2010–11 Top League

Flickr - tpower1978 - Microsoft Cup (cropped).jpg 300px Kicker Masakazu Irie of Sanyo, the 2010–11 winners. Japan Japan 3 September 2010 – 10 January 2011 Sanyo Wild Knights (1st title) Suntory Sungoliath 2009–10 2011–12 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 their first Top League title. The Top League is a semi-professional competition which is at the top of the national league system in Japan, with promotion and relegation between the next level down. 3 Changes Toyota Industries Shuttles and NTT Communications Shining Arcs were promoted to the Top League, replacing Honda Heat and Kyuden Voltex who were relegated. Teams TeamRegionSeasonCoca-Cola West Red SparksFukuoka, Kyushu5Fukuoka Sanix BluesFukuoka, Kyushu7Kintetsu LinersOsaka, Kansai5Kobelco SteelersHyogo, Kansai8Kubota SpearsChiba, Kanto8NEC Green RocketsChiba, Kanto8NTT Shining ArcsChiba, Chiba1Ricoh Black RamsTokyo, Kanto7Sanyo Wild KnightsGunma, Kanto8Suntory SungoliathTokyo, Kanto8Toshiba Brave LupusTokyo, Kanto8Toyota VerblitzAichi, Tokai7Toyota Industries ShuttlesAichi, Mizuho1Yamaha JubiloShizuoka, Tokai8 Regular season Final standings Top League TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPoints118px Toshiba Brave Lupus131102483210+273 57218px Sanyo Wild Knights131102545163+382 55318px Toyota Verblitz131102446261+185 55418px Suntory Sungoliath131003395279+22 36518px Kobelco Steelers13706395279+116 36618px NEC Green Rockets13706276332−37 34718px Ricoh Black Rams13607364389−25 32818px Fukuoka Sanix Blues13517357472−115 32918px Kintetsu Liners13607277344−67 311018px Coca-Cola West Red Sparks13508250438−188 281118px Yamaha Jubilo13508327504−177 271218px NTT Shining Arcs13409271343−72 241318px Kubota Spears 131111224443−219 111418px Toyota Industries Shuttles131012229558−329 11 The top 4 teams qualified to the title play-offs. The top 4 teams also qualified for entry into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. Teams 5 to 10 qualified to the wildcard play-offs for entry into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. Teams 11 and 12 went through to the promotion and relegation play-offs against regional challengers. Teams 13 and 14 were automatically relegated to the regional leagues for 2011–12.http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=96&Stagione=2010/11 2010/11 Top League The Rugby Archive Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2). If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Number of matches won Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Fixtures and results Round 1 Sep 03 (Fri) 19:30 Toshiba Brave Lupus 7–12 Sanyo Wild Knights Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Sep 04 (Sat) 17:00 Toyota Industries Shuttles 17–16 NTT Communications Shining Arcs Toyota Stadium, Aichi Sep 04 (Sat) 17:00 Kintetsu Liners 30–14 Ricoh Black Rams Nagai 2nd, Osaka Sep 04 (Sat) 18:00 Yamaha Jubilo 29–14 NEC Green Rockets Yamaha, Shizuoka Sep 04 (Sat) 18:00 Toyota Verblitz 18–10 Suntory Sungoliath Toyota Stadium, Aichi Sep 04 (Sat) 19:00 Kobelco Steelers 34–3 Kubota Spears Nagai 2nd, Osaka Sep 04 (Sat) 19:00 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks 17–22 Fukuoka Sanix Blues Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka Round 2 Sep 10 (Fri) 19:30 Ricoh Black Rams 20–26 Suntory Sungoliath Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Sep 11 (Sat) 17:00 Kubota Spears 3–15 NEC Green Rockets Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Sep 11 (Sat) 19:00 Toshiba Brave Lupus 33–28 NTT Communications Shining Arcs Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Sep 11 (Sat) 19:00 Yamaha Jubilo 30–10 Kintetsu Liners Suzuka Sports, Mie Sep 11 (Sat) 19:00 Toyota Verblitz 50–5 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks Hanazono Stadium, Osaka Sep 12 (Sun) 15:00 Sanyo Wild Knights 54–0 Toyota Industries Shuttles Ashikaga Sports, Tochigi Sep 12 (Sun) 15:00 Kobelco Steelers 19–27 Fukuoka Sanix Blues Toyama Round 3 Sep 17 (Fri) 19:30 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 26–14 Kubota Spears Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Sep 18 (Sat) 17:00 Ricoh Black Rams 35–29 Fukuoka Sanix Blues Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Sep 18 (Sat) 17:00 Toyota Industries Shuttles 7–40 Toshiba Brave Lupus Mizuho Stadium, Aichi Sep 18 (Sat) 18:00 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks 20–15 Kintetsu Liners Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka Sep 18 (Sat) 19:00 Sanyo Wild Knights 49–10 Yamaha Jubilo Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Sep 18 (Sat) 19:00 Toyota Verblitz 16–7 Kobelco Steelers Mizuho Stadium, Aichi Sep 19 (Sun) 13:00 Suntory Sungoliath 20–25 NEC Green Rockets Tsukisamu Stadium, Sapporo Round 4 Oct 01 (Fri) 19:30 NEC Green Rockets 3–47 Toshiba Brave Lupus Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Oct 02 (Sat) 12:00 Ricoh Black Rams 29–27 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Oct 02 (Sat) 13:00 Yamaha Jubilo 26–50 Toyota Verblitz Matsumoto, Nagano Oct 02 (Sat) 14:00 Suntory Sungoliath 92–8 Toyota Industries Shuttles Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Oct 03 (Sun) 13:00 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 10–50 Sanyo Wild Knights Kumagaya Park, Saitama Oct 03 (Sun) 13:00 Kobelco Steelers 22–25 Kintetsu Liners Kobe U, Hyogo Oct 03 (Sun) 13:00 Fukuoka Sanix Blues 36–36 Kubota Spears Honjō, Fukuoka Round 5 Oct 09 (Sat) 12:00 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 13–10 Toyota Verblitz Kumagaya Park, Saitama Oct 09 (Sat) 12:00 Kobelco Steelers 18–15 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks Hanazono, Osaka Oct 09 (Sat) 13:00 Kubota Spears 8–34 Suntory Sungoliath Niigata Stadium, Niigata Oct 09 (Sat) 14:00 NEC Green Rockets 22–17 Ricoh Black Rams Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka Oct 09 (Sat) 14:00 Kintetsu Liners 9–12 Sanyo Wild Knights Hanazono, Osaka Oct 10 (Sun) 13:00 Toyota Industries Shuttles 20–35 Fukuoka Sanix Blues Toyota Stadium, Aichi Oct 10 (Sun) 14:00 Toshiba Brave Lupus 54–20 Yamaha Jubilo Morioka Minami Round 6 Oct 16 (Sat) 12:00 Kubota Spears 38–35 Toyota Industries Shuttles Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Oct 16 (Sat) 12:00 Kintetsu Liners 21–19 NTT Communications Shining Arcs Hanazono, Osaka Oct 16 (Sat) 13:00 Ricoh Black Rams 22–31 Toshiba Brave Lupus Nippatsu, Kanagawa Oct 16 (Sat) 14:00 NEC Green Rockets 20–52 Sanyo Wild Knights Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Oct 16 (Sat) 14:00 Yamaha Jubilo 42–57 Kobelco Steelers Hanazono, Osaka Oct 16 (Sat) 14:00 Fukuoka Sanix Blues 33–36 Toyota Verblitz Global Arena, Fukuoka Oct 17 (Sun) 14:00 Suntory Sungoliath 45–36 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks Kumagaya Park, Saitama Round 7 Oct 23 (Sat) 12:00 Suntory Sungoliath 72–0 Yamaha Jubilo Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Oct 23 (Sat) 12:00 Toyota Industries Shuttles 13–46 Ricoh Black Rams Hanazono, Osaka Oct 23 (Sat) 13:00 Sanyo Wild Knights 65–21 Fukuoka Sanix Blues Ota City Stadium, Gunma Oct 23 (Sat) 14:00 Toshiba Brave Lupus 33–19 Kubota Spears Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Oct 23 (Sat) 14:00 Kintetsu Liners 21–17 Toyota Verblitz Hanazono, Osaka Oct 24 (Sun) 14:00 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 14–30 Kobelco Steelers Yurtec, Miyagi Oct 24 (Sun) 14:00 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks 3–28 NEC Green Rockets Coca-Cola West, Hiroshima Round 8 Nov 27 (Sat) 12:00 Ricoh Black Rams 26–29 Toyota Verblitz Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Nov 27 (Sat) 12:00 Yamaha Jubilo 31–30 Fukuoka Sanix Blues Hanazono, Osaka Nov 27 (Sat) 13:00 Sanyo Wild Knights 44–6 Kubota Spears Ota City Stadium, Gunma Nov 27 (Sat) 14:00 Suntory Sungoliath 50–14 NTT Communications Shining Arcs Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Nov 27 (Sat) 14:00 Kintetsu Liners 25–18 Toyota Industries Shuttles Hanazono, Osaka Nov 28 (Sun) 13:00 NEC Green Rockets 6–38 Kobelco Steelers Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba Nov 28 (Sun) 14:00 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks 22–82 Toshiba Brave Lupus Kamoike Stadium, Kagoshima Round 9 Dec 04 (Sat) 12:00 Toyota Industries Shuttles 17–29 NEC Green Rockets Mizuho Stadium, Aichi Dec 04 (Sat) 14:00 Toyota Verblitz 34–28 Toshiba Brave Lupus Mizuho Stadium, Aichi Dec 05 (Sun) 12:00 Kubota Spears 20–22 Yamaha Jubilo Nishikyogoku, Kyoto Dec 05 (Sun) 13:00 Ricoh Black Rams 24–31 Kobelco Steelers Kochi Haruno, Kochi Dec 05 (Sun) 13:00 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks 0–62 Sanyo Wild Knights KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto Dec 05 (Sun) 13:00 Fukuoka Sanix Blues 41–38 NTT Communications Shining Arcs Global Arena, Fukuoka Dec 05 (Sun) 14:00 Suntory Sungoliath 57–13 Kintetsu Liners Nishikyogoku, Kyoto Round 10 Dec 11 (Sat) 12:00 Toshiba Brave Lupus 21–12 Kobelco Steelers Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Dec 11 (Sat) 13:00 NEC Green Rockets 19–24 NTT Communications Shining Arcs Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba Dec 11 (Sat) 13:00 Toyota Verblitz 57–28 Toyota Industries Shuttles Toyota Stadium, Aichi Dec 11 (Sat) 13:00 Kubota Spears 11–33 Ricoh Black Rams Chuo Bank Stadium, Yamanashi Dec 11 (Sat) 14:00 Sanyo Wild Knights 15–17 Suntory Sungoliath Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Dec 12 (Sun) 13:00 Fukuoka Sanix Blues 35–31 Kintetsu Liners Pocari Sweat, Tokushima Dec 12 (Sun) 13:00 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks 27–26 Yamaha Jubilo Best Amenity Stadium, Saga Round 11 Dec 18 (Sat) 12:00 Kubota Spears 21–28 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks Hanazono, Osaka Dec 18 (Sat) 13:00 Yamaha Jubilo 34–33 Toyota Industries Shuttles Yamaha, Shizuoka Dec 18 (Sat) 13:00 Toyota Verblitz 54–17 NEC Green Rockets Ojiyama, Shiga Dec 18 (Sat) 14:00 Kintetsu Liners 7–50 Toshiba Brave Lupus Hanazono, Osaka Dec 19 (Sun) 13:00 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 19–29 Ricoh Black Rams K's Denki, Ibaraki Dec 19 (Sun) 13:00 Kobelco Steelers 24–35 Sanyo Wild Knights Home's Hyogo-ku, Kobe Dec 19 (Sun) 13:00 Fukuoka Sanix Blues 26–66 Suntory Sungoliath Comprehensive Park, Okinawa Round 12 Dec 25 (Sat) 12:00 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 36–10 Yamaha Jubilo Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Dec 25 (Sat) 12:00 Toyota Industries Shuttles 26–31 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks Mizuho Stadium, Aichi Dec 25 (Sat) 13:00 Kobelco Steelers 42–44 Suntory Sungoliath Home's Hyogo-ku, Kobe Dec 25 (Sat) 14:00 NEC Green Rockets 31–20 Kintetsu Liners Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Dec 25 (Sat) 14:00 Toyota Verblitz 53–26 Kubota Spears Mizuho Stadium, Aichi Dec 25 (Sat) 14:00 Fukuoka Sanix Blues 14–31 Toshiba Brave Lupus Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka Dec 26 (Sun) 13:00 Sanyo Wild Knights 74–14 Ricoh Black Rams Ota City Stadium, Gunma Round 13 Jan 09 (Sun) 14:00 Kobelco Steelers 61–7 Toyota Industries Shuttles Home's Hyogo-ku, Kobe Jan 10 (Mon) 12:00 Sanyo Wild Knights 21–22 Toyota Verblitz Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Jan 10 (Mon) 12:00 Yamaha Jubilo 47–52 Ricoh Black Rams Hanazono, Osaka Jan 10 (Mon) 12:00 Coca-Cola West Red Sparks 19–14 NTT Communications Shining Arcs Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka Jan 10 (Mon) 14:00 Toshiba Brave Lupus 26–10 Suntory Sungoliath Prince Chichibu, Tokyo Jan 10 (Mon) 14:00 Kintetsu Liners 50–19 Kubota Spears Hanazono, Osaka Jan 10 (Mon) 14:00 Fukuoka Sanix Blues 8–47 NEC Green Rockets Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka Title play-offs Top 4 sides of the regular season competed in the Microsoft Cup (2011) knock out tournament to fight for the Top League title. The top 4 teams of 2008–09 were Toshiba Brave Lupus, Sanyo Wild Knights, Toyota Verblitz and Suntory Sungoliath. Semi-finals 14:00 22 January 2011 Toshiba Brave Lupus 12–17 Suntory Sungoliath 14:00 22 January 2011 Toyota Verblitz 10–32 Sanyo Wild Knights Final 14:00 30 January 2011 Suntory Sungoliath 23–28 Sanyo Wild Knights Wildcard play-offs The two second round winners qualified for the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. Results (source rugbyarchive.net) November 2013 First round The Top League teams ranked 7th and 10th played-off for the right to meet the Top League team ranked 5th in the second round. The Top League teams ranked 8th and 9th played-off for the right to meet the Top League team ranked 6th in the second round. So Sanix and Ricoh progressed to the second round. Second round The Top League team ranked 5th played-off against the winner of the teams ranked 7th and 10th, and the Top League team ranked 6th played-off against the winner of the teams ranked 8th and 9th. The two winning second round teams advanced to the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. So Kobelco and NEC advanced to the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. Top League Challenge Series 2010–11 Top League Challenge Series Honda Heat and NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes won promotion to the 2011–12 Top League via the 2010–11 Top League Challenge Series, while Canon Eagles and Kyuden Voltex progressed to the promotion play-offs. Promotion and relegation play-offs Two promotion/relegation matches (Irekaesen) were played. The Top League teams ranked 12th and 11th played-off against the Challenge 1 teams ranked 3rd and 4th respectively, for the right to be included in the Top League for the following season. 12 February 2011 14:00 NTT Communications Shining Arcs 31–19 Canon Eagles 12 February 2011 14:00 Yamaha Jubilo 12–10 Kyuden Voltex So NTT and Yamaha remained in the Top League for the following season. Top Ten Points Scorers Results November 2013 End-of-season awards Results November 2013 References External links 2010–11 draw and Match Attendance Team Profiles (Japanese) Top League official site (Japanese) Top League video digest https://web.archive.org/web/20100726220747/http://www.jrfu-members.com/open/movie/index.html 2010-07-26 Table (Japanese) Category:Japan Rugby League One Category:2010–11 in Japanese rugby union Japan top ja:ジャパンラグビートップリーグ2009-2010