Despite the sporting relegation, TSV Havelse will be allowed to play in the 3rd football league next season. After the approval process has ended, it is also officially clear that TSV 1860 Munich will have to be relegated to the Bavarian Regional League despite its sporting qualifications due to economic conditions not being met. As the German Football Association (DFB) announced, TSV Havelse will receive the vacant starting place.
According to the game rules, Lower Saxony would move up as the best-placed relegated team in the 2025/2026 season, the statement said. In the season that just ended, the Havels team was 17th in the table as promoted teams. become. The Munich team ended up in eighth place, but after a dispute with their controversial investor Hasan Ismaik, they did not receive a license for the 3rd league. According to reports, 2.7 million euros were missing. The traditional club terminated the cooperation agreement with Ismaik.
Because Havelse remained in the 3rd league, a place in the Regionalliga Nord became available. This is taken by FC St. Pauli’s U23 as the best-placed sporting relegated team.