2007-2008 National Indoor League information
2007-2008 MEN’S & WOMEN’S INDOOR NATIONAL LEAGUES
Division 1 of the men’s and women’s National Indoor Leagues will split into “upper” and “lower” League’s after next weekend’s round of fixtures. All results and points gained will be retained for the “upper” and “lower” split Leagues. All other Indoor Divisions will not be split. The details of each League schedule is:--
NATIONAL INDOOR LEAGUE DIV.1 (Men and Women)
a)
Teams will play each other once prior to the League split.
b)
After 7 games, the League will split as 4 & 4 (i.e. D1 upper 4 / D1 lower 4).
c)
Upper split (M NL1A) will play each other twice.
d)
Upper split (M NL1A) will play 7 games in 1st half of season + 6 games in 2nd half of season = 13 games in total.
e)
Upper split (M NL1A) will retain all results and points obtained from the first half of the season.
f)
Lower split (M NL1B) will play each other twice.
g)
Lower split (M NL1B) will play 7 games in 1st half of season + 6 games in 2nd half of season = 13 games in total.
NATIONAL INDOOR LEAGUE DIV.2 (Men and Women)
a)
Teams will play each other twice during the season.
b)
This Division will not be split.
c)
Teams will play 14 games in total.
NATIONAL INDOOR LEAGUE DIV.3 (Men)
a)
Teams will play each other twice during the season.
b)
This Division will not be split.
c)
Teams will play 14 games in total.
NATIONAL INDOOR LEAGUE DIV.3 (Women)
a)
Teams will play each other twice during the season.
b)
This Division will not be split.
c)
Teams will play 12 games in total.
NATIONAL INDOOR LEAGUE DIV.4 (Men)
a)
Teams will play each other twice during the season.
b)
This Division will not be split.
c)
Teams will play 12 games in total.
NATIONAL INDOOR LEAGUE DIV.5 (Men)
a)
Teams will play each other three times during the season.
b)
This Division will not be split.
c)
Teams will play 15 games in total.
PROMOTION & RELEGATION
PROMOTION
D2 – The highest placed team in Div.2 will be promoted to Div.1. (men & women)
D3 – The highest placed team in Div.3 will be promoted to Div.2. (men & women)
D4 – The highest placed team in Div.4 will be promoted to Div.3. (men)
D5 – The highest placed team in Div.5 will be promoted to Div.4. (men)
RELEGATION
D1 - The lowest placed team in Div.1 will be relegated to Div.2. (men & women)
D2 - The lowest placed team in Div.2 will be relegated to Div.3. (men & women)
D3 - The lowest placed team in Div.3 will be relegated to Div.4. (men)
D4 - The lowest placed team in Div.4 will be relegated to Div.5. (men)
EUROPEAN QUALIFICATION
(a) The highest placed team in Div.1 upper split (NL1A) will qualify as for the EuroHockey Indoor Championship (men & women). The competition will be confirmed upon the completion of the 2008 championships. For more information of the 2008 EuroHockey Indoor Championships, please go to the EHF website (link
http://www.eurohockey.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
).