2002 Kirin Cup

Kirin Cup 2002

(Japan, Slovakia, Honduras)

The 2002 Kirin Cup featured Japan, Slovakia and Honduras. In the opening game in Tokyo on 29 April 2002 Japan defeated Slovakia 1-0 with a goal from Akinori Nishizawa. In the second game in Kobe on 2 May Japan and Honduras drew 3-3 with two goals for Shunsuke Nakamura and a goal from Alessandro Santos for Japan, balanced out by a strike from Jose Luis Pineda and two goals from Carlos Pavon. Only two matches were played so Japan were therefore the winners of the 2002 Kirin Cup.

The official 2002 Kirin Cup programme for this tournament has 68 x glossy colour A4 pages and is in Japanese. The programme includes the list of fixtures and details of the competing Japan squad with small photos of each of their players. The Slovakia and Honduras squads are given without pen pictures. There are special articles on all three national teams and on Japan's star players (with full page colour photos) including Ryuzo Morioka, Junichi Inamoto and Naoki Matsuda amongst others. There are articles on the build up to World Cup 2002 to be played in Japan and Korea. Finally there are details of previous Kirin Cup Tournaments.

Programme