The semi-professional categories of Spanish football have reached their final stretch. When the regular leagues ended, with the promotion of their respective champions, the moment of maximum excitement came with the contention of the various promotion playoffs to award the remaining places for the higher category. Specifically there are two for LaLiga Hypermotionfive for First Federation and nine for Second Federation.
Promotion playoff format
In First and Second Federation, the format is exactly the same. They qualify for playoffs Teams ranked from second to fifth place: second versus fifth play the first double-leg eliminator, and third versus fourth. Always against a rival from another group (in First Federation there are two groups and at Secondfive) and includes the second leg in the stadium of the club with the best classification in the regular league.
The teams that pass this first round (four in First Federation and ten to Second) will play each other from the highest rank to the lowest rank and in the event that clubs with similar classifications meet, a draw will be conducted to determine the order of the tie.
One more round for the Third Federation
In the case of playoff for promotion to the Second Federationthe teams ranked between second and fifth place will play two playoff rounds between teams from the same autonomous community, so they have already met during the regular league season.
So, the 18 playoff winners from each group of Third Federation, they have to face each other in the third and final double-legged round. Winners will get the desired promotion at Second Federation.
Be careful with the straps
But all the teams competing in the promotion playoff, if LaLiga Hypermotion, First Federation either Second Federation, they should keep in mind the unique nature of the RFEF implementation. And if the extra time ends in a tie, there are no penalties, but the winner is the team that got a better classification in the regular league. There will be only one penalty shootout in the second round with two teams having the same league standings.
Source: La Verdad
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