Who
goes up, who goes down
The playoff system?
The basic story of promotion and relegation
is simple -
The winner of the Eerste Divisie always goes up and
the last team in the Ere Divisie (No. 18) always goes down.
Which leaves the
playoffs!
The playoffs is the end of season competition where the 16th and 17th
placed Ere Divisie clubs compete for
survival with the 4
winners of the Eerste Divisie Period titles plus the two clubs with the
highest end-of-season rankings.
So,
in total there
are 8 clubs that compete in the end of season playoffs (2 Ere Divisie and
6 Eerste Divisie) and those 8 clubs are
split into 2 groups.
The 2 groups are comprised as
follows:
The Number 16 and 17 from the Ere Divisie are placed in different groups.
The rest of the places go, as we said, to the 4 Eerste Divisie Period title winners and the
teams that actually end the season in the highest positions in the Eerste Divisie (excluding
any of the period title winners).
The Group Winners play in the Ere Divisie next season
2003-2004!!!
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