1, Bundesliga B promotion play-off rules are: at the end of each Bundesliga B season, according to the points ranking of the top two teams can directly obtain the promotion quota, in which the third and the Bundesliga's penultimate three teams play a play-off to decide the last promotion and relegation quota.
2, Bundesliga B current season's third-place finishers participate in the Bundesliga B promotion playoffs, they and the Bundesliga Bundesliga third-last two-legged playoff home and away, and ultimately get put to get a place in the first division, if the Bundesliga Bundesliga 16th-place team loses it will be relegated to the Bundesliga B. If Bundesliga Bundesliga Bundesliga 16th-place team wins it will retain its place.
3. In the Bundesliga promotion play-offs, the arrangement of home and away matches is very important. In order to ensure the fairness of the game, the general use of alternating home and away games. That is, the first match is played by the lower ranked team as the home team, and the second match is played by the higher ranked team as the home team. If the two teams are equally ranked, the first match is decided by drawing lots to determine which team will be the home team, and the second match will be played by the other team as the home team.
4. The German Bundesliga is the second tier of the German soccer league system, after the German Bundesliga A. All teams competing in the Bundesliga in the current season are automatically selected for the annual German Cup. All Bundesliga 2 teams that participate in the current season are automatically selected for the annual German Cup.
5. In 1974, the DFB introduced a second tier of soccer, with 40 clubs, divided into a southern and a northern league, with the winners being promoted to the German Bundesliga, which was merged into a single league in 1981. In 1981, the two leagues were merged into a single league and the number of clubs was reduced to 20. In the 1991-92 season, the Bundesliga 2 was changed back to two divisions of 12 teams each due to the addition of clubs from the GDR, and in the 1992-93 season, the Bundesliga 2 was reduced to 24 teams. In the 1994-95 season, the Bundesliga was reduced to 18 teams and has remained there ever since.
1. I. The winner and the runner-up of the Bundesliga B will be promoted directly to the German soccer first division, while the third-place finisher will participate in the Bundesliga B promotion playoffs and play a two-legged home-and-away playoff against the 16th place of the first division to decide the last first division place.
2. II. The bottom two places in the German Bundesliga are relegated directly to the German Football League C. The bottom three take part in the relegation play-offs and play a 2-legged home and away play-off against the 3rd place in the C to decide the last relegation place.
3. In 1974, the DFB introduced a second tier of soccer, with 40 clubs, divided into a southern and a northern league, with the winners being promoted to the German Bundesliga, which was merged into a single league in 1981. In 1981, the two leagues were merged into a single league and the number of clubs was reduced to 20. In the 1991/92 season, the Bundesliga 2 returned to two divisions of 12 teams each due to the addition of clubs from the GDR. In the 1992/93 season, the Bundesliga 2 was reduced to 24 teams, and in the 1994/95 season, the Bundesliga 2 was reduced to 18 teams, which it has remained to this day.
4. All Bundesliga 2 teams in the current season are automatically selected for the annual DFB Cup. A total of 125 teams have played in the Bundesliga B since its inception. Nürnberg, Freiburg and Köln are the two most successful teams in the league, winning the title four times each. The former also holds the best record of eight promotions from Bundesliga B to Bundesliga A. The former has been promoted to the Bundesliga B for the first time in its history.
