Английская Википедия:2014–15 Top League
Шаблон:Infobox rugby union season The 2014–15 Top League was the 12th season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. It kicked off on 30 August 2014. The final was held on 8 February 2015 and won by Panasonic Wild Knights, 30–12 over Yamaha Júbilo.
Teams
The only change to the make-up of the league was the Top Kyushu champion team Fukuoka Sanix replacing Kyuden Voltex.[1][2]
Regular season
For the Pool stage, the 16 teams were placed into 2 pools of 8 teams each and a round-robin tournament was played within each of the pools.
Then, for the Group stage, the top 4 teams from each pool went through to Group 1, and the bottom 4 teams from each pool went through to Group 2. The teams were given starting points based on where they finished in their pool. - i.e. starting points of 4, 3, 2, and 1, for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively; and starting points of 4, 3, 2, and 1, for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively.
Another round-robin was played for each of the groups. The Top League teams in Group 1 ranked 1st to 4th qualified for the title play-offs to fight for the Microsoft Cup and the Top League title. The top 4 also qualified directly into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.
The teams in Group 1 ranked 5th to 8th, and teams in Group 2 ranked 1st to 4th went through to the wildcard play-offs for qualification into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.
The teams in Group 2 ranked 5th to 7th went through to the promotion and relegation play-offs against regional challengers to fight to remain in the Top League. The team in Group 2 ranked 8th was automatically relegated to the regional leagues for 2015–16.
Standings
Group stage tables
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Group 1 | ||||||||||||||
Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Start Points | Points | |||
1 | Kobelco Steelers | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 242 | 113 | +129 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 29 | ||
2 | Panasonic Wild Knights | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 218 | 131 | +87 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 29 | ||
3 | Toshiba Brave Lupus | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 213 | 147 | +66 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 28 | ||
4 | Yamaha Júbilo | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 165 | 134 | +31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 27 | ||
5 | Suntory Sungoliath | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 171 | 157 | +14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | ||
6 | Toyota Verblitz | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 126 | 198 | -72 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||
7 | Canon Eagles | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 116 | 224 | -108 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
8 | NTT Com Shining Arcs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 99 | 246 | -147 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Updated: 11 January 2015 Source: rugbyarchive.net[3] | ||||||||||||||
Group 2 | ||||||||||||||
Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Start Points | Points | |||
1 | Ricoh Black Rams | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 199 | 102 | +97 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 32 | ||
2 | NEC Green Rockets | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 114 | +34 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27 | ||
3 | NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 235 | 166 | +69 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||
4 | Kintetsu Liners | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 167 | 168 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 25 | ||
5 | Kubota Spears | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 127 | +24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | ||
6 | Coca-Cola Red Sparks | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 143 | 194 | -51 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||
7 | Toyota Industries Shuttles | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 110 | 193 | -83 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
8 | Fukuoka Sanix Blues | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 147 | 236 | -89 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
Updated: 11 January 2015 Source: rugbyarchive.net[3] | ||||||||||||||
Source: rugbyarchive.net[3] |
Pool stage tables
Top League - Pool Stage | ||||||||||||||
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Pool A | ||||||||||||||
Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | ||||
1 | Panasonic Wild Knights | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 308 | 116 | +192 | 5 | 0 | 29 | |||
2 | Toshiba Brave Lupus | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 218 | 141 | +77 | 4 | 2 | 26 | |||
3 | Yamaha Júbilo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 227 | 113 | +114 | 5 | 2 | 25 | |||
4 | NTT Com Shining Arcs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 172 | 169 | +3 | 3 | 2 | 21 | |||
5 | Kubota Spears | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 171 | 201 | -30 | 3 | 1 | 18 | |||
6 | NEC Green Rockets | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 194 | 233 | -39 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||
7 | Toyota Industries Shuttles | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 249 | -126 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
8 | Fukuoka Sanix Blues | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 129 | 320 | -191 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
Updated: 20 October 2014 Source: rugbyarchive.net[3] | ||||||||||||||
Pool B | ||||||||||||||
Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | ||||
1 | Kobelco Steelers | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 106 | +76 | 3 | 0 | 29 | |||
2 | Suntory Sungoliath | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 202 | 137 | +65 | 3 | 1 | 28 | |||
3 | Canon Eagles | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 142 | +42 | 4 | 3 | 23 | |||
4 | Toyota Verblitz | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 157 | 145 | +12 | 2 | 2 | 22 | |||
5 | Kintetsu Liners | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 175 | +7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | |||
6 | Ricoh Black Rams | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 183 | 160 | +23 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||
7 | Coca-Cola Red Sparks | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 90 | 210 | -120 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
8 | NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 117 | 219 | -102 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
Updated: 20 October 2014 Source: rugbyarchive.net[3] | ||||||||||||||
Source: rugbyarchive.net[3] 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). |
Pool stage
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Group stage
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Шаблон:Anchor Title play-offs
Top 4 sides of the regular season competed in the Lixil Cup knock out tournament to decide the Top League champion. The top 4 teams of 2014–15 were Kobelco Steelers, Panasonic Wild Knights, Toshiba Brave Lupus, and Yamaha Júbilo.
Semi-finals
Final
Wildcard play-offs
The Top League Group 1 teams ranked 5–8 and Group 2 teams ranked 1–4 played off over two rounds, with the second round winners qualifying for the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.
First round
Second round
So NEC Green Rockets and Suntory Sungoliath advanced to the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.
Top League Challenge Series
Honda Heat won promotion to the 2015–16 Top League via the 2014–15 Top League Challenge Series, while Kamaishi Seawaves, Kyuden Voltex and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars progressed to the promotion play-offs.
Promotion and relegation play-offs
The Top League teams in Group 2 ranked 5th, 6th, and 7th, played-off against the Challenge 1 teams ranked 4th, 3rd, and 2nd, respectively, for the right to be included in the Top League for the following season.
So Kubota Spears, Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Toyota Industries Shuttles remained in the Top League for the next season.
End-of-season awards
Team awards
Award | Winner |
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Top League winners: | Panasonic Wild Knights |
Fair Play award: | Panasonic Wild Knights |
Best fans: | Kobelco Steelers Toshiba Brave Lupus Panasonic Wild Knights |
Individual awards
Award | Winner |
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Top League MVP: | Berrick Barnes (Panasonic Wild Knights) |
Rookie award: | Rakuhei Yamashita (Kobelco Steelers) |
Most tries: | Nemani Nadolo (NEC Green Rockets) 11 Kyosuke Horie (Yamaha Júbilo) 11 Шаблон:Nowrap |
Top scorer: | Berrick Barnes (Panasonic Wild Knights) 156 |
Best kicker: | Berrick Barnes (Panasonic Wild Knights) 82.61% |
Best referee: | Akihisa Aso |
Playoffs MVP: | Akihito Yamada (Panasonic Wild Knights) |
Team of the season
# | Winner | Team |
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1. | Шаблон:Flagicon Keita Inagaki | Panasonic Wild Knights |
2. | Шаблон:Flagicon Shota Horie | Panasonic Wild Knights |
3. | Шаблон:Flagicon Hiroshi Yamashita | Kobelco Steelers |
4. | Шаблон:Flagicon Andries Bekker | Kobelco Steelers |
5. | Шаблон:Flagicon Shoji Ito | Kobelco Steelers |
6. | Шаблон:Flagicon Adam Thomson | Canon Eagles |
7. | Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Leitch | Toshiba Brave Lupus |
8. | Шаблон:Flagicon Kyosuke Horie | Yamaha Júbilo |
9. | Шаблон:Flagicon Fumiaki Tanaka | Panasonic Wild Knights |
10. | Шаблон:Flagicon Berrick Barnes | Panasonic Wild Knights |
11. | Шаблон:Flagicon Rakuhei Yamashita | Kobelco Steelers |
12. | Шаблон:Flagicon Kotaro Matsushima | Suntory Sungoliath |
13. | Шаблон:Flagicon Jaque Fourie | Kobelco Steelers |
14. | Шаблон:Flagicon Akihito Yamada | Panasonic Wild Knights |
15. | Шаблон:Flagicon Ayumu Goromaru | Yamaha Júbilo |
References
Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:Japan Rugby Top League Шаблон:Rugby union in Japan
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