Suruga Bank Championship

Suruga Bank Championship

Founded	2008
Region	South America (CONMEBOL) Japan (JFA)
Number of teams	2
Current champions	Jubilo Iwata
2011 Suruga Bank Championship

The J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final, officially called the Suruga Bank Championship (Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank), is an annual intercontinental football match contested by the reigning champions of the J. League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana.

History

The intercontinental championship was founded in early 2008 by the Japan Football Association (JFA) and CONMEBOL. The championship is hosted annually by the JFA and is sponsored by Suruga Bank in Japan. The match is hosted in the Japanese champion's home stadium.

The inaugural intercontinental championship first took place on July 30, 2008 at Nagai Stadium in Osaka where Argentina's Arsenal beat Japan's Gamba Osaka by 1-0.

Finals

Season	Country	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Country	Venue	Attendance	Notes
2008	ARG	Arsenal	1–0	Gamba Osaka	JPN	Nagai Stadium, Osaka	19,728
2009	BRA	Internacional	2–1	Oita Trinita	JPN	Ōita Stadium, Ōita	16,505
2010	JPN	F.C. Tokyo	2–2 (4–3 pen.)	LDU Quito	ECU	National Stadium, Tokyo	19,423
2011	JPN	Jubilo Iwata	2–2 (4–2 pen.)	Independiente	ARG	Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi	19,034

Performances

By club

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Arsenal	1	0	2008
Internacional	1	0	2009
F.C. Tokyo	1	0	2010
Jubilo Iwata	1	0	2011
Gamba Osaka	0	1		2008
Oita Trinita	0	1		2009
LDU Quito	0	1		2010
Independiente	0	1		2011

By nation

Nation	Times won	Times runner-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Japan	2	2	F.C. Tokyo (1), Jubilo Iwata (1)	Gamba Osaka (1), Oita Trinita (1)
Argentina	1	1	Arsenal (1)	Independiente (1)
Brasil	1	0	Internacional (1)
Ecuador	0	1		LDU Quito (1)

All-time top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Alecsandro	Internacional	1
	Andrezinho	Internacional	1
	Hernán Barcos	LDU Quito	1
	Carlos Casteglione	Arsenal	1
	Keigo Higashi	Oita Trinita	1
	Sōta Hirayama	F.C. Tokyo	1
	Masashi Oguro	F.C. Tokyo	1
	Patricio Urrutia	LDU Quito	1

References

External links

• (Japanese) Official J. League Website
• (Japanese) Official JFA Website
• (English) Official CONMEBOL Website
• (Japanese) Official Suruga Bank Website
• (English) All about Suruga Bank Championship