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.[1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EX Furinkazan | -41.4 | 242.3 | - |
| 2 | KADOKAWA Sakura Knights | 147.3 | 103.4 | 138.9 |
| 3 | Shibuya Abemas | 268.5 | 101.7 | 1.7 |
| 4 | Akasaka Drivens | 13.3 | -59.7 | 161.4 |
Individual awards
- Hisato Sasaki (Regular Season Top Score)
- Hisato Sasaki (Single Hanchan Top Score)
- Go Kobayashi (Fourth Place Avoidance)
Yakuman
- Yoshihiro Matsumoto - Suuankou (2020-11-16) [1]
- Hori Shingo - Suuankou (2020-01-02) [2]
- Taro Suzuki - Suuankou (2020-04-20) [3]
- Yoshihiro Matsumoto - Suuankou (2021-04-29) [4]
References
External links
- 2020 M.League season in Japanese Wikipedia