Torneo Argentino A

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The Torneo Federal A , formerly Torneo Argentino A , is one of the two divisions on the third level in the league system of the Argentine Asociación del Fútbol Argentino . The tournament is played by teams outside the Buenos Aires area and is divided into a group stage and a knockout round.

Like the top leagues, the Argentino A was divided into an Apertura and Clausura system until 2007 , so two championships were played per year. The tournament has lasted for a year since the 2007/08 season.

Competition mode

First phase

In the first phase, the teams are divided into three zones with 8 teams each. In each group everyone plays against everyone 4 times. That adds up to 28 games for each team. After that, all teams continue to play in the 2nd phase, but the teams are split up. The 3 best teams from each zone (9 teams in total) play in the championship phase (Campeonato phase). The 15 remaining teams play against each other in the "Revalida" phase.

Second phase

"Campeonato" phase

In this phase the 9 teams from the first phase play each against each other. In this round, each team therefore has 8 games. The best team is automatically promoted to the Liga Nacional B. The other 8 teams start again in the 3rd phase.

Phase "Revalida"

The remaining 15 teams are divided into 3 groups of 5 teams each. There everyone plays against everyone 2 times. The 3 group winners and the team that has the most points if you add up the first phase and the Revalida phase (with the exception of the 3 group winners) move on to phase 4. That means that a total of 4 teams advance. The remaining 11 teams are combined in a final phase ("Régimen de Descenso y Promoción").

"Regimen de Descenso y Promoción"

At the beginning of this phase, the total points of the 11 teams from the first phase and the "Revalida" phase are added up. The tenth and eleventh placed teams are automatically relegated to the Torneo Argentino B. The eighth and ninth placed teams play in the relegation against 2 teams from the Torneo Argentino B.

Third phase

In the 3rd phase, the 8 teams from the "Campeonato" phase play against each other. The first plays against the eighth, the second against the seventh, etc. in the return leg. The winning teams move up to the 4th phase.

Fourth phase

In this phase, the promoted players from the 3rd phase play against the promoted players from the "Revalida" phase. Again, 8 teams play against each other. There is always one team from the 3rd phase, twice against one from the "Revalida" phase. The 4 winning teams continue to play in the 5th phase.

Fifth phase

The 4 teams from the 4th phase play against each other. The first of the overall table from the 1st phase against the fourth, as well as the second against the third. The two winning teams play against each other in the 6th phase.

Sixth phase

The two teams from the 5th phase play against each other twice and the winning team plays relegation against a team from the Liga Nacional B.

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