Sport Football (soccer) No. of teams 8 Most recent
champion(s) Pei Men | Founded 2006 Country Republic of China | |
The Highschool Football League (simplified Chinese: 高中足球联赛; traditional Chinese: 高中足球聯賽; pinyin: Gāozhōng zúqiú liánsài, abbreviated as HFL), founded in 2006 by Chinese Taipei Football Association, is the second-level football (soccer) league in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The competitions are played between senior-high school teams (under-19 men). In 2008, HFL's main sponsor changed to Chinese Taipei School Sport Federation (Chinese: 中華民國高級中等學校體育總會).
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Format
The league features a total of eight teams that compete during the first half of the year (e.g. February to May for the 2006 season). The top four teams of the National Youth Cup and the top two teams of current league season are granted to become league members next year. The remaining places are determined by qualification competitions held in December.