AFTER the conclusion of this season’s NBC Championship League, the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has revealed the dates of the playoff games for the NBC Premier League promotion playoff between Biashara United and Mbeya Kwanza FC.

Two teams from this season's NBC Championship League have received automatic promotion to the next season's Premier League after finishing first and second.

Mbeya's Ken Gold FC is the first to receive promotion while Pamba FC of Mwanza ended the club's 20-year wait as the squad was also guaranteed participation in NBC Premier League football next season.

Two teams from NBC Championship League that finished third and fourth will meet in a two-leg match of the promotion playoffs and the winner will play against the loser of the Premier League promotion/relegation playoffs between 13th and 14th placed outfits to find the winner who will secure a spot in top-flight football next season.

Biashara United won 4-0 against Cosmopolitan FC to finish fourth in the NBC Championship League with 62 points, having garnered 19 wins, five draws, and six losses- whilst scoring 60 goals and allowing 21 goals.

Third-placed Mbeya Kwanza FC finished with 65 points- notching 20 wins, five losses, and five draws whilst posting 50 goals and leaking 28 goals.

The federation revealed that Biashara United will be at home in the first leg slated for May 19 in Musoma, Mara, while the second leg has been scheduled for May 26 at Nangwanda Sijaona Stadium in Mtwara.

The winner of the two-leg fixture will have to wait until June 4 for the loser of the Premier League playoffs as the second leg for the top-flight playoffs has been set for June 8.

The final NBC Premier League promotion match between the winner of the Championship League playoffs and the loser of the NBC Premier League playoffs has been slated for June 12 for the first leg, while the rematch has been penned for June 16.

The status quo in the NBC Premier League relegation battle is that Mashujaa FC and Tabora United are in the playoff contention spots while Geita Gold FC and Mtibwa Sugar are on the brink of suffering relegation.

With six games left in the top flight, teams from the eighth spot to the 16th spot mathematically have the chance to either survive or be relegated, as Dodoma Jiji FC now positioned eighth has 28 points while bottom-placed Mtibwa Sugar has 17 points.