2019 M.League season
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 days with two hanchan each, followed by six day semifinal and six day final.
 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 |
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 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 from next |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 | EX Furinkazan | -474.1 | 197.8 |
Semifinal
| # | Team | Start Points | End Points | Difference from next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KADOKAWA Sakura Knights | 24.2 | 284.7 | - |
| 2 | Sega Sammy Phoenix | 247.8 | 172 | 112.7 |
| 3 | Shibuya Abemas | 137.0 | 64 | 108.0 |
| 4 | U-NEXT Pirates | -101.1 | -3.5 | 67.5 |
| 5 | Konami Mahjong Fight Club | 97.5 | -65 | 61.5 |
| 6 | TEAM RAIDEN | -40.0 | -86.8 | 21.8 |
Final
| # | Team | Start Points | Final Points | Difference from next | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U-NEXT Pirates | -1.7 | 224.7 | - | ¥50 million |
| 2 | Sega Sammy Phoenix | 86.0 | 185.1 | 59.6 | ¥20 million |
| 3 | Shibuya Abemas | 32.0 | 78 | 107.1 | ¥10 million |
| 4 | KADOKAWA Sakura Knights | 142.4 | -249.1 | 327.1 |
Individual awards
Top score
- Yuumi Uotani
Top hanchan
- Yuumi Uotani
Fourth place avoidance
- Seiichi Kondo
Yakuman
- Seiichi Kondo - Daisangen (10/11) [1]
- Naoki Setokuma - Suuankou (10/26) [2]
- Makoto Sawazaki - Suuankou (11/14) [3]
- Sho Shiratori - Suuankou tanki (12/12) [4]
- Saki Kurosawa - Suuankou tanki (2/25) [5]
- Yuumi Uotani - Kokushi musou (2/27) [6]
- Yuumi Uotani - Suuankou (3/3) [7]
- Koushin Asakura - Daisangen (6/18) [8]
External links
- 2019 M.League season in Japanese Wikipedia