Sitav Lyons and Rangers Vicenzarelegated to the cadet championship, will instead play the Serie A elite 2024-2025 rugby: this is the first effect of ban on relegations decided by the Federal Council of the FIR, the Italian Rugby Federation. It remains confirmed the only promotion from Serie Aand so on next sporting season the top Italian rugby league will once again have ten teams.
Below is the Press release branched from Italian Rugby Federation: “The FIR Federal Council, meeting on Saturday 27 April via video conference, resolved to block relegations for the current season in the Serie A Elite and Serie A Men’s Championships, with the consequent remodeling of the 2024/25 Men’s Championships. The determination was made by the governing body of Italian rugby at the conclusion of an in-depth process of consultations and discussions with the clubs and the main stakeholders, with the aim of guaranteeing the movement the best competition opportunities and maximum consistency with the federal technical project.
Based on the resolution adopted by the Council, the 2024-2025 men’s elite Serie A will be made up of ten teams, thus maintaining promotion from Serie A for the 2023-2024 season, the final phase of which will begin with the semi-final round next May 19th. Similarly, the block on relegations from Serie A to Serie B will lead to an expansion of the national second division from the current thirty-six teams to the forty expected for 2024-2025.
Finally, the 2023-2024 Serie B will keep the number of promotions unchanged towards the 2024-2025 Serie A, qualifying the first place in each of the four groups for the higher category, while the play-out phase between the four last places in each group will determine the relegation to Serie C of the only loser of the final round. Promotions from Serie C unchanged, Serie B 2024-2025 will consequently be expanded to fifty participating teams“.
