Primera B Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English National B Division) is the second most important category of Argentine football organized by the Argentine Football Association.
It is played by teams from all over the country. Clubs from Buenos Aires surroundings, as well as some from Santa Fe province, are promoted from or relegated to the Primera B Metropolitana (Metropolitan B Division) while for teams from the other provinces the Torneo Argentino A (Argentine A Tournament)
is the next level down. In the league system of Argentine football,
Nacional B is the second-highest league, and from it the three best
teams are automatically promoted to Primera División.
For the 2014 season, teams participating are divided into two zones, A and B, playing each other a double round-robin tournament,
where every club plays every other club twice, once at home and once
away for a total of 20 fixtures. Teams receive three points for a win,
one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by
total points. At the end of the tournament, the five best placed teams
of each zone will directly promote to Primera División. There won't be relegations at the end of the season.
With the addition of ten teams promoted, a total of 30 teams will took part of the 2015 Primera División tournament.
The 2014 Argentine Primera B Nacional is the 29º season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 22 teams competed. For this season, AFA decided to change the structure in the Argentine football league system, because of this 10 teams will be promoted to Argentine Primera División, and there will be no relegations.
Source: http://www.afa.org.ar
http://www.defutbol.com.ar/pbn.html
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