The 2014 All-Japan Rugby Football Championship (日本ラグビーフットボール選手権大会 ''Nihon Ragubi-Futtobo-ru Senshuken Taikai'') took place from February 16 up to the final on March 9.
Qualifying
Top League
The top four teams (
Panasonic Wild Knights,
Suntory Sungoliath
Tokyo Sungoliath (formerly known as Suntory Sungoliath) is owned by the Suntory beverage company and is one of the Japanese rugby union teams in the Top League. The team is based in Fuchū, Tokyo, as is their local rival Toshiba Brave Lupus. The ...
,
Kobelco Steelers,
Toshiba Brave Lupus) in the ''
2013–14 Top League'' automatically qualified for the competition, and competed in a playoff competition.
Panasonic Wild Knights and
Suntory Sungoliath
Tokyo Sungoliath (formerly known as Suntory Sungoliath) is owned by the Suntory beverage company and is one of the Japanese rugby union teams in the Top League. The team is based in Fuchū, Tokyo, as is their local rival Toshiba Brave Lupus. The ...
eventually played in the Final, with
Panasonic Wild Knights winning 45-22. As
Top League finalists they gained automatic entry to the Championship Semi-finals.
The ''Top League
Wildcard Tournament'' was contested by the fifth to twelfth teams in the final table for the last two places for this league in the Championship. These places were eventually taken by
Toyota Verblitz and
Yamaha Júbilo.
University
In the
50th Japan National University Rugby Championship final
Teikyo University defeated
Waseda University 41-34. Both teams gained entry to the Championship as finalists, the two beaten semi-finalists
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
and
Tsukuba University also qualified.
Qualifying Teams
* Top League Playoff Finalists -
Panasonic Wild Knights,
Suntory Sungoliath
Tokyo Sungoliath (formerly known as Suntory Sungoliath) is owned by the Suntory beverage company and is one of the Japanese rugby union teams in the Top League. The team is based in Fuchū, Tokyo, as is their local rival Toshiba Brave Lupus. The ...
* Top League Playoff Semi-Finalists -
Kobelco Steelers,
Toshiba Brave Lupus
* Top League Wild Card Playoff -
Yamaha Júbilo,
Toyota Verblitz
* All Japan University Rugby Championship -
Teikyo University,
Waseda University
* All Japan University Rugby Championship Semi-Finalists -
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
,
Tsukuba University
Knockout stages
[http://www.rugby-japan.jp/national/schedule2971.html Official JRFU Scores and Details (Japanese)]
First round
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Panasonic Wild Knights and
Suntory Sungoliath
Tokyo Sungoliath (formerly known as Suntory Sungoliath) is owned by the Suntory beverage company and is one of the Japanese rugby union teams in the Top League. The team is based in Fuchū, Tokyo, as is their local rival Toshiba Brave Lupus. The ...
bypassed the first two rounds into the semi-finals by reaching the final of the
Top League playoffs in 2015.
Final
See also
*
All-Japan Rugby Football Championship
*
Rugby Union in Japan
References
{{Rugby union in Japan
2013–14 in Japanese rugby union
All-Japan Rugby Football Championship