2018 Top Challenge League

2018 Top Challenge League
CountriesJapan
Date8 September – 9 December 2018
ChampionsNTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes (3rd title)
Runners-upMitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars
Matches played40
Tries scored332
(average 8.3 per match)
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The 2018 Top Challenge League was the second season of Japan's second-tier domestic rugby union competition, the Top Challenge League.[1]

It was played from 8 September to 9 December 2018, with eight participating teams. NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes won the competition for the third time – having previously won in 2010–11 and 2016–17 and qualified for the promotion play-offs, along with Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars, Kintetsu Liners and Kurita Water Gush. Kamaishi Seawaves and Chugoku Red Regulions finished seventh and eighth respectively to qualify for the relegation play-offs.

  1. ^ "Japan to add second-tier rugby league in 2017". Japan Times. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.