New competition
At its meeting in Frankfurt am Main on Friday, the Executive Committee of the German Football Association decided to introduce a new competition in the junior division following the 2022/23 Bundesliga seasons. All clubs in the A and B junior federal leagues are eligible to participate. The new competition will be held from the end of March to June 2023, following the shortened leagues to a single round.
“We are pleased to be able to offer and hold a special game round from March 2023 in the interest of our young players and the promotion of talent. This new competition format is a flexible reaction to the aftermath of the corona pandemic and the resulting shortened 2022/23 season in the junior federal leagues. It offers all clubs the opportunity to give their players more valuable minutes of competition on the pitch,” explained Manuel Hartmann, Managing Director of DFB GmbH & Co. KG.
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The special game round is played in two phases. In the preliminary round, the teams will meet in groups of four or five and play each other once. When putting together the groups, regional aspects are taken into account in order to offer duels that are as attractive as possible with short journeys at the same time. The participating clubs in the German Championship finals skip the preliminary round and enter the main round, where they meet the first and second-placed teams from the group stage in League A. In League B, the remaining clubs in the preliminary round play out their places in a single round.
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