2012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup#Results
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Women's Kirin Challenge Cup
| year = 2012
| other_titles =
| image =
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| caption =
| country = Japan
| dates = 1 April – 5 April
| confederations = 3
| num_teams = 3
| venues = 3
| cities = 3
| champion_other = {{fbw|Japan}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbw|United States}}
| third_other = {{fbw|Brazil}}
| matches = 3
| goals = 10
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
| player =
| prevseason =
| nextseason = 2022
}}
The 2012 Women's Kirin Challenge Cup was an association football tournament organized in Japan.[http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2012/02/WNT-Travel-to-Japan.aspx] U.S. Soccer Website It was held from 1–5 April 2012 in Japan and included 3 teams: Brazil, Japan and the United States. Japan won the tournament on goals scored after tying with the United States and beating Brazil 4–1.[https://www.espn.com/sports/soccer/story/_/id/7778169/japanese-women-beat-brazil-win-kirin-cup Japanese women beat Brazil to win Kirin Cup]. ESPN
Results
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=120|Team
!width=25|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals allowed}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=25|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|JPN}}
|2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|USA}}
|2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fbw|BRA}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7| | ||
| 6 | 0 |
{{football box
| date = 1 April 2012
| time = 6:30 a.m. EDT
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|JPN}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120403122911/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2012/04/US-WNT-Draws-Japan-in-Kirin-Challenge-Cup.aspx Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|USA}}
| goals1 = Kinga {{goal|31}}
| goals2 = Morgan {{goal|72}}
| stadium = Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
| attendance = 15,159
| referee = Li Juan (CHN)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 3 April 2012
| time = 3:00 a.m. EDT
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|USA}}
| score = 3–0
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120818023044/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2012/04/WNT-Defeats-Brazil-in-Chiba.aspx Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|BRA}}
| goals1 = Lloyd {{goal|18}}
Boxx {{goal|23}}
Buehler {{yel|77}}
Rodriguez {{goal|83}}
| goals2 = Ester {{yel|82}}
| stadium = Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba
| attendance = 500
| referee = Sachiko Yamagishi
}}
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{{football box
| date = 5 April 2012
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|JPN}}
| score = 4–1
| report = [https://futeboldaselecaobrasileira.blogspot.com/2012/04/japao-4-x-1-brasil.html Report]
| team2 = {{fbw|BRA}}
| goals1 = Daiane {{goal|16|o.g.}}
Nagasato {{goal|58}}
Miyama {{goal|61}}
Sugasawa {{goal|89}}
| goals2 = Francielle {{goal|45}}
| stadium = Home's Stadium, Kobe
| attendance = 12,862
| referee =
}}
References
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[https://futeboldaselecaobrasileira.blogspot.com/ Brazil National Team All Matches]