2010 Top League Challenge Series

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2010 Top League Challenge Series
Countries Japan
Date 16 – 30 January 2010
Champions NTT Communications Shining Arcs (1st title)
Runners-up Toyota Industries Shuttles
Promoted NTT Shining Arcs
Toyota Industries Shuttles
Matches played 6
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The 2010 Top League Challenge Series was the 2010 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 2010–11 season. The competition was contested from 11 to 25 January 2010.

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.

2010–11 Top League

The 2010–11 Top League was the eighth season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. The Sanyo Wild Knights defeated Suntory Sungoliath 28-23 in the final of the Microsoft Cup to claim thei first Top League title.

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NTT Communications Shining Arcs and Toyota Industries Shuttles won promotion to the 2010–11 Top League, while Mazda Blue Zoomers and Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars progressed to the promotion play-offs.

NTT Communications Shining Arcs

The NTT Communications Rugby Football Club – commonly known as the Shining Arcs – is a rugby union team owned by NTT Communications and is part of Japan's Top League competition. The current head coach is Rob Penney. The team is based in Ichikawa city, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region.

Toyota Industries Shuttles

Toyota Industries Shuttles is a Japanese rugby team owned by Toyota Industries. They were promoted to Japan's top-flight league Top League for the first time in the 2010-11 season. Its home base is Kariya City.

Mazda Blue Zoomers is a Japanese rugby union team who compete in Japan's Top League Challenge series for promotion to the Top League. They are owned by car manufacturers Mazda based in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan.

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 top two teams in Challenge 1 won automatic promotion to the 2010–11 Top League, while the third-placed team in Challenge 1 and the Challenge 2 winner qualified to the promotion play-offs.

Qualification

The teams qualified to the Challenge 1 and Challenge 2 series through the 2009 regional leagues.

Top West League

The final standings for the 2009 Top West League were: [1]

2009 Top West League standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Toyota Industries Shuttles 8 8 0 0 679 67 +612 8 0 40
2 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 8 6 0 2 469 145 +324 6 0 30
3 Osaka Police 8 3 0 5 213 273 −60 3 1 16
4 Chubu Electric Power 8 3 0 5 202 353 −151 3 0 15
5 Mitsubishi Red Evolutions (P) 8 0 0 8 41 766 −725 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.
(P) indicates a team newly promoted from lower leagues.

Top East League

The final standings for the 2009 Top East League were: [2]

2009 Top East League standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 11 11 0 0 490 117 +373 9 0 53
2 Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars (R) 11 10 0 1 454 130 +324 7 1 48
3 Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars 11 8 0 3 421 203 +218 8 0 40
4 Tokyo Gas 11 7 1 3 445 208 +237 7 0 37
5 Kamaishi Seawaves 11 6 1 4 315 230 +85 4 2 32
6 Kurita Water 11 5 1 5 237 258 −21 6 1 29
7 Suntory Foods 11 4 1 6 207 219 −12 3 4 25
8 Canon Eagles (P) 11 4 0 7 219 264 −45 1 3 20
9 IBM Big Blue (R) 11 4 0 7 203 291 −88 3 1 20
10 JAL Wings 11 2 0 9 109 437 −328 1 1 10
11 Secom Rugguts 11 1 0 10 93 357 −264 0 5 9
12 Akita Northern Bullets 11 2 0 9 82 561 −479 0 0 8
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. (P) indicates a team newly promoted from lower leagues.

Top Kyūshū League

The final standings for the 2009 Top Kyūshū League were: [3]

2009 Top Kyūshū League First Phase standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Mazda Blue Zoomers 5 5 0 0 358 48 +310 5 0 25
2 Chugoku Electric Power 5 4 0 1 319 91 +228 4 0 20
3 JR Kyūshū Thunders 5 3 0 2 158 139 +19 4 0 16
4 Kagoshima Bank (P) 5 2 0 3 72 247 −175 0 0 8
5 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 5 1 0 4 66 236 −170 1 1 6
6 Mitsubishi Mizushima (P) 5 0 0 5 55 267 −212 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.
2009 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Mazda Blue Zoomers 2 2 0 0 108 10 +98 2 0 10
2 Chugoku Electric Power 2 1 0 1 69 54 +15 1 0 5
3 JR Kyūshū Thunders 2 0 0 2 0 113 −113 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.

Challenge 1

Standings

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

2010 Top League Challenge 1 standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 2 2 0 0 81 35 +46 2 0 10
2 Toyota Industries Shuttles 2 1 0 1 90 38 +52 2 1 7
3 Mazda Blue Zoomers 2 0 0 2 0 98 −98 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 Top League Challenge 1: [4]

Challenge 2

Standings

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

2010 Top League Challenge 2 standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars 2 2 0 0 110 40 +70 2 0 10
2 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes 2 1 0 1 160 29 +131 1 1 6
3 Chugoku Electric Power 2 0 0 2 17 218 −201 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 Top League Challenge 2: [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "West Regional Top League 2009/10". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "East Regional Top League 2009/10". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kyushu Regional Top League 2009/10". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Top League Challenge 2009/10". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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