All-Japan Rugby Football Championship
Overview
Top League
The Top League is a professional rugby union league created by the Japan Rugby Football Union to drive up the overall standard and popularity of the sport in the country and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team. The first season was 2003-04 and featured 12 teams...
teams, the top two universities and the champion club team as decided in the respective championships. The first championship was played in 1963 and won by Doshisha University RFC which beat Kintetsu (now Kintetsu Liners
Kintetsu Liners
Kintetsu Liners rugby team are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kintetsu Corporation which was founded in 1929. They have won the All-Japan Championship three times as an amateur team...
) 18-3. Before that the NHK invitation cup was played three times, 1960-2.
2009-Present
The All-Japan Rugby Football Championship
All-Japan Rugby Football Championship
The All-Japan Rugby Football Championship is played at the end of the season and now includes Top League teams, the top two universities and the champion club team as decided in the respective championships...
was expanded from 8 to 10 teams for 2009 with the addition of two more Top League
Top League
The Top League is a professional rugby union league created by the Japan Rugby Football Union to drive up the overall standard and popularity of the sport in the country and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team. The first season was 2003-04 and featured 12 teams...
sides.
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