Unlike some other leagues, there is no team from the top flight that competes with the lower division squads to go back up. The first round of the playoffs is held over two legs.
On the first leg of the tie, the sixth place team hosts the third place team, while the fifth place team hosts the fourth place team. Since Fulham are locked into sixth place, the first leg of the semi-final will be held at Craven Cottage.
The two semi-final games will happen on consecutive days, Saturday May 13th and Sunday May 14th. The second leg will be hosted by the team that finishes higher three days later May 16th and May 17th.
The winner of each semi-final is determined by the aggregate score of both games. In the case of a tie at the end of the second game, there will be 30 minutes of extra time. If there is still no winner, there will be kicks from the penalty spot. Unlike many other tournament formats, away goals are not a tiebreaker. The finals draw is scheduled to take place in April , after the March window for international fixtures.
FIFA has confirmed the first two rounds of matches will kick off at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm local time 10am, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm in the United Kingdom. Kick-off times in the final round of group games and knock-out round matches will be at 6pm and 10pm local time 3pm and 7pm UK time.
Play for free, entries by Search Sky Sports. Four teams from English football's second tier battle it out in a knockout tournament, with the winner gaining promotion to the Premier League.
And it doesn't get any better than that. Fans desperately want their team to play on one of world football's biggest stages, and players with dreams of making their name want themselves in the shop window in one of sport's most lucrative shopping centers.
So you can stuff your World Cups, throw your Champions Leagues down a well, and put the FA Cup in a rocket ship and fire it over a rainbow. This is our love letter to the greatest tournament in football: the Championship playoffs. The list of people wanting to apply for that would be longer than Newcastle United's wait for a major trophy.
The winners also get to play in the Premier League next season. You have to qualify like every other Tom, Dick or Haiti. But the English Championship is genuinely the most exciting league in the world. The league is always very tight, and the teams in there are always so tough. The Championship semi-finals are traditionally two-legged affairs, but the away goals rule does not apply. The semi-final winners progress to the play-off final.
Brentford secured their place in the Championship play-offs with three games to spare. The Bees will be joined in the promotion tournament by Bournemouth , Swansea and Barnsley. Norwich City secured automatic promotion in April, with Watford joining the Canaries a few weeks later with a second-placed finish. The play-off semi-finals began on May 17, with the second legs being played five days later on May
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