 Since the 2014 season, the NPL Champion has also qualified for the following years' FFA Cup round of 32.Depending on the State Federation in charge, teams may be relegated from the NPL to a third-tier league in the same state (and vice versa), but there is currently no mechanism for a team to be promoted to the first tier of Australian Football, the A-League.The number of teams promoted and relegated from third-tier leagues per state has varied over the existence of the NPL.