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The 2009 Top League Challenge Series was the 2009 edition of the Top League Challenge Series, a second-tier rugby union competition in
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, in which teams from regionalised leagues competed for promotion to the
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for the 2009–10 season. The competition was contested from 11 to 25 January 2009.
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and
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won promotion to the 2009–10 Top League, while Mazda Blue Zoomers and
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progressed to the
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Competition rules and information

The top two teams from the regional Top East League, Top West League and Top Kyūshū League 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 2009–10 Top League, while the third-placed team in Challenge 1 and the Challenge 2 winner qualified to the
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Qualification

The teams qualified to the Challenge 1 and
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series through the 2008 regional leagues.


Top West League

The final standings for the 2008 Top West League were: *
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,
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and
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qualified to the Second Phase. *
Honda Heat Mie Honda Heat is a Japanese rugby union team based in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The owner of the club is Honda Motor. (Suzuka is known for the Suzuka Circuit and the presence of car companies. Conveniently, the team uses Suzuka to jog ...
qualified for Challenge 1. *
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qualified for
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. *
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were dissolved.


Top East League

The final standings for the 2008 Top East League were: *
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qualified for Challenge 1. *
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qualified for
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after a play-off match against
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. The following match was played: * Hino Red Dolphins were relegated to lower leagues.


Top Kyūshū League

The final standings for the 2008 Top Kyūshū League were: * Chugoku Electric Power, Mazda Blue Zoomers and
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qualified to the Second Phase. * Toshiba Oita and
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were relegated to lower leagues. * Mazda Blue Zoomers qualified for Challenge 1. *
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qualified for
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.


Challenge 1


Standings

The final standings for the 2009 Top League Challenge 1 were: *
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and
Ricoh Black Rams Black Rams Tokyo (formerly Ricoh Black Rams) is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Being ranked tenth meant that, in order to continue in the league, it had to defeat one of the top regional clubs in a play-off, which it ac ...
won promotion to the 2009–10 Top League. * Mazda Blue Zoomers progressed to the
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.


Matches

The following matches were played in the 2009 Top League Challenge 1:


Challenge 2


Standings

The final standings for the 2009 Top League Challenge 2 were: *
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progressed to the
promotion play-offs Promotion may refer to: Marketing * Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
.


Matches

The following matches were played in the 2009 Top League Challenge 2:


See also

* 2008–09 Top League * Top League Challenge Series


References

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