Forthcoming matches in League B

Date and time	Venue	Home team	Visiting team
Sun 22.04, 14.00 Hrs	Brunau	GC Zürich 2	RC Ch.de-Fonds
Sat 28.04, 13.00 Hrs	Chavannes-près-Renens	Alba. Lausanne	Std Lausanne 2
Sat 28.04, 15.00 Hrs	Basel	RFC Basel	RC Luzern
Sat 28.04, 15.00 Hrs	Neuchâtel	RC Neuchâtel	RC Ch.de-Fonds
Sat 28.04, 15.00 Hrs	Bern	RC Bern	GC Zürich 2
Sat 05.05, 15.00 Hrs	Chavannes-près-Renens	Alba. Lausanne	RC Ch.de-Fonds
Sat 05.05, 15.00 Hrs	Bern	RC Bern	RC Neuchâtel
Sat 05.05, 15.00 Hrs	Basel	RFC Basel	Std Lausanne 2
Sun 06.05, 14.00 Hrs	Monthey	OC Monthey	RC Luzern
Sun 06.05, 14.00 Hrs	Brunau	GC Zürich 2	Rugby Lugano

The NLB championship is for the title of Swiss NLB Champions and decides on the side to be promoted to NLA and that to be relegated to NLC. RC CMSG are the are the current title holders.The applicable rules of the game are those of the IRB.

8 teams participate in the championship which takes place in 2 phases:

Preliminary phase

All of the teams play each other at home and away. The method of awarding points for each match played is as follows.

• Match won : 4 pts
• Match drawn : 2 pts
• Match lost : 0 pt
• 1 bonus point for having scored 4 tries or more
• 1 bonus point for a match lost by 7 points or less
• Withdrawal: -1 point in the table for the withdrawing team; 4 points for the winning team
• Technical withdraw: no points in the league table for the withdrawing team; 4 points for the winning team
• Red card: -1 point per red card starting from the 3rd one in the season

The league table ranking is made according to the following criteria

• 1. The number of points gained
• 2. The number of red cards
• 3. The best team on a head-to-head basis
• 4. The number of tries scored
• 5. The drawing of lots

On completion of the preliminary phase, the teams that are placed 1st to 6th take part in the final phase, whilst the 8th placed team is relegated to NLC. The team that finishes at the head of the table become Swiss NLB Champions.

Final phase

The final phase is played in 3 rounds on a knock-out basis. In the event of equality in points the following criteria apply to determine the winner.

• 1. At the end of normal time
  - a. The fewest number of players sent off during the match
  - b. The greatest number of tries scored during the match
  - c. The greatest number of penalty kicks during the match
• 2. At the end of 2 periods of extra-time 2 x 15 min.
  - a. The fewest number of players sent off during the match
  - b. The greatest number of tries scored during the match
  - c. The greatest number of penalty kicks during the match
• 3. The greatest number of successful penalty kicks

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