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Football match
The 2018 Suruga Bank Championship (
Japanese : スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018 ;
Spanish : Copa Suruga Bank 2018 ) was the eleventh edition of the
Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final ), the club
football match co-organized by the
Japan Football Association , the football governing body of
Japan ,
CONMEBOL , the football governing body of
South America , and
J.League , the professional football league of Japan, between the champions of the previous season's
J.League Cup and
Copa Sudamericana .
The match was contested between
Japanese team
Cerezo Osaka , the
2017 J.League Cup champions, and
Argentinian team
Independiente , the
2017 Copa Sudamericana champions.
[1] It was hosted by Cerezo Osaka at the
Yanmar Stadium Nagai in
Osaka , Japan on 8 August 2018.
[2]
Independiente defeated Cerezo Osaka 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.
[3]
Teams
Format
The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.League Cup winners hosting the match. If tied at the end of regulation,
extra time would not be played, and the
penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of six substitutions may be made during the match.
[4]
Match
Details
See also
References
External links
Finals Related competitions
League competitions
Cup competitions
AFC competitions
Related to national teams
Domestic leagues Domestic cups Super cups CONMEBOL competitions