2016 Kirin Cup

Kirin Cup 2016

(Japan, Denmark, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The 2016 Kirin Cup featured Japan, Denmark, Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the semi finals Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated Denmark 4-3 in a penalty kick shoot out after a 2-2 draw and Japan hammered Bulgaria 7-2. In the 3rd Place game Denmark easily defeated Bulgaria 4-0. In the Final in Osaka on 7 June Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated Japan 2-1 to win the Kirin Cup for the first time.

The official 2016 Kirin Cup programme shown below has 54 x glossy colour A4 pages and is all in Japanese. It is unusual that the programme runs from back to front. The programme includes the list of fixtures. It then has an extensive article on Vahid Halilhodžić, a Bosnian football manager who manages the Japanese national football team. There then follows the squad list of Japan's National Team together with large photos of all of their players. There are then three pages with details of the Denmark, Bulgaria and Bosnia teams. There is a special interview with Japan's Takashi Usamia followed by articles with extensive details of previous Kirin Cup Soccer Tournaments. Finally there is a feature on Japan's qualifying group for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Programme