""The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) registered the appeal filed by 10 clubs in the Mexican second division ("the Clubs") against the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) on May 19, 2025. The appeal seeks to reinstate promotion and relegation in Liga MX, Mexico's first division, which were suspended for six seasons during the 2019/2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic," reads the organization's statement."
""Liga MX is set to reinstate promotion and relegation with the conditions of the format and date of return to be announced soon by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Mexican league suspended promotion and relegation in 2019 for six seasons, seeing the first division maintain 18 teams for the period. Now, it's expected to return sometime in 2026 under different requirements that could see second division teams once again play in Liga MX.""
Liga MX will reinstate promotion and relegation, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport expected to announce the format and date of return. The league suspended promotion and relegation in 2019 for six seasons, keeping the first division at 18 teams. A return is anticipated sometime in 2026 under updated requirements that could allow Liga de Expansión teams to promote. Ten second-division clubs filed an appeal to CAS seeking reinstatement. CAS registered the appeal on May 19, 2025, and parties are exchanging written arguments with a hearing to be scheduled. Qualification criteria previously included financial stability, a 30-000 venue, external business reports and improvement funds.
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