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The 2014–15 Top League Challenge Series was the 2014–15 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 2015–16 season. The competition was contested from 7 December 2014 to 25 January 2015.
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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 winner of Challenge 2 also progressed to a four-team Challenge 1. The top team in Challenge 1 won automatic promotion to the
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, while the other three teams qualified to the
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Qualification

The teams qualified to the Challenge 1 and
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series through the 2014 regional leagues.


Top West League

The final standings for the 2014 Top West League were: *
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qualified for Challenge 1. *
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qualified for
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Top East League

The final standings for the 2014 Top East League were: *
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qualified for Challenge 1. *
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qualified for
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Top Kyūshū League

The final standings for the 2014 Top Kyūshū League were: *
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qualified to the Second Phase. * Kagoshima Bank were relegated to lower leagues. *
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qualified for Challenge 1. *
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qualified for
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Challenge 1


Standings

The final standings for the 2014–15 Top League Challenge 1 were: *
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won promotion to the
2015–16 Top League The 2015–16 Top League was the 13th season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. It kicked off on 13 November 2015 and was completed on 24 January 2016. The final was won by Panasonic Wild Knights defeating Toshiba Brave L ...
. *
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Kyuden Voltex Kyūshu Kyuden Voltex is a Japanese rugby team owned by Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyūshū Denryoku). The nickname "Voltex" is a conflation of "Voltage" and "Techniques" and was decided after the team won promotion to the Top League. The team i ...
and
Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese rugby union team based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The owner of this club is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The club was founded in 1981. It ...
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 2014–15 Top League Challenge 1:


Challenge 2


Standings

The final standings for the 2014–15 Top League Challenge 2 were: *
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progressed to Challenge 1.


Matches

The following matches were played in the 2014–15 Top League Challenge 2:


See also

*
2014–15 Top League The 2014–15 Top League was the 12th season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. It kicked off on 30 August 2014. The final was held on 8 February 2015 and won by Panasonic Wild Knights, 30–12 over Yamaha Júbilo. Team ...
* Top League Challenge Series


References

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