Английская Википедия:2016–17 Top League

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The 2016–17 Top League is the 14th season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. It kicked off on 26 August 2016 and the final round of league matches were played on 14 January 2017.

Teams

The only change to the make-up of the league was the Challenge One winner Munakata Sanix Blues replacing NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes.

Team	Region	Coach	Captain
Canon Eagles	Machida, Tokyo, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Yoji Nagatomo	Шаблон:Flagicon Yusuke Niwai
Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Fukuoka, Kyushu	Шаблон:Flagicon Akihiro Usui	Шаблон:Flagicon Kouta Yamashita
Honda Heat	Suzuka, Mie	Шаблон:Flagicon Tomoaki Fujimoto	Шаблон:Flagicon Daisuke Konishi
Kintetsu Liners	Higashiosaka, Osaka, Kansai	Шаблон:Flagicon Akira Tsuboi	Шаблон:Flagicon Daiki Toyota
Kobelco Steelers	Kobe, Kansai	Шаблон:Flagicon Jim McKay	Шаблон:Flagicon Daiki Hashimoto
Kubota Spears	Abiko, Chiba, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Frans Ludeke	Шаблон:Flagicon Harumichi Tatekawa
Munakata Sanix Blues	Munakata, Fukuoka, Kyushu	Шаблон:Flagicon Yuichiro Fujii	Шаблон:Flagicon Eito Tamura
NEC Green Rockets	Abiko, Chiba, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Russell	Шаблон:Flagicon Sunao Takizawa
NTT Com Shining Arcs	Chiba, Chiba, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Penney	Шаблон:Flagicon Daisuke Kurihara
Panasonic Wild Knights	Ota, Gunma, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Robbie Deans	Шаблон:Flagicon Shota Horie
Ricoh Black Rams	Tokyo, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Damien Hill	Шаблон:Flagicon Takeshi Mabuchi
Suntory Sungoliath	Fuchū, Tokyo, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Keisuke Sawaki	Шаблон:Flagicon Yutaka Nagare
Toshiba Brave Lupus	Fuchū, Tokyo, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Teppei Tomioka	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Leitch
Toyota Industries Shuttles	Aichi, Mizuho	Шаблон:Flagicon Masaya Niu	Шаблон:Flagicon Yuga Takada
Toyota Verblitz	Toyota, Aichi, Tokai	Шаблон:Flagicon Hiroshi Sugawara	Шаблон:Flagicon Taiyo Ando
Yamaha Júbilo	Iwata, Shizuoka, Tokai	Шаблон:Flagicon Takanobu Horikawa	Шаблон:Flagicon Takeshi Hino

Competition

The regular season saw all 16 teams competing in a round-robin style tournament where they played each team in the league once.

Unlike previous seasons, there were no title-play-offs, and the team on top of the league after the round-robin stages was crowned the champion. The top three teams progressed to the 54th All Japan Rugby Football Championship.

Standings

Top League - League Stage
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Suntory Sungoliath	15	15	0	0	563	184	+379	11	0	71
2	Yamaha Júbilo	15	14	0	1	580	208	+372	11	0	67
3	Panasonic Wild Knights	15	13	0	2	579	268	+311	9	1	62
4	Kobelco Steelers	15	10	0	5	473	328	+145	7	1	48
5	NTT Communications Shining Arcs	15	9	0	6	336	292	+44	4	1	41
6	Ricoh Black Rams	15	8	0	7	390	362	+28	4	4	40
7	Canon Eagles	15	8	0	7	379	336	+43	2	3	37
8	Toyota Verblitz	15	7	0	8	353	332	+21	4	4	36
9	Toshiba Brave Lupus	15	6	0	9	351	381	−30	4	6	34
10	NEC Green Rockets	15	6	1	8	337	401	−64	3	2	31
11	Munakata Sanix Blues	15	7	0	8	280	481	−201	0	1	29
12	Kubota Spears	15	6	1	8	271	387	−116	1	1	28
13	Kintetsu Liners	15	3	0	12	268	417	−149	0	6	18
14	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	15	3	0	12	239	478	−239	2	3	17
15	Toyota Industries Shuttles	15	3	0	12	292	539	−247	1	3	16
16	Honda Heat	15	1	0	14	274	571	−297	0	3	7
Updated: 15 January 2017 Source: Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:BullTeams 1 to 3 (Green background) advance to the 54th All Japan Rugby Football Championship. Шаблон:BullTeams 13 to 15 (Blue background) go on to the 2016–17 Top League relegation play-offs. Шаблон:BullTeam 16 (Red background) will be automatically relegated to the 2017 Top Challenge League. 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: Шаблон:Bull Difference between points for and against Шаблон:Bull Total number of points for Шаблон:Bull Number of matches won Шаблон:Bull Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Шаблон:Bull Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

• Honda Heat were relegated to the new second-tier Top Challenge League.

Matches

The following matches were played during the 2016–17 Top League competition:

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Top League Challenge Series

Hino Red Dolphins, Kyuden Voltex and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars progressed to the promotion play-offs.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

At the end of the season, there were three promotion/relegation play-offs for three places in the 2017–18 Top League. The teams ranked 13th, 14th and 15th in the Top League played off against the teams ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Top League Challenge 1.

Coca-Cola Red Sparks, Kintetsu Liners and Toyota Industries Shuttles qualified from the Top League relegation play-off zone, while Hino Red Dolphins, Kyuden Voltex and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars qualified from Challenge 1.

The following matches were played in the series:

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• Coca-Cola Red Sparks, Kintetsu Liners and Toyota Industries Shuttles remain in the Top League for the 2017–18 season.
• Hino Red Dolphins, Kyuden Voltex and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars qualify to the second-tier Top Challenge League for the 2017–18 season.