The Kashima Antlers battled to a scoreless draw with South Korean K. League champion Seongnam Ilhwa and thereby clinched the inaugural A3 Mazda Champions Cup on Saturday afternoon at Tokyo's National Stadium.
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Following their previous two wins in the four-team round-robin tournament, a draw was good enough for the Nabisco Cup-winning Antlers to earn their first ever Asian title, finishing with a 2-1-0 record and seven points.