The following article presents a summary of the 2003

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First division results

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top six teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Apertura champion.

Apertura playoff stage

The top six teams qualified to this stage and were divided into two groups. The top two teams in the Apertura points table (Libertad and Cerro Porteño) were given two bonus points to start the group stage.

=Group stage

= *Group A *Group B

=Apertura Final

= ---- ---- ---- Libertad wins the Apertura tournament final by an

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of 1-0.

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played in a two-round all-play-all system, with the champion being the team with the most points at the end of the two rounds. *Since Olimpia and Libertad tied in points and goal difference at the end of the Clausura, a championship game playoff was played on November 30, with Libertad winning 6-5 in

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after a 0-0 tie in regulation.

Championship game playoff

Since Libertad won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and no playoff game was played.

Runners-up game playoff

Two games were played to determine the 2003 championship runners-up between Olimpia and Guaraní, who finished in second place in the Clausura and Apertura respectively. The winner of this playoff was guaranteed a spot in the 2003

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. ---- ---- ---- Guaraní runners-up of the 2003 first division tournament by winning on an aggregate score of 4-3.

Relegation / Promotion

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automatically relegated to the

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after finishing last in the average points table based over a three-year period.

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finished second-to-last in the aggregate points table, so had to participate in the promotion play-off game against second division runners-up

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. Tacuary won the playoff game by an

of 4-2, so it remains in the first division. *

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promoted to the first division by winning the second division tournament.

Qualification to international competitions

* Libertad qualified to the

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by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. *

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qualified to the

by finishing as runners-up of the 2003 season. *A four team playoff was played to determine the 3rd participant in the 2004 Copa Libertadores. Olimpia entered the playoff with one bonus point because it finished second in the Clausura tournament.

Pre-Libertadores playoff

*Olimpia qualifies to the

by winning the Pre-Libertadores tournament.

Lower divisions results

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

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: ** Olimpia: round of 16 **

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: round of 16 ** Libertad: group-stage **

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: group-stage *

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: ** Olimpia: Champions * Copa Sudamericana 2003: ** Libertad: quarterfinals **

: preliminary first round

Paraguay national team

The following table lists all the games played by the

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in official competitions during 2003.

References

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