Organising body | Japan Football Association (JFA) |
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Founded | 1977 |
Region | Shizuoka, Japan (Asia) |
Number of teams | 4 |
Current champions | Colombia (2019) |
Website | Official website (in English) |
2022 SBS Cup |
The SBS Cup is an association football tournament held annually in the Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
It began in 1977 as several friendly matches between South Korean and Japanese high schools to celebrate Shizuoka Broadcasting System's (SBS) 25th anniversary. [1] It was expanded to become a tournament in 1979 and since 2002, it has been a round-robin competition for national teams and a representative team from the Shizuoka Prefecture.
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1977 |
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1978 |
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Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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2002 | Paraguay | Portugal | All-Shizuoka | Japan |
2003 | Japan | Belgium | All-Shizuoka | Russia |
2004 | Brazil | Japan | Turkey | All-Shizuoka |
2005 | Argentina | Japan | Senegal | All-Shizuoka |
2006 | South Korea | Japan | Mexico | All-Shizuoka |
2007 | All-Shizuoka | Ukraine | United States | Japan |
2008 | Argentina | Japan | Australia | All-Shizuoka |
2009 | Japan | Mexico | France | All-Shizuoka |
2010 | Japan | Spain | Ghana | All-Shizuoka |
2011 | All-Shizuoka | Japan | Mexico | Australia |
2012 | Japan | Portugal | South Korea | All-Shizuoka |
2013 | Japan | All-Shizuoka | Russia | Uruguay |
2014 | Colombia | All-Shizuoka | Japan | South Korea |
2015 | Croatia | Spain | All-Shizuoka | Japan |
2016 | Slovakia | All-Shizuoka | Costa Rica | Japan |
2017 | Chile | Czech Republic | Japan | All-Shizuoka |
2018 | Paraguay | Japan | All-Shizuoka | Australia |
2019 | Colombia | Japan | All-Shizuoka | Belgium |
2022 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
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