51st All Japan Rugby Football Championship

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 9th.

51st All Japan Rugby Football Championship
Countries Japan
ChampionsToshiba Brave Lupus
Runners-upPanasonic Wild Knights
Attendance63,190
Highest attendance19,571
Lowest attendance3,326

Qualifying

Top League

The top four teams (Panasonic Wild Knights, Suntory Sungoliath, 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 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 and Tsukuba University also qualified.[1]

Qualifying Teams

Knockout Stages

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First Round
Date Team Score Team Venue Attendance
Feb 16, 2014 11:40
 Waseda University 16 – 36
 Yamaha Júbilo Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo		 6,077
Feb 16, 2014 14:05
 Teikyo University 13 – 38
 Toyota Verblitz Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo		 7,043
Feb 16, 2014 12:00
 Keio University 0 – 100
 Kobelco Steelers Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium,
Osaka		 3,326
Feb 16, 2014 14:05
 University of Tsukuba 26 – 69
 Toshiba Brave Lupus Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium,
Osaka		 3,671

Quarter Final
Date Team Score Team Venue Attendance
Feb 23, 2014 11:40
 Toshiba Brave Lupus 24 – 21
 Toyota Verblitz Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo		 7,382
Feb 23, 2014 14:05
 Yamaha Júbilo 26 – 28
 Kobelco Steelers Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo		 9,711

Semi Final

Panasonic Wild Knights and Suntory Sungoliath bypassed the first two rounds into the semi-finals by reaching the final of the Top League playoffs in 2015.

Date Team Score Team Venue Attendance
Mar 1, 2014 14:05
 Suntory Sungoliath 24 – 25
 Toshiba Brave Lupus Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium,
Osaka		 3,384
Mar 1, 2014 14:05
 Kobelco Steelers 5 – 46
 Panasonic Wild Knights Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium,
Tokyo		 3,025

Final
Date Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
Mar 9, 2014 14:05
 Toshiba Brave Lupus 21 – 30
 Panasonic Wild Knights National Olympic Stadium,
Tokyo		 19,571

See also

References
  1. http://jrfu.org/jrfu/index.php/latest/item/181-50th-japan-national-university-rugby-championship-final 50th Japan National University Rugby Championship Final
  2. http://www.rugby-japan.jp/national/schedule2971.html Archived 2015-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Official JRFU Scores and Details (Japanese)
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