2016 Panda Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	Panda Cup
Year:	2016
City:	Chengdu, Sichuan
Country:	China
Dates:	15–19 June 2016
Num Teams:	4
Confederations:	2
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	2
Matches:	6
Goals:	18
Top Scorer:	Josip Špoljarić (4 goals)
Player:	Daisuke Sakai^[1]
Goalkeeper:	Zhang Yan
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 Panda Cup was the third edition of Panda Cup, an under-19 association football competition. The tournament was hosted in Chengdu between 15 and 19 June 2016.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 1997 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Participating teams

Team	Confederation
(host)	AFC
	UEFA
	UEFA
	AFC

Venues

Chengdu
Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Center
30.5704°N 103.8957°W
Capacity: 25,000

Matches

All times are China Standard Time --------

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Josip Špoljarić

2 goals

• Takeru Kishimoto

1 goal

• Andrija Balić
• Marijan Čabraja
  • Dominik Martinović Filip Uremović
• Jan Kuchta
• Badocha Ondřej
• Jan Šrain
• Ritsu Doan
• Yuto Iwasaki
• Koki Ogawa
• Koki Sugimori
• Itsuki Urata

Notes and References

1. Web site: U-19日本代表 Panda Cup 2016 第3戦　U-19中国代表と引き分けるも大会2連覇！. Japan Football Association. 19 June 2016. 22 May 2018. ja.
2. Web site: 2016年"熊猫杯"国际青年足球锦标赛媒体报名通知. https://web.archive.org/web/20160629011119/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/media/2016-05-17/502205.html. dead. June 29, 2016. Chinese Football Association. 17 May 2016. 22 May 2018. zh.