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| Swallows (pictured) and Galaxy are already up... Lithabaneng Golden and Ketane will get the chance to join them |
Lithabaneng Golden and Ketane will get a
second chance to win promotion to the Econet Premier League when they contest
the first-ever promotional playoffs at the end of the season.
Lithabaneng Golden and Ketane finished second
in the South and North Stream respectively when the curtain came down on the 201/18
A-Division season on Sunday and they will be joined in the playoffs by the 12th
placed finisher in the Econet Premiership which currently is Likhopo.
The introduction of promotion playoffs
comes after Sundawana were expelled from the Econet Premier League last
November after failing to honour several league fixtures which reduced the
number of teams in the top-flight from 14 to 13.
The change sparked uncertainty as to how
many teams would be relegated from the Econet Premier League this season.
Normally two teams are automatically
demoted from Lesotho’s top-flight.
Two weeks ago the Lesotho Football
Association’s National Executive Committee (NEC) finally passed a resolution on
the issue – the bottom team in the Econet Premier League (Sky Battalion) would be
relegated automatically from the top-flight while the respective winners of the
A-Division’s two streams would gain automatic promotion.
The NEC also decided that the runners’
up from each first division stream would compete in a playoff with the team
that finishes12th in the top-flight to decide the final spot for the 2018/19 Econet
Premier League season.
On Sunday, Swallows sealed the South
Stream title to join North winners Galaxy on the way up to the Econet
Premiership.
Lithabaneng Golden and Ketane,
meanwhile, will go into the playoffs hoping to make it to Lesotho’s top-flight
for the first time in their respective histories.
As things stand, Likhopo are most likely
to join the two sides in the three-team showdown. Likhopo are 12th in the
Econet Premier League, three points adrift of 11th-placed Sefotha-fotha who
were promoted from the A-Division last year.
A-Division Final
Standings:
South Stream
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts.
|
||
1
|
Swallows
|
18
|
11
|
5
|
2
|
28
|
10
|
18
|
38
|
2
|
Lithabaneng
Golden
|
18
|
10
|
5
|
3
|
26
|
14
|
12
|
35
|
3
|
Lijabatho
|
18
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
28
|
18
|
10
|
30
|
4
|
Manonyane
|
18
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
18
|
10
|
8
|
30
|
5
|
Machokha
|
18
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
31
|
19
|
12
|
28
|
6
|
Quthing LMPS
|
18
|
8
|
1
|
9
|
22
|
23
|
-1
|
25
|
7
|
Mangau
|
18
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
26
|
26
|
0
|
24
|
8
|
Roma Boys
|
18
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
26
|
38
|
-12
|
16
|
9
|
Qoaling
Highlanders
|
18
|
3
|
3
|
12
|
16
|
42
|
-26
|
12
|
R
|
Rovers
|
18
|
3
|
2
|
13
|
17
|
39
|
-22
|
5
|
·
Rovers docked 6
points for late registration
North Stream
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts.
|
||
1
|
Galaxy
|
18
|
12
|
3
|
3
|
28
|
14
|
14
|
39
|
2
|
Ketane
|
18
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
34
|
18
|
16
|
32
|
3
|
Litšilo
|
18
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
25
|
18
|
7
|
31
|
4
|
Lifofane
|
18
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
19
|
19
|
0
|
27
|
5
|
Limkokwing University
|
18
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
24
|
21
|
3
|
26
|
6
|
Butha-Buthe Warriors
|
18
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
12
|
19
|
-7
|
21
|
7
|
CCX
|
18
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
25
|
30
|
-5
|
19
|
8
|
Likila United
|
18
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
10
|
25
|
-15
|
18
|
9
|
Lerotholi Polytechnic
|
18
|
4
|
5
|
9
|
18
|
19
|
-1
|
17
|
R
|
Mphatlalatsane
|
18
|
3
|
6
|
9
|
16
|
25
|
-9
|
15
|
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