2019–20 Top League

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.

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

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