 TheYanmar Stadium Nagai inOsaka hosted the match | |||||||
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| Date | 8 August 2018 (2018-08-08) | ||||||
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| Venue | Yanmar Stadium Nagai,Osaka | ||||||
| Referee | Matthew Conger (New Zealand) | ||||||
| Attendance | 10,035 | ||||||
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The2018 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 theSuruga Bank Championship (also referred to as theJ.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final), the clubfootball match co-organized by theJapan Football Association, the football governing body ofJapan,CONMEBOL, the football governing body ofSouth America, andJ.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the champions of the previous season'sJ.League Cup andCopa Sudamericana.
The match was contested betweenJapanese teamCerezo Osaka, the2017 J.League Cup champions, andArgentinian teamIndependiente, the2017 Copa Sudamericana champions.[1] It was hosted by Cerezo Osaka at theYanmar Stadium Nagai inOsaka, Japan on 8 August 2018.[2]
Independiente defeated Cerezo Osaka 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.[3]
| Team | Association / Confederation | Qualification | Previous appearances |
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 Cerezo Osaka | Japan Football Association | 2017 J.League Cup champions | None |
 Independiente | CONMEBOL | 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions | 1 (2011) |
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 thepenalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of six substitutions may be made during the match.[4]
          Cerezo Osaka |      Independiente |
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