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{{Interwiki/Series}}
{{Interwiki/Series}}


A '''Series''' in [[Hattrick]] consists of eight [[team]]s, which play against each other two times each [[season]], according to a pre-set [[fixtures|schedule]].<br>
A '''Series''' consists of eight [[team]]s, which play against each other two times during one [[season]].<br>
There are different league levels, or divisions, and, for each Hattrick country, a certain number of levels, depending on the number of [[user]]s in that specific country.
Each series belongs to a specific [[league]] level, the [[division]]. The ultimate goal for a team is to climb all levels and become champion in top division.
 
== Numbers of series ==
Each series belongs to a specific [[league]] level. Every [[country]] has a top series, then four division series and then sixteen more series under this. Bigger countries (more than 168 users) may have more leagues, according to the scheme in table below. <br>
 
{| class=prettytable
|- bgcolor=#f0f0f0
| '''League level''' || '''Number of series''' || '''Teams in series ''' || '''Total users (max)'''
|-
| '''1''' ||    1 ||      8 || 8
|-
| '''2''' ||    4 ||    32 || 40
|-
| '''3''' ||  16 ||    128 || 168
|-
| colspan=4 |
----
|-
| 4  ||  64 ||    512 || 680
|-
| 5  ||  256 ||  2 048 || 2 728
|-
| 6  || 1024 ||  8 192 || 10 920
|-
| 7  || 1024 ||  8 192 || 19 112
|-
| 8  || 2048 || 16 384 || 35 496
|-
| 9  || 2048 || 16 384 || 51 880
|-
| 10 || 4096 || 32 768 || 84 648
|-
| ''11+'' || 4096 || ''+32 768'' ||
|}
 
<small>Note that [[Sweden]] is the only Country where the second division is named I, third division is II and so on.</small>
 
Every division further from the top is 4 times as big as the one above. From level 6 on, divisions are divided in odd and even: even divisions double in number, but odd divisions are the same than division above. In other words, from division 6 down, divisions wil alternating have the same and double size.


== Promotion and Relegation ==
== Promotion and Relegation ==
Teams in a series face off according to a pre-set [[fixtures]] of 14 matches per team played every week. After 14 week, series is concluded and the promotion [[rank]]ing, a list of all country's active teams, is created.
When teams have the same number of points, the tiebraker is goal difference, next goals scored and eventually a draw.


'''Teams in 5th and 6th place will always play demotion qualifiers'''. According to [[A_Hattrick_where_every_match_matters|last changes]], in the six highest divisions, [[promotion]]s and [[relegation]]s all go in the same way. <br>
The team which has gained the most [[points]] in a series is positioned first and can be promoted [[Auto-promotion|automatically]] or after playing a [[qualifier|qualification match]]
After the 14 series matches, the promotion ranking, a list of all champions in a division, is created, assigning spots for direct promotion: 2 for II division, 8 for III, 32 for IV, 128 for V, 512 for VI, replacing the 7th and 8th placed teams in the higher division. The team which has gained the most [[points]] in his league level is positioned first in this ranking, the champion with the least points is placed last in list. When teams have the same number of points, the tiebraker is goal difference, next goals scored and eventually a draw.


The other half of the champions don't promote directly and they play a qualification match against the numbers 5 and 6 of the division above. The champion which is ranked highest in the bottom half of the promotion ranking will play the number 6 with the least point. The lowest ranked champion will play the highest ranked number 5. The teams from the higher division (5th and 6th placed) play at home.
Last two in list with the least points are directly [[relegation|relegated]]. Teams placed 5th and 6th have to play playoffs against winners of the division below. The teams from the higher division (5th and 6th placed) play at home.
<blockquote>"Teams in 5th and 6th place will always play demotion qualifiers."<br>
According to [[A Hattrick where every match matters]], editorial announcing qualifiers for all divisions from then on.</blockquote>


Out of 4 champions, one replaces a number 7 directly, one a number 8. Another champion will play a qualification match against a number 5 and one champion will play a number 6 in order to try to earn promotion.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%"
 
|+ Some examples  
{| class=prettytable style="font-size:80%"
! Higher division !! Direct/indirect !! Lower division
! colspan=3| Some examples  
|- bgcolor=#f0f0f0
| '''Higher division''' || '''Direct/indirect''' || '''Lower division'''
|-
|-
| Best ranked no. 5 || plays || Worst ranked no. 1  
| Best ranked no. 5 || plays || Worst ranked no. 1  
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| Worst ranked no. 8 || replaced by || Worst ranked no. 1 of the top half  
| Worst ranked no. 8 || replaced by || Worst ranked no. 1 of the top half  
|}
|}
=== Exceptions ===
{{See|Division}}
Rules are slightly different in divisions below 6: teams placed 1st and 2nd are directly promoted and teams placed 3rd and 4th play qualifier


In the lower divisions (League Level 6 and below), in addition to the direct promotion and demotion slots, qualifiers are played too. In detail:
The top division works differently in that no one can obviously be further promoted, so the champion is enrolled in the National [[Hall of Fame (nation)|Hall of Fame]].
 
:In Level 7: Teams in 3rd and 4th place play promotion qualifiers against teams in 5th and 6th place in level 6.
:In Level 8: The team in 2nd place play a promotion qualifier against the teams in 5th and 6th place in level 7.
:Level 9 and odd -> Same rules as in Level 7.
:Level 10 and even -> Same rules as in Level 8. And so on.
 
A number of "Lucky Losers" from the teams that lost qualification games is also drawn to get promoted. The Lucky Loser draw takes place the Monday after the qualifiers and it will not be possible to opt out of this draw.
 
== Off-season Bot removal ==
 
[[Bot]] teams are removed at the end of the season, additional promotion slots may open up.
{{Hattrick_announcement|
  | date = <small>2008-07-15 (an edit of the announcement was made a while later exchanging the italic sentence for the bold one)</small><br>
  | title = <big>It´s Lonely at the Bottom</big>
  | text = We have started distributing rookie teams into the league system in a new way. We hope to improve a few things with this change. One is to make sure teams in lower divisions are not left "alone", without human competition. Two, to make sure that new teams get a more balanced competition (not too hard, and not too easy). The main change will be that rather than filling series up completely, in numerical order, the Hattrick Football Association will start with series that have only one human-owned team. When these have at least four human-owned teams, series with two active teams will follow, and so on. Not packing human-owned teams too tighly will make promotion easier for new, active human owners. ''Before next season, we will make it '''impossible for bot teams to promote''', instead giving these places to the best available human-owned teams.'' '''Later on we aim to reduce the possibility for bot teams to promote at the expense of human controlled teams'''
}}
The rules, in order, for the distribution of teams is as follows :
#Series in the second lowest division with at least one team will get new users up to the amount of four teams starting with the ones with fewest active users.
#Series in the second lowest division without any teams will get new users up to the amount of four teams.
#Series in the lowest division with at least one team will get new users up to the amount of four teams starting with the ones with fewest active users.
#Series in the lowest division without any teams will get new users up to the amount of four teams.
#Series in the lowest division is filled up to full with every series first getting up to 5 teams, every series getting up to 6 teams etc.
 
== Series by Nation ==
<div id="HTWiki-MainPageIntroduction" style="float: left; width: 50%;">
 
===Europe===
 
{| style="text-align:left; font-size:80%; width:99%; background:#EEE"
|
{{Flag|AND}},<br>[[:Category:Andorran Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BLR}},<br>[[:Category:Belarusian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BEL}}, [[:Category:Belgian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BIH}},<br>[[:Category:Bosna i Hercegovina Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BUL}},<br>[[:Category:Bulgarian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CZE}},<br>[[:Category:Czech Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MON}},<br>[[:Category:Montenegrin Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|WAL}}, [[:Category:Welsh Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CYP}}, [[:Category:Cypriot Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|DEN}}, [[:Category:Danish Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|GER}},<br>[[:Category:German Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|EST}}, [[:Category:Estonian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|ENG}}, [[:Category:English Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|ESP}}, [[:Category:Spanish Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|FRA}}, [[:Category:French Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|FRO}}, [[:Category:Faroese Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|GRE}}, [[:Category:Greek Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CRO}}, [[:Category:Croatian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|IRL}}, [[:Category:Irish Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|ISL}}, [[:Category:Icelandic Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|ITA}}, [[:Category:Italian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|LVA}}, [[:Category:Latvian Clubs]]<br>
|
{{Flag|LUX}},<br>[[:Category:Luxembourg Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|LIE}},<br>[[:Category:Liechtenstein Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|LTU}},<br>[[:Category:Lithuanian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|HUN}},<br>[[:Category:Hungarian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MKD}}, [[:Category:Macedonian Clubs|Macedonian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MLT}}, [[:Category:Maltese Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MDA}}, [[:Category:Moldovan Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|NED}}, [[:Category:Dutch Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|NOR}}, [[:Category:Norwegian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|NIR}},<br>[[:Category:Northern Irish Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|AUT}}, [[:Category:Austrian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|POL}}, [[:Category:Polish Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|POR}}, [[:Category:Portuguese Clubs]] <br>
{{Flag|ROU}}, [[:Category:Romanian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|RUS}}, [[:Category:Russian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SUI}}, [[:Category:Swiss Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SCO}}, [[:Category:Scottish Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|ALB}}, [[:Category:Albanian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SVN}}, [[:Category:Slovenian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SVK}}, [[:Category:Slovak Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SER}}, [[:Category:Serbian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|FIN}}, [[:Category:Finnish Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SWE}}, [[:Category:Swedish Clubs|Swedish Clubs]]<br>
|}
 
===Africa===
 
{| style="text-align:left; font-size:80%; width:99%; background:#EEE"
|
{{Flag|ALG}}, [[:Category:Algerian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|ANG}}, [[:Category:Angolan Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BEN}}, [[:Category:Beninese Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CPV}},<br>[[:Category:Cape Verdean Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CMR}},<br>[[:Category:Cameroonian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CIV}},<br>[[:Category:Ivoirian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|GHA}},<br>[[:Category:Ghanaian Clubs]]<br>
|
{{Flag|EGY}}, [[:Category:Egyptian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|KEN}}, [[:Category:Kenyan Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MOZ}}, [[:Category:Mozambican Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|NGA}}, [[:Category:Nigerian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SEN}}, [[:Category:Senegalese Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|RSA}},<br>[[:Category:South African Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|TAN}},<br>[[:Category:Tanzanian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|TUN}}, [[:Category:Tunisian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|UGA}}, [[:Category:Ugandan Clubs]]<br>
|}
 
</div>
<div id="HTWiki-MainPageContentContainer" style="float: left; width: 50%;">
===America===
 
{| style="text-align:left; font-size:80%; width:99%; background:#EEE"
|
{{Flag|ARG}}, [[:Category:Argentinian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BRB}}, [[:Category:Barbadian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BOL}}, [[:Category:Bolivian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BRA}}, [[:Category:Brazilian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CAN}}, [[:Category:Canadian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CHI}}, [[:Category:Chilean Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|COL}}, [[:Category:Colombian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CRC}}, [[:Category:Costa Rican Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CUB}}, [[:Category:Cuban Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|ECU}}, [[:Category:Ecuadorian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SLV}}, [[:Category:Salvadoran Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|HON}}, [[:Category:Honduran Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|GUA}},<br> [[:Category:Guatemalan Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|JAM}}, [[:Category:Jamaican Clubs|Jamaican Clubs]]<br>
|
{{Flag|MEX}}, [[:Category:Mexican Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|NCA}}, [[:Category:Nicaraguan Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|PAN}}, [[:Category:Panamanian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|PAR}}, [[:Category:Paraguayan Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|PER}}, [[:Category:Peruvian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|DOM}},<br>[[:Category:Dominican Republic Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SUR}}, [[:Category:Surinamese Clubs|Suriname]]<br>
{{Flag|TRI}},<br> [[:Category:Trinidad & Tobago Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|UKR}}, [[:Category:Ukrainian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|UAE}}, [[:Category:Emirati Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|URU}}, [[:Category:Uruguayan Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|USA}}, [[:Category:American Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|VEN}}, [[:Category:Venezuelan Clubs]]<br>
|}
 
===Asia===
 
{| style="text-align:left; font-size:80%; width:99%; background:#EEE"
|
{{Flag|IRQ}}, [[:Category:Iraqi Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|KUW}}, [[:Category:Kuwaiti Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MAR}}, [[:Category:Moroccan Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|JOR}}, [[:Category:Jordanian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|YEM}}, [[:Category:Yemeni Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|AZE}}, [[:Category:Azeri Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BHR}}, [[:Category:Bahraini Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BAN}}, [[:Category:Bangladeshi Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|BRU}}, [[:Category:Bruneian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CHN}}, [[:Category:Chinese Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|TPE}}, [[:Category:Taiwanese Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|QAT}}, [[:Category:Qatari Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MDV}}, [[:Category:Maldivian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|KOR}}, [[:Category:Hanguk Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|ARM}},<br>[[:Category:Armenian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|HKG}},<br>[[:Category:Hong Kong Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|IND}},<br>[[:Category:Indian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|IDN}}, [[:Category:Indonesian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|IRN}}, [[:Category:Iranian Clubs]]<br>
|
{{Flag|ISR}}, [[:Category:Israeli Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|CAM}},<br>[[:Category:Cambodian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|KAZ}}, [[:Category:Kazakhstani Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|KGZ}}, [[:Category:Kyrgyzstani Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|LIB}}, [[:Category:Lebanese Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MAS}}, [[:Category:Malaysian Clubs|Malaysian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|MGL}}, [[:Category:Mongolian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|JPN}}, [[:Category:Japanese Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|UZB}}, [[:Category:Uzbekistani Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|OMA}}, [[:Category:Omani Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|PAK}}, [[:Category:Pakistani Clubs|Pakistani Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|PSE}}, [[:Category:Palestine Clubs|Palestine Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|PHI}}, [[:Category:Philippine Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|THA}}, [[:Category:Thai Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|GEO}}, [[:Category:Georgian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|KSA}}, [[:Category:Saudi Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SIN}}, [[:Category:Singapore Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|SYR}}, [[:Category:Syrian Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|TUR}}, [[:Category:Turkish Clubs]]<br>
{{Flag|VIE}}, [[:Category:Vietnamese Clubs]]<br>
|}


===Oceania===
Off-season [[Bot#Off-season_removal|bot teams removal]], which takes place the Monday after the qualifiers, may create additional promotion slots. A number of "Lucky Losers" among the teams who have lost qualification games is drawn to be promoted - it will not be possible to opt out of this draw.


{| style="text-align:left; font-size:80%; width:99%; background:#EEE"
== Series page ==
|{{Flag|OCE}}, [[:Category:Oceanian Clubs]]<br>
[[File:Estatisticas.jpg|thumb|An example of stats sub-page]]
|}
In the early seasons, only one page with a table was enough to represent series data.
</div>
Most of the statistics were integrated from [[Alltid Hattrick|alltid]] over the years after site incorporation in the game.
<div id="HTWiki-MainPageContentContainer" style="float: left; width: 100%;">
[[File:Tabela.jpg|thumb|left|Series table (circa 2012)]] That includes stats confrontation of attack, midfield, defense and [[stars]] and the "match of the week" sub-page.{{clear}}


== Level restructuring ==
== Series lists by Country ==
{| style="text-align:left; font-size:92%;"
|- valign=top
|
<h3>Europe</h3>
{{Flagicon|ALB}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Albanian Series|Albanian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|AND}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Andorran Series|Andorran Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|AUT}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Austrian Series|Austrian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BLR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Belarusian Series|Belarusian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BEL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Belgian Series|Belgian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BIH}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Bosna i Hercegovina Series|Bosna i Hercegovina Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BUL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Bulgarian Series|Bulgarian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CRO}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Croatian Series|Croatian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CYP}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Cypriot Series|Cypriot Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CZE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Czech Series|Czech Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|DEN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Danish Series|Danish Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|NED}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Dutch Series|Dutch Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ENG}}&nbsp;[[:Category:English Series|English Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|EST}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Estonian Series|Estonian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|FRO}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Faroese Series|Faroese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|FIN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Finnish Series|Finnish Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|FRA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:French Series|French Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|GER}}&nbsp;[[:Category:German Series|German Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|GRE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Greek Series|Greek Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|HUN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Hungarian Series|Hungarian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ISL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Icelandic Series|Icelandic Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|IRL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Irish Series|Irish Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ITA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Italian Series|Italian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|LVA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Latvian Series|Latvian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|LIE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Liechtenstein Series|Liechtenstein Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|LTU}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Lithuanian Series|Lithuanian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|LUX}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Luxembourg Series|Luxembourg Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MKD}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Macedonian Series|Macedonian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MLT}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Maltese Series|Maltese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MDA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Moldovan Series|Moldovan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MON}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Montenegrin Series|Montenegrin Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|NIR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Northern Irish Series|Northern Irish Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|NOR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Norwegian Series|Norwegian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|POL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Polish Series|Polish Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|POR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Portuguese Series|Portuguese Series]] <br>
{{Flagicon|ROU}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Romanian Series|Romanian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|RUS}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Russian Series|Russian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SMR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Sammarinese Series|Sammarinese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SCO}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Scottish Series|Scottish Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SER}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Serbian Series|Serbian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SVK}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Slovak Series|Slovak Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SVN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Slovenian Series|Slovenian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ESP}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Spanish Series|Spanish Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SWE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Swedish Series|Swedish Series|]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Swiss Series|Swiss Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|UKR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Ukrainian Series|Ukrainian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|WAL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Welsh Series|Welsh Series]]
|
|<h3>North America</h3>
{{Flagicon|USA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:American Series|American Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BRB}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Barbadian Series|Barbadian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BLZ}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Belizean Series|Belizean Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CAN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Canadian Series|Canadian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CRC}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Costa Rican Series|Costa Rican Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CUB}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Cuban Series|Cuban Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CUW}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Curaçaoan Series|Curaçaoan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|DOM}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Dominican Republic Series|Dominican Republic Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|GUA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Guatemalan Series|Guatemalan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|HAI}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Haitian Series|Haitian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|HON}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Honduran Series|Honduran Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|JAM}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Jamaican Series|Jamaican Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MEX}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Mexican Series|Mexican Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|NCA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Nicaraguan Series|Nicaraguan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|PAN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Panamanian Series|Panamanian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|PRI}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Puerto Rican Series|Puerto Rican Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|VCT}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Saint Vincentian and Grenadinian Series|Saint Vincentian and Grenadinian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SLV}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Salvadoran Series|Salvadoran Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|TRI}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Trinidadian Series|Trinidadian Series]]


The league structure was changed in order to have less divisions, and to solve the [[bot]] problem found in many of the larger [[countries]], notably [[Spain]]. Before [[season]] 28 (April 2006), it looked like this:
<h3>South America</h3>
{{Flagicon|ARG}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Argentinian Series|Argentinian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BOL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Bolivian Series|Bolivian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BRA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Brazilian Series|Brazilian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CHI}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Chilean Series|Chilean Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|COL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Colombian Series|Colombian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ECU}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Ecuadorian Series|Ecuadorian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|PAR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Paraguayan Series|Paraguayan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|PER}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Peruvian Series|Peruvian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SUR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Surinamese Series|Surinamese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|URU}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Uruguayan Series|Uruguayan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|VEN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Venezuelan Series|Venezuelan Series]]
|
|<h3>Africa</h3>
{{Flagicon|ALG}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Algerian Series|Algerian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ANG}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Angolan Series|Angolan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BEN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Beninese Series|Beninese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BWA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Botswana Series|Botswana Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CMR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Cameroonian Series|Cameroonian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CPV}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Cape Verdean Series|Cape Verdean Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|COM}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Comorian Series|Comorian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|DRC}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Congolese Series|Congolese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|EGY}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Egyptian Series|Egyptian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ETH}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Ethiopian Series|Ethiopian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|GHA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Ghanaian Series|Ghanaian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CIV}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Ivoirian Series|Ivoirian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|KEN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Kenyan Series|Kenyan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MDG}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Malagasy Series|Malagasy Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MAR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Moroccan Series|Moroccan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MOZ}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Mozambican Series|Mozambican Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|NGA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Nigerian Series|Nigerian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|STP}}&nbsp;[[:Category:São Toméan Series|São Toméan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SEN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Senegalese Series|Senegalese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|RSA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:South African Series|South African Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|TAN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Tanzanian Series|Tanzanian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|TUN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Tunisian Series|Tunisian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|UGA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Ugandan Series|Ugandan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ZMB}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Zambian Series|Zambian Series]]
|
|<h3>Asia</h3>
{{Flagicon|ARM}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Armenian Series|Armenian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|AZE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Azeri Series|Azeri Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BHR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Bahraini Series|Bahraini Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BAN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Bangladeshi Series|Bangladeshi Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|BRU}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Bruneian Series|Bruneian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MMR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Burmese Series|Burmese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CAM}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Cambodian Series|Cambodian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|CHN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Chinese Series|Chinese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|UAE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Emirati Series|Emirati Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|GEO}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Georgian Series|Georgian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|HKG}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Hong Kong Series|Hong Kong Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|IND}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Indian Series|Indian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|IDN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Indonesian Series|Indonesian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|IRN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Iranian Series|Iranian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|IRQ}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Iraqi Series|Iraqi Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|ISR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Israeli Series|Israeli Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|JPN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Japanese Series|Japanese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|JOR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Jordanian Series|Jordanian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|KAZ}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Kazakhstani Series|Kazakhstani Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|KUW}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Kuwaiti Series|Kuwaiti Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|KGZ}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Kyrgyzstani Series|Kyrgyzstani Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|LIB}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Lebanese Series|Lebanese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MAS}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Malaysian Series|Malaysian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MDV}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Maldivian Series|Maldivian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|MGL}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Mongolian Series|Mongolian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|OMA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Omani Series|Omani Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|PAK}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Pakistani Series|Pakistani Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|PSE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Palestine Series|Palestine Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|PHI}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Philippine Series|Philippine Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|QAT}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Qatari Series|Qatari Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|KSA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Saudi Series|Saudi Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SIN}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Singapore Series|Singapore Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|KOR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:South Korean Series|South Korean Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|LKA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Sri Lankan Series|Sri Lankan Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|SYR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Syrian Series|Syrian Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|TPE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Taiwanese Series|Taiwanese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|THA}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Thai Series|Thai Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|TUR}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Turkish Series|Turkish Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|UZB}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Uzbekistani Series|Uzbekistani Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|VIE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Vietnamese Series|Vietnamese Series]]<br>
{{Flagicon|YEM}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Yemeni Series|Yemeni Series]]


{| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; background-color:#F9F9F9; border:1px dashed grey"
<h3>Oceania</h3>
|- bgcolor=#f0f0f0
{{Flagicon|OCE}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Oceanian Series|Oceanian Series]]<br>
| '''Old League level''' || '''Number of series'''
{{Flagicon|GUM}}&nbsp;[[:Category:Guamanian Series|Guamanian Series]]
|-
| 1 || 1
|-
| 2 || 4
|-
| 3 || 16
|-
| 4 || 64
|-
| 5 || 256
|-
| 6 || 1024
|-
| ''7+'' || ''+1024''
|}
|}
== See Also ==
* [[HTs_on_Global/League_system]]


[[Category:Game Concepts|Series]]
[[Category:Game Concepts|Series]]
[[Category:League Concepts|Series]]

Latest revision as of 08:15, 1 December 2022

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A Series consists of eight teams, which play against each other two times during one season.
Each series belongs to a specific league level, the division. The ultimate goal for a team is to climb all levels and become champion in top division.

Promotion and Relegation

Teams in a series face off according to a pre-set fixtures of 14 matches per team played every week. After 14 week, series is concluded and the promotion ranking, a list of all country's active teams, is created. When teams have the same number of points, the tiebraker is goal difference, next goals scored and eventually a draw.

The team which has gained the most points in a series is positioned first and can be promoted automatically or after playing a qualification match

Last two in list with the least points are directly relegated. Teams placed 5th and 6th have to play playoffs against winners of the division below. The teams from the higher division (5th and 6th placed) play at home.

"Teams in 5th and 6th place will always play demotion qualifiers."
According to A Hattrick where every match matters, editorial announcing qualifiers for all divisions from then on.

Some examples
Higher division Direct/indirect Lower division
Best ranked no. 5 plays Worst ranked no. 1
2nd ranked no. 5 plays 2nd worst ranked no. 1
Worst ranked no. 5 plays No. 1
Best ranked no. 6 plays No. 1
Worst ranked no. 6 plays Best ranked no. 1 of the bottom half
Best ranked no. 7 replaced by Best ranked no. 1
Worst ranked no. 7 replaced by No. 1
Best ranked no. 8 replaced by No. 1
Worst ranked no. 8 replaced by Worst ranked no. 1 of the top half

Exceptions

      Further information: Division

Rules are slightly different in divisions below 6: teams placed 1st and 2nd are directly promoted and teams placed 3rd and 4th play qualifier

The top division works differently in that no one can obviously be further promoted, so the champion is enrolled in the National Hall of Fame.

Off-season bot teams removal, which takes place the Monday after the qualifiers, may create additional promotion slots. A number of "Lucky Losers" among the teams who have lost qualification games is drawn to be promoted - it will not be possible to opt out of this draw.

Series page

An example of stats sub-page

In the early seasons, only one page with a table was enough to represent series data. Most of the statistics were integrated from alltid over the years after site incorporation in the game.

Series table (circa 2012)

That includes stats confrontation of attack, midfield, defense and stars and the "match of the week" sub-page.

Series lists by Country

Europe

Albania Albanian Series
Andorra Andorran Series
Austria Austrian Series
Belarus Belarusian Series
Belgium Belgian Series
Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosna i Hercegovina Series
Bulgaria Bulgarian Series
Croatia Croatian Series
Cyprus Cypriot Series
Czech Republic Czech Series
Denmark Danish Series
Netherlands Dutch Series
England English Series
Estonia Estonian Series
Faroe Islands Faroese Series
Finland Finnish Series
France French Series
Germany German Series
Greece Greek Series
Hungary Hungarian Series
Iceland Icelandic Series
Republic of Ireland Irish Series
Italy Italian Series
Latvia Latvian Series
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Series
Lithuania Lithuanian Series
Luxembourg Luxembourg Series
North Macedonia Macedonian Series
Malta Maltese Series
Moldova Moldovan Series
Montenegro Montenegrin Series
Northern Ireland Northern Irish Series
Norway Norwegian Series
Poland Polish Series
Portugal Portuguese Series
Romania Romanian Series
Russia Russian Series
San Marino Sammarinese Series
Scotland Scottish Series
Serbia Serbian Series
Slovakia Slovak Series
Slovenia Slovenian Series
Spain Spanish Series
Sweden Swedish Series|
Switzerland Swiss Series
Ukraine Ukrainian Series
Wales Welsh Series

North America

USA American Series
Barbados Barbadian Series
Belize Belizean Series
Canada Canadian Series
Costa Rica Costa Rican Series
Cuba Cuban Series
Curaçao Curaçaoan Series
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Series
Guatemala Guatemalan Series
Haiti Haitian Series
Honduras Honduran Series
Jamaica Jamaican Series
Mexico Mexican Series
Nicaragua Nicaraguan Series
Panama Panamanian Series
Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Series
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Saint Vincentian and Grenadinian Series
El Salvador Salvadoran Series
Trinidad & Tobago Trinidadian Series

South America

Argentina Argentinian Series
Bolivia Bolivian Series
Brazil Brazilian Series
Chile Chilean Series
Colombia Colombian Series
Ecuador Ecuadorian Series
Paraguay Paraguayan Series
Peru Peruvian Series
Suriname Surinamese Series
Uruguay Uruguayan Series
Venezuela Venezuelan Series

Africa

Algeria Algerian Series
Angola Angolan Series
Benin Beninese Series
Botswana Botswana Series
Cameroon Cameroonian Series
Cape Verde Cape Verdean Series
Comoros Comorian Series
DR Congo Congolese Series
Egypt Egyptian Series
Ethiopia Ethiopian Series
Ghana Ghanaian Series
Ivory Coast Ivoirian Series
Kenya Kenyan Series
Madagascar Malagasy Series
Morocco Moroccan Series
Mozambique Mozambican Series
Nigeria Nigerian Series
Sao Tome & Principe São Toméan Series
Senegal Senegalese Series
South Africa South African Series
Tanzania Tanzanian Series
Tunisia Tunisian Series
Uganda Ugandan Series
Zambia Zambian Series

Asia

Armenia Armenian Series
Azerbaijan Azeri Series
Bahrain Bahraini Series
Bangladesh Bangladeshi Series
Brunei Bruneian Series
Burma Burmese Series
Kampuchea Cambodian Series
China Chinese Series
United Arab Emirates Emirati Series
Georgia Georgian Series
Hong Kong Hong Kong Series
India Indian Series
Indonesia Indonesian Series
Iran Iranian Series
Iraq Iraqi Series
Israel Israeli Series
Japan Japanese Series
Jordan Jordanian Series
Kazakhstan Kazakhstani Series
Kuwait Kuwaiti Series
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani Series
Lebanon Lebanese Series
Malaysia Malaysian Series
Maldives Maldivian Series
Mongolia Mongolian Series
Oman Omani Series
Pakistan Pakistani Series
Palestine Palestine Series
Philippines Philippine Series
Qatar Qatari Series
Saudi Arabia Saudi Series
Singapore Singapore Series
South Korea South Korean Series
Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Series
Syria Syrian Series
Taiwan Taiwanese Series
Thailand Thai Series
Turkey Turkish Series
Uzbekistan Uzbekistani Series
Vietnam Vietnamese Series
Yemen Yemeni Series

Oceania

Oceania Oceanian Series
Guam Guamanian Series