The 2020–21
Tercera División
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was the last for this league as the fourth tier of Spanish football. It began in October 2020 and ended in June 2021 with the second phase and promotion play-off final in the Canarian group.
Because the
Royal Spanish Football Federation
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RFEF organizes the natio ...
(RFEF) suspended the previous season on 11 March 2020 at the onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
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The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Spain on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in La Gomera, Canary Island ...
, the RFEF announced on 6 May the termination of that season, the revocation of all relegations from the
Segunda B and Tercera divisions, and the expansion of both leagues. Each regional federation was allowed to plan its own group for the 2020–21 season and as this season became somewhat shorter than usual, the RFEF recommended the subdivision of each region into two groups in the first phase for ease of scheduling, with a final phase in which the teams regrouped based on initial positions.
Also, the Tercera División dropped down to the fifth level and Segunda B to the fourth, with Tercera suffixing the federation's Spanish initials RFEF to its name and Segunda B replacing the B with those initials after the creation of a new, two-group, 40-team third division called
Primera Federación that would begin in 2021–22.
Competition format
*The top eligible teams in each initial group played in the promotion and play-off groups.
*The first placers of each final group qualified for the 2021–22 Copa del Rey. If the placer was a reserve team, the first non-reserve team qualified would join the Copa.
*In each relegation group, at least five or six teams were relegated to regional divisions.
First phase
Group 1 – Galicia
Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 2 –
Asturias
Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain.
It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 3 –
Cantabria
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 4 – Basque Country
Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 5 –
Catalonia
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 6 –
Valencian Community
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 7 –
Community of Madrid
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 8 –
Castile and León
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 9 – Eastern
Andalusia
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and Melilla
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 10 – Western
Andalusia
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and Ceuta
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 11 –
Balearic Islands
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 12 –
Canary Islands
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 13 –
Region of Murcia
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 14 –
Extremadura
Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...
Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 15 –
Navarre
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 16 –
La Rioja
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 17 –
Aragon
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Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Group 18 – Castilla-La Mancha
Teams and locations
Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Second phase
Promotion groups
Group 1C
Group 2C
Group 3C
Group 4C
Group 5C
Group 6C
Group 7C
Group 8C
Group 9C
Group 10C
Group 11C
Group 12C
Group 13C
Group 14C
Group 15C
Group 16C
Group 17C
Group 18C
Promotion play-off groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Group 11
Group 12
Group 13
Group 14
Group 15
Group 16
Group 17
Group 18
Relegation groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Group 11
Group 12
Group 13
Group 14
Group 15
Group 16
Group 17
Group 18
Play-offs
References
External links
Royal Spanish Football Federation website
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