 Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima, Japan hosted the match | |||||||
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| Date | 10 August 2016 | ||||||
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| Venue | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima | ||||||
| Referee | Ma Ning (China) | ||||||
| Attendance | 19,716 | ||||||
The 2016 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2016; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2016) was the ninth 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 Kashima Antlers, the 2015 J.League Cup winners, and Colombian team Santa Fe, the 2015 Copa Sudamericana winners. It was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on 10 August 2016.[1]
Santa Fe defeated Kashima Antlers 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title, and their second international title following their 2015 Copa Sudamericana triumph.[2]
- ^ "Copa Suruga Bank: Independiente Santa Fe enfrentará el 10 de agosto al Kashima Antlers" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 20 April 2016.
- ^ "Otro título para CONMEBOL: Independiente Santa Fe es campeón de la Suruga Bank" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 10 August 2016.