46th All Japan Rugby Football Championship

The details of the 2009 All-Japan University Rugby Football Championships (全国大学ラグビーフットボール選手権大会 - "Zenkoku Daigaku Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Senshuken Taikai")
Knockout Stages.
First Round.
Although Teikyo University and Ricoh Black Rams drew, due to tournament rules Ricoh Black Rams progresses due to scoring more tries (3 tries to 2).
Final.
Suntory Sungoliath go through to the final automatically due to the withdrawal by Toshiba Brave Lupus. Christian Loamanu of Toshiba Brave Lupus tested positive for Cannabinoid, from a sample after a game against Suntory Sungoliath on 12 Jan 2008, in violation of the IRB Anti-Doping Regulation 21.2.1. Toshiba Brave Lupus decided that in the 'spirit of rugby values' to withdraw from the competition.
In this game Sanyo defeated Suntory for the second year in a row.