Nemzeti_Bajnokság_II_(men's_handball)
Nemzeti Bajnokság II (men's handball)
Hungarian sports league
The Nemzeti Bajnokság II (English: National Championship II) is the third division championship of Hungarian men's handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation. The tier contains 8 groups (Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F, Group G and Group H) of 64 teams. The teams are in the groups based on territorial principles. In the regular season, in all 8 groups, with the right to choose the pitch, they play in a round-robin system on a round-robin basis 7+7, i.e. a total of 14 matches. At the end of the basic season, 2 groups are combined: group A with group B, group C with group D, group E with group F, group G with group H. Groups will have lower and upper houses. The 2 combined groups are 1-4. placed in the upper house, the 5-8. the runner-up will continue to play in the Lower House play-off. The winner of the 4-4 upper house playoff earns the right to start in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. The 4-4 lower house playoff is 6-8. places are relegated to the Megyei Bajnokság.
