40th Japan National University Championship

The 40th Japan National University Rugby Championship (2003/2004). Eventually won by Kanto Gakuin University beating Waseda 33 - 7.

Qualifying teams

Kanto League A (Taiko)

• Waseda, Meiji University, Teikyo University, Keio University, Nihon University

Kanto League B

• Kanto Gakuin University, Hosei University, Tokai University, Ryutsu Keizai University, Tsukuba

Kansai League

• Kyoto Sangyo University, Doshisha University, Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, Kinki University, Kwansei Gakuin

Kyushu League

• Fukuoka

Knockout rounds

First-round tournament

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
13th Dec	Fukuoka	Ryutsu Keizai University	36 – 90	Meiji University	3000
13th Dec	Fukuoka	Fukuoka University	0 – 126	Hosei	3000
14th Dec	Nagoya	Kyoto Sangyo University	27 – 30	Tsukuba	2500
14th Dec	Osaka	Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences	27 – 30	Tokai	7000
14th Dec	Tokyo	Keio	24 – 57	Kanto Gakuin University	12000
14th Dec	Tokyo	Waseda	85 – 15	Kwansei Gakuin	12000
14th Dec	Osaka	Doshisha	57 – 29	Nihon University	9000
14th Dec	Nagoya	Kinki University	7 – 64	Teikyo University	2000

Winners of the first round go through to the group stage. Qualifying for the group round:

• Waseda, Meiji University, Teikyo University
• Kanto Gakuin University, Hosei University, Tokai University
• Kyoto Sangyo University, Doshisha University

Group round

Group round stage. Consisting of three rounds of matches with the top 4 qualifying for the semi-finals.

Round 1

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
21st Dec	Tokyo	Meiji University	25 – 45	Kanto Gakuin University	10000
21st Dec	Osaka	Tokai University	5 – 74	Hosei	4700
21st Dec	Tokyo	Waseda	67 – 12	Kyoto Sangyo University	12000
21st Dec	Osaka	Doshisha University	22 – 5	Teikyo University	8800

Round 2

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
27th Dec	Fukuoka	Teikyo University	12 – 85	Kanto Gakuin University	1200
28th Dec	Nagoya	Kyoto Sangyo University	24 – 92	Hosei	6000
28th Dec	Tokyo	Waseda	38 – 14	Tokai University	5000
28th Dec	Nagoya	Doshisha University	64 – 40	Meiji University	7000

Round 3

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
2nd Jan	Tokyo	Teikyo University	50 – 26	Meiji University	18000
2nd Jan	Osaka	Kyoto Sangyo University	19 – 64	Tokai University	12000
2nd Jan	Tokyo	Waseda	19 – 12	Hosei University	24000
2nd Jan	Osaka	Doshisha University	22 – 66	Kanto Gakuin University	17000

Final Table from the pool stages:

Team	P	W	D	L	Points for	Points against	Points diff
Kanto Gakuin University	3	3	0	0	196	59	137
Waseda	3	3	0	0	124	38	86
Hosei University	3	2	1	0	178	48	130
Doshisha University	3	2	1	0	108	111	3
Tokai University	3	1	2	0	83	131	−48
Teikyo University	3	1	2	0	67	133	−66
Meiji University	3	0	3	0	91	159	−68
Kyoto Sangyo University	3	0	3	0	55	223	−168

Kanto Gakuin University, Waseda, Hosei University and Doshisha University compete in the semi-finals.

Semi-final

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
10th Jan	Tokyo	Waseda University	38 – 33	Doshisha University	30000
10th Jan	Tokyo	Hosei University	21 – 48	Kanto Gakuin University	33000

Final

15 Jan 2005 14:10

Waseda	33 – 7	Kanto Gakuin University
Try: Shinsuke Ikegami 79' Conversion: Kazuya Kobuki 79' Pen:		Try: Seiichi Shimomura 48', Kentaro Kawadu 43', Tomoki Kitagawa 58', Mitsugu Yamamoto 69', Go Aruga 71' Conversion: Seiichi Shimomura (4/5) 49', 54', 70', 72' Pen:

National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo), Tokyo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: 下井真介 Assistants: 相田真治, 岸川剛之, 河野文高

Universities competing

• Waseda
• Meiji University
• Keio University
• Teikyo University
• Kinki University
• Nihon University
• Kanto Gakuin University
• Hosei University
• Tsukuba University
• Daito Bunka University
• Ryutsu Keizai University
• Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
• Kyoto Sangyo University
• Doshisha University
• Ritsumeikan
• Kinki University
• Fukuoka

External links

• Rugby union in Japan

References

• The 40th Japan University Rugby Championship - JRFU Official Page (Japanese)
• The 40th Japan University Rugby Championship Final - JRFU Official Page (Japanese)