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]
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]
Finals Related competitions
League competitions
Cup competitions
AFC competitions
Related to national teams
Domestic leagues Domestic cups Super cups CONMEBOL competitions