2014 Suruga Bank Championship

2014 Suruga Bank Championship
2014 スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ
2014 Copa Suruga Bank
DateAugust 6, 2014
VenueHitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
RefereeKim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
Attendance10,140
WeatherCloudy
27.9 °C (82.2 °F)
81% humidity
2013
2015

The 2014 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2014; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2014) was the seventh 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 winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.

The match was contested between Japanese team Kashiwa Reysol, the 2013 J. League Cup champion, and Argentine team Lanús, the 2013 Copa Sudamericana champion. It was hosted by Kashiwa Reysol at the Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium in Kashiwa on August 6, 2014.[1][2]

For the fifth consecutive year, the match was won by the Japanese host team, as Kashiwa Reysol won 2–1 to earn their first Suruga Bank Championship.[3]

  1. ^ スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2014 Jリーグヤマザキナビスコカップ/コパ・スダメリカーナ 王者決定戦 来年8月6日(水)日立柏サッカー場で開催決定 (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. December 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Copa Suruga Bank: Lanús jugará en el Japón el 6 de agosto ante Kashiwa Reysol" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. January 9, 2014.
  3. ^ "La Copa Suruga sigue esquiva. El Kashiwa superó a Lanús por 2-1". CONMEBOL.com. August 6, 2014.

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