The 2020 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from
2019–20 Tercera División
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to
2020–21 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each group took part in the play-off.
Format
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the format was changed to an "express play-off" between the four first qualified teams of each group at the moment of the suspension, without meeting teams from other groups.
Playoffs were played, if possible, in a final four format at neutral venues and depending on the evolution of the pandemic in each region, with spectators or behind closed doors. In case of a draw in any game there were no penalty shootout or overtime; the best-positioned team in the regular season will qualify.
Only one team per group were promoted. The group champions that will not win promotion in the first stage will play an additional playoff to be determined for two more promotions. All teams could have refused to play one another if they wanted. However, there were no withdrawals.
Semifinals were played on 18 and 19 July, and most finals on 25 July.
Qualified teams
Group 1 – Galicia
Playoffs were played at
Balaídos,
Vigo
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.
Group 2 –
Asturias
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It is coextensiv ...
Playoffs were played at
Román Suárez Puerta,
Avilés.
Group 3 –
Cantabria
Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...
Playoffs were played at Fernando Astorbiza, Sarón,
Santa María de Cayón.
Group 4 – Basque Country
Playoffs were played at Sarriena,
Leioa
Leioa ( es, Lejona) is a municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is located south of Getxo and Berango delimitating east and south with Erandio, Portugalete and Sestao. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation. Its populat ...
. The final was postponed due to a COVID-19 positive case of a person related to a player of Portugalete.
[Aplazado el Portugalete-Sestao River por un caso de coronavirus]
(Portugalete-Sestao River postponed due to coronavirus case), El Mundo (in Spanish), 25 July 2020
Group 5 –
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...
Playoffs were played at Estadio Municipal,
Badalona.
Group 6 –
Valencian Community
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Playoffs were played at Estadio Luis Suñer Picó,
Alzira Alzira may refer to:
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;
Estadio El Collao
El Collao Stadium is located on Calle Oliver in the city of Alcoy (Alicante), Spain. It is the ground of CD Alcoyano
Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded i ...
,
Alcoy
Alcoy ( ca-valencia, Alcoi) is an industrial and university city, region and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoy. The local authority reported a population of 61,135 res ...
and
Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano,
La Nucía
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La Nucia is located in ...
.
Group 7 –
Community of Madrid
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Playoffs were played at Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas,
Madrid
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.
Group 8 – Castile and León
Playoffs were played at
Estadio Nueva Balastera
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Constr ...
,
Palencia
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Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half o ...
.
Group 9 – Eastern
Andalusia
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and
Melilla
Playoffs were played at
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,
Marbella
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.
Group 10 – Western
Andalusia
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and
Ceuta
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Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...
Playoffs were played at
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In Angola:
* Estádio Municipal de Benguela, in Benguela
In Argentina ...
,
Marbella
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.
Group 11 – Balearic Islands
Playoffs were played at Estadi Municipal,
Santanyí.
Group 12 – Canary Islands
Playoffs were played at Campo Municipal,
La Frontera.
Group 13 –
Region of Murcia
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Playoffs were played at Pinatar Arena,
San Pedro del Pinatar.
Group 14 –
Extremadura
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Semifinals were played at
Estadio Romano
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On 9 September 2009, the ...
,
Mérida, while the final at
Francisco de la Hera,
Almendralejo.
Group 15 – Navarre
Playoffs were played at
Merkatondoa,
Estella-Lizarra
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The town was founded in 1090 when the place, lying by ...
.
Group 16 –
La Rioja
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Playoffs were played at
Las Gaunas,
Logroño
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.
Group 17 – Aragon
Playoffs were played at Estadio Pedro Sancho,
Zaragoza
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.
Group 18 –
Castilla–La Mancha
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Playoffs were played at Manuel Delgado Meco,
Alcázar de San Juan
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.
Repechage
Group champions that did not promote after their stages were eligible to play a new playoff for the two last spots. After the suspension of the Basque Country final, the
RFEF
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agreed to close the competition to four teams, excluding
Portugalete
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The town has 45,766 inhabitants (2019 census) and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located a ...
in case of losing the final. The two matches were drawn on 28 July.
The two matches would be played at
La Ciudad del Fútbol
( en, The Football City of the Royal Spanish Football Federation) is a football training facility opened in 2003, serving as the headquarters of the Royal Spanish Football Federation as well as the official training centre of the Spanish footbal ...
, in
Las Rozas de Madrid
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, at 22:00
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. However, the whole repechage was suspended just two hours before the match between Lealtad and Alcoyano due to several positive cases at
Marino squad. On 10 August the RFEF granted the promotion of the four teams involved due to the limited availability of dates to play the matches.
Promoted teams
See also
*
2020 Segunda División play-offs
The 2019–20 Segunda División play-offs were played from 13 August to 23 August 2020 and determined the third team promoted to La Liga for the following season. Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position took part in the promotion play-offs.
Reg ...
*
2020 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2020 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) are the final play-offs for promotion from 2019–20 Segunda División B to the 2020–21 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each one of the four ...
References
External links
Playoffs at Futbolme
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2020
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play-offs
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