All-Japan Rugby Football Championship

Tamariba club (red) vs. Mitaka Allcomers at Honjo stadium, Kitakyushu in the 2008 semi-final of the clubs championship which feeds the All-Japan championship

The All-Japan Rugby Football Championship (日本ラグビーフットボール選手権大会 Nihon Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Senshuken Taikai) is played at the end of the season and now includes Top League teams, the top two universities and the champion club team as decided in the respective championships. The first championship was played in 1963 and won by Doshisha University RFC which beat Kintetsu (now Kintetsu Liners) 18-3. Before that the NHK invitation cup was played three times, 1960-2.

Qualifying

2009–Present

The All-Japan Rugby Football Championship was expanded from 8 to 10 teams for 2009 with the addition of two more Top League sides. For 2010, the top four Top League sides automatically qualify for the Championship, while the six sides that finish fifth to tenth play off to determine the last two Top League sides.

All Japan Rugby Football Championship Finals

Title	Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Attendance
1st	1960-61 NHK Cup	Yawata Steel	50 – 13	Nihon Univ.	Chichibunomiya rugby stadium, Tokyo	unknown
2nd	1961-62 NHK Cup	Doshisha Univ.	17 – 6	Kintetsu	Kintetsu Hanazono rugby stadium, Osaka	unknown
3rd	1962-63 NHK Cup	Yawata Steel	25 – 6	Meiji Univ.	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
1st	1963-64	Doshisha Univ.	18 – 3	Kintetsu	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
2nd	1964-65	Yawata Steel	15 – 6	HoseiUniv.	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
3rd	1965-66	Waseda Univ.	12 – 9	Yawata Steel	Hanazono, Osaka	unknown
4th	1966-67	Kintetsu	27 – 11	Waseda Univ.	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
5th	1967-68	Kintetsu	27 – 14	Hosei Univ.	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
6th	1968-67	Toyota Motor	44 – 16	Keio Univ.	Hanazono, Osaka	unknown
7th	1969-70	Nippon Sport Science Univ.	29 – 13	Fuji Iron & Steel Kamaishi	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
8th	1970-71	Waseda Univ.	30 – 16	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
9th	1971-72	Waseda Univ.	14 – 11	Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
10th	1972-73	Ricoh	35 – 9	Meiji Univ.	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
11th	1973-74	Ricoh	25 – 3	Waseda Univ.	Hanazono, Osaka	unknown
12th	1974-75	Kintetsu	33 – 13	Waseda Univ.	National (Olympic) Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
13th	1975-76	Meiji Univ.	37 – 12	Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
14th	1976-77	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	27 – 12	Waseda Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
15th	1977-78	Toyota Motor	20 – 10	Meiji Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
16th	1978-79	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	24 – 0	Nippon Sport Science Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
17th	1979-80	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	32 – 6	Meiji Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
18th	1980-81	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	10 – 3	Doshisha Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
19th	1981-82	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	30 – 14	Meiji Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
20th	1982-83	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	21 – 8	Doshisha Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
21st	1983-84	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	35 – 10	Doshisha Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
22nd	1984-85	Nippon Steel Kamaishi	31 – 17	Doshisha Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
23rd	1985-86	Keio Univ.	18 – 13	Toyota Motor	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
24th	1986-87	Toyota Motor	26 – 6	Daito Bunka Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
25th	1987-88	Waseda Univ.	22 – 16	Toshiba Fuchu	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
26th	1988-89	Kobe Steel	46 – 17	Daito Bunka Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
27th	1989-90	Kobe Steel	58 – 4	Waseda Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
28th	1990-91	Kobe Steel	38 – 15	Meiji Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
29th	1991-92	Kobe Steel	34 – 12	Meiji Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
30th	1992-93	Kobe Steel	41 – 3	Hosei Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
31st	1993-94	Kobe Steel	33 – 19	Meiji Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
32nd	1994-95	Kobe Steel	102 – 14	Daito Bunka Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
33rd	1995-96	Suntory	49 – 24	Meiji Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
34th	1996-97	Toshiba Fuchu	69 – 8	Meiji Univ.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
35th	1997-98	Toshiba Fuchu	35 – 11	Toyota Motor	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
36th	1998-99	Toshiba Fuchu	24 – 13	Kobe Steel	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
37th	1999-2000	Kobe Steel	49 – 20	Toyota Motor	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
38th	2000-01	Kobe Steel Suntory	27 – 27	Both teams awarded Championship after a draw.	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
39th	2001-02	Suntory	28 – 17	Kobe Steel	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
40th	2002-03	NEC	36 – 26	Suntory	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
41st	2003-04	Toshiba Brave Lupus	22 – 10	Kobelco Steelers	National Stadium, Tokyo	unknown
42nd	2004-05 Details	NEC Green Rockets	17 – 13	Toyota Verblitz	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
43rd	2005-06 Details	Toshiba Brave Lupus NEC Green Rockets	6 – 6	Both teams awarded Championship after a draw.	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
44th	2006-07 Details	Toshiba Brave Lupus	19 – 10	Toyota Verblitz	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
45th	2007-08 Details	Sanyo Wild Knights	40 – 16	Suntory Sungoliath	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
46th	2008-09 Details	Sanyo Wild Knights	24 – 18	Suntory Sungoliath	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	unknown
47th	2009-10 Details	Sanyo Wild Knights	22 – 17	Toyota Verblitz	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	11,479
48th	2010-11 Details	Suntory Sungoliath	37 – 20	Sanyo Wild Knights	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	14,477
49th	2011-12 Details	Suntory Sungoliath	21 – 9	Sanyo Wild Knights	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	n/a
50th	2012-13 Details	Suntory Sungoliath	36 – 20	Kobelco Steelers	National Stadium, Tokyo	14,155 [1]
51st	2013-14 Details	Panasonic Wild Knights	30 – 21	Toshiba Brave Lupus	National Stadium, Tokyo	19,571
52nd	2014-15 Details	Yamaha Júbilo	15 – 3	Suntory Sungoliath	Chichibunomiya, Tokyo	14,627 [2]
53rd	2015-16 Details	Panasonic Wild Knights	49–15	Teikyo University	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	12,721 [3]

See also

• Rugby union in Japan

References

1. News ARFU. 2013.
2. Score Rugby Japan. 2015.
3. "Panasonic beat Teikyo University to complete double". Japan Rugby. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.