In 2006, it was agreed that, subject to meeting certain financial requirements, the National League champions would be eligible for promotion.

Austrian National League champion :1961, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2003, 2005.

Three different times, he faced the eventual National League champions.

Austrian National League champion: 1974, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1997, 2006.

That refrain was often heard last season, when the defending National League champions sputtered.

Playing against the National League champions, things like that are going to happen.

They never played like the defending National League champions.

The National League champion benefited from this rule for the first time in 2010.

Aaron was the National League champion in four seasons, three times with 44, once with 39.

In the last decade, for instance, 5 of the 10 National League champions finished first in team defense.