Sparks Honda Heat Kintetsu Liners Kobelco Steelers Kubota Spears NEC Green Rockets Nihon IBM Big Blue Ricoh Black Rams Panasonic Wild Knights Suntory Sungoliath Toshiba Brave Lupus Toyota Verblitz Yamaha Jubilo Top League Champions 2003-04 Kobelco Steelers 2004-05 Toshiba Brave Lupus Microsoft Cup The Microsoft Cup is a knock-out tournament played between the top eight Top League teams. The winners of the first Microsoft Cup were NEC Green Rockets, who beat Toshiba Brave Lupus 24-19 on 22 February 2004. However, Toshiba won the 41st Japan Championship on 21 March 2004 when they beat Kobelco Steelers 22-10. All-Japan Championship (Nihon Senshuken) The schedule for the 42nd All-Japan Championship was as follows: 2005 5 February 1. Fukuoka Sanix Bombs 47 Kanto Gakuin University 36 (Chichibunomiya) 2. Waseda University 59 Tamariba club 5 (Chichibunomiya) 12 February 3. Fukuoka Sanix Bombs 21 NEC Green Rockets 55 (Chichibunomiya) 4. Waseda University 9 Toyota Verblitz 28 (Chichibunomiya) 19 February 5. NEC Green Rockets 24 Yamaha Jubilo 13 (Hanazono) 6. Toyota Verblitz 24 Toshiba Brave Lupus 19 (Chichibunomiya) 27 February 7. Final - NEC Green Rockets 17 Toyota Verblitz 13 (Chichibunomiya) See also Chichibunomiya Stadium Hakata no Mori stadium Japan national rugby union team Higashi Osaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium National High School Rugby Tournament Stadia used in the FIFA World Cup 2002 Top League University championship rugby Rugby union in Japan Contact information The address for JRFU is: Japan Rugby Football Union, Kita Aoyama 2-8-35, Minato ward, Tokyo 107-0061 Further reading For the historical background see Chapter 27 References External links Official Japan RFU website Rugby World Cup 2011 Japan Japan Rugby Football Union Continues with RWC 2011 Bid (January 31, 2005) The Japanese government fully supports the JRFU's bid for RWC 2011 (February 19, 2005) IRB chairman points the way forward for Japanese rugby - Japan Times, February 24, 2005 The Unofficial Japanese Rugby Page 41st University Rugby Championship Japan RFU - in Japanese Union Rugby Football Union Japan Sports organizations established in 1926 1926 establishments in Japan