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Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
1951–52 was the twentieth tournament of this competition played in
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since its creation.


Teams

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,
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,
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and
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had been promoted from
Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...
, while
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and
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had been relegated from
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
.


Events

A provisional fifth relegation was added to reduce the league.
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’s President
Ottorino Barassi Ottorino Barassi (5 October 1898 – 24 November 1971FIFA EXECUTIVE MEMBER ...
imposed a playoff between the second club in B and the seventeenth in A to reduce the
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
.


Final classification


Results


Serie A qualification play-off

Since it was decided to reduce the number of
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
teams from 20 to 18 for the 1952-1953 season, only the top 16 teams in
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
were guaranteed to remain there the following season, and only the first-placed team in
Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
was guaranteed a direct promotion to
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
. The 18th team would be decided in a one-game playoff between the 17th-placed team in Serie A and the 2nd-placed team in Serie B. The 3 last-placed teams in Serie A were guaranteed relegation. However, due to a tie for 17th place between Lucchese and
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, the teams had to play a two-legged tie-breaking series to determine which team would be relegated and which team qualified for the playoff. :''Game played in
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on July 13''
Triestina Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the ...
maintained its place in
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
.


References and sources

*''Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004'', Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:1951-52 Serie B Serie B seasons 2
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