Microsoft Cup
The Microsoft Cup is a knock-out tournament played between the top eight Top League teams. The winners of the first Microsoft Cup were NEC Green Rockets, who beat Toshiba Brave Lupus 24-19 on February 22, 2004. However, Toshiba won the 41st Japan Championship on March 21, 2004 when they beat Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers 22-10.
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Famous quotes containing the word cup:
“In poorer lands
No one touches the water of life.
It has no taste
And though it refreshes absolutely
It is a cup that must also pass
Until everybody
Gets some advantage....”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)