The 2013 Suruga Bank Championship ( ja, スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2013; es, Copa Suruga Bank 2013) was the sixth 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

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and Copa Sudamericana. The match was contested between Japanese team Kashima Antlers, the

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champion, and Brazilian team

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, the 2012 Copa Sudamericana champion. It was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on August 7, 2013. Kashima Antlers won 3–2 with

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scoring a hat-trick, to win their second Suruga Bank Championship title in a row.

Qualified teams

Format

The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J. League Cup champion hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, the

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was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.

Match details

References

External links

スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ
Japan Football Association
スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ
J. League
Copa Suruga Bank
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Suruga Bank Championship 2013

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