2019 M.League season: Difference between revisions

2019 M.League season
	; M.League logo
Host	M.League
Type	Professional league
Team count	8 teams
Finalists
Champion	U-NEXT Pirates
Runner up	Sega Sammy Phoenix
Third	Shibuya Abemas
Fourth	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights

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Latest revision as of 05:00, 11 October 2024

The 2019-2020 M.League Season is the second season to M.League. All teams were required to have at least one male and one female team member. All rosters are the same, with the addition of added team members. In addition, a new team was added, the KADOKAWA Sakura Knights, who drafted a complete roster of three team members. The season opened on September 30, 2019. The regular season consists of 90 days with two hanchan each, followed by a 12-day semifinal and a 6-day final.

Rosters

Team name	Previous roster	Drafted player(s)
Akasaka Drivens	Ken Sonoda (Saikouisen) Jun Murakami (Saikouisen) Taro Suzuki (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai)	Kanako Maruyama (Saikouisen)
EX Furinkazan	Aki Nikaido (JPML) Kazunori Takizawa (JPML) Kenji Katsumata (JPML)	None
KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	None	Kotaro Uchikawa (JPML) Sayaka Okada (JPML) Makoto Sawazaki (JPML)
Konami Mahjong Fight Club	Hisato Sasaki (JPML) Mari Takamiya (JPML) Yudai Maehara (JPML)	Satoshi Fujisaki (JPML)
Shibuya Abemas	Takaharu Ooi (RMU) Sho Shiratori (JPML) Yoshihiro Matsumoto (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai)	Aiko Hinata (Saikouisen)
SegaSammy Phoenix	Yuumi Uotani (JPML) Seiichi Kondo (Saikouisen) Sayaka Kayamori (Saikouisen)	Akira Wakutsu (JPML)
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)

Roster changes

Teams were expanded to four players each, and each team is mandated to have at least one male and one female member. A draft was held on July 9, 2019. Of the eight teams, three opted to remain as three member teams.

Format

The regular season ran from September 30, 2019 to March 9, 2020. Each team played out 90 hanchan. In the regular season standings, the top six teams move on to a semifinal series to determine the top four teams into the final series.

Standings

Regular season

#	Team	Points	Difference
1	Sega Sammy Phoenix	495.5	-
2	Shibuya Abemas	273.9	221.6
3	Konami Mahjong Fight Club	195.0	78.9
4	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	48.4	146.6
5	TEAM RAIDEN	-80.1	128.5
6	U-NEXT Pirates	-202.3	122.2
7	Akasaka Drivens	-276.3	74.0
8	EX Furinkazan	-474.1	197.8

Semifinal

#	Team	Start	Net	End	Difference
1	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	24.2	260.5	284.7	-
2	Sega Sammy Phoenix	247.8	-75.8	172.0	112.7
3	Shibuya Abemas	137.0	-73.0	64.0	108.0
4	U-NEXT Pirates	-101.1	97.6	-3.5	67.5
5	Konami Mahjong Fight Club	97.5	-162.5	-65.0	61.5
6	TEAM RAIDEN	-40.0	-46.8	-86.8	21.8

Final

#	Team	Start	Net	Final	Difference	Prize
1	U-NEXT Pirates	-1.7	246.4	244.7	-	¥50 million
2	Sega Sammy Phoenix	86.0	99.1	185.1	59.6	¥20 million
3	Shibuya Abemas	32.0	46.0	78.0	107.1	¥10 million
4	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	142.4	-391.5	-249.1	327.1

Individual awards

Individual score

Yuumi Uotani
Jun Murakami
Seiichi Kondo

Top hanchan

Yuumi Uotani
Makoto Sawazaki
Naoki Setokuma

Fourth place avoidance

Seiichi Kondo
Go Kobayashi
Jun Murakami

Yakuman

Seiichi Kondo - Daisangen (2019/10/11) [1]
Naoki Setokuma - Suuankou (2019/10/26) [2]
Makoto Sawazaki - Suuankou (2019/11/14) [3]
Sho Shiratori - Suuankou tanki (2019/12/12) [4]
Saki Kurosawa - Suuankou tanki (2020/2/25) [5]
Yuumi Uotani - Kokushi musou (2020/2/27) [6]
Yuumi Uotani - Suuankou (2020/3/3) [7]
Koushin Asakura - Daisangen (2020/6/18) [8]

External links

Mリーグ2019

2019 M.League season in Japanese Wikipedia

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 {{Infobox tournament
 |image   = [[Image:MLeagueLogo.png|150px]]
-|caption = M League logo
+|caption = M.League logo
 |Location    =
-|Host        = [[M League]]
+|Host        = [[M.League]]
 |Date        =
-|Type        = [[Professional league]]
+|Type        = Professional league
 |Playercount =
 |Teamcount = 8
 <!--Top 4-->
-|First   =
+|First   = U-NEXT Pirates
-|Second  =
+|Second  = Sega Sammy Phoenix
-|Third   =
+|Third   = Shibuya Abemas
-|Fourth  =
+|Fourth  = KADOKAWA Sakura Knights
 }}
-The '''2018-2019 M League Season''' is the second season to [[M League]].  All teams were required to have at least one female team member.  All rosters are the same, with the addition of added team members.  Plus a new team was added, the KADOKAWA Sakura Knights, who drafted a complete roster of three team members.  The season opened on September 30, 2019.  The regular season consists of 90 hanchan, followed by semifinal and final hanchans.
+The '''2019-2020 M.League Season''' is the second season to [[M.League]]. All teams were required to have at least one male and one female team member. All rosters are the same, with the addition of added team members. In addition, a new team was added, the KADOKAWA Sakura Knights, who drafted a complete roster of three team members. The season opened on September 30, 2019. The regular season consists of 90 days with two [[hanchan]] each, followed by a 12-day semifinal and a 6-day final.
-==Rosters==
+__TOC__
+{{clear}}
+== Rosters ==
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-! Team name !! Previous roster !! Drafted player(s )
+! Team name !! Previous roster !! Drafted player(s)
 |-
-| Akasaka Drivens ||  [[Ken Sonoda]] (Saikouisen)<br> [[Jun Murakami]] (Saikouisen)<br> [[Taro Suzuki]] (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai)  || [[Kanako Maruyama]] (Saikouisen)
+| Akasaka Drivens || [[Ken Sonoda]] (Saikouisen)<br> [[Jun Murakami]] (Saikouisen)<br> [[Taro Suzuki]] (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai)  || [[Kanako Maruyama]] (Saikouisen)
 |-
 | EX Furinkazan || [[Aki Nikaido]] (JPML)<br> [[Kazunori Takizawa]] (JPML)<br> [[Kenji Katsumata]] (JPML) || None
@@ Line 33: / Line 36: @@
 | SegaSammy Phoenix || [[Yuumi Uotani]] (JPML)<br> [[Seiichi Kondo]] (Saikouisen)<br> [[Sayaka Kayamori]] (Saikouisen) || [[Akira Wakutsu]] (JPML)
 |-
-| TEAM RAIDEN || [[Masato Hagiwara]] (JPML)<br>  [[Naoki Setokuma]] (JPML)<br> Saki Kurosawa (JPML) || None
+| TEAM RAIDEN || [[Masato Hagiwara]] (JPML)<br> [[Naoki Setokuma]] (JPML)<br> Saki Kurosawa (JPML) || None
 |-
-| U-NEXT Pirates || [[Go Kobayashi]] (Mahjong Union)<br> [[ASAPIN|Koushin Asakura]] (Saikouisen)<br> [[Nobuhiro Ishibashi]] (Saikouisen) || [[Akina Mizuhara]] (Saikouisen)
+| U-NEXT Pirates || [[Go Kobayashi]] (Mahjong Union)<br> [[Koushin Asakura]] (Saikouisen)<br> [[Nobuhiro Ishibashi]] (Saikouisen) || [[Akina Mizuhara]] (Saikouisen)
 |}
-==Format==
+=== Roster changes ===
-The regular season ran from September 30, 2019 to March 9, 2020.  Each team played out 90 hanchan.  In the regular season standings, the top six teams move on to a semifinal series to determine the top four teams into the final series.
+Teams were expanded to four players each, and each team is mandated to have at least one male and one female member. A draft was held on July 9, 2019. Of the eight teams, three opted to remain as three member teams.
+== Format ==
+The regular season ran from September 30, 2019 to March 9, 2020. Each team played out 90 hanchan. In the regular season standings, the top six teams move on to a semifinal series to determine the top four teams into the final series.
-==Standings==
+== Standings ==
-===Regular season===
+=== Regular season ===
+[[Image:2019-2020 Regular season graph.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Graphical representation of regular season standings.]]
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-! # !! Team !! Points !! Difference from next
+! # !! Team !! Points !! Difference
 |- style="background: #BBF3BB"
 | 1 || Sega Sammy Phoenix || 495.5 || -
@@ Line 59: / Line 66: @@
 | 6 || U-NEXT Pirates || -202.3 || 122.2
 |-  style="background: #FFCCCC"
-| 7 || Akasaka Drivens || -276.3 || 74
+| 7 || Akasaka Drivens || -276.3 || 74.0
 |-  style="background: #FFCCCC"
 | 8 || EX Furinkazan || -474.1 || 197.8
 |}
-===Semifinal===
+=== Semifinal ===
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-! # !! Team !! Start Points !! End Points !! Difference from next
+! # !! Team !! Start !! Net !! End !! Difference
 |- style="background: #BBF3BB"
-| 1 || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights  || 24.2 || 284.7 || -
+| 1 || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights  || 24.2 || 260.5 || 284.7 || -
 |- style="background: #BBF3BB"
-| 2 || Sega Sammy Phoenix || 247.8 ||  172 || 112.7
+| 2 || Sega Sammy Phoenix || 247.8 || -75.8 || 172.0 || 112.7
 |- style="background: #BBF3BB"
-| 3 || Shibuya Abemas || 137.0 || 64 || 108.0
+| 3 || Shibuya Abemas || 137.0 || -73.0 || 64.0 || 108.0
 |- style="background: #BBF3BB"
-| 4 || U-NEXT Pirates || -101.1 || -3.5 || 67.5
+| 4 || U-NEXT Pirates || -101.1 || 97.6 || -3.5 || 67.5
 |- style="background: #FFCCCC"
-| 5 || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 97.5 ||  -65 || 61.5
+| 5 || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 97.5 || -162.5 || -65.0 || 61.5
 |- style="background: #FFCCCC"
-| 6 || TEAM RAIDEN || -40.0 ||  -86.8 || 21.8
+| 6 || TEAM RAIDEN || -40.0 || -46.8 || -86.8 || 21.8
 |}
-===Final===
+=== Final ===
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-! # !! Team !! Start Points !! Final Points !! Difference from next
+! # !! Team !! Start !! Net !! Final !! Difference !! Prize
+|- style="background:gold"
+| 1 || U-NEXT Pirates || -1.7 || 246.4 || 244.7 || - || ¥50 million
+|- style="background:silver"
+| 2 || Sega Sammy Phoenix || 86.0 || 99.1 || 185.1 || 59.6 || ¥20 million
+|- style="background:#cc9966"
+| 3 || Shibuya Abemas || 32.0 || 46.0 || 78.0 || 107.1 || ¥10 million
 |-
-| 1 || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights  || 142.4 ||  || -
+| 4 || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights || 142.4 || -391.5 ||-249.1 || 327.1 ||
-|-
-| 2 || Sega Sammy Phoenix || 86.0 ||   ||
-|-
-| 3 || Shibuya Abemas || 32.0 ||  ||
-|- s
-| 4 || U-NEXT Pirates || -1.7 ||  ||
 |}
-==Individual awards==
+== Individual awards ==
-* Yuumi Uotani (Regular Season Top Score)
+=== Individual score ===
-* Yuumi Uotani (Single Hanchan Top Score)
+# Yuumi Uotani
-* Seiichi Kondo (Fourth Place Avoidance)
+# Jun Murakami
+# Seiichi Kondo
+=== Top hanchan ===
+# Yuumi Uotani
+# Makoto Sawazaki
+# Naoki Setokuma
-==Yakuman==
+=== Fourth place avoidance ===
-* Seiichi Kondo - [[Daisangen]] (10/11) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1182610264463568896]
+# Seiichi Kondo
-* Naoki Setokuma - [[Suuankou]] (10/26) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1188042892129865728]
+# Go Kobayashi
-* Makoto Sawazaki - [[Suuankou]] (11/14) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1194937913823256577]
+# Jun Murakami
-* Sho Shiratori - [[Suuankou|Suuankou tanki]] (12/12) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1205081724452929536]
-* Saki Kurosawa - [[Suuankou|Suuankou tanki]] (2/25) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1232299546002116608]
-* Yuumi Uotani - [[Kokushi musou]] (2/27) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1232974750462271489]
-* Yuumi Uotani - [[Suuankou]] (3/3) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1234843189300756480]
-* Koushin Asakura - [[Daisangen]] (6/18) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1273571019446349824]
-==External links==
+== Yakuman ==
-[[Category:M League]]
+* Seiichi Kondo - [[Daisangen]] (2019/10/11) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1182610264463568896]
+* Naoki Setokuma - [[Suuankou]] (2019/10/26) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1188042892129865728]
+* Makoto Sawazaki - [[Suuankou]] (2019/11/14) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1194937913823256577]
+* Sho Shiratori - [[Suuankou|Suuankou tanki]] (2019/12/12) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1205081724452929536]
+* Saki Kurosawa - [[Suuankou|Suuankou tanki]] (2020/2/25) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1232299546002116608]
+* Yuumi Uotani - [[Kokushi musou]] (2020/2/27) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1232974750462271489]
+* Yuumi Uotani - [[Suuankou]] (2020/3/3) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1234843189300756480]
+* Koushin Asakura - [[Daisangen]] (2020/6/18) [https://twitter.com/m_league_/status/1273571019446349824]
+== External links ==
 {{jpwiki|Mリーグ2019}}
+[[Category:MLeague seasons]]
+{{Navbox MLeague}}