40th Japan National University Championship

The 40th Japan National University Rugby Championship. Eventually won by Kanto Gakuin University beating Waseda 33 - 7.

Qualifying teams

Kanto League A

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:

Group round

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

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

Universities competing