GREEK SUPER LEAGUE PLAYOFFS


GREEK SUPER LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Given the new format of the League and the uncertainty some are experiencing, over how the Champion will be Crowned and how clubs will be relegated. Here is a quick guide on how it is supposed to all play out.

With Super League 1 now reduced to a 14-team competition, everybody will play each other twice, in a conventional 26-round competition.

Seeing as we have now completed 24 rounds, there will be 2 more full rounds before the playoffs commence.

Firstly:
Teams who finished 1st through 6th after the 26 competition rounds, will compete in playoffs to determine the League Champion for season 2019/20 and to decide the European places for next season. 

Each team will play the other twice, in what is essentially a 10-round mini-league.

Secondly:
Playoffs will not only be confined to the top-6. The teams which finished 7th through 14th, will have their own playoffs to decide who is relegated.

In this playoff system, the 8 teams will all play each other once, in a 7-round mini-league. Given the odd number of matches, the higher ranked clubs will have the advantage of 4 matches at home and only 3 matches away.

After these 7 matches, the team which finishes 14th ie. bottom, will be relegated to Super League 2 for season 2020/21.

The team which finishes 13th, ie. 2nd from bottom, will face the team which finished 2nd during the Super League 2 season, in a 2-legged playoff for the final spot in Super League 1 for season 2020/21.

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