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As of 2024, the Championship play-offs involve the four teams that finish directly below the automatic promotion places in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. These teams meet in a series of play-off matches to determine the final team that will be promoted to the Premier League. Based on the ranking ...
The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, [1] is a professional football league in England and Wales. EFL Championship is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system , after the ...
The English Football League (EFL) play-offs are a series of play-off matches contested by four association football teams finishing immediately below the automatic promotion places in the second, third and fourth tiers of the English football league system, namely the EFL Championship, EFL League One and EFL League Two.
For promotion and relegation, the Championship play-off system closely mirrors its Premiership counterpart—the bottom-ranked club in the Championship is automatically relegated while the 9th-placed club undergoes a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed clubs from League One. [4]
Promotion and relegation is used in international sports leagues such as in Europe, and many other parts of the world.It may be used in international sports tournaments. In tennis, the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup have promotion and relegation, with a 'World Group' (split into two divisions in the Billie Jean King Cup) at the top and series of regional groups at a lower leve
This year's battle for automatic promotion to the Premier League looks set to go right to the wire, with last season's relegated sides Leicester, Leeds and Southampton trying to bounce straight back.
With each round of the Wyndham Championship, the drama builds. It's the final opportunity for players outside of the top 125 to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs and for those inside to improve ...
As of 2021, the League One play-offs involve the four teams that finish directly below the automatic promotion places in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. These teams meet in a series of play-off matches to determine the final team that will be promoted to the EFL Championship. Based on the ranking, the team ...