Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 4:32 am
Current Football Season Structure:
KNL1, KNL2, KNL3nse
1. State Championships (week 1 and 2)
2. Apertura (week 3-21)
3. Clausura (week 24-42)
4. Playoffs (week 44-47)
Involving all eight parts of the area
5. Greater Ko-orenite Cup (11 rounds, in weeks 7/8, 10/11, 14/15, 18/19, 25/26, 28/29, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43)
6. International competitions, such as CC, GC, SBCC, Cygnus Cup, AOCL.
Colonies
7. Thaulandi: league (week 44-52)
8. Taloren: league (10-22, 24-40)
9. New Ko-oren: league (4-44, of which 38-44 will only be match days for the New Ko-orenite Top League)
10. Zakhoren: league (6-19, 25-38)
11. Irithoren: league (4-15), finals (17, 18)
12. Arhoren: Derby Cup (between 5 and 9 match days, starting week 4, all with a three week space in between match days)
1. State Championships: each of the 15 states has a single-elimination cup, consisting of between 4 and 32 teams, depending on population and football popularity per state.
2. Apertura: 19 match days, during which every team plays every other team once.
3. Clausura: 19 match days, during which every team plays every other team once, with home and away switched from Apertura schedule.
4. Playoffs: between the leagues, there will be a promotion/relegation playoff, with a maximum of 3 teams relegating from KNL, and a maximum of 6 teams relegating from KNL2. KNL3 has a maximum of 6 teams promoting, with 2 maximum per KNL3 league (North, South and East).
5. All professional football teams in Greater Ko-oren will play a single-elimination cup.
6. CC and GC spots will be eligible for Ko-orenite teams only. They will play a playoff for this. SBCC spots are eligible for KNL2 teams only. Cygnus Cup spot is for the GKC (see 5.) winner. AOCL is for Ko-orenite champion only, with one single playoff needed between the Apertura and Clausura champion. Thaulandi is exempt from this, as they have a separate UICA membership. They may send their own teams to CC, GC and SBCC. Not to Cygnus Cup.
7. Thaulandi has two divisions, the first division with 10 teams and the second division with 8 teams, which will play two matches per week when the other seven leagues have the 'summer stop'.
8. Taloren has one division, with numerous amateur second divisions, which are not part of Greater Ko-orenite football structure.
9. New Ko-oren has two divisions, the first division with 22 teams, and a second division with 18 teams. The NKO First Division is thereby the largest league in GKOR.
10. Zakhoren has one division, with teams playing each other four times per season (instead of the regular two times per season.)
11. Irithoren has a league consising of two parts: first a round robin with every team playing each other team four times. Then a playoff between the top two teams.
12. Arhoren has a derby cup: two teams playing each other in a best-of-5 structure.
(KOR: Ko-oren. GKOR: Greater Ko-oren. 'Area': Greater Ko-oren. TAO: Taloren. THL: Thaulandi. ZAO: Zakhoren. SVO: Skyvinduryoren. NKO: New Ko-oren. ARO: Arhoren. IRO: Irithoren.)
KNL1, KNL2, KNL3nse
1. State Championships (week 1 and 2)
2. Apertura (week 3-21)
3. Clausura (week 24-42)
4. Playoffs (week 44-47)
Involving all eight parts of the area
5. Greater Ko-orenite Cup (11 rounds, in weeks 7/8, 10/11, 14/15, 18/19, 25/26, 28/29, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43)
6. International competitions, such as CC, GC, SBCC, Cygnus Cup, AOCL.
Colonies
7. Thaulandi: league (week 44-52)
8. Taloren: league (10-22, 24-40)
9. New Ko-oren: league (4-44, of which 38-44 will only be match days for the New Ko-orenite Top League)
10. Zakhoren: league (6-19, 25-38)
11. Irithoren: league (4-15), finals (17, 18)
12. Arhoren: Derby Cup (between 5 and 9 match days, starting week 4, all with a three week space in between match days)
1. State Championships: each of the 15 states has a single-elimination cup, consisting of between 4 and 32 teams, depending on population and football popularity per state.
2. Apertura: 19 match days, during which every team plays every other team once.
3. Clausura: 19 match days, during which every team plays every other team once, with home and away switched from Apertura schedule.
4. Playoffs: between the leagues, there will be a promotion/relegation playoff, with a maximum of 3 teams relegating from KNL, and a maximum of 6 teams relegating from KNL2. KNL3 has a maximum of 6 teams promoting, with 2 maximum per KNL3 league (North, South and East).
5. All professional football teams in Greater Ko-oren will play a single-elimination cup.
6. CC and GC spots will be eligible for Ko-orenite teams only. They will play a playoff for this. SBCC spots are eligible for KNL2 teams only. Cygnus Cup spot is for the GKC (see 5.) winner. AOCL is for Ko-orenite champion only, with one single playoff needed between the Apertura and Clausura champion. Thaulandi is exempt from this, as they have a separate UICA membership. They may send their own teams to CC, GC and SBCC. Not to Cygnus Cup.
7. Thaulandi has two divisions, the first division with 10 teams and the second division with 8 teams, which will play two matches per week when the other seven leagues have the 'summer stop'.
8. Taloren has one division, with numerous amateur second divisions, which are not part of Greater Ko-orenite football structure.
9. New Ko-oren has two divisions, the first division with 22 teams, and a second division with 18 teams. The NKO First Division is thereby the largest league in GKOR.
10. Zakhoren has one division, with teams playing each other four times per season (instead of the regular two times per season.)
11. Irithoren has a league consising of two parts: first a round robin with every team playing each other team four times. Then a playoff between the top two teams.
12. Arhoren has a derby cup: two teams playing each other in a best-of-5 structure.
(KOR: Ko-oren. GKOR: Greater Ko-oren. 'Area': Greater Ko-oren. TAO: Taloren. THL: Thaulandi. ZAO: Zakhoren. SVO: Skyvinduryoren. NKO: New Ko-oren. ARO: Arhoren. IRO: Irithoren.)