The 2017–18

Belgian Second Amateur Division The Belgian Division 2, commonly referred to as simply Tweede Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 2 (in French) is the fourth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian National Division 1. It was created by t ...

is the second season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of

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. The division consists of three separate leagues, each containing 16 teams. Leagues A and B consist of teams with a license from the Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen (VFV, the Dutch speaking wing of the Belgian FA), while league C contains teams with a license from the Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF, the French speaking wing of the RBFA). The champions from each of the three leagues will promote to the

2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division The 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division was the third season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, as it was established in 2016. While Tessenderlo won the regular season, Virton became champions by virtue of winning the promotion pla ...

. The fixtures will be announced in July 2017.

Team changes

In

* Sprimont-Comblain and WS Brussels after finishing in the relegation zone in the

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. *

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was also relegated from the 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division after losing the Second Amateur Division promotion play-offs, where the team failed to regain its place in the First Amateur Division. *

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was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division A. *

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was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division B. *

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was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division C. *

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was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division D. * City Pirates,

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, Sint-Lenaarts,

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were promoted as winners of the Third Amateur Division promotion play-offs VFV *

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was promoted as winners of the Third Amateur Division promotion play-offs ACFF

Out

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was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division A. *

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was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division B. * Châtelet was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division C. * Aalst was promoted after winning the Second Amateur Division promotion play-offs. * Halle,

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, Woluwe-Zaventem, Couvin-Mariembourg, Givry, Charleroi Fleurus and

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were all relegated after finishing in the relegation positions the previous season.

Mergers

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merges with newly promoted

to form Mandel United. * Newly promoted

, merges with relegated Halle to form Pepingen-Halle.

Belgian Second Amateur Division A

League table

Belgian Second Amateur Division B

League table

Belgian Second Amateur Division C

League table

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs VFV

The teams finishing in second place in the Second Amateur Division A and Second Amateur Division B will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the VFV will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. In

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, the first period was won by Petegem, the second by Mandel United and the third by champions Rupel Boom. In

division B Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics * Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military * Division (military), a formation typically consistin ...

, champions Tessenderlo won all three periods. In division A, only Mandel United and Sint-Eloois-Winkel received a license, meaning there were only two participants from this division instead of four. In division B, only Hasselt applied for a license in spite of finishing just 5 points clear of the relegation zone. The three other spots remained vacant. Overall this meant only three out of eight teams took part, with two teams qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. As a result of the draw,

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received a bye and directly qualified for the play-offs Final. The winner of this match will qualify for the Promotion play-offs Final together with

Promotion play-offs ACFF

The team finishing in second place in the Second Amateur Division C will take part in the promotion playoff first round together with three period winners. These 4 teams will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with the winner qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. While champions

won all three periods which would meant the teams in positions 2 through 5 would take part in the playoffs, only three teams effectively received a license with the fourth place remaining vacant.

ACFF Round 1

As a result of the draw, La Louvière-Centre received a bye into round 2.

ACFF Round 2

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qualified for the Promotion play-offs Final.

Promotion play-offs Final

The two winners of the Promotion play-offs on the VFV side ( Mandel United and

) and the winning team from the ACFF Promotion play-offs (

) will play a final tournament together with the team that finished in 14th place in the

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(

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). The winner of this play-off promotes to (or remains in) the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division.

Final Round 1

---- RFC Liège and Hamme qualified for the Promotion play-offs Final. Mandel United and Sint-Eloois-Winkel are eliminated and remain in the Belgian Second Amateur Division.

Final Round 2

RFC Liège won 6–3 on aggregate and as a result was promoted to the

. By losing, Hamme was relegated from the

to the

2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division The 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division is the third season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium. The division consists of three separate leagues, each containing 16 teams. Leagues A and B c ...

Relegation play-offs

The number of teams relegating from the Belgian Amateur Second Division depends on the number of teams of each wing (VFV and ACFF) relegating from the Belgian First Amateur Division. In case the three automatic relegation spots in the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division are filled by: * 3 VFV teams, then one extra team from the VFV will need to be relegated from the 2017–18 Belgian Amateur Second Division to the

2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division The 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division is the third season of the division in its current format, replacing the former Belgian Fourth Division. Team changes In * Bornem, La Calamine, Pepingen-Halle, Sint-Lenaarts, Sprimont Comblain, Tie ...

. * 2 VFV teams (and one ACFF), no extra teams will be relegated from the 2017–18 Belgian Amateur Second Division to the

. * 2 ACFF teams (and one VFV), then one extra team from the ACFF will need to be relegated from the 2017–18 Belgian Amateur Second Division to the

. * 3 ACFF teams, then two extra teams from the ACFF will need to be relegated from the 2017–18 Belgian Amateur Second Division to the

. Additionally, in case the team from the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division taking part in the Promotion play-offs Final belongs to a different wing than the winner of the Promotion play-offs Final, then an additional team would be relegated of the same wing as the relegating team from the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division. As of the end of the regular competition, the number of extra relegations for the VFV would be zero, one or two, while for ACFF it would be zero or one.

Relegation play-offs VFV

The teams finishing 14th in divisions A and B play each other in a single match to avoid relegation. At the time of the match, it was yet uncertain how many teams from each wing would be relegated. In the end, with the relegations of

and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen from the

and the addition bankruptcy of

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(playing in the

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), which are all VFV teams, both Zwarte Leeuw and Pepingen-Halle were eventually relegated.

Relegation play-offs ACFF

As there is only one division no playoff is organised. In case extra relegations were necessary, the teams finishing just above the relegation zone would have been relegated, starting from the bottom. With one possible extra relegation,

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needed to await the result of the Promotion play-offs but was eventually spared of relegation.

References

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