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Promotion and Relegation
Topic Started: Jul 2 2009, 04:24 PM (226 Views)
Jarman Magic
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At the end of each season 2 teams from division 1 will be relegated and 2 teams from division 2 will be promoted.

Relegation:
The 2 teams being relegated will be decided in the first 2 rounds of the finals...

AFLPL DIVISION 1 FINALS
AFL rd 20
1st Semi final - 1 v 2
2nd Semi Final - 3 v 4
Qualifying Final - 5 v 6
1st Elimination final - 7 v 8 (loser relegated to div 2)

AFL rd 21
Preliminary Final - loser 1st semi v winner 2nd semi
2nd Elimination final - loser qualifying v winner 1st elimination (loser relegated to div 2)


In AFL rd 20 one of the two teams ranked 7 & 8 WILL be relegated in the first Elimination final. The team winning this game must then beat the loser of the Qualifying final in the 2nd Elimination Final (AFL rd 21) to remain in div 1.

Be aware that under this system it is possible that the team ranked 5th in div 1 after the home & away League matches can find themselves relegated to Div 2 and even the bottom ranked team can save themselves from relegation during the finals.

Promotion:
The first team promoted will be the League Winners. This team will be known before AFL rd 19.

The second team promoted will be the best performed team in the Finals not including the League winners.
This team will either be the winner of the Div 2 Premiers or the Grand Final loser if the League winner should also go on to win the Div 2 Premiership.

It is possible for any team finishing in the top 4 to win that second promotion spot.
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So relegation is determined by one round? I don't like it to be honest. One bad day shouldn't result in a team being demoted. Injuries late in the season from the tanking AFL teams could possibly determine who is which league.



Also in the AFL Rd21 week shouldn't the 2nd elimination final be between the "loser qualifying v winner 1st elimination" not the loser?

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Ziggy
Jul 2 2009, 05:32 PM
So relegation is determined by one round? I don't like it to be honest. One bad day shouldn't result in a team being demoted. Injuries late in the season from the tanking AFL teams could possibly determine who is which league.



Also in the AFL Rd21 week shouldn't the 2nd elimination final be between the "loser qualifying v winner 1st elimination" not the loser?

Yes, it should be "loser qualifying v winner 1st elimination". Changed now.

Only one of the bottom 2 teams can be eliminated in the first round of the finals.
They finished bottom 2 and lost their first final against the other bottom 2 side.

The winner of the 1st elimination final then plays the loser of the qualifying final (5th v 6th). The loser of THAT final then becomes the second team eliminated.

The only way a team that finishes outside the bottom 2 can be relegated is to be beaten by one of the bottom 2 sides in the 2nd round of finals.
They would have to lose TWO finals.

Either of the bottom 2 sides can save themselves from relegation if they are good enough.
Can't see how it's unfair if a team finished bottom 2 in the league AND can't beat their competition for relegation in the finals.
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