2008 Top League Challenge Series

2008 Top League Challenge Series
Countries	Japan
Date	27 January – 10 February 2008
Champions	Kintetsu Liners (1st title)
Runners-up	Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars
Promoted	Kintetsu Liners Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars
Matches played	6
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The 2008 Top League Challenge Series was the 2008 edition of the Top League Challenge Series, a second-tier rugby union competition in Japan, in which teams from regionalised leagues competed for promotion to the Top League for the 2008–09 season. The competition was contested from 27 January to 10 February 2008.

Kintetsu Liners and Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars won promotion to the 2008–09 Top League, while Mazda Blue Zoomers and World Fighting Bull progressed to the promotion play-offs.

The top two teams from the regional , and qualified to the Top League Challenge Series. The regional league winners participated in Challenge 1, while the runners-up participated in Challenge 2.

The top two teams in Challenge 1 won automatic promotion to the 2008–09 Top League, while the third-placed team in Challenge 1 and the Challenge 2 winner qualified to the promotion play-offs.

The teams qualified to the Challenge 1 and Challenge 2 series through the 2007 regional leagues.

The final standings for the 2007 Top West League were:

The final standings for the 2007 Top East League were:

The following match was played:

The final standings for the 2007 Top Kyūshū League were:

The final standings for the 2008 Top League Challenge 1 were:

The following matches were played in the 2008 Top League Challenge 1:

The final standings for the 2008 Top League Challenge 2 were:

The following matches were played in the 2008 Top League Challenge 2:

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