The 2014
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 ...
season is the 25th season since its founding and is officially called the 2014 Torneo
Postobón
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for sponsorship reasons.
Format
The season consisted of two tournaments: the 'Torneo Apertura' and the 'Torneo Finalización'.
The Apertura tournament will be divided into three stages. The First Stage will be contested on a home-and-away basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more. The top eight teams after eighteen rounds will advance to a knockout round, where they will be pitted into four ties to be played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winner of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament, which will be played on a home-and-away basis as well. The winner of this final qualifies for the season final. Meanwhile, the Finalizacion tournament will have a format of eighteen rounds with a round of regional derbies in the ninth round. At the end of the first eighteen rounds, the eight best-placed team will advance to the Semifinal round where teams will be sorted into groups and play a short double
Round-robin tournament
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group stage. The winner of each group will advance to the Final round, which will consist of two legs. The winner will also advance to the season final at the end of the Torneo Finalización, with its winner being promoted to the
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 ...
.
Current teams
Torneo Apertura
First stage
Standings
Results
Knockout round bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
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Top goalscorers
Source
Torneo Postobón
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Torneo Finalización
First stage
Standings
Results
Semifinals
The Semifinal stage began on November 2 and will end on November 26. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group will advance to the finals.
Group A
Group B
Finals
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Top goalscorers
Source
Torneo Postobón
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Final
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Aggregate table
Promotion/relegation playoff
Quindío, the 2014 Categoría Primera B runner-up, played the second worst team in the
Categoría Primera A relegation table,
Uniautónoma for a berth in the
2015 Categoría Primera A season
The 2015 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2015 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 68th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 30 January and concluded on 20 December.
20 teams ...
. As the Primera A team, Uniautónoma played the second leg at home. The winner was determined by points, followed by goal difference, then a penalty shootout. Uniautónoma defeated Quindío 2–0 on aggregate score and will remain in the top tier for the 2015 season.
References
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Categoría Primera B seasons
2014 in Colombian football
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