1981 Norwegian Second Division

The 1981 1. divisjon|2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.

2. divisjon
Season1981
ChampionsMjøndalen
Sogndal
PromotedMjøndalen
Sogndal
Molde
RelegatedØrn
Bærum
Skeid
Tromsø
Nessegutten
Bergsøy
1980
1982

The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups: A and B.[1] Both groups consisted of 12 teams. The winners of groups A and B were promoted to the 1982 1. division. The second-placed teams in groups A and B met the 10th-best finisher in 1. divisjon in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams in both groups were relegated to the 3. division.

Mjøndalen won group A with 31 points. Sogndal won Group B with 31 points. Both teams were promoted to the 1982 1. Division. The second-placed teams, Pors and Molde, met Brann in the promotion play-offs. Molde won the qualification round on goal difference and won promotion.

Tables

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mjøndalen (C, P) 22 13 5 4 42 23 +19 31 Promotion to First Division
2 Pors 22 12 6 4 51 28 +23 30 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Kongsvinger 22 12 5 5 41 19 +22 29
4 Eik 22 12 2 8 43 29 +14 26
5 Vard 22 8 8 6 29 23 +6 24
6 Kopervik 22 10 2 10 34 31 +3 22
7 Odd 22 7 8 7 26 27 −1 22
8 Kvik Halden 22 7 8 7 17 22 −5 22
9 Raufoss 22 6 9 7 13 29 −16 21
10 Ørn (R) 22 8 4 10 31 30 +1 20 Relegation to Third Division
11 Bærum (R) 22 3 3 16 18 54 −36 9
12 Skeid (R) 22 3 2 17 16 46 −30 8
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Sogndal (C, P) 22 12 7 3 44 14 +30 31 Promotion to First Division
2 Molde (O, P) 22 10 9 3 41 20 +21 29 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Mo 22 8 11 3 33 20 +13 27
4 Sunndal 22 6 11 5 25 26 −1 23
5 Varegg 22 7 9 6 31 35 −4 23
6 Mjølner 22 5 12 5 24 30 −6 22
7 Bodø/Glimt 22 5 11 6 24 24 0 21
8 Steinkjer 22 8 5 9 25 28 −3 21
9 Kristiansund 22 5 10 7 27 31 −4 20
10 Tromsø (R) 22 4 9 9 12 28 −16 17 Relegation to Third Division
11 Nessegutten (R) 22 3 10 9 25 38 −13 16
12 Bergsøy (R) 22 5 4 13 22 39 −17 14
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

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Results

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Molde won the qualification round and was promoted to the 1. divisjon.

Play-off table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Molde (O, P) 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2 Promotion to First Division
2 Brann (R) 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 Relegation to Second Division
3 Pors 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 2 Remained in Second Division
Source: rsssf.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

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  1. ^ Aarhus, Lars. "Second division 1981". RSSSF Norway. Retrieved 12 November 2018.