Serie B dates for promotion play-offs and relegation playout now official

The Lega Serie B has set the dates for the promotion play-offs and relegation playout, so the season will officially come to an end on May 29.

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The race is still wide open for the two automatic promotion spots at the top of the table, and a third will be decided via the play-offs.

Those will begin with a one-off match on Tuesday May 12 between fifth and eighth place, and sixth and seventh.

How the Serie B play-offs work

The semi-finals are played over two legs, home and away, on Saturday May 16 and Sunday May 17, with the return match on May 19 and 20.

The Final is also home and away, with the first leg on Sunday May 24 and the return on Friday May 29.

As for the playouts, those are between 17^th and 16^th placed teams on Friday May 15 and Friday May 22.

As things stand, Venezia are the Serie B leaders on 72 points, followed by Monza and Frosinone both on 69.

Palermo have 65, then there is a big drop to Catanzaro in fifth place on 55, Modena 52, Juve Stabia 48 and Cesena 44.

Rank	Teams	Played	Points
1	Venezia	34	72
2	Frosinone	34	69
3	Monza	34	69
4	Palermo	34	65
5	Catanzaro	34	55
6	Modena	34	52
7	Juve Stabia	34	48
8	Cesena	34	44
9	Carrarese	34	42
10	Südtirol	34	40
11	Mantova	34	40
12	Sampdoria	34	40
13	Avellino	34	40
14	Padova	34	37
15	Empoli	34	36
16	Entella	34	35
17	Bari	34	34
18	Reggiana	34	33
19	Pescara	34	32
20	Spezia	34	30

 

Promotion to Serie A

 

Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals

 

Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round

 

Relegation play-out

 

Relegation to Serie C