The 1986–87 Argentine

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

was the 1st season of the newly created professional second division of Argentine football. This was the result of new changes in the entire Argentine football league system, the

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and Nacional of Primera División disappeared and the previous second division, the

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became the third division. The division was formed by 7 teams from Primera B Metro (the best placed teams from a tournament played previously), 13 teams from regional leagues outside Buenos Aires and 2 teams relegated from Primera División in the 1985–86 season. A total of 22 teams competed, with the champion and runner-up being promoted to Primera División.

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won the championship, promoting to Primera along with Banfield (winner of "Torneo Octogonal"). On the other hand,

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(Salta), Atlético Concepción (

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, Tucumán), and Unión of

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( San Juan) were relegated to Primera B Metropolitana."Argentina: AFA 1ra. "B" Nacional 1986/87" by José Carluccio (blogsite), 19 July 2011

Club information

1: ''Property of Huracán Corrientes''.

Standings

was declared champion and was automatically promoted to Primera División, and the teams placed 2nd to 9th qualified for the Second Promotion Playoff.

Second Promotion Playoff

The Second Promotion Playoff or Torneo Reducido was played by the teams placed 2nd to 9th in the overall standings: Banfield (2nd), Belgrano (3rd), Huracán (4th), Colón (5th),

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(6th), Deportivo Mandiyú (7th),

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(8th) and

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(9th). The winner was promoted to Primera División.

Bracket

1: ''Qualified because of sport advantage''.

Final

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Relegation

1: ''They kept the points earned in previous editions of the

, although the category was new''. 2: ''They had to play a tiebreaker triangular to see which team was relegated''. Note: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to their respective league of his province according to the Argentine football league system, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to

. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Newell's,

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, Central Córdoba and

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, all from Rosario, and Unión and Colón from Santa Fe.

Additional Playoff

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, Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) and

were tied in points, they had to play a tiebreaker triangular in a neutral field to see which team was relegated. As the 3 matches ended in a tie, it was used the overall table and the matches between the 3 teams and

was the team with less points, so it was relegated to the Liga Salteña de fútbol.

Top scorers

References

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