Promotion and relegation

Promotion and relegation are terms used in many sports.

Being promoted means moving up a league to one of a higher status. This usually happens when a team wins their league. Relegation normally happens to the team(s) at the bottom of the league at the end of the competition. They are moved down a league to one of a lower status.

For example:

Team A wins the league and is promoted from the Second Division to the First Division.
Team B finishes last in the First Division and is relegated to the Second Division.

Promotion And Relegation Media

Luton Town F.C. have played in all fully professional divisions of the English football league system (plus the highest tier in the non-league system). Their history shows how teams can move quickly between the levels through successive promotions or relegations.
Södertälje SK-Leksands IF during a 2007 Kvalserien game.
SV Darmstadt 98 fans celebrated promotion to the German Bundesliga in 2015.
... while Preston North End fans mourned relegation to English League One in 2011.

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