2017 Suruga Bank Championship

The 2017 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2017; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2017) was the tenth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final), 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 champions of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.

2017 Suruga Bank Championship
Date15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)
VenueSaitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
RefereeKim Jong-hyeok (Korea Republic)
Attendance11,002

The match was contested between Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds, the 2016 J.League Cup champions, and Brazilian team Chapecoense, the 2016 Copa Sudamericana champions. It was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on 15 August 2017.

Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Chapecoense 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.

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