The Technical Committee for Competitions and Championships of the Saudi Arabia Handball Federation approved the competition system for the next sports season 2022-2023 AD, which was decided to start on Friday 06 Safar 1444 AH, which corresponds to 02 September 2022 AD.
Prince Faisal bin Fahd’s Premier League championship system will continue as is, with 12 teams and a two-round league system, with the team with the most points receiving the title and eleventh and twelfth places. promoted to the first division of the championship for the 2023-2024 sports season.
For its part, there have been changes to the first division system, where it will play with 12 teams during the season, and the two-round league system, provided that the team with the most points wins the title. , and ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth places are promoted to the Second Division of the Regional Club Championship for the 2023-2024 sports season, provided that the number of teams participating in the competition next season is only 10.
The Youth League Premier League will be played with 10 teams in the same system (two-round league) provided that the team with the most points wins the title and ninth and tenth place in the Regional League Championship. for the 2023-2024 sports season. will be downgraded.
In the same context, there was a change in the Youth League Championship system after increasing the number of participating teams to 16 teams, as the participating teams will be divided into two groups in the preliminary round (8 teams in each group), and the preliminary round will be played according to the league system in two rounds, with the teams that qualify The winners of the first four places from each group in the main round will determine the places (1 – 8) where they will play in a two-group system, as well as for the teams that took fifth to eighth place in two groups the preliminary round, which will play to determine the places (9 – 16), for the two teams that finished fifteenth and sixteenth in the Regional League Championship in the 2023-2024 sports season. will be relegated.
The elite tournament system will continue for all categories (adults – youth – juniors), with the participation of the first four clubs of the Premier League in each category, where tournaments will be played in a league system with one role.