Tennis Bundesliga (Austria)
The tennis Bundesliga is the top division in tennis in Austria.
The highest league in Austria has been officially known as the Bundesliga since 2009, before the title of Austrian team champion as national champion was awarded. The conditions for hosting the leagues are regulated in implementation regulations similar to those in Germany .
League system
In Austria, in contrast to Germany, there is also a Bundesliga in older age groups. While in Germany, apart from women and men, only men 30 determine a team champion, in Austria the champion is determined for the age groups women, women 35, 45 and 55 as well as men, men 35, 45, 55, 60, 65 and 70.
The 1st Bundesliga currently consists of ten teams each for women and men, who play the group games in two groups of five teams each. Within each group, each team plays against each other. The first and second placed from the group games determine the two finalists in two semi-finals, who then play for the Austrian team championship. The bottom two of each group also cross-check the two teams remaining in the Bundesliga. The two losers of these games determine in a relegation game whose winning team may also remain in the Bundesliga. The loser of the relegation game is relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga.
In the past, however, the national leagues were played with eight teams in two groups of four teams each or, for the women, in a league with a total of seven teams from 2013 to 2016.
The promoted to the 1st Bundesliga is determined in the 2nd Bundesliga. There the 8 to 9 teams play for both men and women in a league system (everyone against everyone) for promotion. The best placed in the group games is automatically promoted to the 1st Bundesliga. The last and penultimate of the final table is relegated to the respective national league.
In the other age groups mentioned above, the Bundesliga is sometimes played with a different number of teams in the league system (everyone against everyone). After the final table has been determined, playoffs with 1st round, semi-finals and final will be played. The winner of the final is then the Austrian senior team champion in the respective age group.
As a special feature in the Austrian Bundesliga, the women do not play six singles and three doubles per match as they normally do, but five singles and two doubles.
List of Austrian team champions
The Austrian team championship has been played since 1947, initially in mixed teams. Separate team championships for women and men have only been held since 1951. The Austrian tennis Bundesliga was founded in 2009 and plays the respective champions in two groups with subsequent semi-finals and finals.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMPLEMENTATION REGULATIONS 1st and 2nd BUNDESLIGA women and men as well as promotion tournament for national champions women and men "ÖTV Bundesliga". Austrian Tennis Association , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Bundesliga seniors. Austrian Tennis Association , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b archive. Austrian Tennis Association , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Austrian team state champions. Austrian Tennis Association , accessed on March 11, 2020 .