2017 Suruga Bank Championship


The 2017 Suruga Bank Championship was the tenth edition of the Suruga [Bank Championship], 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 Urawa [Red Diamonds], the 2016 J.League Cup champions, and Brazilian team Chapecoense [de">Associação Chapecoense de Futebol">Chapecoense [de Futebol|Chapecoense], the 2016 [Copa Sudamericana] champions. It was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama [Stadium 2002] in Saitama, Japan on 15 August 2017.
Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Chapecoense 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.

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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 (association football)|penalty shoot-out] would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.

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