J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship

The J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship was an annual intercontinental football match held in Japan, contested by the reigning champions of the J.League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana.

J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship

Organising body	CONMEBOL JFA
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Abolished	2023
Region	South America and Japan
Number of teams	2
Last champions	Athletico Paranaense (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Kashima Antlers (2 titles)
Television broadcasters	Fox Sports (Latin America) (until 2018) DirecTV Sports (South America) (2019) ESPN Brasil (2019) Fuji TV (Japan)

The tournament was previously officially called the Suruga Bank Championship between 2008 and 2018 due to Sponsorship reasons. Starting in 2019, it was the J. League YBC Levain Cup / CONMEBOL Sudamericana Championship Final, using the official names of the two qualifying tournaments.^[1]

History

The J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship was established in early 2008 by the Japan Football Association (JFA), CONMEBOL, and J. League, and sponsored by Suruga Bank in Japan. The championship is hosted annually at the J. League Cup champion's home stadium.

The first match was played on July 30, 2008, at Nagai Stadium in Osaka where Argentina's Arsenal defeated Japan's Gamba Osaka by 1–0.

Records and statistics

List of finals

Ed.	Year	Country	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Country	Venue	City	Attend.
1	2008	ARG	Arsenal	1–0	Gamba Osaka	JPN	Nagai Stadium	Osaka	19,728
2	2009	BRA	Internacional	2–1	Oita Trinita	JPN	Ōita Stadium	Ōita	16,505
3	2010	JPN	FC Tokyo	2–2 (4–3 p)	LDU Quito	ECU	National Stadium	Tokyo	19,423
4	2011	JPN	Júbilo Iwata	2–2 (4–2 p)	Independiente	ARG	Shizuoka Stadium	Fukuroi	19,034
5	2012	JPN	Kashima Antlers	2–2 (7–6 p)	Universidad de Chile	CHI	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kashima	20,021
6	2013	JPN	Kashima Antlers	3–2	São Paulo	BRA	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kashima	26,695
7	2014	JPN	Kashiwa Reysol	2–1	Lanús	ARG	Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium	Kashiwa	10,140
8	2015	ARG	River Plate	3–0	Gamba Osaka	JPN	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	Osaka	12,722
9	2016	COL	Santa Fe	1–0	Kashima Antlers	JPN	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kashima	19,716
10	2017	JPN	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Chapecoense	BRA	Saitama Stadium 2002	Saitama	11,002
11	2018	ARG	Independiente	1–0	Cerezo Osaka	JPN	Yanmar Stadium Nagai	Osaka	10,035
12	2019	BRA	Athletico Paranaense	4–0	Shonan Bellmare	JPN	Shonan BMW Stadium	Hiratsuka	9,129
–	2020	(Not held)[n 1]
–	2021	(Not held)[n 2]
–	2022	(Canceled)
–	2023	(Canceled)
–	2024	(Canceled)

Notes

1. Match Kawasaki Frontale vs Independiente del Valle not held due to 2020 Summer Olympics originally scheduled to be held at the same time, which ended up being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]
2. Match FC Tokyo vs Defensa y Justicia not held due to 2020 Summer Olympics scheduled to be held at the same time.

Performances by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Seasons won	Seasons runner-up
Kashima Antlers	2	1	2012, 2013	2016
Independiente	1	1	2018	2011
Arsenal	1	0	2008
Internacional	1	0	2009
FC Tokyo	1	0	2010
Júbilo Iwata	1	0	2011
Kashiwa Reysol	1	0	2014
River Plate	1	0	2015
Santa Fe	1	0	2016
Urawa Red Diamonds	1	0	2017
Athletico Paranaense	1	0	2019
Gamba Osaka	0	2	—	2008, 2015
Oita Trinita	0	1	—	2009
LDU Quito	0	1	—	2010
Universidad de Chile	0	1	—	2012
São Paulo	0	1	—	2013
Lanús	0	1	—	2014
Chapecoense	0	1	—	2017
Cerezo Osaka	0	1	—	2018
Shonan Bellmare	0	1	—	2019

Performances by nation

Nation	Titles	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Japan	6	6	Kashima Antlers (2), FC Tokyo (1), Júbilo Iwata (1), Kashiwa Reysol (1), Urawa Red Diamonds (1)	Gamba Osaka (2), Oita Trinita (1), Kashima Antlers (1), Cerezo Osaka (1), Shonan Bellmare (1)
Argentina	3	2	Arsenal (1), River Plate (1), Independiente (1)	Independiente (1), Lanús (1)
Brazil	2	2	Internacional (1), Athletico Paranaense (1)	São Paulo (1), Chapecoense (1)
Colombia	1	0	Santa Fe (1)
Ecuador	0	1		LDU Quito (1)
Chile	0	1		Universidad de Chile (1)