Champions América (1st title) Dates 15 Feb 2016 – 18 Oct 2016 | Promoted América
Tigres Location Colombia | |
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Top goalscorer Juan Camilo Hernández (21 goals) Champion América de Cali (1st title) People also search for 2013 Categoría Primera B season | ||
The 2016 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2016 Torneo Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season since its founding.
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Format
The league retained the format used in the most recent season. The tournament was played in a year-round competition with the 16 teams playing the other teams twice on a home-and-away basis and playing a regional rival twice more for a total of 32 matches. The top eight teams after the thirty-two rounds advanced to the Semifinal round where the eight teams were sorted into two groups of four and played a double Round-robin tournament group stage. Both group winners earn promotion to the Categoría Primera A and also advanced to the Final round, which consisted of two legs to decide the winner.
Teams
a: Formerly known as Dépor.
b: Played at Polideportivo Sur in Envigado for most of the second half of the season.
c: Formerly known as Expreso Rojo.
Regular matches
Updated to games played on 17 October 2016.
Source: DIMAYOR
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Semifinals
The Semifinal stage began on October 22 and ended on November 28. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. Tigres and América topped their respective groups and as a result both advanced to the finals and were also promoted to the Categoría Primera A for the 2017 season.
Top goalscorers
Source: DIMAYOR