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 later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
Teams
ClubRegionPrevious 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
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
References