News
3rd league: What happens if there is a tie?
Published
4 months agoon

In the 3rd division it’s all or nothing this weekend, all questions regarding promotion and relegation are finally answered. But what happens if there is a tie?
There is only one matchday remaining in the 2022/23 third division season, round 38, which takes place on Saturday 27 May. All 20 teams are on duty at the same time at 1:30 p.m.
Only a few teams are still concerned on Saturday, the four relegated teams to the regional league have already been determined. SV Meppen, VfB Oldenburg, FSV Zwickau and SpVgg Bayreuth have to go down. There is nothing more to shake about.
At the other end of the table, however, there is still a lot at stake. With SV Elversberg, only one firm climber is known – the Saarlanders are impressively continuing their march through, which began in the regional league.
Which team will follow Elversberg in the 2nd Bundesliga will be decided at the weekend. In any case, several teams are arguing about the second division ticket at the same time. However, SC Freiburg II, second in the table, is not one of them, since reserve teams are not eligible for promotion, so the team behind moves up.
The third in the table – or in the current case the fourth in the table because of the Freiburg situation – can also be promoted via relegation. In this regard, you have to defeat the 16th of the 2nd Bundesliga after the first and second leg.
VfL Osnabrück, SV Wehen Wiesbaden, 1. FC Saarbrücken and Dynamo Dresden are still in the race for promotion or the relegation place with one lap to go. These are the clubs currently ranked third to sixth, with third just a point away from sixth.
That’s why the question of a potential equal number of points will be particularly interesting on Saturday. SPOX explains what happens in this case.
3rd league: What happens if there is a tie?
Unlike in many European countries, in Germany, if there is a tie, the goal difference is used to decide who has priority in the table. It’s the same in the 3rd division.
If the goal difference does not bring a decision either, the total number of goals scored in the season is used. If there is a tie again, the total result from the first and second leg is compared in a direct comparison, before the number of goals scored away is analyzed in a direct comparison, followed by the number of all goals scored away.
3rd league: The 38th matchday at a glance
Date | kick-off | home team | away team |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | SpVgg Bayreuth | Erzgebirge Aue |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | Dynamo Dresden | VfB Oldenburg |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | SV Waldhof Mannheim | MSV Duisburg |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | FSV Zwickau | TSV 1860 Munich |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | FC Ingolstadt | SV Elversburg |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Hallescher FC |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | VfL Osnabrueck | Borussia Dortmund II |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | Red and white food | SC ext |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | 1. FC Saarbrucken | FC Viktoria Cologne |
Sat., 27.5. | 1.30 p.m | SC Freiburg II | SV Meppen |
3rd league: The table before the 38th matchday
Place | team | Sp. | S | u | N | Gates | differential | pt. |
1 | SV 07 Elversberg | 37 | 21 | 8th | 8th | 78:39 | 39 | 71 |
2 | SC Freiburg II | 37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 52:34 | 18 | 70 |
3 | VfL Osnabrueck | 37 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 68:48 | 20 | 67 |
4 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 37 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 70:51 | 19 | 67 |
5 | 1. FC Saarbrucken | 37 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 62:38 | 24 | 66 |
6 | Dynamo Dresden | 37 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 63:43 | 20 | 66 |
7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 37 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 60:64 | -4 | 57 |
8th | TSV 1860 Munich | 37 | 16 | 8th | 13 | 59:50 | 9 | 56 |
9 | Victoria Cologne | 37 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 57:51 | 6 | 55 |
10 | SC ext | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 58:56 | 2 | 48 |
11 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 53:54 | -1 | 47 |
12 | MSV Duisburg | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 53:55 | -2 | 46 |
13 | Borussia Dortmund II | 37 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 46:47 | -1 | 45 |
14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 37 | 12 | 8th | 17 | 46:59 | -13 | 44 |
15 | Hallescher FC | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 49:59 | -10 | 41 |
16 | Red and white food | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 41:54 | -13 | 41 |
17 | SV Meppen | 37 | 8th | 13 | 16 | 43:63 | -20 | 37 |
18 | VfB Oldenburg | 37 | 9 | 8th | 20 | 41:62 | -21 | 35 |
19 | FSV Zwickau | 37 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 40:70 | -30 | 34 |
20 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 37 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 36:78 | -42 | 31 |


Test match tournament on free TV and live stream
In preparation for the upcoming start of the season in the 2nd and 3rd divisions, SpVgg Unterhaching is organizing a...


Test match on free TV and live stream
Third division club Dynamo Dresden are testing today against top Czech club Slavia Prague in preparation for the upcoming start...


When does the season start?
It’s warm and sunny outside, but you just want to watch football again? Then get in the mood for the...