2022 Kirin Cup Soccer

The 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer (Japanese: キリンカップサッカー2022) was the 33rd edition of the international friendly football tournament Kirin Cup Soccer organised by the Japan Football Association,^[1] which was played in Japan between 10 and 14 June 2022,^[2] with the participation of four teams: Japan, Chile, Ghana and Tunisia.^[3]

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

2016 edition. Tunisia have won their first title, defeating Japan 3–0 in the final.^[4]^[5] Ferjani Sassi was named the best player of the tournament while his compatriot Issam Jebali finished as the top scorer with two goals.^[6]

Teams

The following teams participated for the tournament.

Country	Confederation	Manager	FIFA ranking at start of event
Japan (Hosts)	AFC	Hajime Moriyasu	23
Chile^[7]	CONMEBOL	Eduardo Berizzo	28
Tunisia^[8]	CAF	Jalel Kadri	35
Ghana^[9]	CAF	Otto Addo	60

Venues

Kobe	Osaka
Noevir Stadium Kobe	Panasonic Stadium Suita
Capacity: 30,132	Capacity: 39,694

Kobe Osaka

Results

All times are local, Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).

Bracket

Semi-finals				Final

10 June – Osaka
		Tunisia	2
Japan	0
		10 June – Kobe
	Tunisia				3
		Japan	4

			Ghana	1
	3rd place match

				14 June – Osaka

				Chile	0 (1)

				Ghana	0 (3)

Semi-finals

10 June 2022

15:15

Chile	0–2	Tunisia
	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Abdi 41' Jebali 89'

Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe

Attendance: 4,973^[10]

Referee: Ryo Tanimoto (Japan)

Chile

Tunisia


GK	12	Zacarías López
DF	17	Gary Medel (c)		59'
DF	2	Eugenio Mena
DF	5	Paulo Díaz
DF	15	Francisco Sierralta
DF	26	Jeyson Rojas	58'	83'
MF	14	Pablo Galdames
MF	13	Felipe Méndez
FW	11	Ronnie Fernández	45+1'
FW	7	Joaquín Montecinos		70'
FW	22	Ben Brereton Díaz		59'
Substitutions:
DF	6	Nayel Mehssatou		83'
MF	21	Tomás Alarcón		59'
MF	19	Darío Osorio		83'
FW	9	Jean Meneses		59' 70'
FW	16	Diego Valencia		70'
Coach:
Eduardo Berizzo


GK	16	Aymen Dahmen
DF	4	Ali Abdi		90+3'
DF	20	Mohamed Dräger	43'
DF	3	Montassar Talbi
DF	6	Nader Ghandri
MF	13	Ferjani Sassi (c)
MF	14	Aïssa Laïdouni
MF	15	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane		68'
MF	25	Anis Ben Slimane		90+4'
FW	23	Naïm Sliti		79'
FW	19	Seifeddine Jaziri		68'
Substitutions:
DF	2	Bilel Ifa		90+3'
DF	21	Rami Kaib		90+4'
MF	10	Hannibal Mejbri		79'
FW	17	Issam Jebali		68'
FW	7	Youssef Msakni		68'
Coach:
Jalel Kadri

Assistant referees:
Yusuke Hamamoto (Japan)
Kota Watanabe (Japan)
Fourth official:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mihara Jun (Japan)

10 June 2022

18:55

Japan	4–1	Ghana
Yamane 29' Mitoma 45+1' Kubo 73' Maeda 82'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	J. Ayew 43'

Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe

Attendance: 25,100^[11]

Referee: Kurt Ams (Australia)

Japan

Ghana


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
DF	22	Maya Yoshida (c)		46'
DF	3	Shogo Taniguchi
DF	2	Miki Yamane		85'
DF	26	Hiroki Ito	40'
MF	7	Gaku Shibasaki
MF	6	Wataru Endo		69'
MF	11	Takefusa Kubo
MF	21	Ritsu Dōan		69'
MF	15	Kaoru Mitoma		80'
FW	25	Ayase Ueda		80'
Substitutions:
DF	4	Ko Itakura		46'
DF	20	Yūta Nakayama		85'
MF	17	Ao Tanaka		69'
MF	14	Junya Ito		69'
MF	10	Takumi Minamino		80'
FW	24	Daizen Maeda		80'
Coach:
Hajime Moriyasu


GK	12	Lawrence Ati-Zigi
DF	2	Andy Yiadom		82'
DF	18	Daniel Amartey
DF	5	Dennis Nkrumah-Korsah		68'
DF	3	Alidu Seidu
MF	11	Mubarak Wakaso
MF	20	Mohammed Kudus		68'
MF	6	Edmund Addo
FW	10	André Ayew (c)
FW	9	Jordan Ayew		81'
FW	15	Christopher Antwi-Adjei
Substitutions:
MF	7	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku	84'	68'
FW	13	Felix Afena-Gyan		68'
FW	19	Benjamin Tetteh		81'
FW	14	Daniel Afriyie	90'	82'
Coach:
Otto Addo

Assistant referees:
Andrew Lindsay (Australia)
Jasem Abdulla Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Fourth official:
Ryūji Satō (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Ahmed Eisa Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Assistant video assistant referees:

Yamauchi Hiroshi (Japan

)

Third place match

14 June 2022

15:15

Chile	0–0	Ghana
	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)
Penalties
Fernández Alarcón Brereton Medel	1–3	J. Ayew Kudus Issahaku

Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka

Attendance: 6,185^[12]

Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan

)

Chile

Ghana


GK	1	Sebastián Pérez
DF	18	Óscar Opazo	31'	73'
DF	5	Paulo Díaz (c)
DF	3	Benjamín Kuscevic
DF	15	Francisco Sierralta	46'	81'
DF	25	Alex Ibacache		81'
DF	6	Nayel Mehssatou
MF	14	Pablo Galdames	59'	81'
MF	21	Tomás Alarcón
FW	22	Ben Brereton Díaz
FW	16	Diego Valencia
Substitutions:
DF	17	Gary Medel		73'
DF	2	Eugenio Mena		81'
MF	19	Darío Osorio		81'
FW	11	Ronnie Fernández		81'
Coach:
Eduardo Berizzo


GK	1	Abdul Manaf Nurudeen
DF	17	Baba Rahman
DF	18	Daniel Amartey
DF	3	Alidu Seidu	67'
MF	11	Mubarak Wakaso	21' 78'
MF	20	Mohammed Kudus
MF	6	Edmund Addo		63'
MF	7	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
FW	10	André Ayew (c)	79'
FW	19	Benjamin Tetteh	40'	80'
FW	13	Felix Afena-Gyan		63'
Substitutions:
DF	2	Andy Yiadom		63' 90+3'
DF	22	Dennis Nkrumah-Korsah		90+3'
FW	9	Jordan Ayew		63'
FW	15	Christopher Antwi-Adjei		80'
Coach:
Otto Addo

Assistant referees:
Kota Watanabe (Japan)
Yusuke Hamamoto (Japan)
Fourth official:
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Ryo Tanimoto (Japan)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Final

14 June 2022

18:55

Japan	0−3	Tunisia
	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Ben Romdhane 55' (pen.) Sassi 76' Jebali 90+3'

Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka

Attendance: 31,292^[13]

Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates

)

Japan

Tunisia


GK	23	Daniel Schmidt
DF	22	Maya Yoshida (c)
DF	5	Yuto Nagatomo	52'	82'
DF	4	Ko Itakura
DF	26	Hiroki Ito
MF	8	Genki Haraguchi		46'
MF	9	Daichi Kamada		60'
MF	6	Wataru Endo
MF	10	Takumi Minamino		71'
MF	14	Junya Ito		71'
FW	18	Takuma Asano		60'
Substitutions:
DF	2	Miki Yamane		82'
MF	17	Ao Tanaka		46'
MF	15	Kaoru Mitoma		60'
MF	11	Takefusa Kubo		71'
MF	21	Ritsu Dōan		71'
FW	19	Kyogo Furuhashi		60'
Coach:
Hajime Moriyasu


GK	16	Aymen Dahmen
DF	2	Bilel Ifa	78'
DF	4	Ali Abdi	33'
DF	20	Mohamed Dräger		90+4'
DF	3	Montassar Talbi
MF	13	Ferjani Sassi
MF	14	Aïssa Laïdouni
MF	15	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane		77'
MF	25	Anis Ben Slimane		90+4'
FW	7	Youssef Msakni (c)		85'
FW	11	Taha Yassine Khenissi		77'
Substitutions:
DF	21	Rami Kaib		85'
DF	5	Adam Ben Lamin		90+4'
MF	10	Hannibal Mejbri		77'
MF	18	Firas Ben Larbi		90+4'
FW	17	Issam Jebali		77'
Coach:
Jalel Kadri

Assistant referees:
Jasem Abdulla Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Andrew Lindsay (Australia)
Fourth official:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Kurt Ams (Australia)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)

Match rules

90 minutes.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Statistics

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.


Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Tunisia	2	2	0	0	6	5	0	+5
2	Japan	2	1	0	1	3	4	4	0
3	Ghana	2	0	1	1	1	1	4	−3
4	Chile	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	−2

Goalscorers

There were 10 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

2 goals

Issam Jebali

1 goal

Awards

Best player: Ferjani Sassi^[14]
Top scorer: Issam Jebali^[15]

References

^ "Details of the KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022 determined". Japan Football Association. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ "2022 Kirin Cup Soccer: Ghana to feature in 4-nation tourney in Japan". Footy-Ghana.com. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Ghana play Japan, Chile and Tunisia ahead of World Cup Qatar 2022". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Tunisia beat Japan to win Kirin Cup". France 24. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
^ "【Match Report】SAMURAI BLUE fail to win title after conceding three goals to Tunisia in second half - KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
^ "Kirin Cup / Tunisie : Ferjani Sassi et Issam Jebali récompensés". africafootunited. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Chile National Team arrive in Japan - KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-11.
^ "Tunisia National Team arrive in Japan - KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-11.
^ "Ghana National Team arrive in Japan - KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-11.
^ "Match Report of Chile vs Tunisia - 2022-06-10 - Kirin Cup Soccer - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
^ "Match Report of Japan vs Ghana - 2022-06-10 - Kirin Cup Soccer - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
^ "Match Report of Chile vs Ghana - 2022-06-14 - Kirin Cup Soccer - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
^ "Match Report of Japan vs Tunisia - 2022-06-14 - Kirin Cup Soccer - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
^ "Sassi meilleur joueur de la Coupe Kirin". RadioMosaiqueFM (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
^ "Football international — semaine de nos expatriés: Issam Jebali, double buteur". La Presse de Tunisie (in French). 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2022-06-17.

External links

Kirin Cup Soccer 2022 (in English)
Kirin Cup Soccer 2022 (in Japanese)

[jfa202204282-1] "Details of the KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022 determined". Japan Football Association. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[2] "2022 Kirin Cup Soccer: Ghana to feature in 4-nation tourney in Japan". Footy-Ghana.com. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[3] "Ghana play Japan, Chile and Tunisia ahead of World Cup Qatar 2022". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[4] "Tunisia beat Japan to win Kirin Cup". France 24. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-15.

[5] "【Match Report】SAMURAI BLUE fail to win title after conceding three goals to Tunisia in second half - KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-07-01.

[6] "Kirin Cup / Tunisie : Ferjani Sassi et Issam Jebali récompensés". africafootunited. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[7] "Chile National Team arrive in Japan - KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-11.

[8] "Tunisia National Team arrive in Japan - KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-11.

[9] "Ghana National Team arrive in Japan - KIRIN CUP SOCCER 2022". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-06-11.

[10] "Match Report of Chile vs Tunisia - 2022-06-10 - Kirin Cup Soccer - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-11.

[11] "Match Report of Japan vs Ghana - 2022-06-10 - Kirin Cup Soccer - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-11.

[12] "Match Report of Chile vs Ghana - 2022-06-14 - Kirin Cup Soccer - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.

[13] "Match Report of Japan vs Tunisia - 2022-06-14 - Kirin Cup Soccer - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.

[14] "Sassi meilleur joueur de la Coupe Kirin". RadioMosaiqueFM (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-16.

[15] "Football international — semaine de nos expatriés: Issam Jebali, double buteur". La Presse de Tunisie (in French). 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2022-06-17.

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