Northern Irish Championship- TheSportsDB.com

Name
Northern Irish Championship

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Poster

Established
2008 (15 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-08-03

Current Season
2023-2024

API Football ID
5353

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Northern Ireland

Gender
Male

TV Rights

Site
Home / Sport / Soccer / Northern Irish Championship

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Upcoming Events

09 Dec	Knockbreda	-	Newington	2:00pm
09 Dec	Ards	0 - 0	Ballinamallard	3:00pm
09 Dec	Dundela	-	Bangor	3:00pm
09 Dec	Dergview	-	H and W Welders	3:00pm
09 Dec	Institute	0 - 1	Annagh United	3:00pm
09 Dec	Portadown	-	Ballyclare Comr	5:30pm
12 Dec	Ballyclare Comr	-	Newington	7:45pm
15 Dec	Bangor	-	Knockbreda	7:45pm
16 Dec	Annagh United	-	Dergview	3:00pm
16 Dec	Ballinamallard	-	H and W Welders	3:00pm
Latest Results
05 Dec	Dundela	3 - 2	Dergview
05 Dec	Annagh United	1 - 1	Institute
02 Dec	Ballyclare Comr	2 - 3	Bangor
02 Dec	Newington	4 - 1	Ards
02 Dec	H and W Welders	4 - 1	Knockbreda
02 Dec	Dundela	2 - 0	Portadown
02 Dec	Ballinamallard	2 - 0	Annagh United
01 Dec	Dergview	2 - 2	Institute
28 Nov	Ballyclare Comr	3 - 0	Ards
25 Nov	Knockbreda	2 - 0	Dergview

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The Northern Ireland Football League Championship (known as the Bluefin Sport Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second level of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national football league in Northern Ireland. Clubs in the Championship can be promoted to the highest national division - the NIFL Premiership, and relegated to the third level - the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

It was founded in 2008 as the Premier Intermediate League for members of the previous IFA Intermediate League that met the new stricter membership criteria, though was marketed as the IFA Championship. In 2009, it was extended to two divisions: Championship 1 and Championship 2 with promotion and relegation between the two. In 2013, the Championship and IFA Premiership were replaced by a single Northern Ireland Football League, independent of the Irish Football Association (IFA).

Under reforms agreed by the NIFL clubs in 2014, from 2016–17, Championship 1 acquired senior status, continuing as the NIFL Championship, while Championship 2 continued as the Premier Intermediate League, retaining its intermediate status.

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