Saturday, October 7, 2023

Italy III Division Group B

 

Third Division – Girone B. Similarly to Girone A, a few teams had a chance to win, but eventually two teams pulled a bit ahead of the others.


Rimini – hopeless outsider. Last with 15 points and relegated.


Vis Pesaro - 17th with 26 points and relegated.


Frosinone - 16th with 30 points. Relegated.

The next 4 teams finished with the same points and again the rules worked their strange magic: the best two were decided on head-to-head records, but the other two went to relegation play-off. Monopoli won over Campobasso 4-1.


Campobasso after losing the play-off against Monopoli took 15th place with 31 points and was relegated.


After beating Campobasso in the play-off, Monopoli survived - 14th with 31 points.


Francavilla - 13th with 31 points. Having better head-to-head record, they escaped relegation without having to fret over play-off.


Ischia Isolaverde - 12th with 31 points. Having the best head-to-head record, they finished above the other teams with 31 points.


Salernitana - 11th with 32 points.


Catania - 10th with 34 points. In midtable, where was nothing to gain or lose, standard rule decided who is above or bellow: goal-difference. Catania had worse goal-difference than Giarre.



Giarre - 9th with 34 points. Ahead of Catania on better goal-difference.


Perugia - 8th with 36 points.


Casarano - 7th with 37 points.


Casertana - 6th with 39 points.


Brindisi - 5th with 39 points.


Torres - 4th with 39 points. Ahead of Brindisi and Casertana on better head-to-head record.


Palermo - 3rd with 40 points.




Foggia - 2nd with 42 points and promoted to Second Division.


Cagliari - 1st with 45 points after 16 wins, 13 ties, 5 losses. 37-21 goal-difference. Like Foggia, eager to climb back to Second Division and achieving it by winning this championship.