The Dutch

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

in the 1962–63 season was contested by 34 teams. Due to a large number of teams entering from the higher

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

after mass relegations there, there were 22 new entrants. Teams were divided in two groups of seventeen teams. The champions played a play-off for promotion. After that match, a mini-tournament was held to determine a second team that would be promoted. It turned out that group B runners-up BVV would be promoted and not group B champions Haarlem.

New entrants

There were only twelve teams that had been participating in this league last season, meaning there were 22 new entrants. Many of the new entrants were teams that were promoted in the previous seasons of the Tweede Divisie. Due to the reorganisation in professional football by the

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, many teams were back to where they started. Relegated from the Eerste Divsisie into group A *

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* Alkmaar '54 *

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* Stormvogels * ZFC *

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FC Wageningen FC Wageningen (before 1978 ''Wageningen'' and ''WVV Wageningen'') was a Dutch football club which was founded on 27 August 1911., The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium. History FC Wageningen spent most of its history in ...

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* VSV Relegated from the Eerste Divsisie into group B * SVV * DFC * HVV 't Gooi * BVV *

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* HVC * RKVV Wilhelmina Entered from amateur football * Xerxes ''(entered in group B)''

Final tables

Group A

Group B

Play-offs

Several play-offs were held to determine the league champions, who would be promoted to the

, and who would leave the Professional leagues altogether.

Championship play-off

VSV were promoted to the

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), while

entered the Promotion Tournament.

Best 3rd-place play-off

HVC entered the promotion tournament, while

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remained in the Tweede Divisie (and moved to Tweede B for next season).

Promotion tournament

To determine the second team to be promoted. Entering teams: * the two 2nd-placed from the "regular season", * the loser of the Championship play-off, * and the winner of the Best 3rd-place play-off.

Play-off

BVV were promoted to the

, HVC and

moved to the Tweede Group A next season, and

moved to the Tweede Group B.

Relegation play-off

However, as no amateur team wanted to enter professional football and

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decided to return to amateur football on a voluntary basis, PEC weren't relegated.

References

Netherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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