# 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, which was played in Japan between 10 and 14 June 2022, with the participation of four teams: Japan, Chile, Ghana and Tunisia.
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. 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 following teams participated for the tournament.
| Country | Confederation | Manager | FIFA ranking at start of event |
| Japan (Hosts) | AFC | Hajime Moriyasu | 23 |
| Chile | CONMEBOL | Eduardo Berizzo | 28 |
| Tunisia | CAF | Jalel Kadri | 35 |
| Ghana | CAF | Otto Addo | 60 |

## Venues

The two stadiums selected for the tournament are: Noevir Stadium Kobe in Kobe, to host the semi-final matches on 10 June 2022, and Panasonic Stadium Suita in Osaka Prefecture, for the third-place classification match and the final on 14 June 2022.
| Osaka | Kobe |
| Panasonic Stadium Suita | Noevir Stadium Kobe |
| Capacity: 39,694 | Capacity: 30,132 |

## Results

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

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 June – Kobe | 10 June – Kobe |
| Chile | 0 |
| Chile | 0 | 14 June – Osaka | 14 June – Osaka |
| Tunisia | 2 | 14 June – Osaka | 14 June – Osaka |
| Tunisia | 2 | Japan | 0 |
| 10 June – Kobe | 10 June – Kobe | | Japan | 0 |
| 10 June – Kobe | 10 June – Kobe | Tunisia | 3 |
| Japan | 4 | Tunisia | 3 |
| Ghana | 1 | | |
| Ghana | 1 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 14 June – Osaka | 14 June – Osaka |
| | | Chile | 0 (1) |
| | | Ghana | 0 (3) |

### Semi-finals

| 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)
| 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

| 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

| 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
* Jordan Ayew
* Takefusa Kubo
* Daizen Maeda
* Kaoru Mitoma
* Miki Yamane
* Ali Abdi
* Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane
* Ferjani Sassi

### Awards

* Best player: Ferjani Sassi
* Top scorer: Issam Jebali