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The 2007 Categoría Primera B season, officially known as the 2007 Copa Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of Colombia's second tier football league
Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is the second-division association football, football league in Colombia. The tournament was inaugura ...
since its founding. The competition began on 10 February and ended on 10 November 2007.
Envigado Envigado () is a city and municipality due South of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta, An ...
were the champions, winning both of the season's short tournaments to claim their second Primera B title as well as promotion to
Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...
.


Format

The season was split into two tournaments: ''Torneo I'' and ''Torneo II'', with three stages each. For both tournaments, the 18 participating teams were divided into two groups of nine teams each, with teams playing all teams in their group as well as one team from the other group twice. In ''Torneo I'', the groups were formed by geographical criteria, grouping nearby teams, while in the second tournament, geographical rivals were assigned to different groups. The top four teams of each group advanced to a semifinal group stage with two groups of four teams, which was also played in a double round-robin fashion, with the two group winners contesting the tournament finals. The winners of both of the season's tournaments would face each other in the season's grand final, with the champion being promoted at the end of the season and the runner-up playing the promotion/relegation playoff against the second-from-bottom team in the relegation table of the 2007 Primera A.


Teams

18 teams took part in the competition in this season. The 2006 Primera B champions
La Equidad Club Deportivo La Equidad, also known as La Equidad, is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. History La Equid ...
, who were promoted to
Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...
, were replaced by
Envigado Envigado () is a city and municipality due South of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta, An ...
, relegated from the top flight in the previous season. Pumas de Casanare ceased to exist at the end of the previous season, selling its license to
Real Santander Real Santander is a professional Colombian football team based in Bucaramanga, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Estadio Villa Concha in Piedecuesta, a municipality in the metropolitan area of B ...
who were based in Floridablanca, whilst
Expreso Rojo Tigres Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá that plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. History The history of the club began in 2002, when Expreso ...
relocated from Cartagena to
Fusagasugá Fusagasugá (; ) or Fusa is a city and municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, in central Colombia. It is located in the warm valley between the rivers Cuja and Panches, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. The mun ...
, Cundinamarca.


Torneo I


First stage


Group A


Group B


Semi-finals


Group A


Group B


Finals

---- ''Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Envigado won on penalties.''


Torneo II


First stage


Group A


Group B


Semi-finals


Group A


Group B


Finals

---- ''Envigado won 4–2 on aggregate.''


Grand final

The grand final was cancelled after
Envigado Envigado () is a city and municipality due South of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta, An ...
won the season's two short tournaments, promoting directly to
Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...
as Primera B champions. As runners-up of both the Torneo I and Torneo II,
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advanced to the promotion/relegation playoff as season runners-up.


Promotion/relegation playoff

The 2007 Categoría Primera B runners-up,
Academia An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
, had to play a two-legged tie against
Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several am ...
, the second worst team in the 2007 Primera A relegation table, for the final spot in the
2008 Categoría Primera A season The 2008 Categoría Primera A season was the 61st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 1 February and ended with the finals on 21 December. Boyacá Chicó won their first ever title in the Apertura tournament, be ...
. As the Primera A team, Deportivo Pereira played the second leg at home. ---- ''Deportivo Pereira won 4–2 on aggregate and remained in
Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...
.''


References


External links


Copa Mustang Official Page

Dimayor Official Page
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