2012 Suruga Bank Championship

2012 Suruga Bank Championship
Kashima Antlers won 7–6 in penalty shootout
DateAugust 1, 2012[1]
VenueKashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima[2]
RefereeChris Beath (Australia)[3]
Attendance20,021[4]
WeatherClear
27.8 °C (82.0 °F)
80% humidity
2011
2013

The 2012 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2012; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2012) was the fifth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, and CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, between the winners of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana. It was contested by Japanese club Kashima Antlers, the 2011 J.League Cup champion, and Chilean club Universidad de Chile, the 2011 Copa Sudamericana champion.

Kashima Antlers won 7–6 in penalty shootout, after drawing 2–2 in the ninety minutes of play.[5]

  1. ^ "La Copa Suruga Bank 2012 se jugará el 1º de agosto" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 26 October 2011.
  2. ^ "La "U" de Chile enfrentará al Kashima Antlers por la Copa Suruga Bank 2012" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Copa Suruga Bank 2012: designaron la terna arbitral" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 27 July 2012.
  4. ^ "スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ 2012 IBARAKI" (in Japanese). Kashima Antlers. 1 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Copa Suruga Bank: La 'U' de Chile cayó en los penales" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 August 2012.