
• National team appearances in the Kirin Cup

References[link]

External links[link]

• Japan Football Association
• Statistics at RSSSF
• Kirin Cup at Soccerway

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