1952 Regional Championship Explained

Season:1952
Nextseason:1953

The 1952 Regional Championship was the 11th season of the Regional Championship, 2nd as the third tier of Romanian football.

Thirty-two teams was participate at the promotion play-off to 1953 Divizia B, twenty-eight regional champions and four city champions teams (Galați, București, Timișoara and Stalin), one from each geographical group.[1]

The thirty-two teams were divided into four groups of eight each, based on geographical criteria. The play-off was played in eliminatory rounds over two-legs and the fixtures ending in a tie was replayed in a third game on neutral grounds.[1]

The winners of each groups were promoted. However, after the end of the season, the Romanian Football Federation decided to increase the number of promoted teams, as the two series of the second division was expanded from 12 to 16, and the third round losers were promoted as well.

Regional championships

East
South
West
North

Promotion play-off

First round

The matches was played on 12, 19, 23 October and 9 November 1952.[2] |-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 1 (East)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 2 (South)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 3 (West)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 4 (North)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||}

Second round

The matches was played on 2, 9, 13, 16 and 20 November 1952.[2] |-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 1 (East)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 2 (South)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 3 (West)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 4 (North)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||}

Third round

The matches was played on 16 November, 4 and 5 December 1952.[2] |-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 1 (East)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 2 (South)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 3 (West)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#EDEDED"|Region 4 (North)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||colspan="2" style="background-color:#EDEDED"||}

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: După desfășurarea campionatului de calificare pentru Divizia B (I). After the qualifying championship for Divizia B (I). 11 November 2023. Sportul Popular. 23 December 1952. 5. adt.arcanum.com.
  2. Web site: Campionatul de calificare. Qualification Championship. 11 November 2023. adt.arcanum.com. Anuarul Sportiv. 131-133.