2016 China Amateur Football League

China Amateur Football League

Season	2016
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The 2016 China Amateur Football League season is the 15th season since its establishment in 2002.^[1] It is the highest amateur association football league in PR China with some semi-professional clubs.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to 2016 China League Two^[2][3]

• Suzhou Dongwu
• Hainan Seamen
• Shenzhen Renren
• Shenyang Urban

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:^[4]

• First round: Chinese Football Association subordinate Provincial, City League, champion will advance to the second round.
• Second round: It is divided into four groups, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest. The top four teams of each group will advance to Third round.
• Third round: It is divided into two groups, Group A and Group B. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the 2017 China League Two.

First round

Number of teams: 1000+

Second round

Team

Groups	Team	City	Belongs League	Position	Ref
North
South
East
West

References

1. 中国足协将于下月正式推出全国足球丙级联赛 at sports.sina.com 2002-03-26 Retrieved 2016-04-19
2. 关于2016年中乙联赛预报名情况的公示 at fa.org.cn 2016-01-26 Retrieved 2016-04-20
3. 关于2016年中国足球协会乙级联赛参赛俱乐部准入情况的公示 at fa.org.cn 2016-03-01 Retrieved 2016-04-19
4. 2016中国足球协会业余联赛规程 at fa.org.cn 2016-05-03 Retrieved 2016-05-05

External links

• Official site (Chinese)