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CHAMP PLAY-OFFS SET TO GET BIGGER…

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The LeaguePaper Team
15 February 2026

EFL

EFL clubs will vote on expanding the play-offs in the Championship from four to six teams at a meeting on March 5.
The proposal would mean the teams finishing from third to eighth compete for a place in the Premier League.
The teams finishing in third and fourth would automatically move through to the semi-finals.
The quarter-finals, or eliminator round, would feature one-legged ties, with fifth hosting eighth and sixth at home to seventh.
In the two-legged semi-finals, third place would take on the lowest-ranked team remaining, with fourth facing the highest. The final would ...

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