First, the 12 clubs play a first stage with home and away games against each other (22 rounds). For the second phase, the Second Stage , the table is split in half (without splitting points). Clubs ranked 1-6 in the Championship Group and clubs ranked 7-12 in the Qualification Group will again play one home-away match (10 rounds).
After 32 rounds, the final stage is followed by the decisive games. In the Championship Finals the two top-ranked clubs in the Championship Group play for the championship title in a best-of-3 series. The leader enjoys home advantage in games 1 and 3. The individual games require a winner and are decided by overtime and penalties.
The 8 clubs ranked 3-6 in the Championship Group and ranked 1-4 in the Qualification Group will contest the Europe Play-offs. In three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, final), the starting places in the European competitions that are to be allocated at this point in time will be played out. Rounds 1 and 2 will be European-style home and away matches, with Round 3 being played in a single final match. The classification from the second stage is always used to schedule the pairings (best-classed versus worst-classed club, etc.).
While the last-ranked club in the qualification group is relegated directly to the dieci Challenge League (DCL), the penultimate-ranked club continues to play a relegation game against the runner-up in the DCL for the last place in the CSSL in a two-way match.
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