The 2016

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 form ...

season (officially known as the 2016 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season since its founding.

Format

The league retained the format used in the most recent season. The tournament was played in 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 Round-robin tournament group stage. Both group winners earn promotion to the Categoría Primera A and also advanced to the Final round, which consisted of two legs to decide the winner.

Teams

a: Formerly known as ''Dépor''.
b: Played at Polideportivo Sur in

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for most of the second half of the season.
c: Formerly known as ''Expreso Rojo''.

First stage

Standings

Results

Regular matches

Regional derbies (Rounds 8 & 24)

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on October 22 and ended on November 28. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. Tigres and América de Cali topped their respective groups and as a result both advanced to the finals and were also promoted to the Categoría Primera A for the 2017 season.

Group A

Group B

Finals

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Top goalscorers

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Aggregate table

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Categoria Primera B season Categoría Primera B seasons 1 Colombia