2010–11 Top League Challenge Series

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2010–11 Top League Challenge Series
Countries Japan
Date 19 December 2010 – 29 January 2011
Champions NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes (1st title)
Runners-up Honda Heat
Promoted Honda Heat
NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes
Matches played 9
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The 2010–11 Top League Challenge Series was the 2010–11 edition of the Top League Challenge Series, a second-tier rugby union competition in Japan, in which teams from regionalised leagues competed for promotion to the Top League for the 2011–12 season. The competition was contested from 19 December 2010 to 29 January 2011.

Japan Constitutional monarchy in East Asia

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Top League

The Top League is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the Japan Company Rugby Football Championship, to drive up the overall standard and popularity of the sport and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team. The chief architect of the league was Hiroaki Shukuzawa who strongly felt the urgency of improving Japanese domestic company rugby to a professional level which would allow Japan to compete more convincingly at Rugby World Cups.

2011–12 Top League Japanese rugby union competition

The 2011–12 Top League was the ninth season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. The Suntory Sungoliath team defeated Sanyo Wild Knights by 47–28 in the final of the Microsoft Cup to claim their second Top League championship.

Contents

Honda Heat and NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes won promotion to the 2011–12 Top League, while Canon Eagles and Kyuden Voltex progressed to the promotion play-offs.

Honda Heat

Honda Heat is a Japanese rugby union team based in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The owner of the club is Honda Motor.

NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT DoCoMo. They qualified for the 2011–12 season and finished 12th place overall.

Canon Eagles Japanese rugby union team

The Canon Eagles is a Japanese rugby union team founded in 1981 that competes in the Top League and is owned by Canon based in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. According to the official website, it was founded as Canon Rugby Team in 1980, and determined the nickname Eagles in 2010.

Competition rules and information

The top two teams from the regional Top East League, Top West League and Top Kyūshū League qualified to the Top League Challenge Series. The regional league winners participated in Challenge 1, while the runners-up participated in Challenge 2. The winner of Challenge 2 also progressed to a four-team Challenge 1.

The top two teams in Challenge 1 won automatic promotion to the 2011–12 Top League, while the third and fourth-placed teams qualified to the promotion play-offs.

Qualification

The teams qualified to the Challenge 1 and Challenge 2 series through the 2010 regional leagues.

Top West League

The final standings for the 2010 Top West League were: [1]

2010 Top West League standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 4 4 0 0 176 31 +145 4 0 20
2 Honda Heat (R) 4 3 0 1 266 53 +213 3 1 16
3 Chubu Electric Power 4 2 0 2 86 100 −14 1 0 9
4 Osaka Police 4 1 0 3 105 134 −29 1 1 6
5 Mitsubishi Red Evolutions 4 0 0 4 14 329 −315 0 0 0
Legend:
P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points.
(R) indicates a team newly relegated from the Top League.

Top East League

The final standings for the 2010 Top East League were: [2]

2010 Top East League standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Canon Eagles 11 11 0 0 641 39 +548 10 0 54
2 Tokyo Gas 11 10 0 1 511 151 +360 9 0 49
3 Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars 11 9 0 2 554 129 +425 9 1 46
4 Kamaishi Seawaves 11 7 0 4 371 231 +140 9 2 39
5 Kurita Water 11 7 0 4 288 260 +28 6 1 35
6 Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars 11 6 0 5 351 224 +127 5 2 31
7 IBM Big Blue 11 4 0 7 232 412 −180 4 0 20
8 Hino Red Dolphins (P) 11 3 0 8 242 390 −148 3 2 17
9 Akita Northern Bullets 11 3 0 8 238 414 −176 4 1 17
10 Suntory Foods 11 3 0 8 145 504 −359 2 0 14
11 Secom Rugguts 11 3 0 8 133 451 −318 1 0 13
12 JAL Wings 11 0 0 11 128 575 −447 1 0 1
Legend:
P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points.
(P) indicates a team newly promoted from lower leagues.

Top Kyūshū League

The final standings for the 2010 Top Kyūshū League were: [3]

2010 Top Kyūshū League standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Kyuden Voltex 6 6 0 0 498 43 +455 6 0 30
2 Mazda Blue Zoomers 6 5 0 1 456 119 +337 5 0 25
3 JR Kyūshū Thunders 6 4 0 2 136 181 −45 3 0 19
4 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 6 3 0 3 122 314 −192 3 0 15
5 Chugoku Electric Power 6 2 0 4 148 192 −44 2 1 11
6 Yamagataya (P) 6 1 0 5 112 348 −236 1 0 5
7 Kagoshima Bank 6 0 0 6 81 365 −284 1 2 3
Legend:
P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points.
(P) indicates a team newly promoted from lower leagues.

Challenge 1

Standings

The final standings for the 2010–11 Top League Challenge 1 were: [4]

2010–11 Top League Challenge 1 standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 3 3 0 0 111 28 +83 2 0 14
2 Honda Heat 3 2 0 1 85 74 +11 1 1 10
3 Canon Eagles 3 1 0 2 71 88 −17 3 0 7
4 Kyuden Voltex 3 0 0 3 39 116 −77 0 0 0
Legend:
P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points.

Matches

The following matches were played in the 2010–11 Top League Challenge 1: [4]

Challenge 2

Standings

The final standings for the 2010–11 Top League Challenge 2 were: [4]

2010–11 Top League Challenge 2 standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Honda Heat 2 2 0 0 92 42 +50 2 0 10
2 Tokyo Gas 2 1 0 1 68 62 +6 1 0 5
3 Mazda Blue Zoomers 2 0 0 2 49 105 −56 0 0 0
Legend:
P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points.

Matches

The following matches were played in the 2010–11 Top League Challenge 2: [4]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "West Regional Top League 2010/11". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "East Regional Top League 2010/11". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kyushu Regional Top League 2010/11". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Top League Challenge 2010/11". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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