2015 Suruga Bank Championship

2015 Suruga Bank Championship
2015 スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ
2015 Copa Suruga Bank
Date August 11, 2015
Venue Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita

The 2015 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2015; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2015) will be the eighth 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 will be contested between Japanese team Gamba Osaka, the 2014 J. League Cup champion, and Argentine team River Plate, the 2014 Copa Sudamericana champion. It will be hosted by Gamba Osaka at the Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in Suita on August 11, 2015.[1]

Teams

Team Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Japan Gamba Osaka 2014 J. League Cup champion 1 (2008)
Argentina River Plate 2014 Copa Sudamericana champion None

Format

The Suruga Bank Championship is played as a single match, with the J. League Cup champion hosting the match. If the score is tied at the end of regulation, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (no extra time is played). A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.

Match details

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