52nd All Japan Rugby Football Championship

52nd All Japan Rugby Football Championship
Countries	Japan
Date	8th February - 28th February 2015
Champions	Yamaha Júbilo
Runners-up	Suntory Sungoliath
Attendance	66, 113
Highest attendance	14,627
Lowest attendance	1,961
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The 2015 All-Japan Rugby Football Championship (日本ラグビーフットボール選手権大会 Nihon Ragubi-Futtobo-ru Senshuken Taikai) took place from Feb 8th up to the final on Feb 28th.

The top four teams (Panasonic Wild Knights, Yamaha Júbilo, Toshiba Brave Lupus, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers) in the 2014–15 Top League automatically qualified for the competition, and competed in a playoff competition.

Panasonic Wild Knights and Yamaha Júbilo eventually played in the Final, with Panasonic Wild Knights winning 30-12. As Top League finalists they gained automatic entry to the Championship Semi-finals.

The Top League Wildcard Tournament was contested by the fifth to twelfth teams in the final table for the last two places for this league in the Championship. These places were eventually taken by NEC Green Rockets and Suntory Sungoliath.

In the 51st Japan National University Rugby Championship final Teikyo University defeated Tsukuba University 50-7. Both teams gained entry to the Championship as finalists, the two beaten semi-finalists Keio University and Tokai University also qualified.

Panasonic Wild Knights and Yamaha Júbilo bypassed the first two rounds into the semi-finals by reaching the final of the Top League playoffs in 2015.

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