J.League World Challenge

Football tournament

J.League World Challenge
Organising body	J.League
Founded	2017
Region	Japan (AFC)
Number of teams	2 or more
Website	Official website
2023 J.League World Challenge

The J.League World Challenge is a friendly match between J.League clubs and powerful overseas clubs invited to Japan by the J.League to take advantage of a two-week break in the J1 League during the summer season starting in 2017.^[1]^[2]

2017 J.League World Challenge

17 July 2017 (2017-07-17)

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–3	Borussia Dortmund
Koroki 24' Endo 85'	Report (J.League)	Mor 76', 79' Schürrle 88'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 58,327

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)

Kashima Antlers	2–0	Sevilla
Suzuki 72', 90+1'	Report (J.League)

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 28,308

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

2019 J.League World Challenge

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)

Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Chelsea^[3]
Damião 86'	Report (Soccerway)

Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 61,012

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

2023 J.League World Challenge

23 July 2023 (2023-07-23)

19:00

Yokohama F. Marinos	3–5	Manchester City^{[citation needed]}
Anderson Lopes 27' Matsubara 37' Inoue 86'	Report (J.League)	Stones 40' Álvarez 43' Haaland 52', 90+2' Rodri 72'

Japan National Stadium, Shinjuku

Attendance: 61,618

Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

References

^ "Jリーグインターナショナルシリーズ明治安田生命Jリーグワールドチャレンジ2017 開催決定のお知らせ" [Announcement of J.League International Series Meiji Yasuda J.League World Challenge 2017] (Press release) (in Japanese). J.League. 27 April 2017.
^ "明治安田生命Jリーグワールドチャレンジ2019 7/19（金）開催決定！～Ｊ１リーグチャンピオンの川崎フロンターレが出場～" ["Meiji Yasuda J.League World Challenge 2019 will be held on Friday, July 19th! ～J1 League champion Kawasaki Frontale will participate] (Press release) (in Japanese). J.League. 23 January 2019.
^ "Tickets for Chelsea pre-season games in Japan now on sale". Chelsea F.C. 12 June 2019.

External links

J.League World Challenge 2023 (in Japanese)

Friendly association football tournaments in Japan

Japan Football Association (JFA)

Men

Senior / U-23	Kirin Cup Soccer (2023) Kirin Challenge Cup
University	Denso Cup Soccer Japan-Korea University single-match tournament (ja)
U-20	(2023) SBS Cup Sendai Cup International Youth Football Tournament (ja)
U-17	(2023) U-16 International Dream Cup Hokkaido International Youth Soccer (ja) (2023) International Youth Soccer in Niigata New Year Youth Soccer (ja) Prayer for Peace; Hiroshima International Youth Soccer Games (ja) Toyota International Youth (ja)
U-14	Tokyo U-14 International Youth Football Tournament (ja)
U-12	U-12 Junior Soccer World Challenge

Women

Senior	(2023) MS&AD Cup
University	Denso Cup Soccer Japan vs Korea university annual women's regular football match (ja)
U-17	HiFA Peace Memorial Balcom BMW CUP Hiroshima Women's Soccer Festa JENESYS U-17 Women’s Football Memorial Cup