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1993 Torneo Descentralizado

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Season
  
1993

Top goalscorer
  
Waldir Sáenz (19)

Copa CONMEBOL
  
Sporting Cristal

Start date
  
1993

1993 Torneo Descentralizado

Champions
  
Universitario 11th Descentralizado title 14th professional title 21st Primera División title

Copa Libertadores
  
Universitario Alianza Lima

Relegated
  
Unión Huaral, Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca

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1992 Torneo Descentralizado

The 1993 Torneo Descentralizado was the 78th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. Universitario de Deportes conquered its twenty-first Primera División.

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Changes from 1992

  • Due to the 1993 Copa América, a minor tournament (1993 Torneo Intermedio) was played in the middle of the year between the 16 clubs. The winner would qualify for the 1994 Copa CONMEBOL.
  • The end-of-season Liguilla would feature 4 teams, instead of 6.
  • A preliminary round prior to the Liguilla would be played with the teams that placed 3 to 8 to determine the 3 teams that join the second-placed team in the Liguilla.
  • The third-to-last team in the Torneo Descentralizado plays a relegation playoff against Copa Perú runner-up.

    • Torneo Descentralizado

    The Torneo Descentralizado was played with as a double round-robin tournament. Universitario de Deportes as champions qualified for the 1994 Copa Libertadores. Alianza Lima advanced to the end-of-season Liguilla and received a bonus point for placing second. The teams that placed 3 to 8 advanced to a preliminary round.

    Defensor Lima remains in the First Division.

    Liguilla

    Alianza Lima started the Liguilla with a bonus point. Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal tied for first placed, forcing a playoff match to determine the second Peruvian club in the 1994 Copa Libertadores. Although Sporting Cristal lost the playoff match, they qualified for the 1994 Copa CONMEBOL after Deportivo Municipal declined to play in it.

    References

    1993 Torneo Descentralizado Wikipedia
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