League Two is a men’s league competition in China. This page brings together live scores, fixtures, results and standings, along with player and team statistics, so visitors can follow the competition from season to season, track match information and review its available data in one place with a clear overview for every recorded season.
Upcoming matches, League Two
Relegation Group - 24
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- Relegation Group - 24
Rizhao Yuqi
No H2HYichun Grand Tiger
Lanzhou Olympic Center Stadium -
- Relegation Group - 24
Changchun Xidu
No H2HGuangdong Mingtu
Yatai Training Base Stadium -
- Relegation Group - 24
Wuhan Three Towns II
No H2HNantong Haimen Codion
Promotion Group - 24
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- Promotion Group - 24
Jiangxi Liansheng
No H2HShandong Taishan II
Ruichang Sports Park Stadium -
- Promotion Group - 24
Xi'an Ronghai
No H2HGuizhou Zhucheng
Relegation Group - 24
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- Relegation Group - 24No H2HGuangzhou Dandelion
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- Relegation Group - 24No H2HHubei Chufeng Heli
Promotion Group - 24
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- Promotion Group - 24No H2HShenzhen 2028
Relegation Group - 24
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- Relegation Group - 24
Shangyu Pterosaur
No H2HQingdao Red Lions
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- Relegation Group - 24No H2HBIT
Latest played matches, League Two
Relegation Group - 23
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Relegation Group - 23
Yichun Grand Tiger
1 - 0
Promotion Group - 23
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Promotion Group - 23
Shenzhen 2028
1 - 0Xi'an Ronghai
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Promotion Group - 23
Shandong Taishan II
0 - 0Langfang Glory City
Zoucheng Sports Center
Relegation Group - 23
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Relegation Group - 23
Qingdao Red Lions
1 - 0Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
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Relegation Group - 23
Guangzhou Dandelion
1 - 2Rizhao Yuqi
Promotion Group - 23
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Promotion Group - 23
Guizhou Zhucheng
0 - 1Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
Relegation Group - 23
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Relegation Group - 23
Nantong Haimen Codion
1 - 1Chengdu Rongcheng II
Haimen Sports Center Stadium -
Relegation Group - 23
BIT
1 - 0Shangyu Pterosaur
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Relegation Group - 23
Tai'an Tiankuang
0 - 0Wuhan Three Towns II
League Two Standings
League Two teams participation since 2022
History
League Two top scorer teams
Goals scored vs. conversion rate
| Team | Goals scored | Total shots | Conversion % |
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| Changchun Xidu | 0 | 3 |
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| Hubei Chufeng Heli | 0 | 2 |
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| Qingdao Red Lions | 0 | 2 |
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| Rizhao Yuqi | 0 | 10 |
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League Two About
League Two is a men’s national league in China, commonly identified as China League Two or the CFA Division Two League, and forms the third tier of the Chinese professional football pyramid. Governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA), it sits below the Chinese Super League and China League One, providing a national route into professional football for ambitious clubs and a bridge from regional amateur competition.
Role in Chinese football
China League Two exists to widen the competitive reach of the domestic game, develop players and clubs outside the top divisions, and connect the amateur and professional parts of the football system. Promotion gives successful clubs access to China League One, while relegation returns underperforming sides to the Chinese Champions League, the country’s fourth-tier amateur competition. The league therefore combines national competition with a clear sporting pathway: clubs can progress from regional football to the professional pyramid, while established professional teams must continually meet sporting, financial and organisational standards.
The competition record identifies 1956 as its formation year. Historical material also associates the modern CFA-organised version with 1989, reflecting the different reference points used for the competition’s origins and later professional development. The current Xtra-Stats record covers four seasons, from 2022 through 2025, with the first recorded event dated 2 July 2022.
Governance and access
The CFA establishes the competition’s regulations, disciplinary framework and club-licensing requirements. Clubs normally reach the league through promotion from the Chinese Champions League. In recent structural arrangements, selected under-21 reserve teams connected with Chinese Super League clubs have also been eligible to participate when they satisfy the relevant performance and youth-development conditions.
Entry is not based on sporting results alone. Clubs must demonstrate financial reliability, including the settlement of player salaries, and maintain a required youth structure with several age-group teams. These conditions are intended to ensure that participating organisations can support a professional competition across a large country rather than relying only on short-term first-team performance. Recent regulations have also placed strong emphasis on domestic player development, including restrictions on the use of foreign players.
How the competition works
China League Two has used a hybrid multi-stage format to manage its geography and its sizeable field, which has recently expanded to 20 clubs. The opening stage divides teams into northern and southern regional groups. Within each group, clubs play a double round-robin programme, meeting each opponent at home and away. Regional grouping reduces travel demands while still providing a substantial schedule of competitive matches.
After the first stage, the leading five teams from each group progress to the championship or promotion group. The remaining five teams from each region enter the relegation group. The second stage brings together clubs from the opposite regional areas, with fixtures and seeding shaped by first-stage rankings. Final positions are determined from the combined results of the relevant stages, so performance in the opening regional phase remains important after the split.
The arrangement can vary between editions, and specific fixture procedures are set by the regulations for each season. The enduring principle is the same: the first stage manages the national field geographically, while the second stage concentrates the decisive contests around promotion and survival.
Points, ranking and sporting stakes
League matches use the standard football points system: three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. When teams finish level on points, the ranking process typically begins with head-to-head points, followed by head-to-head goal difference and head-to-head goals scored. Overall goal difference is then considered, with further criteria such as overall goals scored, disciplinary records or a drawing of lots potentially applying under the relevant competition regulations.
The leading clubs in the championship group compete for promotion to China League One. In recent editions, the top two places have generally provided the direct promotion route, although the precise allocation and any additional play-off arrangements are determined by the regulations for that season. At the other end of the table, the lowest-ranked clubs in the relegation group face demotion to the Chinese Champions League; recent formats have typically relegated the bottom two.
Promotion is particularly significant because it marks a move into a higher professional tier, bringing greater visibility, stronger opposition and increased operational demands. Relegation, by contrast, can remove a club from the national professional structure and return it to the amateur pathway.
Season calendar and identity
The competition normally follows China’s spring-to-autumn football calendar, with matches generally beginning in March and concluding between October and November depending on the edition and scheduling requirements. Its regional opening phase, national second stage and promotion-and-relegation consequences make it more than a straightforward single-table league. League Two is a development platform, a test of club sustainability and an important link between China’s regional football network and its professional divisions.