page_title: Kirin Cup
section_title: 2016 Kirin Cup Soccer
hierarchical_section_title: Kirin Cup / Tournaments / 2016 Kirin Cup Soccer
caption_attribution_description: English: Municipal Suita Stadium 日本語: 市立吹田スタジアム
context_page_description: The Kirin Cup is an association football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup, and was last held in its full form in 2016.
  From 1992 onwards, the format was changed to a round robin national team competition. The first nation to win the competition was Argentina. Japan are the tournament's most successful team with eleven titles, followed by Peru with three titles. As of 2016, the current cup holders are Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  Since the start of the international competitions in 1992, the tournament has hosted a variety of teams from South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Out of the South American members of CONMEBOL who have been invited, Peru have been the most successful.
  Out of the European invitees, there have been seven different champions, the most successful being the Czech Republic with two titles, with Hungary, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Slovakia and Scotland winning one title each. Aside from Japan, the only other Asian country to have won the tournament are the United Arab Emirates, who shared the title with Peru.
context_section_description: Kirin Cup returned in 2016, under a new name and format: Kirin Cup Soccer 2016.
caption: Japan against Bosnia and Herzegovina at Suita City Stadium in Osaka during the final of 2016 Kirin Cup.
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