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"Division II" redirects here. For the division in the NCAA, see Division II (NCAA).
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style competitions, many leagues known as the Second Division have fallen to a lower tier in countries' football league system.
Second Division may also refer to:
- 2nd Division (disambiguation), various military divisions
- Second Division, a grade awarded to school and college students in India that is higher than Third Division but lower than First Division.
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Football
Divided by authority, Second Divisions in football include (with country and actual level):
UEFA
- Albanian Second Division, Albania (third tier)punk
- Segona Divisió, Andorra (second tier)
- Belgian Second Division, Belgium (second tier)
- Second League of the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (third tier)
- Czech 2. Liga, Czech Republic (second tier)
- Cypriot Second Division, Cyprus (second tier)
- Druga HNL, Croatia (second tier)
- Danish 2nd Division, Denmark (third tier)
- England
- Football League Second Division, (third tier)
- Isthmian League Second Division, (ninth tier)
- Second League, Estonia (third tier)
- 2. deild, Faroe Islands (third tier)
- Kakkonen, Finland (third tier)
- Ligue 2, France (second tier)
- Macedonian Vtora Liga, Republic of Macedonia (second tier)
- Meore Liga, Georgia (third tier)
- 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany (second tier)
- Beta Ethniki, Greece (second tier)
- Hungarian National Championship II, Hungary (second tier)
- 2. deild karla, Iceland (third tier)
- Italy
- Serie B, (second tier)
- Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (fourth tier)
- Maltese Second Division, Malta (third tier)
- Montenegrin Second League, Montenegro (second tier)
- 2. divisjon, Norway (third tier)
- Polish Second League, Poland (third tier)
- Portugal
- Liga de Honra, formerly "Segunda Divisão de Honra", (second tier)
- Portuguese Second Division, "Segunda Divisão B", (third tier)
- Liga II, Romania
- Russian Second Division, Russia (third tier)
- Scottish Football League Second Division, Scotland (third tier)
- Slovak Second League, Slovakia (third tier)
- Slovenian Second League, Slovenia (second tier)
- Segunda División de La Liga, Spain
- Swedish football Division 2, Sweden (fourth tier)
- TFF Second League, Turkey (third tier)
- Ukrainian Second League, Ukraine (third tier)
- Welsh Football League Second Division, Wales (second tier)
CONCACAF
- Segunda División Profesional, Mexico (third tier)
- USL Second Division, United States (third tier)
CONMEBOL
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Brazil (second tier)
- Serie B de Ecuador, Ecuador (second tier)
- Segunda División de Paraguay, Paraguay (second tier)
- Segunda División Peruana, Peru (second tier)
- Segunda División Uruguay, Uruguay (second tier)
Other sports
- Division II (NCAA), the second tier of intercollegiate sports in the United States
- Second division (baseball), historically, a team finishing in the second half of its league
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