Kirin Cup
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The Kirin Cup is an annual football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Corporation. Participants are either club teams or national selections, but the Japan national team is always a participant. Since 1992 only national teams have entered this competition.
Scotland are the current Kirin Cup champions.
Contents |
[edit] 2007
Teams: Japan, Colombia and Montenegro
[edit] 2006
| Date | Venue | Team A | Team B | Score | Match Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2006 | Nagai Stadium, Osaka |  Japan |
 Bulgaria |
1 - 2 | BBC |
| 11 May 2006 | Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe | Scotland |
Bulgaria |
5 - 1 | BBC |
| 13 May 2006 | Saitama Stadium, Saitama | Japan |
Scotland |
0 - 0 | BBC |
Kirin Cup 2006 Final Standings :
| W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Scotland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2. | Bulgaria |
1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 3. | Japan |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
[edit] Winners/Finalists
- 2006 : Scotland
- 2005 :
Peru and 
United Arab Emirates - 2004 : Japan
- 2003 : no final ranking
- 2002 : no final ranking
- 2001 : Japan
- 2000 : Japan and
Slovakia - 1999 :
Belgium and Peru - 1998 : Japan and
Czech Republic - 1997 : Japan
- 1996 : Japan
- 1995 : Japan
- 1994 :
France - 1993 :
Hungary - 1992 :
Argentina - 1991 : Japan
- 1990 : not held
- 1989 : not held
- 1988 : CR Flamengo (Brazil
) - 1987 : Fluminense (Brazil )
- 1986 : Werder Bremen (West Germany
) - 1985 : Santos (Brazil )
- 1984 : Sport Club Internacional (Brazil )
- 1983 : Newcastle United (England
) - 1982 : Werder Bremen (West Germany )
- 1981 : Club Brugge (Belgium )
- 1980 : Middlesbrough (England )
- 1979 : Tottenham Hotspur (England )
- 1978 : Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany ) and SE Palmeiras (Brazil )
[edit] External links
- Official site (Japanese)
- statistics at RSSSF
