Beijing, April 25, China
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The Association released the guidelines for the new professional league season, and the most significant change compared to the previous season is the increase in the number of relegation places in the league.
China Super League (soccer league)
The first season of the 2022 season will fulfill the policy of "promotion 3, demotion 3", the last two of the B League will be relegated to the Championship, the top four of the Championship League will be directly promoted to the B League. This is also in recent years
China Super League (soccer league)
For the first time in the league, the policy of "promotion 3 and relegation 3" has been realized, and the team
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The pressure has increased significantly.
previous season
China Super League (soccer league)
The league completed its expansion, with team planning increasing from 16 to 18. The league planning also reached 34 rounds and was affected by the external investment environment, with a number of
China Super League (soccer league)
Teams choose to "lie down" last season
China Super League (soccer league)
The league adopted 0.5 + 0.5 elevation policy, the results of the league bottom two teams Qingdao and Dalian people team in two rounds of super A play-offs all lost, and ultimately suffered relegation, but also appeared in the four Chinese A team together to the super spectacle. This season
China Super League (soccer league)
The league will play 34 rounds, if the system of two promotion and two relegation is still adopted, the middle and lower relegation teams lack of motivation, the quality of the league will be affected to a certain extent, and the increase of relegation quota is to prevent the middle and lower relegation teams from "mucking around" and enhance the competitiveness of the league.
The reason for the withdrawal of the play-off format chosen for the last two seasons, the sources indicated that this season
China Super League (soccer league)
With the probability of playing the full 34 rounds, the CFF hopes that the salons can determine their position in the league through the full season, based on their own real strength. The play-off format has a relatively large element of chance, which simply discourages teams from fighting hard and striving for success in every game of the league, and may also lead to some kind of unfair situation.
