The 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer () was the 33rd edition of the international friendly football tournament

Kirin Cup Soccer The 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 ...

organised by the

Japan Football Association The Japan Football Association (JFA, ) is the Sport governing body, governing body responsible for the administration of Association football, football, futsal, beach soccer and Esports, efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the Japan national ...

, which was played in Japan between 10 and 14 June 2022, with the participation of four teams:

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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

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and

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

. This is the first Kirin Cup tournament in six years, since the 2016 edition.

have won their first title, defeating

3–0 in the final.

Ferjani Sassi Ferjani Sassi (; born 18 March 1992) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa and the Tunisia national team. Club career Sassi started his career with CS Sfaxien where he won the Tu ...

was named the best player of the tournament while his compatriot

Issam Jebali Issam Jebali (; born 25 December 1991) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for J1 League club Gamba Osaka and the Tunisia national team. Club career On 9 February 2015, Jebali was announced at Värnamo on ...

finished as the top scorer with two goals.

Teams

The following teams participated for the tournament.

Venues

The two stadiums selected for the tournament are:

Noevir Stadium Kobe The , a.k.a. , is a football stadium in Misaki Park, Hyogo-ku, Kobe, Japan. The stadium has a capacity of 30,132. This stadium, which features a retractable roof, is the home ground of J1 League club Vissel Kobe and the rugby union Japan Rugby L ...

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, to host the semi-final matches on 10 June 2022, and

Panasonic Stadium Suita , currently known as for sponsorship reasons. is a stadium located in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has a capacity of 40,000. The stadium is home of the J1 League football club Gamba Osaka since 2016 and replaced Expo '70 Com ...

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

Prefecture, for the third-place classification match and the final on 14 June 2022.

Results

''All times are local,

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(

UTC+9 UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00. During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with ...

).''

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

are counted as draws.

Goalscorers

Awards

* Best player:

* Top scorer:

References

External links

Kirin Cup Soccer 2022

Kirin Cup Soccer 2022
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