Asia Pacific Seniors Touch Cup 2026

All matches are played at Tochigi Sports Park in Utsunomiya, the largest city in Tochigi Prefecture, about an hour north of Tokyo.

The park is a 37-hectare prefectural sports complex, comprehensively redeveloped for Japan's 2022 National Sports Festival. Its landmark is Kanseki Stadium Tochigi, an athletics stadium seating about 25,000 and home to the J.League club Tochigi SC.

Nine divisions from Women's 27 to Men's 55, including a Mixed 30. Each division opens with a round robin and finishes with finals and placement matches.

The inaugural edition is a Tier 2A event on the FIT calendar, open to every member nation with preference given to the Asia Pacific. Match rules and the tiebreak procedure follow the FIT competition regulations.

Utsunomiya is about 50 minutes north of Tokyo Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen, and reachable from both Tokyo airports. Tochigi Sports Park is a further half hour or so by bus from JR Utsunomiya Station.

The full guide covers both airports, the direct coach, rail passes, luggage, and how to reach the ground.

Utsunomiya is famous for its gyoza. The city has dozens of dumpling restaurants, and Nikko's shrines and national park are a short trip away.

The full guide covers the gyoza quarter, the Kanuma float festival on 10 and 11 October, the Oya quarries, Nikko and where to go after play.