The 2015

Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division football league in Colombia. Format DIMAYOR has applied a new forma ...

season (officially known as the 2015 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season since its founding.

Format

16 teams competed in this

season, a decrease from 18 in the last season due to the expansion of the

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to 20 teams starting from this season and the realization of a special promotion tournament to promote 2 additional teams to the Primera A at the start of the season. The Primera B tournament itself changed to a year-round competition with the 16 teams playing the other teams twice on a home-and-away basis and playing a regional rival twice more for a total of 32 matches. The top eight teams after the thirty-two rounds advanced to the Semifinal round where the eight teams were sorted into two groups of four and played a double

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group stage. Both group winners earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A and also advanced to the Final round, which consisted of two legs and decided the season winner.

Teams

a: Only competed in the Promotion tournament.
b: América hosted their home games between February and August at Estadio Hernando Azcárate Martínez in

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and Estadio de Techo in

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due to the closure of the

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for the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships.
c: Depor hosted their home games between February and August at Estadio Cacique Jamundí in

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due to the closure of the

for the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships.

Promotion tournament

The promotion tournament, which decided the two Primera B teams that would play in Categoría Primera A for its 2015 season was played from 14 to 21 January in

by DIMAYOR's eight "A-Class" associates that were in Categoría Primera B at the time. Those eight teams were split into two groups of four teams, where they played each team in their group once.

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and

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finished on top of each group and earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A.

Group A

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Group B

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Primera B tournament

First stage

Standings

Results

=Regular matches

=Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on 8 November and ended on 30 November. The eight teams that advanced from the first round were sorted into two groups of four teams.

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and

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topped their groups, advancing to the finals and being also promoted to the

for the 2016 season.

Group A

Group B

Finals

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Top goalscorers

Source
DIMAYOR
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Aggregate table

References

External links

DIMAYOR's official website
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