2019–20 Top League

2020 Top League
Countries	Japan
Date	12 January 2020 – 23 February 2020
Matches played	48
Attendance	541,078 ; (average 11,272 per match)
Highest attendance	37,050; Toyota Verblitz v Panasonic Wild Knights; 18 January 2020
Lowest attendance	2,610; Kubota Spears v Hino Red Dolphins; 16 February 2020
Official website
	www.top-league.jp

The 2020 Top League was the 17th season of Japan's top tier domestic rugby union competition. The season was initially suspended after round six and then further cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

Teams

Club	Region	Previous season
Canon Eagles	Machida, Tokyo	12th
Hino Red Dolphins	Hino, Tokyo	14th
Honda Heat	Suzuka, Mie	9th
Kobelco Steelers	Kobe	1st
Kubota Spears	Abiko, Chiba	7th
Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars	Sagamihara	Promoted from 2018 Top Challenge League
Munakata Sanix Blues	Munakata, Fukuoka	13th
NEC Green Rockets	Abiko, Chiba	10th
NTT Communications Shining Arcs	Chiba Prefecture	5th
NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes	Osaka	Promoted from 2018 Top Challenge League
Panasonic Wild Knights	Ōta, Gunma	6th
Ricoh Black Rams	Setagaya	8th
Suntory Sungoliath	Fuchū, Tokyo	2nd
Toshiba Brave Lupus	Fuchū, Tokyo	11th
Toyota Verblitz	Toyota City	4th
Yamaha Jubilo	Iwata, Shizuoka	3rd

Standings

2020 Top League Standings
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
1	Panasonic Wild Knights	6	6	0	0	273	88	+185	6	0	30
2	Kobelco Steelers	6	6	0	0	318	75	+243	4	0	28
3	Yamaha Jubilo	6	5	0	1	292	98	+194	4	0	26
4	Suntory Sungoliath	6	4	0	2	239	113	+126	3	2	19
5	NTT Communications Shining Arcs	6	4	0	2	187	111	+76	2	1	19
6	Kubota Spears	6	4	0	2	163	114	+49	2	1	19
7	Toshiba Brave Lupus	6	4	0	2	169	192	−23	2	1	18
8	Toyota Verblitz	6	3	0	3	202	209	−7	2	1	15
9	Canon Eagles	6	3	0	3	140	177	−37	1	0	13
10	Honda Heat	6	2	0	4	153	156	−3	1	2	11
11	Munakata Sanix Blues	6	2	0	4	110	185	−75	1	1	10
12	Ricoh Black Rams	6	2	0	4	72	170	−98	0	0	8
13	Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars	6	1	0	5	103	244	−141	0	1	4
14	Hino Red Dolphins	6	1	0	5	123	273	−150	0	0	4
15	NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes	6	1	0	5	81	331	−250	0	0	4
16	NEC Green Rockets	6	0	0	6	87	176	−89	0	2	2

Legend: P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points. The top eight teams qualified for the finals.

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

12 January 2020
11:30

Hino Red Dolphins	20–29	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
	Report

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 17,072

12 January 2020
11:45

Ricoh Black Rams	5–28	Honda Heat
	Report

Hanazono Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 7,318

12 January 2020
13:00

Panasonic Wild Knights	34–11	Kubota Spears
	Report

Kumagaya Rugby Ground
Attendance: 17,722

12 January 2020
13:00

Yamaha Jubilo	31–29	Toyota Verblitz
	Report

Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 13,985

12 January 2020
13:00

Kobelco Steelers	50–16	Canon Eagles
	Report

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 23,004

12 January 2020
14:00

Toshiba Brave Lupus	26–19	Suntory Sungoliath
	Report

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 21,564

12 January 2020
14:00

NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes	31–24	Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars
	Report

Hanazono Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 8,856

12 January 2020
14:00

Munakata Sanix Blues	24–18	NEC Green Rockets
	Report

Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 7,216

Round 2

18 January 2020
11:30

Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars	15–23	Canon Eagles
	Report

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 12,913

18 January 2020
11:45

NEC Green Rockets	17–27	Hino Red Dolphins
	Report

Hanazono Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 7,603

18 January 2020
13:00

Yamaha Jubilo	24–36	Kobelco Steelers
	Report

Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 10,163

18 January 2020
13:00

Toyota Verblitz	20–40	Panasonic Wild Knights
	Report

Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 37,050

18 January 2020
14:00

Suntory Sungoliath	22–10	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
	Report

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 15,826

18 January 2020
14:00

Toshiba Brave Lupus	39–21	NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes
	Report

Hanazono Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 10,280

19 January 2020
13:00

Honda Heat	21–23	Kubota Spears
	Report

Mie Sports Garden
Attendance: 6,778

19 January 2020
14:00

Munakata Sanix Blues	16–18	Ricoh Black Rams
	Report

Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 4,508

Round 3

25 January 2020
11:30

Honda Heat	23–32	Toshiba Brave Lupus
	Report

Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Attendance: 6,548

25 January 2020
13:00

Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars	10–62	Panasonic Wild Knights
	Report

Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Attendance: 7,724

25 January 2020
13:00

Ricoh Black Rams	0–38	Yamaha Jubilo
	Report

Takebishi Stadium Kyoto
Attendance: 4,360

25 January 2020
13:00

Kubota Spears	28–27	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
	Report

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Attendance: 4,794

25 January 2020
13:00

Munakata Sanix Blues	49–19	NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes
	Report

Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 4,231

25 January 2020
14:00

Toyota Verblitz	61–31	Hino Red Dolphins
	Report

Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Attendance: 8,888

26 January 2020
13:00

Canon Eagles	38–12	NEC Green Rockets
	Report

NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 10,617

26 January 2020
13:00

Kobelco Steelers	35–29	Suntory Sungoliath
	Report

Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 26,312

Round 4

1 February 2020
11:30

Hino Red Dolphins	19–48	Yamaha Jubilo
	Report

Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Attendance: 3,682

1 February 2020
13:00

Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars	26–45	Toshiba Brave Lupus
	Report

NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 9,948

1 February 2020
13:00

Suntory Sungoliath	40–14	NEC Green Rockets
	Report

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Attendance: 6,243

1 February 2020
14:00

Toyota Verblitz	58–29	Honda Heat
	Report

Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Attendance: 8,734

2 February 2020
13:00

Canon Eagles	17–51	Panasonic Wild Knights
	Report

Machida Stadium
Attendance: 9,120

2 February 2020
13:00

Ricoh Black Rams	17–33	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
	Report

NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 7,027

2 February 2020
13:00

Kobelco Steelers	97–0	NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes
	Report

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 9,446

2 February 2020
13:00

Munakata Sanix Blues	0–34	Kubota Spears
	Report

Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
Attendance: 6,054

Round 5

15 February 2020
11:30

Canon Eagles	24–39	Honda Heat
	Report

Kumagaya Rugby Ground
Attendance: 20,138

15 February 2020
11:30

NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes	7–82	Yamaha Jubilo
	Report

Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 16,483

15 February 2020
13:00

NTT Communications Shining Arcs	74–11	Munakata Sanix Blues
	Report

Yumenoshima Stadium
Attendance: 2,738

15 February 2020
13:00

Kobelco Steelers	43–6	Ricoh Black Rams
	Report

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,910

15 February 2020
14:00

Panasonic Wild Knights	46–27	Toshiba Brave Lupus
	Report

Kumagaya Rugby Ground
Attendance: 22,705

15 February 2020
14:00

Suntory Sungoliath	60–14	Toyota Verblitz
	Report

Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 19,584

16 February 2020
13:00

Kubota Spears	49–12	Hino Red Dolphins
	Report

Yumenoshima Stadium
Attendance: 2,610

16 February 2020
13:00

Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars	21–14	NEC Green Rockets
	Report

Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Attendance: 3,536

Round 6

22 February 2020
11:30

NEC Green Rockets	12–26	Ricoh Black Rams
	Report

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 10,687

22 February 2020
11:30

Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars	7–69	Yamaha Jubilo
	Report

Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Attendance: 3,463

22 February 2020
11:45

Canon Eagles	22–10	Munakata Sanix Blues
	Report

Hanazono Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 14,625

22 February 2020
13:00

Honda Heat	13–14	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
	Report

Mie Sports Garden
Attendance: 3,111

22 February 2020
14:00

Hino Red Dolphins	14–69	Suntory Sungoliath
	Report

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 13,856

22 February 2020
14:00

Toyota Verblitz	20–18	Kubota Spears
	Report

Paloma Mizuho Stadium
Attendance: 5,343

22 February 2020
14:00

NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes	3–40	Panasonic Wild Knights
	Report

Hanazono Rugby Stadium
Attendance: 18,056

23 February 2020
13:00

Kobelco Steelers	57–0	Toshiba Brave Lupus
	Report

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 23,647

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