The 2023 U-16 International Dream Cup (officially in Japanese: U-16 インターナショナルドリームカップ2023 JAPAN presented by JFA), was the 7th edition of the U-16 International Dream Cup, an annual international age-restricted football tournament organized by the Japan Football Association (JFA). It was held at the J-Village Stadium from 31 May to 4 June 2023.[1][2] Japan were crowned champions for the 5th time.

Format

The four invited teams played in a round-robin tournament. A penalty-shootout are played when the match resulted in a draw. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, two points for a penalty-shootout win, one point for a penalty-shootout loss, and zero points for a loss. In the event, if two teams were tied in points, tie-breakers would be applied in the order of goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head result, and a fair play score based on the number of yellow and red cards.[3]

Venue

Hirono and Naraha
J-Village Stadium
Capacity: 5,000

Teams

Team Confederation
 Japan AFC
 Nigeria[2][4] CAF
 United States CONCACAF
 Netherlands UEFA

Squads

Main article: 2023 U-16 International Dream Cup squads

Standings

Pos Team Pld W DW DL L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan (H) 3 2 0 0 1 11 5 +6 6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands 3 2 0 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 3 2 0 0 1 4 5 −1 6
4  Nigeria 3 0 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: JFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local, JST (UTC+9).
Netherlands 1–0 Nigeria
  • Jim Koller 12'
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Masaki Adachi (Japan)
Japan 1–2 United States
  • Keito Kumashiro 90+4'
 Report
  • Santiago Morales 60'
  • Sean Petrie 83'
Attendance: 175
Referee: Yoshikazu Matsuzawa (Japan)
United States 0–3 Netherlands
Report
  • Jesaja Riga Mustapha 21'
  • Haniel Pereira da Gama 42'
  • Benjamin Khaderi 82'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan)
Japan 6–1 Nigeria
  • Shuto Oishi 2'
  • Keito Kumashiro 17', 32'
  • Kento Hamasaki 66'
  • Kota Sekiguchi 78'
  • Yusei Shima 90'
 Report
  • Azuka Alatan 50'
Attendance: 135
Referee: Ryo Munakata (Japan)
Nigeria 1–2 United States
  • Solomon Udoh 85'
 Report
  • Noah Santos 25'
  • Santiago Morales 64'
Attendance: 165
Referee: Daichi Shiino (Japan)
Japan 4–2 Netherlands
  • Yusei Shima 4'
  • Yuta Sugawara 10'
  • Kento Hamasaki 48'
  • Shuto Oishi 50'
 Report
  • Lyfe Oldenstam 3'
  • Gino Verhulst 51'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Takahito Seta (Japan)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 23 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

3 goals

  • Japan Keito Kumashiro

2 goals

  • Japan Kento Hamasaki
  • Japan Shuto Oishi
  • Japan Yusei Shima
  • United States Santiago Morales

1 goal

  • Japan Kota Sekiguchi
  • Japan Yuta Sugawara
  • Netherlands Benjamin Khaderi
  • Netherlands Jim Koller
  • Netherlands Jesaja Riga Mustapha
  • Netherlands Lyfe Oldenstam
  • Netherlands Haniel Pereira da Gama
  • Netherlands Gine Verhulst
  • Nigeria Azuka Alatan
  • Nigeria Solomon Udoh
  • United States Noah Santos
  • United States Sean Petrie

Media coverage

Broadcasters[5][6]
Country Broadcasting network Television Live streaming
 Japan J Sports J Sports On Demand (all matches) —
Rest of world — — JFATV (match 1, 3, 5 only)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "U-16 International Dream Cup 2023 JAPAN". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Admin (21 May 2023). "Future Eagles To Face USA, Netherlands and Japan In Dream Cup". BSN Sport.
  3. ^ "大会要項" [Tournament details] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. ^ Chidiezie, Jidechi (19 May 2023). "Future Eagles: Nigeria's U16 to head to Japan next Friday for 4-nation tournament". Pulse Sports.
  5. ^ "TV放送/JFATV" [TV broadcasting/JFATV] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Other Soccer Programs" (in Japanese). J Sports. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_U-16_International_Dream_Cup
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