Chubu Electric Power RFC

{{Infobox rugby team

| teamname = Chubu Electric Power
中部電力ラグビー部

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| fullname = Chubu Electric Power Rugby Football Club

| nickname = Chuden

| founded = 1951

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| union = Japan Rugby Football Union

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| countryflag = Japan

| location = Nisshin, Aichi

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| league = Top West League

| season = 2017

| position = 8th (Top Challenge League)
(relegated)

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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.

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.chuden.co.jp/corporate/activity/sports/rugby/rug_team/rug_history/index.html | work=Chubu Electric Power Co | accessdate=30 January 2017 | script-title=ja:チーム紹介 | language=ja | trans-title=Team Introduction}}

Season history

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

colspan="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" \| Chubu Electric Power season history
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; width:80%;"
style="width:5%;" \| Season ! style="width:20%;" \| Competition ! style="width:13%;" \| Phase ! style="width:4%;" \| P ! style="width:4%;" \| W ! style="width:4%;" \| D ! style="width:4%;" \| L ! style="width:4%;" \| PF ! style="width:4%;" \| PA ! style="width:4%;" \| PD ! style="width:4%;" \| TB ! style="width:4%;" \| LB ! style="width:4%;" \| Pts ! style="width:4%;" \| Pos ! style="width:18%;" \| Notes
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| 2003–04	style="text-align:left;" \| 2003 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	7	3	0	4	197	278	-81	3	1	16	5th
2004–05	style="text-align:left;" \| 2004 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	7	2	0	5	143	265	-122	3	0	11	6th
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| 2005–06	style="text-align:left;" \| 2005 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	7	2	0	5	188	309	-121	3	0	11	6th
2006–07	style="text-align:left;" \| 2006 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	8	3	0	5	225	360	-135	4	0	16	6th
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| 2007–08	style="text-align:left;" \| 2007 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \| First Phase	6	0	0	6	67	389	-322	1	0	1	7th
2008–09	style="text-align:left;" \| 2008 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \| First Phase	5	1	0	4	54	224	-170	1	0	5	5th
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| 2009–10	style="text-align:left;" \| 2009 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	8	3	0	5	202	353	-151	3	0	15	4th
2010–11	style="text-align:left;" \| 2010 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	4	2	0	2	86	100	-14	1	0	9	3rd
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| rowspan=2 \| 2011–12	style="text-align:left;" \| 2011 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	6	4	0	2	126	180	-54	2	0	18	2nd	Qualified to Challenge Series 2
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| style="text-align:left;" \| 2011–12 Top League Challenge Series \| style="text-align:left;" \| Challenge 2	2	1	0	1	38	76	-38	0	0	4	2nd
rowspan=2 \| 2012–13	rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" \| 2012 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \| First Phase	4	2	0	2	118	126	-8	1	0	9	3rd	Qualified to Second Phase
style="text-align:left;" \| Second Phase	3	1	0	2	55	189	-134	1	0	5	3rd
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| rowspan=2 \| 2013–14	style="text-align:left;" \| 2013 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	6	4	0	2	137	212	-75	2	0	18	2nd	Qualified to Challenge Series 2
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| style="text-align:left;" \| 2013–14 Top League Challenge Series \| style="text-align:left;" \| Challenge 2	2	1	0	1	49	60	-11	1	0	5	3rd
2014–15	style="text-align:left;" \| 2014 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \|	6	3	0	3	170	224	-54	3	0	15	3rd
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| rowspan=3 \| 2015–16	rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" \| 2015 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \| First Phase	4	3	0	1	112	59	+53	2	1	15	2nd	Qualified to Second Phase
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| style="text-align:left;" \| Second Phase	3	2	0	1	95	44	+51	2	1	11	2nd	Qualified to Challenge Series 2
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| style="text-align:left;" \| 2015–16 Top League Challenge Series \| style="text-align:left;" \| Challenge 2	2	0	0	2	29	87	-58	0	0	0	3rd
rowspan=3 \| 2016–17	rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" \| 2016 Top West League \| style="text-align:left;" \| First Phase	5	3	0	2	125	112	+13	2	1	15	2nd
style="text-align:left;" \| Second Phase	2	1	0	1	20	99	-79	0	0	4	2nd	Qualified to Challenge Series 2
style="text-align:left;" \| 2016–17 Top League Challenge Series \| style="text-align:left;" \| Challenge 2	2	1	0	1	38	91	-53	0	0	4	2nd	Promoted to Top Challenge League
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| rowspan=2 \| 2017–18	rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;" \| 2017 Top Challenge League \| style="text-align:left;" \| First Stage	7	0	0	7	76	439	-363	0	0	0	8th	Qualified to Second Stage Group B
style="background:#D9EBF4;" \| style="text-align:left;" \| Second Phase Group B	3	0	0	3	15	183	-168	0	0	0	6th	Relegated to Top West League

External links

{{official website}}

References

Category:Rugby in Kansai

Category:Rugby clubs established in 1951

Category:Sports clubs and teams in Aichi Prefecture

Category:1951 establishments in Japan

Category:Chubu Electric Power