B-Liga
Football league
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B-Liga (formerly the Danish Women's 1st Division) is an association football league in Denmark and the second-highest division of the Danish football league system. Contested by 8 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the Danish Women's Football League.
| Organising body | Danish FA (DBU) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| First season | 1993 |
| Country | Denmark |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Divisions | 1 (2021–present) |
| Number of clubs | 8 (2021–present) |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | A-Liga |
| Relegation to | C-Liga |
| Domestic cup | Danish Cup (1992–present) |
| Website | B-liga |
| Current: 2025–26 B-Liga | |
Format
The B-Liga consists of 8 teams playing in a double round-robin tournament, with home and away games.[1] The teams that finish in the top four spots compete in the qualification play-offs against the two worst ranked A-Liga teams to determine two promotion spots. The four bottom placed teams instead play against the two top placed teams from each of the C-Liga groups in the B-Liga qualification play-offs. The two bottom placed teams from the 1st division qualification play-offs are relegated to C-Liga. Both the A-Liga and B-Liga qualification play-offs consist of a double round-robin tournaments among the six participating teams.[2] This has been the format since the 2021–2022 season.
Scope
Until and including the 2006–07 season, the B-Liga comprised 12 teams playing a double round-robin tournament – each team playing each other twice; once home, once away. The champion was promoted to the A-Liga, called Elitedivisionen at the time. The runner-up played a promotion game against the second worst placed team of the A-Liga for a spot in the next season of A-Liga. Meanwhile, the two worst ranked teams were relegated to C-Liga, known as the Women's Denmark Series at the time.
B-Liga was reduced to 10 teams from the 2007–08 season.
From 2013–14 until the 2019–20 season, the B-Liga was expanded to include 16 teams, divided into two groups - East and West - each consisting of eight teams. The highest ranked team from each group would play in the A-Liga qualification play-offs together against the four lowest-ranked teams of A-Liga. The top two teams in the qualification play-offs achieved promotion to the A-Liga.
The 2020–21 B-Liga contained 20 teams, split into four groups of five, each playing a double roun-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advanced to promotion qualifiers, split into two groups of four. A total of four teams advanced to the qualification play-offs. The remaining 12 teams were in the relegation play-offs, consisting of two groups of six teams each.
Teams
2025–26 season
Source: Danish Football Association