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. The league began on 26 January 2005, following a

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League format

With a record number of 19 teams registered to play, the league was split into two divisions, Northern and Southern. Following a single

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of play, the top four teams in each division progressed to the Championship Group, which was played as double round-robin tournament, while the rest of the teams were placed in the bottom group, which was played as a single round-robin tournament. For the second phase, all points gathered by the teams in the first phase was erased and both groups started with a clean slate.

Regular season results

Northern Division

With 9 teams in the division, teams played 8 matches in the regular season.

Southern Division

With 10 teams in the division, teams played 9 matches in the regular season.

Playoff results

Championship group

Bottom group

References

External links

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