Chugoku Electric Power RFC
| Full name | Chugoku Electric Power Rugby Football Club |
|---|---|
| Union | Japan Rugby Football Union |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Location | Hiroshima, Chūgoku |
Chugoku Electric Power Rugby Football Club are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the county's second tier Top Challenge League competition.[1] The team is the rugby team of electric utilities provider Chugoku Electric Power, based in Hiroshima in the Chūgoku region.
The team was created in 1987 as the rugby union team for Chugoku Electric Power. When rugby union in Japan was restructured in 2003 with the introduction of the Top League, Chugoku Electric Power was allocated to the second tier Top Kyūshū League. They remained in that league until a further restructuring prior to the 2017–18 saw the team promoted to a newly established Top Challenge League.[2]
Season history
Chugoku Electric Power's record in the top two tiers since the formation of the Top East League in 2003 was:
| Chugoku Electric Power season history | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Pos | Notes |
| 2003 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 333 | 236 | +97 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3rd | |
| 2003 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 147 | −130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2004 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 206 | 378 | −172 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5th | |
| 2005 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 253 | −70 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4th | |
| 2006 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 149 | 171 | −22 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3rd | |
| 2006 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 141 | −127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2007 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 118 | +27 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 2nd | |
| 2007 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | Failed to win promotion via Top League Challenge 2. |
| 2008 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 138 | −16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3rd | |
| 2008 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 73 | −37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2009 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 319 | 91 | +228 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2nd | |
| 2009 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | Failed to win promotion via Top League Challenge 2. |
| 2010 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 148 | 192 | −44 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5th | |
| 2011 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 147 | +53 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4th | |
| 2012 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 201 | −21 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3rd | |
| 2012 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 122 | −112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2013 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 197 | 120 | +77 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 3rd | |
| 2013 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 123 | −110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2014 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 264 | 86 | +178 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 2nd | |
| 2014 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | Failed to win promotion via Top League Challenge 2. |
| 2015 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 302 | 178 | +124 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 4th | |
| 2015 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 120 | −83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
| 2016 Top Kyūshū League First Phase | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 297 | 84 | +213 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1st | |
| 2016 Top Kyūshū League Second Phase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | Promoted to 2017–18 Top Challenge League. |
External links
References
- ↑ ジャパンラグビー トップチャレンジリーグ 2017-2018シーズン、参加8チーム決定 [Japan Rugby Top Challenge League 2017-2018 season, participating 8 teams determined] (Press release) (in Japanese). Top League. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ↑ "Japan to add second-tier rugby league in 2017". Japan Times. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.