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Japan Rugby Top League 2013-14: Stage Two, Bye
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The 50th National University Championship 2013-14
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Top Challenge
Japan Rugby Top League 2013-14
Stage Two, Bye
Top League Promotion and Relegation: Top Challenge Series 2013-14
The Top Challenge Series determines which two sides from the regional leagues will be promoted for the 2014-15 Japan Rugby Top League season.
At the completion of the Group stages of the 2013-14 Japan Rugby Top League competition the team that finishes last in Group B, that is, sixteenth overall is automatically relegated to a regional league. The teams that finish thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth overall play through the promotion and relegation play-offs to retain their places in Top League for the 2014-15 season.
In Top Challenge Two, the three sides that finished in second position in the three regional leagues, that is, Yokokawa Musashino (Top East), Chubu Denryoku (Top West) and Mazda Zoomers (Top Kyushu) played off with xxx as the winner progressing to Top Challenge One.
In Top Challenge One, the three sides that finished in first position in the three regional leagues, that is, Mitsubishi Dynaboars (Top East), Honda Heat (Top West), Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Top Kyushu) together with Yokokawa Musashino Atlastars as the winner of Top Challenge Two play each other once with the top team gaining automatic promotion to Top League for the 2014-15 season.
Furthermore, the teams that finishes second, third and fourth in Top Challenge One have a second bite of the cherry in one-off promotion and relegation play-offs with the team that finishes thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth overall in Top League.
Top Challenge One 2013-14
The sides to contest Top Challenge One 2013-14 are: Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars (Top East), Honda Heat (Top West), Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Top Kyushu) together with Yokokawa Musashino Atlastars
Round 1
Honda Heat (Top West 1) v Yokokawa Musashino Atlastars (Winner TC 2)
Date: Sunday, 12 January 2014
Venue: Level Five Stadium, Fukuoka
Kick-off: 12:00
Report here.
Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Top Kyushu 1) v Mitsubishi Dynaboars (Top East 1)
Date: Sunday, 12 January 2014
Venue: Level Five Stadium, Fukuoka
Kick-off: 14:00
Report here.
Round 2
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Top Kyushu 1) v Yokokawa Musashino Atlastars (Winner TC2), Komazawa Stadium, Tokyo, 12:00.
Mitsubishi Dynaboars (Top East 1) v Honda Heat (Top West 1), Komazawa Stadium, Tokyo, 14:00.
Round 3
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Mitsubishi Dynaboars (Top East 1) v Yokokawa Musashino Atlastars (Winner TC2), Hanazono, Osaka, 12:00.
Honda Heat (Top West 1) v Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Top Kyushu 1), Hanazono, Osaka, 14:00.
Top Challenge Two 2013-14
The three sides that contest Top Challenge Two 2013-14 are: Yokokawa Musashino Atlastars (Top East), Chubu Denryoku (Top West) and Mazda Blue Zoomers (Top Kyushu). Yokokawa qualify for Top Challenge One.
50th National University Championship 2013-14
At the completion of the respective regional leagues, the top universities qualify for the annual National University Championship held over December into the early New Year.
Final Stage
Final
Sunday 13 January 2013
National Stadium, Tokyo
Semi-finals
Wednesday 02 January 2013
National Stadium, Tokyo
Second Stage
The Second Stage of the 50th National University Championship 2013-14 sees the 16 qualifying schools divided into four pools of four teams with teams in each pool playing each other once. The top four placed universities in each pool will then play out the Final Stage.
| A | B | C | D |
| Teikyo (1st Kanto Taiko) | Ryutsu Keizai (1st Kanto League) | Ritsumeikan (1st Kansai) | Waseda (2nd Kanto Taiko) |
| Daito Bunka (3rd Kanto League) | Doshisha (2nd Kansai) | Keio (3rd Kanto Taiko) | Chuo (2nd Kanto League) |
| Kwansei Gakuin (4th Kansai) | Tsukuba (4th Kanto Taiko) | Tokai (4th Kanto League) | Kyoto Sangyo (3rd Kansai) |
| Asahi (Qualifier) | Nihon (5th Kanto League) | Meiji (5th Kanto Taiko) | Osaka UHSS (5th Kansai) |
Five points for a win, two points for a draw and no points for a loss. One bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).
As an added incentive for universities to finish as high as possible on their respective league tables coming into the Championship, additional League Bonus Points (LBP) were awarded as follows, four league bonus points for teams that finished first in each league, three points for teams that finished second, two points for teams that finished third and one point for teams that finished fourth.
| Pos. | Pool A | P | W | L | +/- | LBP | Pts |
| 1 | Teikyo (1st Kanto Taiko) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 227 | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Daito Bunka (3rd Kanto League) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Kwansei Gakuin (4th Kansai) | 3 | 1 | 2 | -44 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Asahi (Qualifier) | 3 | 0 | 3 | -220 | 0 | 0 |
| Pos. | Pool B | P | W | L | +/- | LBP | Pts |
| 2 | Ryutsu Keizai (1st Kanto League) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Doshisha (2nd Kansai) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 | Tsukuba (4th Kanto Taiko) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Nihon (5th Kanto League) | 3 | 0 | 3 | -145 | 0 | 0 |
| Pos. | Pool C | P | W | L | +/- | LBP | Pts |
| 3 | Ritsumeikan (1st Kansai) | 3 | 1 | 2 | -9 | 3 | 11 |
| 1 | Keio (3rd Kanto Taiko) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Tokai (4th Kanto League) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Meiji (5th Kanto Taiko) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Pos. | Pool D | P | W | L | +/- | LBP | Pts |
| 1 | Waseda (2nd Kanto Taiko) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Chuo (2nd Kanto League) | 3 | 1 | 2 | -44 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Kyoto Sangyo (3rd Kansai) | 3 | 2 | 1 | -22 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Osaka UHSS (5th Kansai) | 3 | 0 | 3 | -48 | 0 | 3 |
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