Soccer J1 Next season will be demoted to 4 clubs November 17, 21:21
The J-League soccer team has decided to double the number of clubs that will be demoted from J1 next season to four clubs, but will not replace them with J2.
This was decided at the board meeting held by the J League on the 17th.
In the J-League, there are a maximum of two clubs that are promoted and demoted each year, including a qualification match, but this season, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, only promotion and no demotion have been made.
For this reason, J1 will be 2 more clubs than usual next season, so while promotion based on next season's results will maintain 2 clubs, demotion will be 4 clubs so that the number of J1 clubs will return to the original number in the next season. Did.
The method of deciding which club to promote or demote has not been decided yet, but the policy is to decide based on the points won and the playoffs in the same category, and there will be no replacement match.
In addition, it was decided by the board of directors on the 17th that the VAR = Video Assistant Referee, which was introduced in J1 from this season but was not implemented after resuming due to the influence of the new corona, will be introduced again next season.