Promotion from the South Korean National League

[Greg177]

I have recently started the 'pentagon' challenge. I completed my first season with Gangnueng City in the National League (second league in south korea) and came second. I then went into the playoffs (as do the top 6) and won that, so I was champion. One problem - how do I gain promotion!?!?! I was rather annoyed when I discovered I didn't just go into the K-League. I did google this but it didn't really explain the situation!

Any help would be much appreciated

 

[sammyt]

i might be wrong but doesn't south korea have a closed league system?

 

[Calientez]

Taken directly from the "Structure" section of the Wikipedia article on the K-League, hope it answers your question...

"At present the K-League is the only professional league in Korea. It contains sixteen member clubs.
Below the level of the K-League there is the National League, a closed semi-professional/amateur league with fifteen clubs, established in 2003. The third level of football in Korea is the Challengers League.
There is, at present, no official system of promotion and relegation between any of the three leagues. However, beginning in 2006, the champions of the National League had been eligible for promotion to the K-League provided they had met certain criteria. Goyang Kookmin Bank and Ulsan Mipo Dockyard, National League champions in 2006 and 2007 respectively, both rejected the opportunity to move up to the K-League. After back-to-back K-League promotion refusals, the National League committee decided to discontinue the conditional promotion system prior to the 2008 season."

 

[Greg177]

Ah right, thanks, I was hoping this wasn't the case but there's nothing I can do haha. Long shot but does anyone know if I could get into the champions league of asia in this league? (doubt it)