53rd All Japan Rugby Football Championship

The 2016 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 as a one-off final match between Panasonic Wild Knights and Teikyo University at the Chichibunomiya Stadium in Tokyo on 31 January 2016.[1] Panasonic won the match by 49–59.[2]

53rd All Japan Rugby Football Championship
Countries Japan
ChampionsPanasonic Wild Knights
Runners-upTeikyo University
Attendance12,721

The abbreviated format was chosen due to the busy schedule for Japanese Rugby which included the 2015 Rugby World Cup as well as Asian qualification for the 2016 Olympics and the introduction of a Japanese Super Rugby team, the Sunwolves.[1]

The All-Japan Rugby Football Championship match, played between the respective winners of the Japanese Top League competition and the All-Japan University Rugby Championship marked the end of the 2015–16 Japanese rugby season before the opening of the 2016 Super Rugby season.[1]

Final
Date Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
Jan 31, 2016 14:00
 Panasonic Wild Knights 49–15
 Teikyo University Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium,
Tokyo		 12,721 [2]

See also

References
  1. Hinato (21 May 2015). "The final of the All Japan Championship 31 January". Rapon Rugby (in French). Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. "Panasonic beat Teikyo University to complete double". Japan Rugby. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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