| Round 1 |
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| 5/3 | As One Black Eagles | Club Bears | 35-0 |
| 5/3 | Matsushita Denko Impulse | Naigai Denki Marvies | 16-7 |
| 5/4 | Iwatani Sidewinders | Kobe Finies | 0-23 |
| 5/4 | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | 21-0 |
| Semifinals |
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| 5/20 | Matsushita Denko Impulse | As One Black Eagles | 14-17 |
| 5/20 | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | Kobe Finies | 26-13 |
Green
Bowl |
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| 6/10 | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | As One Black Eagles | 48-0 |
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Green Bowl
| June 10 2006, Nagai Stadium, Osaka |
| Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 48 |
| As One Black Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7-0 | Katsura | 18 yard run (Imazato kick) |
| 10-0 | Imazato | 32 yard field goal |
| 16-0 | Suekata | 30 yard pass from Katsura (kick no good) |
| 22-0 | Sekine | 3 yard run (Conversion no good, pass) |
| 28-0 | Takahashi | 28 yard pass from Sugita (kick no good) |
| 34-0 | Sekine | 70 yard run (kick no good) |
| 41-0 | Sekine | 4 yard run (Kaburagi kick) |
| 48-0 | Fujiyama | 1 yard run (Kaburagi kick) |
Team Statistics
| 34-19 | Attempts-Completions | 31-15 |
| 32:42 | Time of Possession | 27:18 |
Individual Statistics
| Rushing |
| Asahi: Sekine 14-135, Nakamura 13-61, Kinoshita 7-53, Katsura 3-8, Sugiyama 1-7, Sugita 1-2, Fujiyama 1-1 |
| As One: Hounoki 12-68, Sakamoto 4-19, Okuno 6-3, Yamamoto 1-2, Takuya 2-2, Natsume 8-(-3), Team 1-(-14) |
| Passing |
| Asahi: Katsura 14-8-128-1-1, Sugita 12-7-68-0-1, Kinoshita 8-4-53-0-0 |
| As One: Okuno 17-7-72-2-0, Natsume 14-8-81-0-0 |
| Receiving |
| Asahi: Suekata 8-102, Kawai 3-25, Yoshimura 2-41, Enoki 2-20, Horiguchi 2-13, Takahashi 1-28, Momozawa 1-20 |
| As One: Fujinawa 5-39, Yoshii 3-43, Hounoki 2-19, Kaname 1-22, Michikado 1-9, Nohara 1-8, Takeda 1-8, Yamamoto 1-5 |
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Challengers victorious
The Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers won this year's Green Bowl, a spring tournament for X League teams from the western part of Japan. The Challengers beat the Fuji Xerox J-Stars 21-0 in the first round and the Kobe Finies 26-13 in the semifinals before routing the As One Black Eagles 48-0 at Nagai Stadium in Osaka. The Black Eagles who defeated Matsushita Denko Impulse in the seminfinals 17-14 on two big plays (a 77-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 7 five minutes and four seconds into the first quarter and just 51 seconds after the Impulse had taken the lead and a 73-yard interception return to tie the game at 14 five minutes and 40 seconds into the third quarter) turned the ball over five times (three fumbles, two interceptions) and trailed already 22-0 at halftime. The most impressive players for the Challengers were RB Takeshi Sekine who ran for 135 Yards and three touchdowns (including a 70-yard run for a 34-0 lead midway through the third quarter) and WR Daishi Suekata, the game's MVP, with eight catches for 102 Yards and a 30-yard touchdown pass to increase the Challengers' lead to 16-0 one minute and 46 seconds into the second quarter.
(Text: Dieter Hoch)
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