Wikipedia - Norwegian Third Division
The Norwegian Third Division, also called Norsk Tipping-Ligaen, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from April to October. After the 2010 season, the league was reorganised, reducing the number of teams to 164 and halving the number of parallel sections from 24 to 12. After the 2016 season, the league was again reorganised, reducing the number of teams from 164 to 84, and halved the number of groups from twelve to six.
All six group winners promote to 2. divisjon, while the bottom four in all groups are relegated to 4. divisjon.
History
1963–2010
The 3. divisjon was known as the 4. divisjon from 1963 until 1990, when the top-tier league changed its name to Tippeligaen, the 2. divisjon became the 1. divisjon and the names of all the lower divisions were adjusted accordingly. Until 2010, there were 24 parallel sections of the 3. divisjon, each consisting of between 10 and 16 teams. The winners paired up and played each other in one home match and one away match in a playoff. Thus, 12 teams were promoted to the 2. divisjon. This system was in place from 2001. The number of teams that were relegated from each section to the 4. divisjon, varied from two to four, depending on the number of teams in each section.
2011–2016
From 2011 to 2016, 3. divisjon consisted of 12 parallel sections of 12 or 14 teams, and the winners of each group was promoted to the 2. divisjon. Ten sections consisted of 14 teams each, from the South of Norway, the last two sections consisted of 12 teams each, from the Northern Norway. In the sections with 14 teams, the bottom three teams were relegated to the 4. divisjon, and in the two sections with 12 teams each, the bottom two teams were relegated.
2017–
After changes in the Norwegian football pyramid, no teams were promoted from the 3. divisjon after the 2016 season. The fourth tier was split into six groups which for the 2017 season consisted of the teams finishing from 7th to 14th in the 2016 2. divisjon groups and the top 4 teams from the 3. divisjon groups along with the 8th best 5th placed teams in the 3. divisjon. The rest of the teams in the 2016 3. divisjon was relegated. As of the 2018 season, the 3. divisjon consist of 6 groups of 14 teams.
Like in the rest of the Norwegian Football league system, all the teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and if two teams are equal on points, the one with the best goal difference is above the other on the table. The teams are placed in the 12 sections according to geographic considerations.
이 대회는 노르웨이 축구 리그의 하위 계층에서 활동하는 팀들에게 경기 기회를 제공하고, 선수들의 실력을 향상시키는 데에 목적을 두고 있습니다. 또한, 이 대회는 지역 사회와 축구 팬들에게 즐거운 경기 관람의 기회를 제공하여 축구 문화의 확산과 지역 사회의 활성화에 기여하고자 합니다.
노르웨이 3부 12그룹 축구 대회는 경기장에서 열리며, 매주 주말에 경기 일정이 예정되어 있습니다. 대회는 리그 형식으로 진행되며, 각 팀은 다른 팀들과 홈 앤 어웨이 방식으로 경기를 치르게 됩니다. 경기는 90분 동안 진행되며, 승리한 팀은 3점, 무승부는 1점, 패배한 팀은 0점을 획득합니다. 대회가 마무리되면 가장 많은 점수를 획득한 팀이 우승하게 됩니다.
이 대회는 노르웨이 축구 리그의 중요한 일부로서, 많은 관심과 사랑을 받고 있습니다. 축구 팬들은 경기장에 모여 팀들의 열정적인 경기를 응원하며, 선수들의 노력과 기량을 칭찬합니다. 노르웨이 3부 12그룹 축구 대회는 노르웨이 축구의 발전과 선수들의 성장을 위한 중요한 플랫폼으로 인정받고 있습니다.