Cymru Championship

Last updated
FAW Tier 2
Founded2019
CountryFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Number of teams33
Level on pyramid2
Promotion to Cymru Premier
Relegation to FAW League One
Domestic cup(s) Welsh FA Cup
Welsh League Cup
Website cymrufootball.wales

The Cymru North and Cymru South are two football leagues in Wales that forms the second level of the Welsh football league system. They have semi-professional status clubs. The first year of their operation is 2019-20 with the Football Association of Wales owning and administering the Tier 2 leagues for the first time. These changes follow from a review of the Welsh Football Pyramid, [1] where the Tier 2 was called the FAW Championship [2]

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The tier is split regionally, with the Cymru North covering clubs playing in northern Wales, and the Cymru South covering clubs playing in southern Wales. The winners of each division are eligible for promotion to the Cymru Premier, subject to the clubs meeting FAW criteria for Tier 1 grounds, playing facilities and financial operations.

Relegation from the Cymru North is to three regional based Tier 3 leagues - the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area), the Welsh Alliance League and the Mid Wales Football League. The Cymru South has relegation to the Tier 3 Welsh Football League Division One.

52 teams applied for Tier 2 certification [3] with teams assessed against a number of infrastructure criteria including; safety policy and evacuation plan, covered seating, pitch dimensions, dressing room & sanitary facilities required to be granted Tier 2 certification. Following on from the meeting of the FAW's first decision body, 43 clubs were successful in gaining Tier 2 certification. [4]

Member clubs for 2019–20 season

The clubs for the first season are as follows:

Cymru North

The Cymru North is a seventeen club league and features Colwyn Bay, returning to the Welsh Football pyramid. [5]

Cymru South

The Cymru South is a sixteen club league.

Relegation

Teams relegated from the Cymru North and the Cymru South at the end of the 2019–20 season will drop to the newly established FAW League One which will operate for the first time for the 2020–21 season.

The bottom three teams from each of the tier 2 leagues will be relegated. [8]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.faw.cymru/en/about-faw/domestic/pyramid-review/
  2. ↑ http://www.wnl.org.uk/PYRAMID%20REGULATIONS%20Season%202018-2019%20and%202019-2020%20(Approved%20on%2027%2004%202018.pdf
  3. ↑ https://clwbpeldroed.org/2019/01/10/fifty-two-faw-championship-tier-two/
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "FAW Tier 2 appeals body decisions". Football Association of Wales. 8 May 2019.
  5. ↑ English-tier club Colwyn Bay to return to Welsh leagues BBC Sport, 7 March 2019
  6. ↑ "FAW Tier 2 appeals body decisions". Football Association of Wales. 22 May 2019.
  7. ↑ https://clwbpeldroed.org/2019/05/22/port-talbot-town-faw-championship/
  8. ↑ https://www.faw.cymru/files/5515/2534/2376/FAW_Pyramid_Regulations_Season_2020-2021_Approved_12.12.2017.pdf
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