relegation zone
Bottom table positions
The relegation zone is the bottom portion of a sports league standings table where teams face demotion to a lower division.
Common in European football leagues, where the bottom three teams typically drop down while top teams from the division below move up: They've been stuck in the relegation zone since October.
Also called the drop zone.
Lowest-ranked trio
- eighteenthOrdinal for eighteen
- nineteenthPosition after eighteen
- twentiethOrdinal for twenty
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
goal difference · safety margin · basement · rock bottom · danger area · demarcation · threshold · boundary
Flight from captivity
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- battleArmed military engagement
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
threatened · perilous · doomed · scrap · dogfight · desperate · nail-biting · great escape
Reduction in status
descent · plunge · financial loss · budget cuts · rebuilding · second tier · lower division · setback
Those who compete
- contendersThose seeking to win
- fixturesPermanently attached equipment
- matchesPairs that align
- seasonYearly division or series
clash · run-in · matchday · crunch time · final day · permutations · scenarios · head-to-head
bottom three
Lowest-ranked trio
- eighteenthOrdinal for eighteen
- nineteenthPosition after eighteen
- twentiethOrdinal for twenty
table · goal difference · safety margin · basement · rock bottom · danger area · demarcation · threshold · boundary · head-to-head
escape
Flight from captivity
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- battleArmed military engagement
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
fight · threatened · perilous · doomed · scrap · dogfight · desperate · nail-biting · great escape · safety
demotion
Reduction in status
decline · descent · plunge · financial loss · budget cuts · rebuilding · second tier · lower division · setback · humiliation
rivals
Those who compete
- contendersThose seeking to win
- fixturesPermanently attached equipment
- matchesPairs that align
season · clash · run-in · matchday · crunch time · final day · permutations · scenarios · head-to-head
- competition levelselite tier, top tier, mid tier, lower tier, upper tier
- BundesligaBundesliga, Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg, Augsburg, Hamburg
- football leaguesPremier League, National League, Bundesliga, La Liga, first division
- Minor Leaguesminor leagues, minor league baseball, farm teams, farm team, minor league
- sports rankingsworld number one, top seed, MVP, all-star, first team