2020 M League season

2020 M League season

M League logo
Host	M League
Type	Professional league
Team count	8 teams
Finalists
Champion	EX Furinkazan
Runner up	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights
Third	Shibuya Abemas
Fourth	Akasaka Drivens

The 2020-2021 M League Season is the third season to M.League. The opening day of the season was October 5, 2020.

Rosters

Team name	Previous roster	Drafted player(s )
Akasaka Drivens	Ken Sonoda (Saikouisen) Jun Murakami (Saikouisen) Taro Suzuki (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai to Saikouisen) Kanako Maruyama (Saikouisen)	None
EX Furinkazan	Aki Nikaido (JPML) Kazunori Takizawa (JPML) Kenji Katsumata (JPML)	None
KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	Kotaro Uchikawa (JPML) Sayaka Okada (JPML) Makoto Sawazaki (JPML)	Hori Shingo (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai)
Konami Mahjong Fight Club	Hisato Sasaki (JPML) Mari Takamiya (JPML) Yudai Maehara (JPML) Satoshi Fujisaki (JPML)	None
Shibuya Abemas	Takaharu Ooi (RMU) Sho Shiratori (JPML) Yoshihiro Matsumoto (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai) Aiko Hinata (Saikouisen)	None
SegaSammy Phoenix	Yuumi Uotani (JPML) Seiichi Kondo (Saikouisen) Sayaka Kayamori (Saikouisen) Akira Wakutsu (JPML)	None
TEAM RAIDEN	Masato Hagiwara (JPML) Naoki Setokuma (JPML) Saki Kurosawa (JPML)	None
U-NEXT Pirates	Go Kobayashi (Mahjong Union) Koushin Asakura (Saikouisen) Nobuhiro Ishibashi (Saikouisen) Akina Mizuhara (Saikouisen)	None

Contract renewals

All teams have renewed their player contracts and retain their rosters.

Player replacement rule

A new rule is set in place for teams not having qualified in the final four for two consecutive seasons. Teams falling into this category will then e required to make at least one roster change. The rule is in effect beginning with this season.

Standings

Regular season

#	Team	Points	Difference from next
1	Shibuya Abemas	654.7	-
2	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	497.3	157.4
3	Akasaka Drivens	-3.2	500.5
4	EX Furinkazan	-108.8	105.6
5	Konami Mahjong Fight Club	-168.5	59.7
6	TEAM RAIDEN	-210.5	42.0
7	U-NEXT Pirates	-264.3	53.8
8	Sega Sammy Phoenix	-396.7	132.4

Semifinal

#	Team	Start Points	End Points	Difference from next
1	Shibuya Abemas	327.4	536.9	-
2	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	248.7	294.5	242.4
3	Akasaka Drivens	-1.6	26.6	267.9
4	EX Furinkazan	-54.4	-82.9	109.5
5	Konami Mahjong Fight Club	-84.2	-98.3	15.4
6	TEAM RAIDEN	-105.2	-346.1	247.8

Final

#	Team	Start Points	Final Points	Difference from next	Prize
1	EX Furinkazan	-41.4	242.3	-	¥50 million
2	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	147.3	103.4	138.9	¥20 million
3	Shibuya Abemas	268.5	101.7	1.7	¥10 million
4	Akasaka Drivens	13.3	-59.7	161.4

Individual awards

Top score

1. Hisato Sasaki
2. Kotaro Uchikawa
3. Go Kobayashi

Top hanchan

1. Hisato Sasaki
2. Hori Shingo
3. Saki Kurosawa

Fourth place avoidance

1. Go Kobayashi
2. Yoshihiro Matsumoto
3. Jun Murakami

Yakuman

• Yoshihiro Matsumoto - Suuankou (2020-11-16) [1]
• Shingo Hori - Suuankou (2020-01-02) [2]
• Taro Suzuki - Suuankou (2020-04-20) [3]
• Yoshihiro Matsumoto - Suuankou (2021-04-29) [4]

External links

• Mリーグ2020

2020 M League season in Japanese Wikipedia