Organising body | |
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Founded | 2008 |
Abolished | 2023 |
Region | South America and Japan |
Number of teams | 2 |
Last champions | Athletico Paranaense (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Kashima Antlers (2 titles) |
Television broadcasters | Fox Sports (Latin America) (until 2018) DirecTV Sports (South America) (2019) ESPN Brasil (2019) Fuji TV (Japan) |
The J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship was an annual intercontinental football match held in Japan, contested by the reigning champions of the J.League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana.
The tournament was previously officially called the Suruga Bank Championship between 2008 and 2018 due to sponsorship reasons. Starting in 2019, it was the J. League YBC Levain Cup / CONMEBOL Sudamericana Championship Final, using the official names of the two qualifying tournaments.[1]