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The 2007 Top League Challenge Series was the 2007 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 2007–08 season. The competition was contested from 14 to 27 January 2007. Kyuden Voltex and
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won promotion to the
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, while
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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
2007–08 Top League The 2007–08 Top League was the fifth season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. The Sanyo Wild Knights became the first ever team in the Top League to win all their league games, but were defeated for the Top League ti ...
, 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 2006 regional leagues.


Top West League

The final standings for the 2006 Top West League were: *
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qualified for Challenge 1. *
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qualified for
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. * Zentsuji SDF RFC, Mitsubishi Red Evolutions and Unitika Phoenix were all relegated to lower leagues.


Top East League

The final standings for the 2006 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:


Top Kyūshū League

The final standings for the 2006 Top Kyūshū League were: * Chugoku Electric Power, Kyuden Voltex and
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qualified to the Second Phase. * Kyuden Voltex qualified for Challenge 1. *
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qualified for
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.


Challenge 1


Standings

The final standings for the 2007 Top League Challenge 1 were: * Kyuden Voltex and
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won promotion to the
2007–08 Top League The 2007–08 Top League was the fifth season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. The Sanyo Wild Knights became the first ever team in the Top League to win all their league games, but were defeated for the Top League ti ...
. *
Kintetsu Liners Hanazono Kintetsu Liners are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kintetsu Corporation which was founded in 1929. They have won the All-Japan Championship three times as an amateur team. Their home is at Hanazono Rugby Stadium, which was also ...
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 2007 Top League Challenge 1:


Challenge 2


Standings

The final standings for the 2007 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 2006 Top League Challenge 2:


See also

* 2006–07 Top League * Top League Challenge Series


References

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