The 1994 Paraguayan Primera División Championship was the 84th season of the

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, the top-flight football league in

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, organized by the Paraguayan Football League (LPF). In the end,

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan Association football, football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero (Asunción), Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Paraguayan Primera División, Primera División titles ...

won their 23rd national title by defeating Olimpia in the final match.

Competition system

The tournament was played in two stages using a single round-robin format, meaning each team played 19 matches. The winners of each stage faced each other in a final to determine the overall champion. Due to a reform in the championship structure, six teams from outside the capital were included in the tournament. The six promoted clubs were: * Deportivo Boquerón *

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* Club Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco) * Club 8 de Diciembre *

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* Club Guaraní (Coronel Oviedo)

Annual club changes

Participating teams

First stage

Standings

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Second stage

Standings

Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Final match

Qualification for international cups

* Two teams qualified for the 1995 Copa Libertadores: the champions (

) and the runners-up ( Olimpia).

Relegation

Aggregate points

The aggregate points of a team are the sum of those earned in the first and second stages of the 1994 Championship. This determined, at the end of the tournament, the relegation to the

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of the team that finished last in the table. Pos=Position; Pld=Played; W=Won; D=Drawn; L=Lost; GF=Goals for; GA=Goals against; GD=Goal difference; Pts=Points

Additional relegations

Due to a structural reorganization of the tournament, teams that did not belong to the metropolitan area of Asunción were excluded from the following championship, and thus the five remaining clubs from the countryside were returned to their respective regional leagues. In addition, River Plate and

Sportivo Trinidense Sportivo Trinidense is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of Santísima Trinidad, in Asunción. The club was founded on 11 August 1935. Their home games are played at the Estadio Martín Torres. Their traditional rival is Rubio Ñu ...

were relegated to the

as they were the two lowest-ranked teams from the metropolitan area based on accumulated points.

References

{{Reflist 1994 in South American football leagues Paraguayan Primera División seasons