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The German Football League 2 (GFL) is the second tier of American football in Germany, below the German Football League. Until 2007, the league was known as the ''2. Bundesliga''.〔(German Football League 2 ) AFVD website, accessed: 20 January 2011〕 ==League structure== The ''GFL 2'', formerly the ''2. Bundesliga'', which was formed in 1982,〔(Football History ) Historic American football tables from Germany, accessed: 2 January 2010〕 is divided into a northern and southern division, which eight teams in each division. Unlike the GFL, there are no inter conference games and no GFL 2 champion is determined. For the 2011 season, both the northern and the southern champions were promoted, while the runners-up of the two divisions played the last placed team in the GFL division above for another spot in the league in 2012.〔(Spielplan der GFL für 2011 steht ) GFL website, published: 8 December 2010, accessed: 29 December 2010〕 Since then the two division champions play a home-and-away series for a place each in the northern and southern division of the GFL. Below the GFL 2, five ''Regionalligas'', ''Regional Leagues'', are set, North, South, West, Central and East. Four teams each are promoted each season from the Regionalliga to the GFL 2. However, additional spots may become available if teams resign from either the GFL or the GFL 2.〔 Promotion to the GFL 2 is achieved through a promotion round at the end of the Regionalliga season which includes the best Regionalliga teams. For the southern division of the GFL 2 the champions of the southern and central division of the Regionalliga play the runners-up from the other division with the winners of each contest being promoted. For the northern GFL 2 division the champions of the Regionalliga divisions north, west and east play each other once to determined the two promoted teams. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German Football League 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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