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[[File:IL All-Stars, 2015 Triple-A All-Star Game.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|IL All-Stars at the 2015 [[Triple-A All-Star Game]]]]
As ofSince the 2023 season, the regular season is split into two halves. After the completion of the season, the winners of each half meet in a best-of-three series to determine a [[List of International League champions|league champion]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/news/triple-a-national-championship-game-2023 |title=2023 Triple-A National Championship Game Set for Sept. 30 in Las Vegas |website=Minor League Baseball |date=March 28, 2023 |accessdate=March 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/news/2024-milb-triple-a-national-championship-date |title=2024 MiLB Triple-A National Championship Game Set for Sept. 28 at Las Vegas Ballpark |website=Minor League Baseball |date=March 12, 2024 |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> From 1933 to 2019, the three division champions and a [[wild card (sports)|wild card]] team squared off in [[Shaughnessy playoff system|series playoffs]] to determine a champion, with the winner awarded the [[Governors' Cup]], the league's championship trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20110314&content_id=16942530&sid=l117&vkey=league3|title=International League Personnel and Staff|website=International League|access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref> Following the cancelled 2020 season, rather than hold playoffs for its championship, the 2021 title was awarded to the team with the best regular-season record.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/triple-a-classification-to-add-10-games-to-2021-schedule |title=MiLB Announces 'Triple-A Final Stretch' for 2021 |website=Minor League Baseball |date=July 14, 2021 |accessdate=July 16, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, the two division champions met in a single game to determine a league champion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/news/las-vegas-to-host-inaugural-triple-a-triple-championship-weekend |title=Las Vegas to Host Inaugural Triple-A Triple Championship Weekend |website=Minor League Baseball |date=May 3, 2022 |accessdate=May 3, 2022}}</ref>
In further postseason play, the IL champion meets the [[Pacific Coast League]]'s champion in the [[Triple-A National Championship Game]], a single game to determine an overall champion of Triple-A baseball, which has been held annually since 2006, excluding 2020 and 2021. Previously, the IL champion also competed in the [[Triple-A World Series]] (1983, 1998–2000), [[Junior World Series]] (1919), and other sporadic postseason competitions throughout the league's history.
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