Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament Explained

Country:Maldives
Teams:40 (10 in final round)
Promotion:Second Division
Levels:3
Domest Cup:FA Cup

Third Division Football Tournament is the third division of the Maldives Football League System, organized by the Football Association of Maldives.

A new structure for the Third Division Football Tournament was introduced for the 2015 season.

Structure

Changes were brought to the third division league structure 23 December 2014, by the FAM's FIFA normalizing committee.

According to the new structure, the third division consists of 9 zones under 2 groups. Joint zone 1—8 includes clubs from all atolls of the Maldives, and zone 9 is played between clubs from Male'.

Both zones plays own qualification tournament and the champion clubs will be qualified for the final round, which is also referred as Male' round. The final round consists of 10 clubs divided into two groups of five. Each club plays against the othe in the group once and the top two clubs advance into the semi-finals. Winners of the semi-finals will be promoted to the next season's Second Division Football Tournament.[1]

List of winners

Red Line Club

Mahibadhoo SC

LT Sports Club

Dhivehi Sifainge Club

JJ Sports Club

Club Zefrol[2]

Mahibadhoo SC

Huravee Initiative for Youth

Dhivehi Sifainge Club

Da Grande Sports Club

VK Sports Club

Dhivehi Sifainge Club

Rock Street Sports Club

Buru Sports Club

Lagoons Sports Club

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Third division structure changed with Atoll clubs . Haveeru Online . 23 December 2014 . 28 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162614/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/dhivehi/football_association_of_maldiv/164748 . 2 April 2015 .
  2. Web site: Zefrol wins the 3rd division . Haveeru Online . 15 December 2011 . 12 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041944/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/dhivehi/3rd_division_football_/114240 . 4 March 2016 .