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The Chinese football league system or Chinese football league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected
league system A league system is a hierarchy of sports league, leagues in a sport. They are often called pyramids, due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in ma ...
for the
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(CFA) that currently consists of 8 tiers with 29 individual leagues, in a series of partially interconnected leagues that are bound together by the principle of
promotion and relegation Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...
. A significant feature of the system is that clubs who succeed in the various CFA cup competitions can be promoted multiple times in one season. By the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on the Issuance of the General Plan for the Reform and Development of Football in China" dated 8 March 2015, the CFA has set a target of an eight-level league system, which is scheduled to be realised by 2030: * Professional levels 1. CFA Super League 2. CFA China League 3. CFA Division Two League * Amateur levels 4. CFA Member Association Champions League Finals 5. CFA Member Association Champions League Regional Competitions 6. Leagues of CFA member associations 7. Leagues of city-level associations (include prefecture-level and county-level cities) 8. Leagues of county-level associations (include
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and
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) The target has principally followed the proposed structure in its implementation.


Men's system

The top 3 tiers are nationwide professional competitions,
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, China League, Division Two League, have promotion and relegation between the leagues. The hierarchical system continues and levels have progressively more parallel divisions, which each cover progressively smaller geographic areas. 50 CFA Member Associations organise different forms of competitions and 22 of them organise regular leagues, which locate from tier 4 of the system. Only Zhejiang Super League has feeder leagues. CFA Member Association Champions League, is the amateur football finals each season, involving 64 teams from across the country. All teams registered with CFA member associations are required to gain access to the CFA Member Association Champions League in various ways, including participating and winning in leagues organised by the member association (tier 4 leagues). This is the only way to enter top 3 tiers and be a part of the professional system.


Women's system

The three levels of women's football are structured as follows:


See also

* List of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwanese players in Chinese football leagues


References


External links


Chinese Football Association


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