2018 Peruvian promotion play-offs

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The 2018 Peruvian promotion play-offs or Cuadrangular de Ascenso 2018 was held in December 2018 with all games being played at Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao. The play-offs determined the third and fourth team to be promoted to the Torneo Descentralizado following that tournament's expansion. The teams place 2nd and 3rd in the 2018 Peruvian Segunda División and 2018 Copa Perú took part in the promotion play-offs. The top two placed team in the play-offs gained promotion in the 2019 Torneo Descentralizado and the bottom two qualified to the 2019 Peruvian Segunda División. [1]

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2018 Peruvian promotion play-off
Season2018
Promoted Carlos A. Mannucci
Alianza Universidad
Matches played6
Goals scored17 (2.83 per match)
Highest scoring Cienciano 32 Santos
(December 15)
2019

Background

The Peruvian Football Federation took control of the local domestic league from the Professional Football Sports Association, the tournament organizers, in 2018 and announced that the Peruvian first division tournament would be re-branded for 2019. With this re-branding, the tournament was expand from 16 to 18 teams. At the beginning of the 2018 season, it was announced that the teams that finished 2nd and 3rd in the bottom two tiers of the Peruvian football league system would compete on the promotion play-offs at the end of the year to decide which two teams would receive the expansion slots. [2]

Road to the play-offs

Segunda División

Liguilla

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Universidad César Vallejo (s) 1 2 3
6 Juan Aurich 3 0 3
4 Unión Huaral 1 2 3
6 Juan Aurich 3 1 4
1 Universidad César Vallejo 1 3 4
2 Carlos A. Mannucci 1 1 2
2 Carlos A. Mannucci 1 5 6
8 Atlético Grau 1 2 3
2 Carlos A. Mannucci 0 5 5
3 Cienciano 2 2 4
3 Cienciano 1 3 4
7 Alianza Atlético 1 0 1
Third-place play-off
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Juan Aurich 3–4 Cienciano 2–11–3

Carlos A. Mannucci and Cienciano advanced to the promotion play-offs.

Copa Perú

Final group stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Pirata 3201113+86 2019 Liga 1
2 Alianza Universidad 320184+46 Promotion Play-off
3 Santos 310251053
4 UDA 31022973
Source: Dechalaca.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.

Alianza Universidad and Santos advanced to the promotion play-offs.

Promotion play-offs

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Carlos A. Mannucci 321053+27 2019 Liga 1
2 Alianza Universidad 312053+25
3 Cienciano 31114404 2019 Liga 2
4 Santos 30033740
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) draw.
Alianza Universidad 11 Cienciano
Conde Soccerball shade.svg77' Report Sen Soccerball shade.svg35'
Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao
Referee: Micke Palomino
Santos 12 Carlos A. Mannucci
Romero Soccerball shade.svg88' Report Lagos Soccerball shade.svg61'
Naranjo Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao
Referee: Renzo Castañeda
Cienciano 32 Santos
Ross Soccerball shade.svg45'
Sen Soccerball shade.svg53'Soccerball shade.svg61'
Coronado Soccerball shade.svg16'Soccerball shade.svg42'
Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao
Referee: Jesús Cartagena
Carlos A. Mannucci 22 Alianza Universidad
Noronha Soccerball shade.svg10'Soccerball shade.svg42' Portilla Soccerball shade.svg26'
Durán Soccerball shade.svg63'
Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez
Alianza Universidad 20 Santos
Encinas Soccerball shade.svg15'
Durán Soccerball shade.svg38'
Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao
Referee: Augusto Menéndez
Carlos A. Mannucci 10 Cienciano
Lagos Soccerball shade.svg49'
Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao
Referee: Kevin Ortega

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References

  1. "Así se jugará el Cuadrangular que otorga dos ascensos más a Primera". ADFP-SD. 7 December 2018.
  2. "Segunda confirma un cupo al ascenso y dos posibilidades más para estar en Primera". www.adfp-sd.com (in Spanish). 1 April 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.