2018 Segunda División B play-offs

The 2018 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) are the final playoffs for promotion from 2017–18 Segunda División B to the 2018–19 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each one of the four groups qualify for the promotion playoffs and the four last placed teams in Segunda División are relegated to Segunda División B. It also decides the teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2018–19 Tercera División.

Format[]

The four group winners have the opportunity to promote directly and become the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners will be drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners will be promoted to the Segunda División and will enter into the final for the Segunda División B champion. The two losing semifinalists will enter the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.

The four group runners-up will be drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams will be drawn against each other in a two-legged series. The six winners will advance with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club will play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw will determine the club to play at home first.

Controversies about eligibility of teams[]

Despite the ineligibility of Deportivo Fabril for promotion, due to the relegation of Deportivo La Coruña to Segunda División, the reserve team participated in the promotion playoffs.^[1] Fuenlabrada and Rápido de Bouzas demanded the Royal Spanish Football Federation to not allow the Galicians to play, by filing a lawsuit.^[2]

In another way, some rumours were published in the media about Racing Santander demanding the Federation not allow Sporting Gijón B to play, even though the reserve team of the rojiblancos could be promoted if the main side is promoted to La Liga. However, the Cantabrian club denied that information.^[3]

Group Winners Promotion Play-off[]

Qualified teams[]

Group	Team
1	Rayo Majadahonda
2	Mirandés
3	Mallorca
4	Cartagena

Bracket[]

	Semifinals						Finals
	Mallorca	3	0	3
	Mirandés	1	0	1
							Mallorca	2	1	3
							Rayo Majadahonda	1	0	1
	Cartagena	2	0	2
	Rayo Majadahonda (a)	1	1	2

Matches[]

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cartagena	2–2 (a)	Rayo Majadahonda	2–1	0–1
Mallorca	3–1	Mirandés	3–1	0–0

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Promoted to Segunda División
Mallorca (One year later)	Rayo Majadahonda (First time ever)

Final[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mallorca	3–1	Rayo Majadahonda	2–1	1–0

Segunda División B 2017–18 champions
Mallorca

Non-champions Promotion Play-off[]

First round[]

Qualified teams[]

Matches[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celta B	2–2 (5–4 p)	Marbella	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Cornellà	2–4	Sporting Gijón B	2–2	0–2
Bilbao Athletic	3–3 (a)	Villarreal B	1–3	2–0
Extremadura	4–4 (a)	Deportivo Fabril	2–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Murcia	2–4	Elche	0–1	2–3
Fuenlabrada	1–1 (a)	Real Sociedad B	0–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Second round[]

Qualified teams[]

Matches[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Extremadura	2–1	Mirandés	0–1	2–0
Celta B	0–1	Cartagena	0–0	0–1
Elche	4–2	Sporting Gijón B	2–1	2–1
Fuenlabrada	0–2	Villarreal B	0–0	0–2

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Third round[]

Qualified teams[]

Matches[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Elche	3–2	Villarreal B	2–0	1–2
Extremadura	1–0	Cartagena	1–0	0–0

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Promoted to Segunda División
Elche (One year later)	Extremadura (First time ever)

Relegation play-off[]

Qualified teams[]

Group	Position	Team
1	16th	Coruxo
2	16th	Izarra
3	16th	Llagostera
4	16th	Mérida

Matches[]

The losers of this tournament will be relegated to the 2018–19 Tercera División.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Llagostera	0–1	Izarra	0–0	0–1
Mérida	2–2 (a)	Coruxo	2–2	0–0

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Relegated to Tercera División
Mérida (3 years later)	Llagostera (7 years later)

References[]