2022 Kirin Cup Soccer


The 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer was the 33rd edition of the international friendly football tournament Kirin Cup Soccer organised by the Japan Football Association, which was played in Japan between 10 and 14 June 2022, with the participation of four teams: Chile, Japan, Ghana and Tunisia. This is the first Kirin Cup Soccer tournament in six years, since 2016.
Tunisia have won their first title after defeating host nation Japan 3–0 in the final. Ferjani Sassi was named the best player of the tournament, while his compatriot Issam Jebali finished as the top scorer with two goals.

Teams

The friendly tournament featured a total of 4 national teams; for the 2022 edition they were:
CountryConfederationManagerAppearancePrevious best performanceFIFA ranking
at start of event
AFCsort|1|Championsefn|Japan has won in 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015.fb|CHI

Venues

The two stadiums selected for the tournament are: Noevir Stadium Kobe in Kobe, to host the semi-final matches on 10 June, and Panasonic Stadium Suita in Osaka for the third-place classification match and the final on 14 June.
OsakaKobe
Panasonic Stadium SuitaNoevir Stadium Kobe
Capacity: 39,694Capacity: 30,132

Match officials

A total of 4 referees, 6 assistants and 7 video assistant referees were named for the tournament.

Referees

Assistant referees

Video assistant referees

Results

''All times are local, Japan Standard Time.''

Bracket


Statistics

Awards

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.