The Botswana Division One, also known as the Second Division, is Botswana's third tier of professional football. Although it is the poorest in terms of organisation and remuneration, it consists of more teams than the

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and First Division.

League structure

Division One is split into 17 regional leagues consisting of 6 to 17 teams to ease fixture congestion and reduce financial strain on economically struggling clubs, . A localised football association runs each of these regional leagues under the overall management of the BFA and follows the Botswana football calendar from August to May. At the end of each campaign, the 17 regional champions qualify for and contest the

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. The winners of each block are then promoted to either the

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depending on their geographical location (the north and east blocks feed the First Division North, whereas the south and west blocks feed the First Division South). Prior to this, the four block winners had to compete in a secondary playoff, which saw the number of promoted teams reduced to just two. However, that format was abandoned in 2015 after mass complaints by teams.{{Cite web, url=https://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=53048&dir=2015/august/04, title = Regional champions get promotion boost, date = 4 August 2015

References

Football competitions in Botswana 1966 establishments in Botswana Football leagues in Botswana