The match was contested between Japanese team Kashima Antlers, the 2012 J.

Kashima Antlers won 3–2 with Yuya Osako scoring a hat-trick, to win their second Suruga Bank Championship title in a row.

[1] The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.

If the score was tied at the end of regulation, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).

Assistant referees:[3] Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore) Lee Tzu Liang (Singapore) Fourth official: Jumpei Iida (Japan)