The Primera División B (''First Division B'': in English), also known as Primera División B Metropolitana or simply Primera B Metropolitana in order to distinguish it from the

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, is the metropolitan tournament of the Paraguayan Tercera División. 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 ...

metropolitan area and

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 ...

take part in this third division league. Teams from all other parts of Paraguay that are not part of the Gran Asunción area play the

tournament in order to get promoted to the Paraguayan Division Intermedia.Abc Color (ed.
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number of teams
rules and names for the tournament have changed, but as of now it is called "Primera División C" (and no more "Primera de Ascenso"). For the 2021 season, 17 teams take part. The champion of this league gains the right to participate in the

Paraguayan División Intermedia The División Intermedia (), also known as the Segunda División (), is the third highest professional football league in Paraguay. It is organized by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. Overview Since 1910 the second division tournaments have ...

and the second placed team plays a play-off game against the second placed team of the

(country third division tournament), to decide who will play in Paraguay's second division of football. The last one or two teams are relegated to the fourth division (called "Primera División C") for teams from

Teams (2023)

Geographical distribution

List of champions

Source:Juan P. Andrés and Eli Schmerler (September 14, 2010) RSSSF (ed.
List of Champions
Retrieved December 6, 2012

Tercera División

Segunda de Ascenso

Primera de Ascenso

Primera División B

Titles by club

List of goalscorers

References

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