Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament

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

Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament
CountryMaldives
Number of teams40 (10 in final round)
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toSecond Division
Domestic cup(s)FA Cup

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

See also

References
  1. "Third division structure changed with Atoll clubs". Haveeru Online. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. "Zefrol wins the 3rd division". Haveeru Online. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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