J.League Championship
The J. League Championship was a play-off competition to dicide the overall J. League winners of the season held between 1993 and 2004 except 1996. The J. League season consisted of The first stage and the second stage during the period, and the winners of each stage participated in the competition. It wasn't held in 1996 because that season wasn't divided into stages. It was also known as the Suntory Championship because brewing and distilling company Suntory sponsored the competition.
The winners of this competition were regarded as the champions of the J. League, and the runners-up were the 2nd. Following this, the league ranking was decided according to the league regulations of the season such as the number of points or wins. It was held at the beginning of December every season except for the 1993 season where it was held in January 1994 because the World Cup qualifiers prevented it from taking place in December.
Results
- The winners are in bold.
- Venues are indicated in brackets after the score line.
- "v" indicates that a golden goal decided the match.
| Season | 1st stage winners |
Aggregate (Extra time & PK) |
1st leg score |
2nd leg score |
2nd stage winners |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Kashima Antlers | 1-3 | 0-2 (National) |
1-1 (National) |
Verdy Kawasaki | |
| 1994 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0-2 | 0-1 (Hiroshima) |
0-1 (National) |
Verdy Kawasaki | |
| 1995 | Yokohama Marinos | 2-0 | 1-0 (National) |
1-0 (National) |
Verdy Kawasaki | |
| 1997 | Kashima Antlers | 2-4 | 2-3v (Iwata) |
0-1 (Kashima) |
Jubilo Iwata | A draw decided who would play the home game first. |
| 1998 | Jubilo Iwata | 2-4 | 1-2v (National) |
1-2 (Kashima) |
Kashima Antlers | |
| 1999 | Jubilo Iwata | 3-3 PK 4-2 |
2v-1 (Iwata) |
1-2v (Nihondaira) |
Shimizu S-Pulse | PK shoot-out was required to decide the winners. (No extra time was played) |
| 2000 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0-3 | 0-0 (Yokohama) |
0-3 (National) |
Kashima Antlers | |
| 2001 | Jubilo Iwata | 2-2 ET 0-1v |
2-2 (Shizuoka) |
0-0 (Kashima) |
Kashima Antlers | The extra time (with the golden goal rule) was required to decide the winners. |
| 2002 | No competition because Jubilo Iwata won the both stages. | |||||
| 2003 | No competition because Yokohama F. Marinos won the both stages. | |||||
| 2004 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1-1 ET 0-0 PK 4-2 |
1-0 (Yokohama) |
0-1 (Saitama) |
Urawa Red Diamonds | The extra time (with the golden goal rule) and PK shoot-out were required to decide the winners. |