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Ian Mitchelmore

When the 2021/22 Championship campaign starts and when fixtures are released: The details Cardiff City & Swansea City fans need to know

The 2021/22 Championship fixtures will be released in June.

The English Football League will publish the full schedule for the upcoming campaign at 9am on Thursday, June 24.

The new Championship season begins on Saturday, August 7, although the EFL have confirmed it is likely that one match will be televised on the night of Friday, August 6.

The 2021/22 Championship season will end on the weekend of May 7-8, 2022, while the play-off final will be held at Wembley on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

Norwich City, Watford and Brentford all gained promotion into the Premier League and will not be involved in the upcoming Championship campaign.

Those three sides will be replaced by Sheffield United, West Brom and Fulham who were all relegated from the top-flight.

Which teams will be promoted from the Championship next season? Have your say in the comments section here.

As for those who came up into the division, Hull City and Peterborough United both gained automatic promotion from League One while Blackpool or Lincoln City will be promoted via the play-offs.

Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday and Wycombe Wanderers all dropped out of the second tier.

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