Kirin Cup
The Kirin Cup is an annual soccer invitation tournament organized by the Japanese brewery Kirin Brewery . From 1978 to 1991 club and national teams were invited in addition to the Japanese national team, which was always participating, and since 1992 only national teams have been invited. After a five-year break, it was held again in June 2016.
Winners and finalists
- 2016: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2015: Japan
- 2014: Japan
- 2013: Japan
- 2012: not held
- 2011: Japan , Peru and the Czech Republic
- 2010: not held
- 2009: Japan
- 2008: Japan
- 2007: Japan
- 2006: Scotland
- 2005: Peru and United Arab Emirates
- 2004: Japan
- 2003: none
- 2002: none
- 2001: Japan
- 2000: Japan and Slovakia
- 1999: Belgium and Peru
- 1998: Japan and the Czech Republic
- 1997: Japan
- 1996: Japan
- 1995: Japan
- 1994: France
- 1993: Hungary
- 1992: Argentina
- 1991: Japan
Winners and finalists (clubs)
- 1990: not held
- 1989: not held
- 1988: CR Flamengo
- 1987: Fluminense
- 1986: Werder Bremen
- 1985: Santos FC
- 1984: SC Internacional
- 1983: Newcastle United
- 1982: Werder Bremen
- 1981: Club Brugge
- 1980: Middlesbrough FC
- 1979: Tottenham Hotspur
- 1978: Borussia Mönchengladbach and SE Palmeiras
Web links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Statistics (English)