Английская Википедия:2014–15 Top League

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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.

Team	Region	Coach	Captain
Canon Eagles	Machida, Tokyo, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Zane Hilton	Шаблон:Flagicon Taku Wada
Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Fukuoka, Kyūshū	Шаблон:Flagicon Akihiro Usui	Шаблон:Flagicon Masakazu Toyota
Fukuoka Sanix Blues	Fukuoka, Kyūshū	Шаблон:Flagicon Yuichiro Fujii	Шаблон:Flagicon Eito Tamura
Kintetsu Liners	Higashiosaka, Osaka, Kansai	Шаблон:Flagicon Ryusuke Maeda	Шаблон:Flagicon Daiki Toyota
Kobelco Steelers	Kobe, Kansai	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Gold	Шаблон:Flagicon Daiki Hashimoto
Kubota Spears	Funabashi, Chiba, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Toutai Kefu	Шаблон:Flagicon Naomichi Tatekawa
NEC Green Rockets	Abiko, Chiba, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Masao Amino	Шаблон:Flagicon Sunao Takizawa
NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes	Osaka, Kansai	Шаблон:Flagicon Masahiro Shimoki	Шаблон:Flagicon Hiroki Yoshioka
NTT Com Shining Arcs	Chiba, Chiba, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Penney	Шаблон:Flagicon Yuya Mizoguchi
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 Daisuke Komatsu
Suntory Sungoliath	Fuchū, Tokyo, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Friend	Шаблон:Flagicon Shinya Makabe
Toshiba Brave Lupus	Fuchū, Tokyo, Kantō	Шаблон:Flagicon Teppei Tomioka	Шаблон:Flagicon Yoshikazu Morita
Toyota Industries Shuttles	Aichi, Mizuho	Шаблон:Flagicon Tai McIsaac	Шаблон:Flagicon Koichi Umeda
Toyota Verblitz	Toyota, Aichi, Tokai	Шаблон:Flagicon Filo Tiatia	Шаблон:Flagicon Kojiro Yoshida
Yamaha Júbilo	Iwata, Shizuoka, Tokai	Шаблон:Flagicon Katsuyuki Kiyomiya	Шаблон:Flagicon Yuhimaru Mimura

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

Top League - Group Stage
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 Шаблон:Bull The top 4 teams (Green background) qualify for the title play-offs, and also play in the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. Шаблон:Bull Teams 5 to 8 (Blue background) qualify for the wildcard play-offs for entry into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. Шаблон:BullTeams 1st in each pool have 4 starting points. Шаблон:BullTeams 2nd in each pool have 3 starting points. Шаблон:BullTeams 3rd in each pool have 2 starting points. Шаблон:BullTeams 4th in each pool have 1 starting point.
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 Шаблон:Bull Teams 1 to 4 (Blue background) qualify for the wildcard play-offs for entry into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. Шаблон:BullTeams 5 to 7 (Yellow background) go through to the promotion and relegation play-offs against regional challengers to retain their places in the Top League. Шаблон:BullTeam 8 (Red background) is automatically relegated to the regional leagues for 2015–16. Шаблон:BullTeams 5th in each pool have 4 starting points. Шаблон:BullTeams 6th in each pool have 3 starting points. Шаблон:BullTeams 7th in each pool have 2 starting points. Шаблон:BullTeams 8th in each pool have 1 starting point.
Source: rugbyarchive.net 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

Pool stage tables

Top League - Pool Stage
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 Шаблон:BullTeams 1 to 4 (Blue background) go through to Group 1 in the group stage. Шаблон:BullTeams 5 to 8 (Yellow background) go through to Group 2 in the group stage.
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 Шаблон:BullTeams 1 to 4 (Blue background) go through to Group 1 in the group stage. Шаблон:BullTeams 5 to 8 (Yellow background) go through to Group 2 in the group stage.
Source: rugbyarchive.net 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

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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.

Final

Team details

Team 1 FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Chikara Ito OC 13 Masatoshi Miyazawa Шаблон:Suboff IC 12 Male Sa'u LW 11 Shinji Nakazono Шаблон:Suboff FH 10 Tatsuhiko Otao SH 9 Yuki Yatomi Шаблон:Suboff N8 8 Kyosuke Horie OF 7 Yuhimaru Mimura (c) BF 6 Mose Tuiali'i Шаблон:Suboff RL 5 Duke Krishnan LL 4 Yuya Ohdo TP 3 Yoshikazu Tamura Шаблон:Suboff HK 2 Takeshi Hino Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 Koki Yamamoto Шаблон:Suboff Replacements: HK 16 Keita Kato Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Naoya Kishi Шаблон:Subon PR 18 Ryo Yamamura Шаблон:Subon LK 19 Kohei Saita Шаблон:Subon FL 20 Kazuki Yamaji SH 21 Yoshiyuki Koike Шаблон:Subon CE 22 Katsunori Imoto Шаблон:Subon WG 23 Siale Piutau Шаблон:Subon Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Katsuyuki Kiyomiya Team 2 FB 15 Yasutaka Sasakura Шаблон:Suboff RW 14 Tomoki Kitagawa OC 13 Seiichi Shimomura Шаблон:Suboff IC 12 Yasuki Hayashi LW 11 Akihito Yamada FH 10 Berrick Barnes Шаблон:Suboff SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka N8 8 Koliniasi Holani Шаблон:Suboff OF 7 Tadasuke Nishihara BF 6 You Young-nam RL 5 Daniel Heenan Шаблон:Suboff LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Subon TP 3 Naoki Kawamata Шаблон:Suboff HK 2 Shota Horie (c) Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 Keita Inagaki Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Sin bin Replacements: HK 16 Tetsuya Shitara Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Jungo Kikawa Шаблон:Subon Шаблон:Suboff Шаблон:Subon PR 18 Yuuki Kawano Шаблон:Subon FL 19 Youichi Iijima Шаблон:Subon FL 20 Masaki Tani Шаблон:Subon SH 21 Keisuke Uchida Шаблон:Subon CE 22 JP Pietersen Шаблон:Subon FB 23 Tadahiro Miwa Шаблон:Subon Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Robbie Deans

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.

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Second round

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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.

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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
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
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
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