The League system reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

League system

A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport that teams can be promoted or relegated between, depending on finishing positions or playoffs. They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to have more (regional) divisions at the bottom.

Wikipedia has articles on the following league systems:

Association Football (Soccer)

• Italian football league system
• United Kingdom
  • English football league system
  • Northern Irish football league system
  • Scottish football league system
  • Welsh football league system
• United States soccer league system

Tennis

• Davis Cup structure

Please add other sports

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