The 2021–22 Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-level league football in Malta. It is the second season that the competition has been running in its present form. Following the decision of the Maltese Football Association Executive Committee, the teams that had finished in the promotion and relegation places in the previous Challenge League season would remain in the Challenge League in the 2021-22 season (with the exception of

Qormi Qormi ( mt, Ħal Qormi ; pronounced in the Qormi dialect), also known by its title Città Pinto, is a city in the Southern Region of Malta, southwest of Valletta in the centre of the island. It has a population of 16,324 (as of March 2018), mak ...

, due to less than 75% of the matches having been completed in the competition. Relegation from the

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and promotion from the

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remained in place due to these competitions being adequately completed. This season will therefore see twenty-two teams compete rather than the sixteen that had been originally expected. This will take place within two groups on eleven teams with the top two clubs from either group earning promotion to the Premier League. The six teams to finish in the bottom three places of both groups would be relegated to the National Amateur League the following season.

Teams

Twenty-two teams will compete in the league which will include the four teams promoted from the Amateur League and four teams relegated from the

. The top two teams from either group will achieve automatic promotion with the end of season leaders of the two groups meeting in a playoff to decide who with be the champion for 2021-22. The bottom three clubs of both groups will be automatically relegated without any playoffs.

League tables

Challenge League Group A

Challenge League Group B

Results

Challenge League Group A Results

Challenge League Group B Results

Championship play-offs

Championship Final

References

External links

Official website
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Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...