The 2015, was the 2º

Torneo Federal A The Torneo Federal A (in English "Federal A Tournament") is one of the two professional leagues that form the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system, along with Primera B Metropolitana. The competition was established in 2 ...

season since it became part of the third tier of the Argentine football league system. The tournament is reserved for teams indirectly affiliated to the

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(AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA have to play the

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...

, which is the other third tier competition. The champion will be promoted to

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 ...

. 40 teams competed. The regular season began on March 20 and ended on December 10.

Format

Forma de Disputa del Torneo Federal A 2015
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First stage

The teams were divided into four zones with ten teams (a total of 40 teams) in each zone and it was played in a

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...

. The teams placed 1º to 3º and the two best 4º team from the four zones qualified for the Second Stage.

Second Stage

Tetradecagonal Final

Consisted of fourteen (14) teams that qualified from the First Stage and the winner was declared champion and automatically promoted to the

. It was played in a round-robin system. The teams placed 2º to 4º advanced directly to the Fifth Stage, while the teams placed 5º to 14º advanced to the Third Stage.

Reválida

The twenty six (26) teams that did not qualify for the Tetradecagonal Final were grouped into two zones of thirteen (13) teams. The teams placed 1º to 5º of both zones advanced to the Third Stage.

Third Stage

The teams placed 5º to 14º from the Tetradecagonal Final and the teams placed 1º to 5º of both zones of the Revalida Stage (20 teams) played against each other in a

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. The 10 winning teams advanced to the Fourth Stage.

Fourth Stage

The 10 winning teams coming from the Third Stage played against each other in a

. The 5 winning teams advanced to the Fifth Stage.

Fifth Stage

The teams placed 2º to 4º in the Tetradecagonal Final and the 5 winning teams coming from the Fourth Stage played against each other in a

. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Fifth Stage.

Sixth Stage

The 4 winning teams coming from the Fifth Stage played against each other in a

. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Seventh Stage.

Seventh Stage

The 2 winning teams coming from the Fifth Stage played against each other in a

. The winning team was promoted to the

Relegation

After the Revalida Stage a table was drawn up with the addition of points of the First Stage and Revalida Stage, the last four of both zones were relegated to

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Club information

Zone 1

¹ Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.

Zone 2

Zone 3

¹ Play their home games at Estadio Antonio Romero.

Zone 4

First stage

Zone 1

Results

Zone 2

Results

Zone 3

Results

Zone 4

Results

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

Second Stage

Tetradecagonal

Results

Revalida

Zone A

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Zone B

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Relegation

Zone A

Torneo Federal B relegation play-off

Zone B

Third to Seventh Stage

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Season statistics

Top scorers

References

External links

Sitio Oficial de AFA

Ascenso del Interior

Solo Ascenso

Mundo Ascenso

Promiedos
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Format

First stage

Second Stage

Tetradecagonal Final

Reválida

Third Stage

Fourth Stage

Fifth Stage

Sixth Stage

Seventh Stage

Relegation

Club information

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

Zone 4

First stage

Zone 1

Results

Zone 2

Results

Zone 3

Results

Zone 4

Results

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

Second Stage

Tetradecagonal

Results

Revalida

Zone A

=Results

Zone B

=Results

Relegation

Zone A

Torneo Federal B relegation play-off

Zone B

Third to Seventh Stage

Third Stage

Fourth Stage

Fifth Stage

Sixth Stage

Seventh Stage

Season statistics

Top scorers

See also

References

External links