Belgian Second Division Final Round

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The Belgian Second Division Final Round is the name of the playoff part of the Belgian Second Division. It is a contested by four teams, the winner being promoted to the first division.

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The 34 regular-season games are grouped into 3 periods: the first period contains the first 10 rounds of matches, the next period matches 11 to 22, and the other 12 matches are part of the third and last period. The overall leader after 34 games is automatically promoted as second division champion. The four qualifiers for the play-offs are the winners of the three periods, and the second-last team in the first division.

However, no team can play in the first division without a professional license. It is also frequently the case that the overall champion wins one or several periods. Theoretically, a period winner might be near the bottom of the overall rankings, either relegated to the third division or in the third division playoff: such a team would be ineligible for the second division playoff. In all these circumstances, any space in the playoffs is filled by the next-highest team in the overall regular-season.

The playoff is a double round robin tournament with 6 matchdays, spaced over 19 days. Standings are determined by the following criteria, in order:

  1. number of points, with three points for a win and one for a draw;
  2. number of wins;
  3. league position in the regular season.

See also Belgian Second Division Final Round 2001-2010


Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Lierse S.K. 12 6 4 0 2 13 7
K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel 10 6 3 1 2 11 9
K.F.C. V.W. Hamme 9 6 3 0 3 8 9
K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel 4 6 1 1 4 8 15
United 2 - 2 Geel
Lierse 2 - 0 Hamme
Geel 2 - 3 Lierse
Hamme 2 - 1 United
United 2 - 1 Lierse
Geel 2 - 1 Hamme
Lierse 2 - 1 United
Hamme 2 - 1 Geel
Hamme 2 - 0 Lierse
Geel 1 - 2 United
United 3 - 1 Hamme
Lierse 5 - 0 Geel

Here is a list of the winners of the Final Round, qualifying for next season's Jupiler League. The first year, the two top clubs were qualified, Lierse S.K. finishing first and K.F.C. Winterslag qualifying as second-placed team. In 1996, three clubs had to qualify for Jupiler League and the second-placed team of the second division (K.R.C. Genk) skipped the final round.


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