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Third division promotion: NOFV clubs lean towards Kompass model

Third division promotion: NOFV clubs lean towards Kompass model
Hermann Winkler, President of the North-East German Football Association (NOFV), praises the unity between the association and the clubs regarding the promotion reform. (Archive photo) / Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
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The five regional leagues are to be reduced to four seasons in future so that all champions are promoted directly. There are two models for the division of the leagues.

In the discussion about the future promotion regulations and the division in the regional soccer leagues, the clubs in the north-east are leaning towards a compass model. This was the result of a two-and-a-half-hour meeting of the NOFV clubs in Peißen.

"The most important thing for me was the agreement in the north-east between the association and the clubs that we will continue to work on the realization of "champions must be promoted". It was an information event about the results of the working group, which is important for the regional league clubs, but also for the third division clubs and Oberliga clubs," said Hermann Winkler, President of the North-East German Football Association, to the German Press Agency.

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Clarifying open questions together with the DFB

Winkler made it clear that "there is a clear tendency to reject the regional model. The open questions regarding the Kompass model must now be clarified quickly by all parties involved together with the DFB and the other regional league sponsors," said Winkler. This involves issues such as sports jurisdiction, referee appointments and stadium admission criteria.

Although representatives from the Bundesliga 2 to the Oberliga were all present at the event in Peißen on Monday evening, no agreement has yet been reached. This will take place at a later date. The new structure should take effect from the 2027/28 season.

A 13-member working group on regional league reform voted unanimously at the end of March in favor of a four-track regional league so that all regional league champions can be promoted to the 3rd division in the future. Of the two solutions proposed, one was the compass model preferred by many clubs. In this model, the four seasons would be formed each season from all the regional league clubs based on distance. The second model is called the region model. Here, two leagues would be formed from the North, North-East and Bavarian regional leagues. The West and Southwest regional leagues would remain in their current form.

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