Jin cuju league system
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| Country | Da Huang |
|---|---|
| Sport | Association football |
| Promotion and relegation | Yes |
| National system | |
| Federation | Cuju Association of Jinae |
| Confederation | OAFF |
| Top division | Men J League 1 Women Women's League 1 |
| Second division | Men J League 2 Women Women's League 2 |
| Cup competition | Men Jin Royal Cup Jin Champions Cup Jin League Cup Women CAJ Women's Cup |
The Jin cuju league system (JCLS), or the Jin association football league system, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for the Cuju Association of Jinae (CAJ). The JCLS is organised in a pyramidical shape similar to the football league system in many other countries worldwide, with eight tiers bound by the principle of promotion and relegation. The top three levels play professionally and contain one division each. Below the top three, teams play at semi-professional and amateur levels with parallel divisions, each covering regional or metropolitan areas.
The highest level of men's association football in Da Huang is the J League 1. Formerly known as the Morning Glow Autumn Competition (Jin: 朝霞秋賽; pinyin: Zhāo xiá qiū sài) since antiquity, the modern league was founded in 1919 by the Republic of Jin as a means of consolidation and monitoring of the local unofficial leagues and clubs throughout Da Huang that was occasionally used as illegal gatherings disguised as cuju clubs. Following the fall of the republic, the league became defunct and was only refounded under the emperor's auspices in 1993, owing to the years of relative stability following the 1991 Constitutional reforms. The J League 2 was founded in 2001 due to the renewed and growing popularity of the sport, and J League 3 was founded in 2013 to accommodate the increasing number of transitional professional clubs. They served as the men's second division and third division, respectively.
Below the professional leagues are the semi-professional CAJ Silk Road Champions League, which serves as the fourth tier of the Jin association football league system. It is followed by the mixed semi-professional and amateur regional level CAJ Silk Road Regional Leagues, which serve as the fifth to seventh tier. The eighth tier of the JCLS is the city-level association leagues comprising only amateur, youth, and university teams.
Structure
The top three levels of the association football league system are operated by the J League, which consists of the J League 1 (JL1), J League 2 (JL2), and J League 3 (JL3). All clubs in the J League are required to be entirely professional, and clubs in the top two flights must have a women's team that competes in the Women's League.
The fourth level, the CAJ Silk Road Champions League (SRCL), is the semi-professional league and the largest division of the JCLS, involving up to 64 teams from across the country. It consists of a mix of amateur, professional, and company clubs, serving as the football finals of each season.
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Level |
League(s)/Division(s) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional leagues | |||||||||||||
|
1 |
Jin Jia Liansai (JL1) | ||||||||||||
|
2 |
Jin Yi Liansai (JL2) | ||||||||||||
|
3 |
Jin Bing Liansai (JL3) | ||||||||||||
| Semi-professional leagues | |||||||||||||
|
4 |
Jinxia Guanjun Liansai (JCL) | ||||||||||||
| A Zu 24 clubs |
B Zu 24 clubs | ||||||||||||
|
5–8 |
Jinxia Diqu Liansai (JDL) | ||||||||||||
|
Zhongnan Diqu Liansai |
Dongbei Diqu Liansai |
Xibei Diqu Liansai |
Jinbei Diqu Liansai |
Dongnan Diqu Liansai |
Xinan Diqu Liansai | ||||||||
| Non-professional leagues | |||||||||||||
|
9+ |
Jinxia Shenshi Chaoji Liansai (JSCL) | ||||||||||||
| A Bu 4 Divisions (3p, 3r) |
B Bu 3 Divisions (2p, 2r) |
C Bu 1 Divisions |
D Bu 2 Divisions (1p, 1r) |
E Bu 2 Divisions (2p, 2r) |
F Bu 1 Division |
G Bu 1 Division |
H Bu 1 Division |
I Bu 3 Divisions (2p, 2r) |
J Bu 3 Divisions (2p, 2r) |
K Bu 3 Divisions (2p, 2r) |
L Bu 2 Divisions (1p, 1r) | ||
| Tier\Years | 9th century |
10th century |
11th century |
12th century |
13th century |
14th century |
15th century |
16th century |
17th century |
18th century |
19th century |
1900–19 | 1919–31 | 1931–43 | 1943–1992 | 1993–2001 | 2001–2013 | 2013–2017 | 2017–2020 | Since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shan Yue Zheng Sai** | Bayarid Invasion |
Yu Jue Sai** | Kra Invasion |
Sa Nam Pa Theut* | Jin Rebellion |
Zhao Xia Qiu Sai** | First Jin Civil War |
Jin Jia Liansai*** | Second Jin Civil War |
None | Jin Jia Liansai*** | ||||||||
| 2 | None | None | None | Sa Nam Pa Man** | Bao Lian Sai** | None | Lower* | Jin Yi Liansai | ||||||||||||
| 3 | None | None | Lower* | Jin Bing Liansai | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jinxia Diqu Liansai | Jinxia Guanjun Liansai | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lower* | Jinxia Diqu Liansai | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Lower* | Jinxia Shenshi Chaoji Liansai | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9+ | ||||||||||||||||||||
* From 1993 to 2020 the Jin pyramid was organised with two simultaneous and independent pyramids, the national pyramid, and the regional pyramid. The regional pyramid was later integrated into the national pyramid as the Jinxia Shenshi Chaoji Liansai.
** Games prior to the 1913 Jin Jia Liansai by the Republic of Jin operate by different sets of rules, varying from dynasties to dynasties. The earliest known cuju league was recorded in the Dongjing Meng Hua Lu[1], organised by the Qi Yun She (齊雲社; qí yún shè; lit. Cloud Unity Society), and was developed in the large Jin cities in Central Jinae. Members were typically local cuju lovers or professional martial art performers. Non-professionals had to formally appoint a professional as their teacher and pay a fee before becoming members. This process ensured an income for the professional players, unlike cuju teams of the earlier dynasties. The Qi Yun She organised annual the national cuju tournaments known as the Shan Yue Zheng Sai (山岳正賽; shānyuè zhèng sài; lit. Mountain Peaks Grand Tournament), the first professional "league" of Jin cuju.
*** The Jin Jia Liansai was first founded by the ROJ Cuju Assciation, but since 1993 is operated by the Cuju Association of Jinae.
References
- ↑ It is to be noted that the Dongjing Men Hua Lu was written by Meng Yuanlao (孟元老; mèng yuánlǎo) (c. 1431-1494) in the 15th century as a memoir, long after the loss of Central Jinae. Due to the significant lapse in time, modern historians have challenged the integrity of his accounts, arguing that Meng's records were more likely a retelling of older historical records or an exaggeration on his part. Modern official Jin historians maintained that Meng's memoirs are accurate and have since used them to justify association football being a Jin invention named cuju.