Japan American Football Association
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Japan american football association. Club teams also formed in the 1950s often sponsored by companies. Since 1996 it has been called the x league. 4 2 japan olymic square 810. The company league was founded in 1981.
Japan the players in the 18 team x league in japan one of the top american football leagues in the world have selected the top 70 players in the league. Japan american football association. The japan american football association says there are 421 teams in japan 210 of which are affiliated with colleges and universities. The japan american football association began the first step for the 2015 world championship in stockholm announcing the 85 candidates to make the national team on monday night.
In 1985 the shakaijin leagues current tiered format was launched with the formation of the japan shakaijin american football association which is now the japan american football association the present national governing body of the sport. Flag football project 2028. Frontiers win fifth rice bowl january 4 2020 the fujitsu frontiers continued their success in recent years winning their fifth national title in six years. Since 1984 the jafa has organized and sponsored the rice bowl a championship game played between the college national champion and the x league champion.
The highest level of american football in japan is the x league an amateur league consisting of true company teams and club teams sponsored by companies. Another 115 are high school related teams. There is no better ranking of the top players than by their peers. The official website of the japan football association jfa.
Japan american football association. In a poll conducted by inside sport. The japan american football association oversees junior high school high school collegiate club and corporate american football teams throughout japan. The website offers information on the activities of the jfa japan national team and domestic tournaments while dispatching news on coaches referees and all other information related to japanese football.
The champion of the x league defeated college champion kwansei gakuin university fighters 38 14 in the rice bowl in front of 33000 fans at the tokyo dome.