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Encyclopedia > League system

A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport that teams (usually) can be promoted or relegated between, depending on finishing positions or playoffs. They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to have more (regional) divisions at the bottom. A list of professional sports leagues: Auto racing Champcars, formerly CART (Official Page) Formula One, Grand Prix racing (Official Site) IRL (Indy Racing League) (Official Page) NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) (Official Page) NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) (Official Page) Baseball Major League Baseball Minor League Baseball... In many sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most notable exceptions), relegation (or demotion) means the mandated transfer of the least successful team(s) of a higher division into a lower division at the end of the season. ...

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American Football

  • British American Football League system

United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Logo of the British American Football League The British American Football League (BAFL) is the United Kingdoms primary American Football league. ...

Association Football (Soccer)

A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... The American Soccer Pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. ... The Argentine football league system is organised as follows: the first two leagues include clubs from the whole country, while the third to fifth leagues are divided geographically, into clubs from the Greater Buenos Aires area (which holds more than half of the countrys population) and clubs from the... Austria national team Football is the second most popular sport in Austria, after alpine skiing. ... The Belgian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Belgium. ... Bosnian football league system is a series of connected leagues for club football in Bosnia-Herzegovina. ... The Brazilian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Brazil. ... The Canadian Soccer Pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the Canadian Confederation. ... The Chilean football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Chile. ... Introduction China is the last major east Asian football power to start a professional football league. ... The Croatian football league system is a series of connected leagues for club football in Croatia. ... The Cyprus football league system is like this: [edit] Structure At the top is the Cyprus First Division (which may be referred to as level 1 of the league pyramid), a single-division league of 14 clubs. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... This article discusses association football in Denmark. ... The Dutch football league consists of two professional leagues and seven levels of amateur football leagues, the highest of which is called Hoofdklasse. ... The English football league system, otherwise known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (although for historical reasons a small number of Welsh clubs also compete). ... The French football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France. ... German football league system refers to the system in German club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchicly by promotion and relegation. ... Tracing back to early 20th century, the football league in Hong Kong is probably the oldest professional league in Asia. ... The Icelandic football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Iceland. ... The Iranian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Iran. ... The FAI eircom League of Ireland is the Republic of Irelands new national football league system created following the merging of the FAI and the League of Ireland. ... The Israeli football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Israel. ... The Italian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Italy. ... The 12-team First Division football league in Jamaica is called The Wray & Nephew National Premier League. ... The Japanese football league system is, like football league systems in most of the world, organized in a pyramidal shape. ... The Korea Professional Football League (K-League) is South Koreas professional club football league and is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football competitions. ... The League system in Mexico consists of 4 levels Primera División de México- There is Primera División de México the first division where 1 team gets relegated each year on the basis of a byzantine style percentage system. ... The Moroccan football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Morocco. ... The Northern Ireland football league system is structured as a series of interconnected football leagues across Northern Ireland. ... Football is the most popular sport in Norway. ... The Paraguayan football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Paraguay. ... Polish Football Association Football (soccer) is one of the most popular sports in Poland. ... The Portuguese football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Portugal. ... When the USSR broke down into 15 different countries, the once renowned sports structure collapsed as well. ... The Scottish football league system (or pyramid) is a series of partially interconnected leagues for Scottish Association football clubs. ... The Spanish league system consists of the following levels: Primera división (20 clubs) Segunda división (22 clubs) Segunda división B (4 groups of 20 teams each) Tercera división (18 groups of 20 teams) Divisiones Regionales (60 in total) Football in Spain Categories: | ... The Swedish football league system is controlled by the Swedish Fotboll Association and consist of 246 teams. ... The Swiss Football League is organised in several leagues. ... The Turkish professional football system is divided into the following leagues. ... The Campeonato Uruguayo de Fútbol (Uruguayan Football Championship) is the main tournament in Uruguayan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association. ... The Welsh football league system (or pyramid) is a series of football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them. ...

Ice Hockey

Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. ... The Russian Superleague is the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia, and is commonly considered second-best in the world after the NHL. It is part of the Russian Pro Hockey League which is composed of two divisions, the Superleague and the Vysshaya Liga (Premier... The Elitserien logo Elitserien is the name of the highest-level Swedish ice hockey league, where the first season under this name was played in 1975-1976. ... Allsvenskan, since season 2005-06 called HockeyAllsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish ice hockey league, which consists of 16 teams. ... The Elite Ice Hockey League (also known for sponsorship reasons as the bmibaby Elite League) is a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. ...

Rugby league

Rugby league football (usually shortened to rugby league, football, league or rugby) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ... The British rugby league system is based on three separate structures the professional leagues administered by the Rugby Football League, the amateur leagues administered by British Amateur Rugby League Association and the Rugby League Conference. ...

Rugby union

  • English rugby union system
  • Irish rugby union system
  • Scottish rugby union system
  • Welsh rugby union system

A rugby union scrum. ... The 12-team Guinness Premiership is the top level of the English rugby union system, it is fully professional but has a salary cap in place. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The top level of competition in the Scottish rugby union system is the Celtic League which is a league of professional clubs from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ... The top level of competition in the Welsh rugby union system is the Celtic League which is a league of professional clubs from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...

Tennis

For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... The Davis Cup tennis competition is structured around a number of groups, with promotion and relegation between them. ... The Fed Cup tennis competition is structured around a number of groups, with promotion and relegation between them. ...

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ERIDANUS LEAGUE (1441 words)
The League's greatest cultural impact, however, may have been the exchange of ideas that led to the rise of several major religious including Etodism which in the crisis years had gained 800 million followers across the League.
The League lasted for many centuries primarily because of the common interests of the member worlds, not because of its ability to use force to keep colonies in line; as soon as the population crisis peaked on several colonies the League began to split apart.
League contact did help bring prosperity to the system's many cities and stations; on the densely-populated second and third planets the once-influential Mondecumen religion gradually lost tens of millions of converts to Etodism and other groups such as Omegism and Venpredessi.
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