KCAFA Standings

KCAFA 2019	P	W	L	T
KCAFA Division 1
Seinan Gakuin Green Dolphins (C)	5	5	0	0
Kurume Mean Fighters	5	4	1	0
Kyushu Palookas	5	2	3	0
Fukuoka Black Knights	5	2	3	0
Saga Tomcats	5	2	3	0
Ryukyu Stingrays	5	0	5	0
KCAFA Division 2A
Teacher Education Fukuoka Lions	2	2	0	0
Kagoshima Bonito	2	1	1	0
Nagasaki Prefectural Marines	2	0	2	0
KCAFA Division 2B
Kyushu Institute of Technology Wild Geese	3	3	0	0
Kumamoto Outlaws	3	2	1	0
Miyazaki Bacchus	3	1	2	0
Kyushu Sangyo Red Freebirds	3	0	3	0

Division 1 Star Chart

Div. 1 University （Win－Loss）	Green Dolphins	Palookas	Black Knights	Mean Fighters	Stingrays	Tomcats
Seinan Gakuin Green Dolphins (5-0)		○ 14-6	○ 14-6	○ 35-10	○ 31-7	○ 34-7
Kurume Mean Fighters (4-1)	● 10-35	○ 20-7	○ 17-5		○ 23-10	○ 21-13
Kyushu Palookas (2-3)	● 6-14		● 13-23	● 7-20	○ 35-15	○ 34-17
Fukuoka Black Knights (2-3)	● 6-14	○ 23-13		● 5-17	○ 24-21	● 14-24
Saga Tomcats (2-3)	● 7-34	● 17-34	○ 24-14	● 13-21	○ 26-16
Ryukyu Stingrays (0-5)	● 7-31	● 15-35	● 21-24	● 10-23		● 16-26

Division 2A Star Chart

Div. 2 A University （Win－Loss）	Lions	Bonito	Marines
Teacher Education Fukuoka Lions (2-0)		○ 20-7	○ 62-0
Kagoshima Bonito (1-1)	● 7-20		○ 23-9
Nagasaki Prefectural Marines (0-2)	● 0-62	● 9-23

Division 2B Star Chart

Div. 2 B University （Win－Loss）	Wild Geese	Bacchus	Outlaws	Red Freebirds
Kyushu Institute of Technology Wild Geese (3-0)		○ 5-2	○ 35-6	○ 34-6
Kumamoto Outlaws (2-1)	● 6-35	○ 21-20		○ 9-0
Miyazaki Bacchus (1-2)	● 2-5		● 20-21	○ 23-0
Kyushu Sangyo Red Freebirds (0-3)	● 6-34	● 0-23	● 0-9

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Promotion/Relegation		Division 1-2A
2019	Ryukyu Stingrays	7	Teacher Education Fukuoka Lions	13
	Promotion/Relegation		Division 1-2B
2019	Saga Tomcats	20	Kyushu IT Wild Geese	7
	Division 2 Ranking		3rd Place
2019	Nagasaki Prefectural Marines	0	Miyazaki Bacchus	20
	Division 2 Ranking		2nd Place
2019	Kagoshima Bonito	7	Kumamoto Outlaws	26
	Division 2 Ranking		1st Place
2019	Teacher Education Fukuoka Lions	28	Kyushu Institute of Technology Wild Geese	7

Report

Sainan Gakuin Green Dolphins won the Kyushu Collegiate American Football Association (KCAFA) title with a perfect 5-0 record, which enabled them to progress to the West Japan Playoffs of the Japan Collegiate American Football Association. Kyushu Institute of Technology Wild Geese won Division 2B but lost the Division 2 1st Place Playoff to Division 2A Champions Teacher Education Fukuoka Lions 28-7. Kyushu is the biggest island in the South West of Japanese Archipelago and one of the four big islands in Japan.

Wild Geese is the name given also in Ireland to Irish Patriots who fled Ireland at the time of the Plantations by England in Ireland and the Treaty of Limerick in order to seek help from Continental Europe and the Pope in Rome. The Wild Geese remained in exile and the name Wild Geese can still refer to Irish people living abroad.

Map of Kyushu Region, Japan

References

Logo

[1] Tokai Collegiate American Football Association (2021) flag [Internet] Available from: http://www.tkcafa.jp/button/flag.gif [Accessed 2 May 2021]

Websites

[2] Kyushu Collegiate American Football Association (2021) Past Results:Details: 2019 [Star Chart] [Internet] Available from: http://www.kcafa.jp/info/2019a/table/index.html [Accessed 3 May 2021]

[3] The Wild Geese Irish Heritage (2021) History [Internet] Available from: https://thewildgeese.irish/page/the-wild-geese-history [Accessed 3 May 2021]

Online Translation Service

[4] Google Translate (2020) Japanese to English [Internet] Available from: https://translate.google.com/ [Accessed 22 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoilfhionn Nic Fhearai, Keiko, Grant Farrell and John Gunning

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 3 May 2021

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