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


== Introduction ==
'''Series''' consists of eight [[team]]s, which play against each other two times each [[season]] according to a pre-set [[fixtures|schedule]].<br>
There are different league levels or divisions, and a certain number of levels for each Hattrick country, depending on the number of users in that specific country.


'''Series''' consists of eight teams, which play against each other two times each [[season]] according to a pre-set [[fixtures|schedule]].
== Numbers of series ==
Each series belongs to a specific [[league]] level. Every [[country]] has a top series, then four division series and sixteen more series under this (according to the table below). <br>


== Numbers of series on different league levels ==
{| class=prettytable
 
| '''League level''' || '''Number of series''' || '''Global teams'''
There are different [[league]] levels or divisions, and a certain number of levels for each Hattrick [[country]], depending on the number of users in that specific country. Each series belongs to a specific league level. Almost every country has a top series, then four (4) division I series, sixteen division II series, according to the table below. An exception to this is [[Sweden]] where the second division is I, 3rd is II and so on.
|-
 
| 1 || 1 || 8
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse; background-color:#F9F9F9; font-size:100%; empty-cells:show;"
|-
| '''League level''' || '''Number of series'''
| 2 || 4 || 40
|----
|-
| 1 || 1
| 3 || 16 || 168
|----
|-
| 2 || 4
| 4 || 64 || 680
|----
|-
| 3 || 16
| 5 || 256 || 2 728
|----
|-
| 4 || 64
| 6 || 1024 || 10 920
|----
|-
| 5 || 256
| 7 || 1024 || 19 112
|----
|-
| 6 || 1024
| 8 || 2048 || 35 496
|----
|-
| 7 || 1024
| 9 || 2048 || 51 880
|----
|-
| 8 || 2048
| 10 || 4096 || 84 648
|----
|-
| 9 || 2048
| ''11+'' || 4096 || ''+32 768''
|----
| 10 || 4096
|----
| 11 || 4096
|}
 
== League level restructuring ==
 
Before [[season]] 28 (April 2006), the league structure looked like this:
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse; background-color:#F9F9F9; font-size:100%; empty-cells:show;"
| '''League level''' || '''Number of series'''
|----
| 1 || 1
|----
| 2 || 4
|----
| 3 || 16
|----
| 4 || 64
|----
| 5 || 256
|----
| 6 || 1024
|----
| 7 || 1024
|----
| 8 || 1024
|----
| 9 || 1024
|----
| 10 || 1024
|----
| 11 || 1024
|}
|}


This was changed in order to have less divisions, and to solve the [[bot]] problem found in many of the larger [[countries]], notably [[Spain]].
An exception to this is [[Sweden]] where the second division is named I, 3rd division is II and so on.


== Promotion/relegation ==
== Promotion/relegation ==
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The top half of the champions promote directly and replace the 7th and 8th placed teams in the higher division. The other half of the champions 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 promotionranking 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.
The top half of the champions promote directly and replace the 7th and 8th placed teams in the higher division. The other half of the champions 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 promotionranking 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.


{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse; background-color:#F9F9F9; font-size:100%; empty-cells:show;"
{| class=prettytable
| '''Higher division''' || '''Direct/indirect''' || '''Lower division'''
| '''Higher division''' || '''Direct/indirect''' || '''Lower division'''
|----
|----
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From division 6 down, divisions wil alternating have the same and double size (see league restructuring).
From division 6 down, divisions wil alternating have the same and double size (see league restructuring).


== Distribution For New and Relegated Teams ==
== Distribution For New and Relegated Teams ==


Hattrick changed the way the series are filled with teams, to avoid series full of bot teams. This was annaounced in a [[My Hattrick]] message on the 15th of July 2008 (an edit of the announcement was made a while later exchanging the italic sentence for the bold one) :
Hattrick changed the way the series are filled with teams, to avoid series full of bot teams. This was annaounced in a [[My Hattrick]] message on the 15th of July 2008 (an edit of the announcement was made a while later exchanging the italic sentence for the bold one) :
{{Hattrick_announcement|
{{Hattrick_announcement|
   | date = 2008-07-15
   | date = 2008-07-15
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   | 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'''
   | 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 :
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 with at least one team will get new users up to the amount of four teams starting with the ones with fewest active users.
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#Series in the lowest division without any teams will get new users up to the amount of four teams.
#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 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 ==
== Series by Nation ==
{| align=center
<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===
 
{| style="text-align:left; font-size:80%; width:99%; background:#EEE"
|{{Flag|OCE}}, [[:Category:Oceanian Clubs]]<br>
|}
</div>
<div id="HTWiki-MainPageContentContainer" style="float: left; width: 100%;">
 
== Level restructuring ==
 
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:
 
{| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; background-color:#F9F9F9; border:1px dashed grey"
| '''Old League level''' || '''Number of series'''
|-
|-
|width="17%"| {{Flagicon|IRQ}} [[:Category:Iraqi Series|Al Iraq]]
| 1 || 1
|width="17%"| {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[:Category:Kuwaiti Series|Al Kuwayt]]
|width="17%"| {{Flagicon|MAR}} [[:Category:Moroccan Series|Al Maghrib]]
|width="17%"| {{Flagicon|JOR}} [[:Category:Jordanian Series|Al Urdun]]
|width="17%"| {{Flagicon|YEM}} [[:Category:Yemeni Series|Al Yaman]]
|width="17%"| {{Flagicon|ALG}} [[:Category:Algerian Series|Algérie]]
|-
|-
| {{Flagicon|AND}} [[:Category:Andorran Series|Andorra]]
| 2 || 4
| {{Flagicon|ANG}} [[:Category:Angolan Series|Angola]]
| {{Flagicon|ARG}} [[:Category:Argentinian Series|Argentina]]
| {{Flagicon|AZE}} [[:Category:Azerbaijani Series|Azərbaycan]]
| {{Flagicon|BHR}} [[:Category:Bahraini Series|Bahrain]]
| {{Flagicon|BAN}} [[:Category:Bangladeshi Series|Bangladesh]]
|-
|-
| {{Flagicon|BRB}} [[:Category:Barbadian Series|Barbados]]
| 3 || 16
| {{Flagicon|BLR}} [[:Category:Belarusian Series|Belarus]]
| {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[:Category:Belgian Series|België]]
| {{Flagicon|BEN}} [[:Category:Beninese Series|Benin]]
| {{Flagicon|BOL}} [[:Category:Bolivian Series|Bolivia]]
| {{Flagicon|BIH}} [[:Category:Bosna i Hercegovina Series|Bosna i Hercegovina]]
|-
|-
| {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[:Category:Brazilian Series|Brasil]]
| 4 || 64
| {{Flagicon|BUL}} [[:Category:Bulgarian Series|Bulgaria]]
| {{Flagicon|CPV}} [[:Category:Cape Verdean Series|Cabo Verde]]
| {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[:Category:Canadian Series|Canada]]
| {{Flagicon|CZE}} [[:Category:Czech Series|Česká republika]]
| {{Flagicon|CHI}} [[:Category:Chilean Series|Chile]]
|-
|-
| {{Flagicon|CHN}} [[:Category:Chinese Series|China]]
| 5 || 256
| {{Flagicon|TPE}} [[:Category:Taiwanese Series|Chinese Taipei]]
| {{Flagicon|COL}} [[:Category:Colombian Series|Colombia]]
| {{Flagicon|CRC}} [[:Category:Costa Rican Series|Costa Rica]]
| {{Flagicon|CIV}} [[:Category:Ivoirian Series|Côte d'Ivoire]]
| {{Flagicon|MON}} [[:Category:Montenegrin Series|Crna Gora]]
|-
|-
| {{Flagicon|WAL}} [[:Category:Welsh Series|Cymru]]
| 6 || 1024
| {{Flagicon|CYP}} [[:Category:Cypriot Series|Cyprus]]
| {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[:Category:Danish Series|Danmark]]
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[:Category:German Series|Deutschland]]
| {{Flagicon|ECU}} [[:Category:Ecuadorian Series|Ecuador]]
| {{Flagicon|EST}} [[:Category:Estonian Series|Eesti]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|SLV}} [[:Category:Salvadoran Series|El Salvador]]
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[:Category:English Series|England]]
| {{Flagicon|ESP}} [[:Category:Spanish Series|España]]
| {{Flagicon|FRO}} [[:Category:Faroese Series|Føroyar]]
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[:Category:French Series|France]]
| {{Flagicon|GHA}} [[:Category:Ghanaian Series|Ghana]]
|-
|-
| {{Flagicon|GUA}} [[:Category:Guatemalan Series|Guatemala]]
| ''7+'' || ''+1024''
| {{Flagicon|KOR}} [[:Category:Hanguk Series|Hanguk]]
| {{Flagicon|ARM}} [[:Category:Armenian Series|Hayastan]]
| {{Flagicon|GRE}} [[:Category:Greek Series|Hellas]]
| {{Flagicon|HON}} [[:Category:Honduran Series|Honduras]]
| {{Flagicon|HKG}} [[:Category:Hong Kong Series|Hong Kong]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|CRO}} [[:Category:Croatian Series|Hrvatska]]
| {{Flagicon|IND}} [[:Category:Indian Series|India]]
| {{Flagicon|IDN}} [[:Category:Indonesian Series|Indonesia]]
| {{Flagicon|IRN}} [[:Category:Iranian Series|Iran]]
| {{Flagicon|IRL}} [[:Category:Irish Series|Ireland]]
| {{Flagicon|ISL}} [[:Category:Icelandic Series|Ísland]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|ISR}} [[:Category:Israeli Series|Israel]]
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[:Category:Italian Series|Italia]]
| {{Flagicon|JAM}} [[:Category:Jamaican Series|Jamaica]]
| {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[:Category:Kazakhstani Series|Kazakhstan]]
| {{Flagicon|KEN}} [[:Category:Kenyan Series|Kenya]]
| {{Flagicon|KGZ}} [[:Category:Kyrgyzstani Series|Kyrgyzstan]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|LVA}} [[:Category:Latvian Series|Latvija]]
| {{Flagicon|LUX}} [[:Category:Luxembourg Series|Lëtzebuerg]]
| {{Flagicon|LIE}} [[:Category:Liechtenstein Series|Liechtenstein]]
| {{Flagicon|LTU}} [[:Category:Lithuanian Series|Lietuva]]
| {{Flagicon|LIB}} [[:Category:Lebanese Series|Lubnan]]
| {{Flagicon|HUN}} [[:Category:Hungarian Series|Magyarország]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|MKD}} [[:Category:Macedonian Series|Makedonija]]
| {{Flagicon|MAS}} [[:Category:Malaysian Series|Malaysia]]
| {{Flagicon|MLT}} [[:Category:Maltese Series|Malta]]
| {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[:Category:Mexican Series|México]]
| {{Flagicon|EGY}} [[:Category:Egyptian Series|Misr]]
| {{Flagicon|MOZ}} [[:Category:Mozambican Series|Moçambique]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|MDA}} [[:Category:Moldavian Series|Moldova]]
| {{Flagicon|MGL}} [[:Category:Mongolian Series|Mongol Uls]]
| {{Flagicon|NED}} [[:Category:Dutch Series|Nederland]]
| {{Flagicon|BRU}} [[:Category:Bruneian Series|Negara Brunei Darussalam]]
| {{Flagicon|NCA}} [[:Category:Nicaraguan Series|Nicaragua]]
| {{Flagicon|NGA}} [[:Category:Nigerian Series|Nigeria]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[:Category:Japanese Series|Nippon]]
| {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[:Category:Norwegian Series|Norge]]
| {{Flagicon|NIR}} [[:Category:Northern Irish Series|Northern Ireland]]
| {{Flagicon|OCE}} [[:Category:Oceanian Series|Oceania]]
| {{Flagicon|AUT}} [[:Category:Austrian Series|Österreich]]
| {{Flagicon|PAK}} [[:Category:Pakistani Series|Pakistan]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|PAN}} [[:Category:Panamanian Series|Panamá]]
| {{Flagicon|PAR}} [[:Category:Paraguayan Series|Paraguay]]
| {{Flagicon|PER}} [[:Category:Peruvian Series|Perú]]
| {{Flagicon|PHI}} [[:Category:Philippine Series|Philippines]]
| {{Flagicon|POL}} [[:Category:Polish Series|Polska]]
| {{Flagicon|POR}} [[:Category:Portuguese Series|Portugal]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|CAM}} [[:Category:Cambodian Series|Prateh Kampuchea]]
| {{Flagicon|THA}} [[:Category:Thai Series|Prathet Thai]]
| {{Flagicon|DOM}} [[:Category:Dominican Republic Series|Republica Dominicana]]
| {{Flagicon|ROU}} [[:Category:Romanian Series|România]]
| {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[:Category:Russian Series|Rossiya]]
| {{Flagicon|GEO}} [[:Category:Georgian Series|Sakartvelo]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|KSA}} [[:Category:Saudi Series|Saudi Arabia]]
| {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[:Category:Swiss Series|Schweiz]]
| {{Flagicon|SCO}} [[:Category:Scottish Series|Scotland]]
| {{Flagicon|SEN}} [[:Category:Senegalese Series|Sénégal]]
| {{Flagicon|ALB}} [[:Category:Albanian Series|Shqiperia]]
| {{Flagicon|SIN}} [[:Category:Singapore Series|Singapore]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|SVN}} [[:Category:Slovenian Series|Slovenija]]
| {{Flagicon|SVK}} [[:Category:Slovak Series|Slovensko]]
| {{Flagicon|RSA}} [[:Category:South African Series|South Africa]]
| {{Flagicon|SER}} [[:Category:Serbian Series|Srbija]]
| {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[:Category:Finnish Series|Suomi]]
| {{Flagicon|SUR}} [[:Category:Surinamese Series|Suriname]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|SYR}} [[:Category:Syrian Series|Suriyah]]
| {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[:Category:Swedish Series|Sverige]]
| {{Flagicon|TUN}} [[:Category:Tunisian Series|Tounes]]
| {{Flagicon|TRI}} [[:Category:Trinidad & Tobago Series|Trinidad & Tobago]]
| {{Flagicon|TUR}} [[:Category:Turkish Series|Türkiye]]
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[:Category:American Series|USA]]
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Series consists of eight teams, which play against each other two times each season according to a pre-set schedule.
There are different league levels or divisions, and a certain number of levels for each Hattrick country, depending on the number of users in that specific country.

Numbers of series

Each series belongs to a specific league level. Every country has a top series, then four division series and sixteen more series under this (according to the table below).

League level Number of series Global teams
1 1 8
2 4 40
3 16 168
4 64 680
5 256 2 728
6 1024 10 920
7 1024 19 112
8 2048 35 496
9 2048 51 880
10 4096 84 648
11+ 4096 +32 768

An exception to this is Sweden where the second division is named I, 3rd division is II and so on.

Promotion/relegation

In the five highest divisions, promotions and relegations all go in the same way.

A list of all champions in a division is made, the promotion ranking. The team which has gained the most points in his league level is positioned first, the champion with the least points is placed last (4th for II, 16th for III, 64th for IV, 256th for V). When teams have the same number of points, the tiebraker is goal difference, next goals scored and eventually a draw.

The top half of the champions promote directly and replace the 7th and 8th placed teams in the higher division. The other half of the champions 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 promotionranking 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.

Higher division Direct/indirect Lower division
Best ranked no. 5 plays Worst ranked no. 1 (64th for IV, 16th for III)
2nd ranked no. 5 plays 2nd worst ranked no. 1 (63th for IV, 15th for III)
Worst ranked no. 5 (16th for III, 4th for II) plays No. 1 (49th for IV, 13th for III)
Best ranked no. 6 plays No. 1 (48th for IV, 12th for III)
Worst ranked no. 6 (16th for III) plays Best ranked no. 1 of the bottom half (33th for IV, 9th for III)
Best ranked no. 7 replaced by Best ranked no. 1
Worst ranked no. 7 replaced by No. 1 (16th for IV, 4th for III)
Best ranked no. 8 replaced by No. 1 (17th for IV, 5th for III)
Worst ranked no. 8 replaced by Worst ranked no. 1 of the top half (32th for IV, 8th for III

In this way every division further from the top is 4 times as big as the one above. 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. Qualification matches are only played between the following divisions: I <-> II, II <-> III, III <-> IV, IV <-> V and V <-> VI, in lower divisions there are only direct promotions and relegations.

From division VI down the promotion/relegation varies. For division VI champions and division V 5th to 8th place finishers the same system as described above is used.

In divisiont VI the numbers 5 and 6 don't have to play a qualification match in order to remain in their division. Only the number 7 and 8 are relegated. They are replaced by numbers 1 and 2 from division VII. In division VII the bottom two teams also relegate, but since division VIII is twice as big as division VII, only the champions will promote.

In the divisions below, number 7 and 8 all relegate (exept the bottom division ofcourse). Champions will all promote, numbers 2 will only promote if the division above has as much leagues as theirs, if the division above has half the number of leagues, the numbers 2 will stay in their league.

From division 6 down, divisions wil alternating have the same and double size (see league restructuring).


Distribution For New and Relegated Teams

Hattrick changed the way the series are filled with teams, to avoid series full of bot teams. This was annaounced in a My Hattrick message on the 15th of July 2008 (an edit of the announcement was made a while later exchanging the italic sentence for the bold one) :

Hattrick announces
It´s Lonely at the Bottom 2008-07-15
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 :

  1. 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.
  2. Series in the second lowest division without any teams will get new users up to the amount of four teams.
  3. 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.
  4. Series in the lowest division without any teams will get new users up to the amount of four teams.
  5. 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

Europe

 Andorra,
Category:Andorran Clubs
 Belarus,
Category:Belarusian Clubs
 Belgium, Category:Belgian Clubs
 Bosna i Hercegovina,
Category:Bosna i Hercegovina Clubs
 Bulgaria,
Category:Bulgarian Clubs
 Česká republika,
Category:Czech Clubs
 Crna Gora,
Category:Montenegrin Clubs
 Cymru, Category:Welsh Clubs
 Cyprus, Category:Cypriot Clubs
 Danmark, Category:Danish Clubs
 Deutschland,
Category:German Clubs
 Eesti, Category:Estonian Clubs
 England, Category:English Clubs
 España, Category:Spanish Clubs
 France, Category:French Clubs
 Føroyar, Category:Faroese Clubs
 Hellas, Category:Greek Clubs
 Hrvatska, Category:Croatian Clubs
 Ireland, Category:Irish Clubs
 Ísland, Category:Icelandic Clubs
 Italia, Category:Italian Clubs
 Latvija, Category:Latvian Clubs

 Lëtzebuerg,
Category:Luxembourg Clubs
 Liechtenstein,
Category:Liechtenstein Clubs
 Lietuva,
Category:Lithuanian Clubs
 Magyarország,
Category:Hungarian Clubs
 Severna Makedonija, Macedonian Clubs
 Malta, Category:Maltese Clubs
 Moldova, Category:Moldovan Clubs
 Nederland, Category:Dutch Clubs
 Norge, Category:Norwegian Clubs
 Northern Ireland,
Category:Northern Irish Clubs
 Österreich, Category:Austrian Clubs
 Polska, Category:Polish Clubs
 Portugal, Category:Portuguese Clubs
 România, Category:Romanian Clubs
 Rossiya, Category:Russian Clubs
 Schweiz, Category:Swiss Clubs
 Scotland, Category:Scottish Clubs
 Shqiperia, Category:Albanian Clubs
 Slovenija, Category:Slovenian Clubs
 Slovensko, Category:Slovak Clubs
 Srbija, Category:Serbian Clubs
 Suomi, Category:Finnish Clubs
 Sverige, Swedish Clubs

Africa

 Algérie, Category:Algerian Clubs
 Angola, Category:Angolan Clubs
 Bénin, Category:Beninese Clubs
 Cabo Verde,
Category:Cape Verdean Clubs
 Cameroon,
Category:Cameroonian Clubs
 Côte d'Ivoire,
Category:Ivoirian Clubs
 Ghana,
Category:Ghanaian Clubs

 Misr, Category:Egyptian Clubs
 Kenya, Category:Kenyan Clubs
 Moçambique, Category:Mozambican Clubs
 Nigeria, Category:Nigerian Clubs
 Senegal, Category:Senegalese Clubs
 South Africa,
Category:South African Clubs
 Tanzania,
Category:Tanzanian Clubs
 Tounes, Category:Tunisian Clubs
 Uganda, Category:Ugandan Clubs

America

 Argentina, Category:Argentinian Clubs
 Barbados, Category:Barbadian Clubs
 Bolivia, Category:Bolivian Clubs
 Brasil, Category:Brazilian Clubs
 Canada, Category:Canadian Clubs
 Chile, Category:Chilean Clubs
 Colombia, Category:Colombian Clubs
 Costa Rica, Category:Costa Rican Clubs
 Cuba, Category:Cuban Clubs
 Ecuador, Category:Ecuadorian Clubs
 El Salvador, Category:Salvadoran Clubs
 Honduras, Category:Honduran Clubs
 Guatemala,
Category:Guatemalan Clubs
 Jamaica, Jamaican Clubs

 México, Category:Mexican Clubs
 Nicaragua, Category:Nicaraguan Clubs
 Panama, Category:Panamanian Clubs
 Paraguay, Category:Paraguayan Clubs
 Perú, Category:Peruvian Clubs
 República Dominicana,
Category:Dominican Republic Clubs
 Suriname, Suriname
 Trinidad & Tobago,
Category:Trinidad & Tobago Clubs
 Ukraina, Category:Ukrainian Clubs
 United Arab Emirates, Category:Emirati Clubs
 Uruguay, Category:Uruguayan Clubs
 USA, Category:American Clubs
 Venezuela, Category:Venezuelan Clubs

Asia

 Al Iraq, Category:Iraqi Clubs
 Al Kuwayt, Category:Kuwaiti Clubs
 Al Maghrib, Category:Moroccan Clubs
 Al Urdun, Category:Jordanian Clubs
 Al Yaman, Category:Yemeni Clubs
 Azərbaycan, Category:Azeri Clubs
 Bahrain, Category:Bahraini Clubs
 Bangladesh, Category:Bangladeshi Clubs
 Brunei, Category:Bruneian Clubs
 China, Category:Chinese Clubs
 Chinese Taipei, Category:Taiwanese Clubs
 Dawlat Qatar, Category:Qatari Clubs
 Dhivehi Raajje, Category:Maldivian Clubs
 Hanguk, Category:Hanguk Clubs
 Hayastan,
Category:Armenian Clubs
 Hong Kong,
Category:Hong Kong Clubs
 India,
Category:Indian Clubs
 Indonesia, Category:Indonesian Clubs
 Iran, Category:Iranian Clubs

 Israel, Category:Israeli Clubs
 Kampuchea,
Category:Cambodian Clubs
 Kazakhstan, Category:Kazakhstani Clubs
 Kyrgyz Republic, Category:Kyrgyzstani Clubs
 Lubnan, Category:Lebanese Clubs
 Malaysia, Malaysian Clubs
 Mongol Uls, Category:Mongolian Clubs
 Nippon, Category:Japanese Clubs
 O'zbekiston, Category:Uzbekistani Clubs
 Oman, Category:Omani Clubs
 Pakistan, Pakistani Clubs
 Palestine, Palestine Clubs
 Pilipinas, Category:Philippine Clubs
 Prathet Thai, Category:Thai Clubs
 Sakartvelo, Category:Georgian Clubs
 Saudi Arabia, Category:Saudi Clubs
 Singapore, Category:Singapore Clubs
 Suriyah, Category:Syrian Clubs
 Türkiye, Category:Turkish Clubs
 Việt Nam, Category:Vietnamese Clubs

Oceania

 Oceania, Category:Oceanian Clubs

Level restructuring

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:

Old League level Number of series
1 1
2 4
3 16
4 64
5 256
6 1024
7+ +1024

See Also

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