The Koshien Bowl (甲子園ボウル) is the annual
Japan
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American
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college football
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national championship game,
usually played in December at
Koshien Stadium
, commonly referred to as simply Koshien Stadium, is a baseball park located near Kobe in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built to host the national high school baseball tournaments, and opened on August 1, 1924. It w ...
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From the 1949 season until 2008 season, the game was held as the final game of Japan University American Football Championship. The game is held between 2 universities from East Japan (
Hokkaido
is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
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Tohoku,
Kanto) and West Japan (
Tokai,
Hokuriku,
Kansai
The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshu, Honshū. The region includes the Prefectures of Japan, prefectures of Nara Prefecture, Nara, Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Osaka Prefectur ...
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Chushikoku,
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
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Kwansei Gakuin University
, colloquially known as , is a private, non-denominational Christian coeducational university in Japan. The university offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees to around 25,000 students in almost 40 different disciplines across 11 ...
Fighters is the most successful team with 33 titles (4 shared).
Nihon University
, abbreviated as , is a private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice, in 1889. It is one of Japan's leading private universit ...
Phoenix is second with 21 titles (2 shared).
Game results
Winners
In ''Italics'' title shared.
See also
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College Football Playoff National Championship
The College Football Playoff National Championship is a post-season college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), which began play in the 2014 college football season. ...
References
External links
Official website
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American football competitions
American football in Japan
Sports competitions in Japan
College football bowls
American football leagues
College athletics conferences in Japan
1947 establishments in Japan
Recurring sporting events established in 1947