The 2016
Categoría Primera B 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
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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 Envigado 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
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topped their respective groups and as a result both advanced to the finals and were also promoted to the
Categoría Primera A
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for the
2017 season.
Group A
Group B
Finals
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Top goalscorers
Source
DIMAYOR
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Aggregate table
References
External links
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