Koshien Bowl Playoffs
| Date | Home Team | Away team | ||
| Koshien Bowl | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | |||
| 13.12.2020 | Kwansei Gakuin Fighters (KF) | 42 | Nihon University (KCFA) | 24 |
Kansai Football Division 1 2020
Quarterfinals
Ritsumeikan University Panthers ○ 36-3 ● Momoyama Gakuin St. Andrews University Thundering Legion Lions
Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters ○ 55-13 ● Doshisha University Wild Rover
Kansai University Kaisers ○ 24-16 ● Kyoto University Gangsters
Kobe University Ravens ○ 15-10 ● Kinki University Big Blue
Semifinals
Ritsumeikan University Panthers ○ 24-14 ● Kansai University Kaisers
Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters ○ 35-14 ● Kobe University Ravens
Final
Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters ○ 16-14 ● Ritsumeikan University Panthers
Challenge Games
Kyoto University Gangsters ○ 48-13 ● Momoyama Gakuin St. Andrews University Thundering Legion Lions
Doshisha University Wild Rover ○ 17-0 ● Kinki University Big Blue
Momoyama Gakuin St. Andrews University Thundering Legion Lions ○ 17-14 ● Kinki University Big Blue
Kyoto University Gangsters ○ 16-13 ● Doshisha University Wild Rover
Kansai University Kaisers ○ 38-10 ● Kobe University Ravens
Kanto KCFA Top 8 Postseason
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Placement Games | ||||
| 4th Place | ||||
| 28.11.2020 | Chuo University | 28 | Ringyi University | 30 |
| 3rd Place | ||||
| 29.11.2020 | Hosei University | 31 | Meiji University | 3 |
| 2nd Place | ||||
| 28.11.2020 | Waseda University | 40 | University of Tokyo | 7 |
| 1st Place | ||||
| 29.11.2020 | University of Sakuramibayashi | 14 | Nihon University | 38 |
Kanto KCFA Standings 2020
| KCFA 2020 | P | W | L | T |
| Top 8 Block A | ||||
| Nihon University | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hosei University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| The University of Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Chuo University | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Top 8 Block B | ||||
| University of Sakuramibayashi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Meiji University | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Waseda University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| University of Rikkyo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Report
With the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic in full swing, the 2020 Japan Collegiate American Football Association was reduced to just the Kansai and Kanto Football Regions, themselves reduced to a series of Challenge Games and then knockouts. Kansai Division 1 Final was won by Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters 16-14 versus Ritsumeikan University Panthers and Kanto Region Division 1 Top 8 Final by Nihon University Phoenix 38-14 versus Sakuramibayashi.
The Koshien Bowl itself was won by Kwansei Gakuin University 42-24 and they became the last ever Student Representatives to take part in the Rice Bowl, the pinnacle of American Football in Japan, which for the first 36 years was a College All-Star game between Kanto (West) and Kansai (East) and then from 1984 to 2021 was between the Social Champions (X-League Corporate) and College Champions. From 2021 season (2022 Rice Bowl) onwards it shall be an X-League only game, the level of professionalism in that league being too strong for the College Champions.
The 2020 Kanto Collegiate Football Association was severely curtailed due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. with over half the Universities not competing, The Top 4 Divisions were split into 2 Blocks, each playing three matches with the Placement matches between the two first placed teams, two second placed teams and so on making up a short post-season. In Division 1 Top 8, Nihon University triumphed 38-14 in the Final against J. F. Oberlin University (University of Sakuramibayashi). They were then due to meet Kwansei Gakuin University for the Koshien Bowl (Japan Collegiate American Football Association title game).
Map of 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] Kansai Collegiate American Football Association (2021) Schedule 2020 [Internet] Available from: http://www.kansai-football.jp/schedule/schedule2019_atm.html [Accessed 3 May 2021]
[3] Kanto Collegiate Football Association (2020) 2020年度 TOP8戦評 [Internet] Available from: http://www.kcfa.jp/evaluate_top8/?season=2020 [Accessed 22 October 2020]
[4] Kanto Collegiate Football Association (2020) Star Chart [Internet] Available from: http://www.kcfa.jp/result_team/?season=2020 [Accessed 22 October 2020
Online Translation Service
[7] 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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