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05/17 10:41 CDT Small-town club Elversberg clinches Bundesliga promotion for
the first time
Small-town club Elversberg clinches Bundesliga promotion for the first time
By CIARAN FAHEY
AP Sports Writer
BERLIN (AP) --- Small-town club Elversberg clinched promotion to the Bundesliga
for the first time on Sunday by finishing runner-up in Germany's second
division behind already promoted Schalke.
Early goals from Bambas Cont and David Mokwa, then another from Mokwa, gave
Elversberg a 3-0 win at home over last-place Preuen Mnster, enough for the
team to finish ahead of Paderborn on goal difference.
Elversberg will be the 59th club to play in the top division since the
Bundesliga's formation in 1963.
Three teams were level going into the final round, with both Hannover and
Paderborn hoping for an unlikely favor from already relegated Mnster against
Elversberg, which had the better goal difference.
Hannover was on course to finish third for the playoff when it was leading
Nuremberg 3-2, but Luka Lochoshvili scored late for the visitors to let
Paderborn move above Hannover into third place with a 2-0 win at Darmstadt.
As a result, Paderborn will face Wolfsburg in a two-leg playoff to decide which
plays in the Bundesliga next season.
Wolfsburg, which finished third from bottom in the Bundesliga on Saturday, will
host the first leg of their playoff on Thursday.
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