2020 Tercera División play-offs

The 2020 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2019–20 Tercera División to 2020–21 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each group took part in the play-off.

Format

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format was changed to an "express play-off" between the four first qualified teams of each group at the moment of the suspension, without meeting teams from other groups.^[1]

Playoffs were played, if possible, in a final four format at neutral venues and depending on the evolution of the pandemic in each region, with spectators or behind closed doors. In case of a draw in any game there were no penalty shootout or overtime; the best-positioned team in the regular season will qualify.^[2]

Only one team per group were promoted. The group champions that will not win promotion in the first stage will play an additional playoff to be determined for two more promotions. All teams could have refused to play one another if they wanted. However, there were no withdrawals.^[3]

Semifinals were played on 18 and 19 July, and most finals on 25 July.

Qualified teams

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4		Group 5		Group 6
1	Compostela	1	Lealtad	1	Laredo	1	Portugalete	1	L'Hospitalet	1	Alcoyano
2	Ourense CF	2	Llanera	2	Gimnástica Torrelavega	2	Sestao River	2	Terrassa	2	Alzira
3	Arosa	3	Covadonga	3	Rayo Cantabria	3	Vitoria	3	Europa	3	Atzeneta
4	Barco	4	Caudal	4	Tropezón	4	Basconia	4	Sant Andreu	4	Intercity
Group 7		Group 8		Group 9		Group 10		Group 11		Group 12
1	Navalcarnero	1	Zamora	1	Linares	1	Betis Deportivo	1	Poblense	1	Marino
2	Unión Adarve	2	Gimnástica Segoviana	2	El Ejido	2	Ciudad de Lucena	2	Ibiza Islas Pitiusas	2	Tenisca
3	Alcorcón B	3	Arandina	3	Motril	3	Xerez Deportivo	3	Mallorca B	3	UD San Fernando
4	Alcalá	4	Numancia B	4	Jaén	4	Utrera	4	Felanitx	4	Tamaraceite
Group 13		Group 14		Group 15		Group 16		Group 17		Group 18
1	Lorca Deportiva	1	Villanovense	1	Mutilvera	1	SD Logroñés	1	Tarazona	1	Socuéllamos
2	Atlético Pulpileño	2	Coria	2	San Juan	2	Varea	2	Teruel	2	Quintanar del Rey
3	Mar Menor	3	Cacereño	3	Beti Kozkor	3	Casalarreina	3	Brea	3	Guadalajara
4	Mazarrón	4	Extremadura B	4	Pamplona	4	Arnedo	4	Deportivo Aragón	4	Toledo

Teams in bold promoted to Segunda B
Teams in italics are group leaders that promoted after the suspension of the repechage

Group 1 – Galicia

Playoffs were played at Balaídos, Vigo.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Compostela	3
		25 July
Barco	1
		Compostela	1
19 July
		Ourense CF	1
Ourense CF	2

Arosa	1

Group 2 – Asturias

Playoffs were played at Román Suárez Puerta, Avilés.^[4]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Lealtad	0
		25 July
Caudal	1
		Caudal	0
19 July
		Covadonga	2
Llanera	2

Covadonga	3

Group 3 – Cantabria

Playoffs were played at Fernando Astorbiza, Sarón, Santa María de Cayón.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Laredo	3
		25 July
Tropezón	1
		Laredo	2
19 July
		Gimnástica Torrelavega	0
Gimnástica Torrelavega	1

Rayo Cantabria	1

Group 4 – Basque Country

Playoffs were played at Sarriena, Leioa. The final was postponed due to a COVID-19 positive case of a person related to a player of Portugalete.^[5]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Portugalete	1
		8 August
Basconia	0
		Portugalete	1
19 July
		Sestao River	0
Sestao River	0

Vitoria	0

Group 5 – Catalonia

Playoffs were played at Estadio Municipal, Badalona.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

L'Hospitalet	0
		25 July
Sant Andreu	0
		L'Hospitalet	1
19 July
		Terrassa	1
Terrassa	1

Europa	0

Group 6 – Valencian Community

Playoffs were played at Estadio Luis Suñer Picó, Alzira; Estadio El Collao, Alcoy and Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano, La Nucía.^[6]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July – Alzira

Alcoyano	0
		25 July – La Nucía
Intercity	0
		Alcoyano	0
19 July – Alcoy
		Atzeneta	1
Alzira	1

Atzeneta	3

Group 7 – Community of Madrid

Playoffs were played at Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas, Madrid.^[7]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Navalcarnero	1
		25 July
Alcalá	1
		Navalcarnero	1
19 July
		Alcorcón B	1
Unión Adarve	1

Alcorcón B	3

Group 8 – Castile and León

Playoffs were played at Estadio Nueva Balastera, Palencia.^[8]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Zamora	2
		25 July
Numancia B	1
		Zamora	2
19 July
		Gimnástica Segoviana	1
Gimnástica Segoviana	0

Arandina	0

Group 9 – Eastern Andalusia and Melilla

Playoffs were played at Estadio Municipal, Marbella.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Linares	0
		25 July
Jaén	1
		Jaén	1
19 July
		El Ejido	1
El Ejido	3

Motril	2

Group 10 – Western Andalusia and Ceuta

Playoffs were played at Estadio Municipal, Marbella.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Betis Deportivo	3
		25 July
Utrera	1
		Betis Deportivo	4
19 July
		Ciudad de Lucena	1
Ciudad de Lucena	1

Xerez Deportivo	1

Group 11 – Balearic Islands

Playoffs were played at Estadi Municipal, Santanyí.^[9]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Poblense	1
		25 July
Felanitx	1
		Poblense	2
19 July
		Mallorca B	1
Ibiza Islas Pitiusas	0

Mallorca B	1

Group 12 – Canary Islands

Playoffs were played at Campo Municipal, La Frontera.^[10]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Marino	0
		25 July
Tamaraceite	1
		Tamaraceite	2
19 July
		UD San Fernando	1
Tenisca	0

UD San Fernando	4

Group 13 – Region of Murcia

Playoffs were played at Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar.^[11]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Lorca Deportiva	0
		25 July
Mazarrón	0
		Lorca Deportiva	1
19 July
		Atlético Pulpileño	1
Atlético Pulpileño	0

Mar Menor	0

Group 14 – Extremadura

Semifinals were played at Estadio Romano, Mérida, while the final at Francisco de la Hera, Almendralejo.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Villanovense	2
		25 July
Extremadura B	0
		Villanovense	1
19 July
		Cacereño	1
Coria	0

Cacereño	1

Group 15 – Navarre

Playoffs were played at Merkatondoa, Estella-Lizarra.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Mutilvera	0
		25 July
Pamplona	0
		Mutilvera	1
19 July
		Beti Kozkor	0
San Juan	2

Beti Kozkor	4

Group 16 – La Rioja

Playoffs were played at Las Gaunas, Logroño.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

SD Logroñés	2
		25 July
Arnedo	0
		SD Logroñés	1
19 July
		Varea	1
Varea	1

Casalarreina	0

Group 17 – Aragon

Playoffs were played at Estadio Pedro Sancho, Zaragoza.^[12]

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Tarazona	1
		25 July
Deportivo Aragón	0
		Tarazona	3
19 July
		Brea	0
Teruel	1

Brea	2

Group 18 – Castilla–La Mancha

Playoffs were played at Manuel Delgado Meco, Alcázar de San Juan.

Semi-finals		Final

18 July

Socuéllamos	1
		25 July
Toledo	0
		Socuéllamos	0
19 July
		Guadalajara	0
Quintanar del Rey	1

Guadalajara	2

Repechage

Group champions that did not promote after their stages were eligible to play a new playoff for the two last spots. After the suspension of the Basque Country final, the RFEF agreed to close the competition to four teams, excluding Portugalete in case of losing the final. The two matches were drawn on 28 July.^[13]

The two matches would be played at La Ciudad del Fútbol, in Las Rozas de Madrid, at 22:00 CEST. However, the whole repechage was suspended just two hours before the match between Lealtad and Alcoyano due to several positive cases at Marino squad.^[14] On 10 August the RFEF granted the promotion of the four teams involved due to the limited availability of dates to play the matches.^[15]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lealtad	Cancelled	Alcoyano
Marino	Cancelled	Linares

Promoted teams

Promoted to Segunda División B
Alcoyano (One year later)	Atzeneta (First time ever)	Betis Deportivo (2 years later)	Compostela (4 years later)	Covadonga (First time ever)	El Ejido (One year later)	L'Hospitalet (3 years later)	Laredo (30 years later)	Lealtad (2 years later)	Lorca Deportiva (2 years later)	Linares (3 years later)
Marino (7 years later)	Mutilvera (3 years later)	Navalcarnero (One year later)	Poblense (31 years later)	Portugalete (4 years later)	SD Logroñés (6 years later)	Socuéllamos (3 years later)	Tamaraceite (First time ever)	Tarazona (First time ever)	Villanovense (One year later)	Zamora (5 years later)

References

^ "La RFEF avanza a los clubes las líneas en las que trabaja para la disputa de los play-off que pondrán fin a la temporada" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 May 2020.
^ "Circular nº 66" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ "Pleno de inscripciones para los play-off de 2ªB, 3º, 1ª de Fútbol Sala y Primera Nacional femenina" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 4 June 2020.
^ "El Suárez Puerta albergará el playoff exprés" (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 21 May 2020.
^ Aplazado el Portugalete-Sestao River por un caso de coronavirus (Portugalete-Sestao River postponed due to coronavirus case), El Mundo (in Spanish), 25 July 2020
^ "La Nucía acogerá final y Alzira y Alcoy semifinales de promoción sin público". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "ALCALÁ DE HENARES | El playoff madrileño de Segunda B cambia de sede" (in Spanish). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "La Nueva Balastera de Palencia acogerá el play off de ascenso a Segunda B". Cadena Ser (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "Santanyí acogerá el playoff de ascenso a Segunda B". Mallorcadiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "Frontera sede del play off de ascenso a Segunda B". El Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "Pinatar Arena sí acogerá los play off regionales de ascenso a Segunda B y Tercera". Murcia Arena (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "De Balaídos al Delgado Meco, todas las sedes de los playoff de ascenso a Segunda B". ABC.es (in Spanish). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "El Lealtad conocerá mañana su rival para la repesca" (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 27 July 2020.
^ "Se suspenden los partidos de la Fase Adicional de Ascenso de Tercera División" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 August 2020.
^ "Suben a 2ªB los cuatro equipos que no pudieron disputar la fase adicional de ascenso de 3ª División". RFEF (in Spanish). 10 August 2020.

External links

Playoffs at Futbolme

[1] "La RFEF avanza a los clubes las líneas en las que trabaja para la disputa de los play-off que pondrán fin a la temporada" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 May 2020.

[2] "Circular nº 66" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[3] "Pleno de inscripciones para los play-off de 2ªB, 3º, 1ª de Fútbol Sala y Primera Nacional femenina" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 4 June 2020.

[4] "El Suárez Puerta albergará el playoff exprés" (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 21 May 2020.

[caso-5] Aplazado el Portugalete-Sestao River por un caso de coronavirus (Portugalete-Sestao River postponed due to coronavirus case), El Mundo (in Spanish), 25 July 2020

[6] "La Nucía acogerá final y Alzira y Alcoy semifinales de promoción sin público". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[7] "ALCALÁ DE HENARES | El playoff madrileño de Segunda B cambia de sede" (in Spanish). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[8] "La Nueva Balastera de Palencia acogerá el play off de ascenso a Segunda B". Cadena Ser (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[9] "Santanyí acogerá el playoff de ascenso a Segunda B". Mallorcadiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[10] "Frontera sede del play off de ascenso a Segunda B". El Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[11] "Pinatar Arena sí acogerá los play off regionales de ascenso a Segunda B y Tercera". Murcia Arena (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[12] "De Balaídos al Delgado Meco, todas las sedes de los playoff de ascenso a Segunda B". ABC.es (in Spanish). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[13] "El Lealtad conocerá mañana su rival para la repesca" (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 27 July 2020.

[14] "Se suspenden los partidos de la Fase Adicional de Ascenso de Tercera División" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 August 2020.

[15] "Suben a 2ªB los cuatro equipos que no pudieron disputar la fase adicional de ascenso de 3ª División". RFEF (in Spanish). 10 August 2020.

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