Canada v Japan Rugby History

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Record of Matches Between Japan and Canada: 8 Wins, 2 Draws, 15 Losses

With Sunday’s game between Canada and Japan at BC Place we did some digging on previous matches between the two teams going back to 1932 and the first Canadian rugby tour to Japan.

Overall Canada have a record of  8 wins, 15 losses, 2 draws against Japan. The biggest win for Canada was in 2000, a 62-18, +44 win over Japan. The largest loss was in 2009 a 46-8, -38 loss to Japan.

You can take a look at our story on the 1932 Canada tour to Japan here.

Canada v Japan match results (from Wiki) wins, losses, draws

  1. February 11, 1932 Meiji Jingu Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan 38-5 Canada
  2. January 31, 1932 Hanazono Field, Osaka, Japan Japan 9-8 Canada
  3. April 18, 1982 Canada tour of Japan Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan 16-6 Canada
  4. April 11, 1982 Canada tour of Japan Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka, Japan Japan 24-18 Canada
  5. June 7, 1986 Japan tour of North America Sports Complex, Burnaby Japan 26-21 Canada
  6. May 11, 1991 Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver Canada 49-26 Japan
  7. June 9, 1996 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Canada 45-18 Japan
  8. July 13, 1996 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver Canada 51-30 Japan
  9. May 18, 1997 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan 32-31 Canada
  10. June 14, 1997 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver Canada 42-18 Japan
  11. May 3, 1998 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Canada 30-22 Japan
  12. June 20, 1998 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver Canada 34-25 Japan
  13. May 1, 1999 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan 23-21 Canada
  14. August 31, 2000 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Fletcher’s Fields, Markham Canada 62-18 Japan
  15. July 7, 2001 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan 39-7 Canada
  16. May 30, 2004 Super Cup Chichibunomiya Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan 34-21 Canada
  17. May 29, 2005 Super Cup Chichibunomiya Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Canada 15-10 Japan
  18. September 25, 2007 Rugby World Cup Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France Japan 12-12 Canada
  19. November 21, 2009 End-of-year international Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo, Japan Japan 27-6 Canada
  20. November 15, 2009 End-of-year international Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Japan 46-8 Canada
  21. September 27, 2011 Rugby World Cup McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand Japan 20-20 Canada
  22. June 19, 2013 Pacific Nations Cup Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya, Japan Japan 16-13 Canada
  23. June 7, 2014 Pacific Nations Cup Swangard Stadium, Burnaby Japan 34-25 Canada
  24. July 18, 2015 Pacific Nations Cup Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California, USA Japan 20-6 Canada
  25. June 11, 2016 Mid-year international BC Place, Vancouver Japan 26-22 Canada

Photo of the 2000 Canada team (62-18 win) courtesy of the Ian Kennedy collection which can be viewed here

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