JAFA X-League 2017
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | WS | |
| Super 9 | |||||||
| *Panasonic Impulse | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| *Fujitsu Frontiers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| *Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| *Lixil Deers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| IBM Big Blue | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Orbic Seagulls | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Elecom Kobe Phi Needs | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Asahi Beer Silver Star | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Asahi Drink Club Challengers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Battle 9 | |||||||
| *All Mitsubishi Lions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| *As One Black Eagles | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Meiji Yasuda Penta Ocean Pirates | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Nagoya Cyclones | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Fuji Xerox Minerva | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tokyo Gas Creators | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Metropolitan Police Deprtment | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Club Hawkeye | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bulls FC | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Wild Card Playoffs | ||||
| 05.11.2017 | Asahi Beer Silver Star | 17 | All Mitsubishi Lions | 20 |
| 05.11.2017 | Elecom Kobe Fines | 47 | As One Black Eagles | 13 |
| Quarter-Finals | ||||
| 11.11.2017 | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 22 | Obic Seagulls | 41 |
| 11.11.2017 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 34 | Elecom Kibe Phinees | 7 |
| 11.11.2017 | LIXIL Deers | 31 | IBM BigBlue | 51 |
| 12.11.2017 | Panasonic Impulse | 20 | All Mitsubishi Lions | 3 |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 26.11.2017 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 7 | Obic Seagulls | 0 |
| 26.11.2017 | Panasonic Impulse | 24 | IBM BigBlue | 31 |
| Japan X Bowl | Tokyo Dome | |||
| 18.12.2017 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 63 | IBM BigBlue | 23 |
| Rice Bowl | X-League v College | |||
| 03.01.2018 | Fujotsu Frontiers | 37 | Nihon Phoenix | 9 |
JAFA X-League 2018
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | WS | |
| Super 9 | |||||||
| *Fujitsu Frontiers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| *Panasonic Impulse | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| *IBM Big Blue | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| *Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| *Orbic Seagulls | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| *Elecom Kobe Phi Needs | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| *Lixil Deers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| *Asahi Beer Silver Star | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Asahi Drink Club Challengers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Battle 9 | |||||||
| *Tokyo Gas Creators | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| *All Mitsubishi Lions | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| As One Black Eagles | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Meiji Yasuda Penta Ocean Pirates | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dentsu Caterpillars | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Nagoya Cyclones | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bullseyes Tokyo | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sidewinders | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Wild-Card Playoff | ||||
| 04.11.2018 | Asahi Beer Silver Star | 6 | All Mitsubishi Lions | 17 |
| 04.11.2018 | LIXIL Deers | 7 | Tokyo Gas Creators | 14 |
| Quarter Final | ||||
| 10.11.2018 | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 25 | OBIC Seagulls | 42 |
| 10.11.2018 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 35 | All Mitsubishi Lions | 7 |
| 10.11.2018 | IBM BigBlue | 34 | Elecom Kobe Finies | 23 |
| 10.11.2018 | Panasonic Impulse | 45 | Tokyo Gas Creators | 0 |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 25.11.2018 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 13 | OBIC Seagulls | 10 |
| 25.11.2018 | Panasonic Impulse | 17 | IBM Big Blue | 24 |
| Japan X Bowl | Tokyo Dome | |||
| 17.12.2018 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 35 | IBM Big Blue | 18 |
| Rice Bowl | X-League v College | |||
| 03.01.2018 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 52 | Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters | 17 |
Japan X-League 2019
| P | W | L | T | PF | PA | WS | |
| X1 Super | |||||||
| *Fujitsu Frontiers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| *Orbic Seagulls | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| *Panasonic Impulse | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Elecom Kobe Phi Needs | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| IBM BigBlue | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tokyo Gas Creators | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| All Mitsubishi Lions | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| X1 Area | |||||||
| Asahi Drink Club Challengers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Asahi Beer Silver Stars | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| LIXIL Deers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Meiji Yasuda Penta Ocean Pirates | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dentsu Caterpillars | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Miraifu Fukuoka | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Nagoya Cyclones | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bullseyes | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Metropolitan Police Department | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| As One Black Eagles | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFC Cranes | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 30.11.2019 | Elecom Kobe | 13 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 31 |
| 30.11.2019 | Panasonic Impulse | 24 | Orbic Seagulls | 14 |
| Japan X Bowl | Tokyo Dome | |||
| 16.12.2019 | Panasonic Impulse | 26 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 28 |
| Rice Bowl | X-League v College | |||
| 03.01.2020 | Fujitsu Frontiers | 38 | Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters | 14 |
Note: WS = Winning Stars
Report
The Fujitsu Frontiers won their 4th consecutive Rice Bowl on 3rd January 2020, overwhelming the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters for the second year in a row, deafeating them by a score of 38-14 in early 2020, after winning 52-17 at the end of the 2018 in early January 2019.
They had a similar resounding victory at the end of the 2017 season, when they won 37-9 against Nihon Phoenix.
About
The X-League is the Professional American Football League Section of the Japan American Football Association. The X-League itself is divided into three Divisions (X1, X2, X3) based on ability, with the X1 League split into a Super 9 and Battle 9 (Top and Bottom) with playoffs to follow. The teams are known as “Social Teams” as opposed to the College Teams, and are made up of Big Businesses.
The winners of the X Bowl meet the College Champions in the Rice Bowl, the Ultimate Game in Japanese American Football.
References
Websites
[1] X-League (2018) Score [2017] [Internet] Available from: http://www.xleague.com/score/ [Accessed 20 January 2018]
[2] X-League (2018) Score [2018] [Internet] Available from: http://www.xleague.com/score/ [Accessed 21 February 2019]
[3] X-League (2018) 2018 X League Game Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.xleague.com/english/schedule.php [Accessed 21 February 2019]
[6] X-League (2018) Standings [2019] [Internet] Available from: https://xleague.jp/standing [Accessed 7 January 2020]
[7] X-League (2018) 2019 X League Game Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.xleague.com/english/schedule.php [Accessed 7 January 2020]
[8] X-League (2018) 2019 Schedule / Results [Final] [Internet] Available from: https://xleague.jp/section/final [Accessed 7 January 2020]
[9] X-League (2018) 2019 Schedule / Results [Semifinals] [Internet] Available from: https://xleague.jp/section/sf [Accessed 7 January 2020]
[10] X-League (2018) [73rd Rice Bowl] Overwhelming student champion in offense and defense, Fujitsu achieves 4th consecutive victory in Thailand [Internet] Available from: https://xleague.jp/news/7464 [Accessed 7 January 2020]
Internet Archive
[4] X-League | Wayback Machine (2018) 2017 X League Game Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20180104221119/http://www.xleague.com/schedule [Accessed 8 January 2020]
[5] X-League | Wayback Machine (2018) 2017 X League Match Result [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20190701111404/http://www.xleague.com/kiroku/archive/result_list.php?url_id=Y2017/L1 [Accessed 8 January 2020]
Images
[11] X-League (2020) X-Logo [Internet] Available from: https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/xleague/images/xlogo.png [Accessed 7 January 2020]
[12] X-League (2020) 73rd Rice Bowl Photo [Internet] Available from: https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/xleague/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/001_m5_01801.jpg [Accessed 7 January 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Caoilfhion Nic Fhearai & Grant Farrell.
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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Last Updated: 5 January 2020
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