The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the

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. The league is under the auspices of the

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. Above the League Two is the premier league - the

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and the League One. The league below China League Two is the

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. There are two groups in League Two, northern and southern. The top four teams from each group enter the promotion play-off after each regular season.

Harbin Songbei Yiteng Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and their hom ...

and

Chongqing F.C. Chongqing Football Club or Chongqing F.C. ( Simplified Chinese: 重庆足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional football club based in Chongqing. The club last played in the China League One before dissolution. History Chongqing F.C., the seco ...

reached promotion play-off final in 2011 and the two clubs were promoted to League One. In 2011, China League Two 3rd-placed team faced 2011 China League One last-placed team for a play-off match.

Fujian Smart Hero Cangzhou Mighty Lions Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Cangzhou, Hebei and their home stadium ...

which was the 3rd-placed team of 2011 China League Two has won this match against the 2011 China League One last-placed team

Guizhou Zhicheng Guizhou FC (; ) was a professional Chinese football club. The team was based in Guiyang, Guizhou and their home stadium was the 51,636 seater Guiyang Olympic Sports Center. Their majority shareholders were Hengfeng Real Estate, Guizhou Zhicheng ...

and earned a spot in the 2012 China League One.

Clubs Locations

Former clubs

Winners

References

External links

China League Two official website

News
at Sohu
League history
at The Chinese Soccer Statistics Collection

at

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Clubs Locations

Former clubs

Winners

Sponsors

See also

References

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