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In interbellum Poland, there was not a national, Second Division, as we know it today (although it was proposed on several occasions). For example, on Sunday, September 26, 1937 in Częstochowa, a conference of A-Class teams took place, during which the possibility of creation of the Second League was discussed. Officials of several clubs arrived, such as Brygada Częstochowa, Gryf Toruń, Śmigły Wilno, Rewera Stanisławów, Dąb Katowice, Unia Sosnowiec, Strzelec Janowa Dolina, and WKS Grodno. Also, invited were officials from HCP Poznań, Podgorze Kraków, Naprzód Lipiny and Union Touring Łódź. The representatives talked about creation of a National "B-League", however, subsequently nothing came out of this project. Instead, in the years 1921-1939, several Voivodeships held their own games and those leagues were known as "A-Classes". Then, in 1927, the elite Polish Football League was created, and in late 1930s it consisted of 10 teams. The teams that did not make it to the League, participated in A-Classes, which were second tier of the Polish football. == A-Classes == Between 1927-1939 there were several A-Classes, such as: * Kielce A-Class, from which in mid-1930s the separate, Zagłębie Dąbrowskie A-Class emerged, with teams from such cities as Sosnowiec, Będzin, Zawiercie or Częstochowa. After this, Kielce A-Class ceased to exist, its key teams, such as Star Starachowice, moved to Warsaw A-Class, * Białystok - Grodno A-Class, * Kraków A-Class, * Łódź A-Class, * Lwów A-Class, * Pomerania A-Class, * Poznań A-Class, * Silesian A-Class (it was regarded as the strongest of all, with several top-quality teams and players), * Stanisławów A-Class, * Volhynia A-Class, * Warsaw A-Class, * Zagłębie Dąbrowskie A-Class (since mid-1930s). It must be mentioned that not all Voivodeships held their own A-Classes. Football departments in some areas located mainly in Eastern Provinces (Kresy Wschodnie) were not developed enough (or did not have enough teams) to keep their own A-Class Leagues. So, there was no Nowogródek Voivodeship A-Class, Polesie Voivodeship A-Class or Tarnopol Voivodeship A-Class. Instead, teams from those Voivodeship played each other in knock-out stage games, thus establishing a regional Champion. Interesting is the fact that in several cases, teams from one Voivodeship played in the A-Class of another region - e.g. Koszarawa Żywiec from Kraków Voivodeship, played in mid-1930s in the Silesian A-Class, SKS (Star) Starachowice, played in late-1930s in Warsaw A-Class, even though the city of Starachowice was located in Kielce Voivodeship, or Pogon Stryj, which played in Lwów A-Class, but the town of Stryj was located in the Stanisławów Voivodeship. 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「Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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