The 2010

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season is the 34th season of

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's top-flight professional football league. The season is split into two championships—the

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and the

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—and the Torneo de Invierno

Format

The 2009 season will be divided into two championships and a cup, each with their own format. Campeonato Apertura The Apertura championship will be divided into two phases. The first phase will have the twelve teams divided into two groups. The teams will play within each group, in addition to a cross-group rivalry (for example: Oriente vs. Blooming). The best-three teams in each group will advance to the Winner's Hexagonal, while the rest of the teams will play the Loser's Hexagonal. In each hexagonal, each team will play within each group. The winner of the Winner's Hexagonal will be declared the champion and will qualify to 2011 Copa Libertadores with the ''Bolivia 2'' berth. The runner-up will qualify to the

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with the ''Bolivia 1'' berth and the winner of the Loser's Hexagonal will qualify to

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with the ''Bolivia 3'' berth. Torneo de Invierno The Torneo de Invierno ( en, Winter Tournament) will be what was traditionally known as the Play-Off. The first stage will have the twelve teams play against a local rival over two legs. The winners of each tie and the two best losers will advance to the quarterfinals. The cup will continue on a single-elimination basis with two legs per stage. The winner will qualify to the

as the ''Bolivia 3'' berth. Campeonato Clausura The Clausura championship will be a double round-robin league format. The team with the most points after the twenty-two rounds will be declared the champion and will qualify to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the ''Bolivia 1'' berth. The runner-up will qualify to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the ''Bolivia 3'' berth and the third placed-team will qualify to the

with the ''Bolivia 2'' berth. Relegation Relegation will be determined after the Clausura. The team with the worst two-year average will be relegated to the Regional Leagues, while the next-worst team will contest a playoff against the runner-up of the 2010 Copa Simón Bolívar.

Teams

The number of teams for 2010 remains the same.

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finished last in the 2009 relegation table and was relegated to the

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. They were replaced by the 2009 Copa Simón Bolívar champion Guabirá, who last played in the LFPB in 2008.

Campeonato Apertura

The Campeonato Apertura (officially the Campeonato Apertura

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for sponsorship reasons) is the first championship of this season. The championship began on February 20 and ended June 9, two days before the start of the

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at South Africa.

First phase

Serie A

Standings Results

Serie B

Standings Results

Inter-series results

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Second phase

The Second Phase began on May 8.

Winner's Hexagonal

Standings Results

Loser's Hexagonal

Standings Results

Top goalscorers

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Torneo de Invierno

The Torneo de Invierno (officially the Torneo de Invierno

for sponsorship reasons) will be played in the middle of this season, concurrent to the

. The winner will earn the ''Bolivia 3'' berth for the

First stage

The first phase will be contested over a series of six regional derbies (rivalries). The winners of each tie will be determined in a manner similar to the

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Second stage

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Semifinals

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Finals

, 2–0 , 2–5 , 1–1 , 5–6 As Oriente Petrolero later qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores through the Clausura, San José qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.

Campeonato Clausura

The Campeonato Clausura (officially the Campeonato Clausura

for sponsorship reasons) will be the second championship of this season.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

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Relegation

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Source:

Relegation/promotion playoff

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References

External links

Official website of the LFPB

Official season regulations
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