2017 Super 8s
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| League | Rugby League Super 8s |
| Duration | 7 Rounds (Followed by 2 rounds of relevant playoffs) |
| Teams | 39 |
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| 2017 season | |
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Super League Qualifiers Championship Shield League 1 League 1 Shield |
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The 2017 Super 8s are the third season of the Rugby Football League domestic competition in which the format of splitting teams after a certain number of games have been played.
The format is employed across all three divisions and is used to decide championships, promotion and relegation.
For the clubs in Super League XXII the split comes after 23 games. The top eight clubs play each other once more before the top four team enter the playoffs for a place in the Super League Grand Final. In this group points amassed during the regular season are carried forward to the Super 8 stage
The four teams finishing bottom of the Super League after 23 rounds go into a group of eight with the four teams who have finished top of the Championship. Again the teams play each other once with the top three finishers after this stage plus either the club who finish fourth or fifth playing in Super League XXIII while the other four will play in the 2018 Championship. This group of eight is also known as the Qualifiers and is the only Super 8 group in which points amassed during the regular season are not carried forward to the group stage.
The other eight teams in the Championship compete for the Championship Shield with the top four going through to the Shield play-off semi-finals. The two teams finishing bottom of this group will be relegated to League 1.
In League 1 the top eight teams after the regular season of 15 games form a group. The format for 2017 has been varied slightly from previous years in that the team finishing top of this Super 8 group will automatically be promoted to the Championship with the next four teams going through to the play-off semi-finals. Previously the top two teams played in the League 1 Grand Final with the winner being promoted and the loser going into the play-off semi-finals with the teams finishing third, fourth and fifth.
The bottom eight teams in League 1 play each other for the League 1 Shield in a format identical to the Championship Shield except that there is no relegation from League 1.
The Super League Super 8s sees the top eight teams from the Super League play seven games each. Each teams points are carried over and after seven rounds the top four teams will contest the play off semi-finals with the team finishing first hosting the team in fourth, and the team finishing second hosting the third placed team; the winners of these semi-finals will contest the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.
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