The following article presents a summary of the 2004

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season in

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First division results

The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 10 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Torneo Clausura

Championship game playoff

Since Cerro Porteño won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and there was no playoff game as a result.

Relegation / Promotion

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and Sol de América automatically relegated to the

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after finishing last and second-to-last in the average points table over a three-year period. *

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and

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promoted to the first division by finishing first and second respectively in the second division tournament.

Qualification to international competitions

* Cerro Porteño qualified to the

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by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura; and to the

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by winning the 2004 Copa Sudamericana Qualifier. * Libertad qualified to the

by finishing second in the aggregate points table, and to the

by finishing in second place in the Torneo Apertura. * Tacuary qualified to the

as the second-best finisher in the aggregate points table.

Lower divisions results

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

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: ** Olimpia: group-stage ** Libertad: group-stage **

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: group-stage *

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: ** Cerro Porteño: quarter-finals ** Libertad: preliminary first round

Paraguay national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2004.

References

Paraguay 2004
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