The 2018 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from
2017–18 Tercera División
The 2017–18 Tercera División was the fourth tier in Spanish football. It began play in August 2017 and ended in late June 2018 with the promotion play-off finals.
Competition format
*The top four eligible teams in each group will play the pro ...
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2018–19 Segunda División B
The 2018–19 Segunda División B season was the 42nd since its establishment. Eighty teams participated, distributed across four groups of twenty clubs each.
Overview before the season
80 teams joined the league, including three relegated from th ...
. The first four teams in each group took part in the play-off.
Format
The eighteen group winners have the opportunity to be promoted directly to
Segunda División B
Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...
. The eighteen group winners were drawn into a two-legged series where the nine winners will promote to Segunda División B. The nine losing clubs will enter the play-off round for the last nine promotion spots.
The eighteen runners-up were drawn against one of the eighteen fourth-placed clubs outside their group and the eighteen third-placed clubs were drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The twenty-seven winners will advance with the nine losing clubs from the ''champions' series'' to determine the eighteen teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last nine promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (''e.g.'' like the group winners in the ''champions' series'' or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw determines the club to play at home first.
Group Winners promotion play-off
Qualified teams
Matches
Non-champions promotion play-off
First round
The teams that finished fourth in their groups are drawn against teams that finished in second place, with the latter hosting the second leg. The teams that finished third in their groups are drawn against each other.
Qualified teams
Matches
Second round
The nine losers of the Group Winners promotion play-off plus the twenty-seven winners of the Non-champions promotion play-off first round will take part in this round. The teams will be matched by drawing of lots, subject to the fact that those who obtained the best position in the league face those who got worse, disputing the first match in the sports facilities of the latter and avoiding wherever it is possible that they compete among themselves clubs from the same group.
Qualified teams
Matches
Third round
The eighteen winners of the previous qualifying round will be matched by drawing of lots, subject to the fact that those who obtained the best position in the league face those who got worse, disputing the first match in the sports facilities of the latter and avoiding wherever it is possible that they compete among themselves clubs from the same group.
Qualified teams
Matches
See also
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2018 Segunda División play-offs
The 2017–18 Segunda División play-offs were played from June 6 to June 17, 2018 and determined the third team which would be promoted to the top division. Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position excluding reserve teams took part in the promo ...
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2018 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2018 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) are the final playoffs for promotion from 2017–18 Segunda División B to the 2018–19 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each one of the four g ...
References
External links
Playoffs at Futbolme
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2017
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