Paraguayan Tercera División

The Tercera División de Paraguay (Third Division of Paraguay, in English), is the third division of Paraguayan football. It is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association in the Asunción metropolitan area, and by the Unión del Fútbol del Interior in the rest of the country. The winners, and sometimes runners-up of each tournaments are promoted to División Intermedia, the second-tier in the Paraguayan football league system.

The Paraguayan Third Division is divided into three leagues:

  • The Primera División B Metropolitana (disputed by clubs within Asunción Metropolitan Area).
  • The Primera División B Nacional (disputed by clubs from outside Asunción Metropolitan Area).
  • The Campeonato Nacional de Interligas (disputed by representative teams of each of the 17 departments of Paraguay with the exception of the Capital District and the Central Department, both part of Asunción Metropolitan Area).

Leagues

Primera División B Metropolitana

The Primera B Metropolitana is the metropolitan tournament of the Paraguayan third-tier division. Only teams from the Gran Asunción area a take part in this third division league. It is being played since 1939 and, as of 2023, the number of teams is 17.

Primera División B Nacional

The Primera B Nacional tournament is being played since 2011. Teams from the all departaments of Paraguay (except Asunción and Central department) take part in this third division league. Since 2014, in even years the champion does not earn direct promotion, but gets the chance to play a repechage against the runner-up of the Primera División B, in odd years the champion is directly promoted and the runner-up is the one who wins the right to play the repechage.

Campeonato Nacional de Interligas

The Campeonato Nacional de Interligas is the biggest football event involving teams with combined players from different clubs of every regional leagues in Paraguay from all departments. The tournament is organized by UFI.

List of last champions

Last Tercera División champions
League Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Nacional Campeonato de Interligas
Club Deportivo Recoleta Sportivo Carapeguá Encarnación
Season 2022 2022 2022-23
Result Promoted to the 2023 División Intermedia Promoted to the 2024 División Intermedia


See also

References

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