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Club delegates have approved a new format to the BOV Premier League during an extraordinary general meeting at the Centenary Hall.The new format, which will come into effect as of the 2017/18 season, will see the number of teams forming part of the Premier League going up from 12 to 14 teams.The top-flight will be played on a two-round round robin basis and no points will be deducted midway through the campaign as happened for the last 16 years.Initially, the MFA Executive Committee had proposed that the championship will have post-season play-offs to decide qualification to European football and the third relegated side.However, that motion met a number of amendments.The Premier Division Standing Committee (PDSC) initially proposed that the play-offs will be abolished and that the final positions will be decided according to the final league standings at the end of the second round.They also proposed that the relegation/promotion play-off between the team placed third from bottom in the Premier League and the side that placed third in Division One be retained.But then Joe Borg, the Ħamrun Spartans representative, suggested that the motion will be amended to have two teams...