Chubu Electric Power RFC

Chubu Electric Power Rugby Football Club are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the county's second tier Top Challenge League competition. The team is the rugby team of electric utilities provider Chubu Electric Power, based in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture of the Chūbu region. The team is also known as Chuden, an acronym of the company's name in Japanese, Chūbu Denryoku.

Chubu Electric Power
中部電力ラグビー部
Full nameChubu Electric Power Rugby Football Club
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Chuden
Founded1951
LocationNisshin, Aichi
League(s)Top West League
20178th (Top Challenge League)
(relegated)

In 1936, the Toho Electric Power company created a rugby union team; their operations were transferred to Chubu Electric Power according to Japan's National Mobilization Law, and the new Chubu Electric Power team was created in 1951. When rugby union in Japan was restructured in 2003 with the introduction of the Top League, Chubu Electric Power was allocated to the second tier Top West League. They remained in that league until a further restructuring prior to the 2017–18 saw the team promoted to a newly established Top Challenge League.[1]

Season history

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Chubu Electric Power's record in the top two tiers since the formation of the Top West League in 2003 was:

Chubu Electric Power season history
Season Competition Phase P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Pos Notes
2003–04 2003 Top West League 7 3 0 4 197 278 -81 3 1 16 5th
2004–05 2004 Top West League 7 2 0 5 143 265 -122 3 0 11 6th
2005–06 2005 Top West League 7 2 0 5 188 309 -121 3 0 11 6th
2006–07 2006 Top West League 8 3 0 5 225 360 -135 4 0 16 6th
2007–08 2007 Top West League First Phase 6 0 0 6 67 389 -322 1 0 1 7th
2008–09 2008 Top West League First Phase 5 1 0 4 54 224 -170 1 0 5 5th
2009–10 2009 Top West League 8 3 0 5 202 353 -151 3 0 15 4th
2010–11 2010 Top West League 4 2 0 2 86 100 -14 1 0 9 3rd
2011–12 2011 Top West League 6 4 0 2 126 180 -54 2 0 18 2nd Qualified to Challenge Series 2
2011–12 Top League Challenge Series Challenge 2 2 1 0 1 38 76 -38 0 0 4 2nd
2012–13 2012 Top West League First Phase 4 2 0 2 118 126 -8 1 0 9 3rd Qualified to Second Phase
Second Phase 3 1 0 2 55 189 -134 1 0 5 3rd
2013–14 2013 Top West League 6 4 0 2 137 212 -75 2 0 18 2nd Qualified to Challenge Series 2
2013–14 Top League Challenge Series Challenge 2 2 1 0 1 49 60 -11 1 0 5 3rd
2014–15 2014 Top West League 6 3 0 3 170 224 -54 3 0 15 3rd
2015–16 2015 Top West League First Phase 4 3 0 1 112 59 +53 2 1 15 2nd Qualified to Second Phase
Second Phase 3 2 0 1 95 44 +51 2 1 11 2nd Qualified to Challenge Series 2
2015–16 Top League Challenge Series Challenge 2 2 0 0 2 29 87 -58 0 0 0 3rd
2016–17 2016 Top West League First Phase 5 3 0 2 125 112 +13 2 1 15 2nd
Second Phase 2 1 0 1 20 99 -79 0 0 4 2nd Qualified to Challenge Series 2
2016–17 Top League Challenge Series Challenge 2 2 1 0 1 38 91 -53 0 0 4 2nd Promoted to Top Challenge League
2017–18 2017 Top Challenge League First Stage 7 0 0 7 76 439 -363 0 0 0 8th Qualified to Second Stage Group B
Second Phase Group B 3 0 0 3 15 183 -168 0 0 0 6th Relegated to Top West League
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References

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  1. ^ チーム紹介 [Team Introduction]. Chubu Electric Power Co (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2017.