Like the majority of leagues in the world, three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss.

Final League positions were determined firstly by points obtained, then by goal difference, then goals scored, and if necessary, a mini-league of the results between two or more teams ranked using the previous three criteria and finally a series of one or more play off matches.

In the past at the end of the season, providing they met certain criteria, the top two teams weren promoted to Liga Leumit, and were replaced by the bottom two teams from that league.

For its first season, Liga Artzit comprised twelve teams.

In 1999, Liga Artzit was demoted to the third tier after the creation of the Premier League.