The Tercera División de Paraguay (''Third Division of Paraguay'', in English), is the third division of Paraguayan

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. It is organized by the

Paraguayan Football Association The Paraguayan Football Association ( ; APF) (Guarani language, Guarani: ''Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu''), is the omnibus governing body of football (soccer), football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league system, Paraguayan fo ...

in the Asunción metropolitan area, and by the

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in the rest of the country. The winners, and sometimes runners-up of each tournaments are promoted to División Intermedia, the second-tier in the Paraguayan football league system. The Paraguayan Third Division is divided into three leagues: * The Primera División B Metropolitana (disputed by clubs within Asunción Metropolitan Area). * The Primera División B Nacional (disputed by clubs from outside Asunción Metropolitan Area). * The Campeonato Nacional de Interligas (disputed by representative teams of each of the 17 departments of Paraguay with the exception of the

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and the

Central Department Central () is a Departments of Paraguay, department in Paraguay. The capital is Areguá. With 1,883,927 inhabitants, it is the most populated of the 17 departments of Paraguay. It is also the smallest department, with a total area of . Geogra ...

, both part of Asunción Metropolitan Area).

Leagues

Primera División B Metropolitana

The Primera B Metropolitana is the metropolitan tournament of the Paraguayan third-tier division. Only teams from the

Gran Asunción Greater Asunción () is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción. It consists of twenty cities: Asunción itself, the capital, and the surrounding cities in Central Department. One in three Paraguayans live in this metrop ...

area a take part in this third division league. It is being played since 1939 and, as of 2023, the number of teams is 17.

Primera División B Nacional

The Primera B Nacional tournament is being played since 2011. Teams from the all departments of Paraguay (except Asunción and Central department) take part in this third division league. Since 2014, in even years the champion does not earn direct promotion, but gets the chance to play a repechage against the runner-up of the Primera División B, in odd years the champion is directly promoted and the runner-up is the one who wins the right to play the repechage.

Campeonato Nacional de Interligas

The Campeonato Nacional de Interligas is the biggest football event involving teams with combined players from different clubs of every regional leagues in Paraguay from all departments. The tournament is organized by UFI.

List of last champions

External links

List of Champions by Juan P. Andrés and Eli Schmerler
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Paraguayan Football Association Official website
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References

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