Forthcoming matches in League B

Date and time	Venue	Home team	Visiting team
Sun 20.05, 14.00 Hrs	Monthey	OC Monthey	GC Zürich 2
Sat 02.06, 13.00 Hrs	Chavannes-près-Renens	Std Lausanne 2	RC Luzern
Sat 02.06, 14.00 Hrs	La Chaux-de-Fonds	RC Ch.de-Fonds	RC Bern
Sat 02.06, 15.00 Hrs	Neuchâtel	RC Neuchâtel	OC Monthey
Sat 02.06, 15.30 Hrs	Sala Capriasca	Rugby Lugano	Alba. Lausanne
Sun 03.06, 12.30 Hrs	Brunau	GC Zürich 2	RFC Basel
Sat 09.06, 15.00 Hrs	Würenlos	RC Würenlos	To be advised

The NLB championship determines who is to become Swiss Champion NLB, who is to be promoted to NLA and who is to be relegated to NLC.

10 teams participate in the championship, with all teams playing each other 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 four tries or above
• 1 bonus point for a match lost by seven points or below
• forfeit: 1 point deducted in the table for the forfeiting team; 4 points for the winning team
• Technical forfeit: no points in the league table for the forfeiting team; 4 points for the winning team
• Red cards: 1 point deducted per red card starting with the 3rd red card of the season.

The league table rankings are determined according to the following criteria:

• 1. Number of points amassed
• 2. Number of red cards
• 3. Aggregate score of direct encounters
• 4. Number of tries scored
• 5. By lot

With the qualification round completed:

• The best placed team will become Swiss Champion NLB and will be promoted to NLA
• The 2nd placed team will play in the final of promotion to NLA/relegation to NLB
• The 9th placed team will play in the final of promotion to NLB/relegation to NLC
• The 10th placed team (in last place of the table) will be relegated to NLC.

All the latest results and league tables of League B