The 2021 Primera B de Chile, also known as Campeonato Ascenso Betsson 2021 for sponsorship purposes, was the 67th season of the Campeonato Nacional Primera B, Chile's second-tier football league. The season started on 3 April 2021.
Coquimbo Unido were the champions, winning their fourth title in the competition as well as clinching promotion to Primera División with a 2–1 victory over Fernandez Vial on 13 November, the last matchday of the regular season.
Format The tournament was played by 16 teams, 12 returning from the previous season, three relegated from Campeonato Nacional (Coquimbo Unido, Deportes Iquique and Universidad de Concepción), and the Segunda División Profesional champions. The 16 teams play each other in a double round-robin tournament (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches. The top team at the end of the 30 rounds was the champion and was promoted to the Campeonato Nacional for its 2022 season, with the next four teams playing a play-off stage with its winner qualifying for a promotion/relegation play-off against the 15th-placed team of the Campeonato Nacional. On the other hand, the bottom-placed team of the table was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.
Teams Originally, Lautaro de Buin were to take part in the competition as 2020 Segunda División Profesional champions, but the club was suspended per ruling by ANFP's Court of Justice due to irregularities with the contracts of their players, and later expelled from the ANFP on 5 May 2021. Following an appeal by Lautaro de Buin, on 10 June 2021 the original ruling was changed to a six-point deduction in the Segunda División standings, thereby losing the first place and declaring Fernandez Vial as Segunda División champions, who in turn also took Lautaro's place in Primera B.
Stadia and locations
ClubCityStadiumCapacityBarnecheaSantiago (Lo Barnechea)Municipal de Lo Barnechea3,000CobreloaCalamaZorros del Desierto12,346 Coquimbo UnidoCoquimboFrancisco Sánchez Rumoroso18,750Deportes CopiapóCopiapóLuis Valenzuela Hermosilla8,000Deportes IquiqueIquiqueTierra de Campeones13,171Deportes Puerto MonttPuerto MonttChinquihue10,000Deportes Santa Cruz Santa CruzJoaquín Muñoz García5,000Deportes TemucoTemucoGermán Becker18,413 Fernandez VialConcepciónAlcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo30,448MagallanesSantiago (San Bernardo)Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés3,500RangersTalcaFiscal de Talca8,200San LuisQuillotaLucio Fariña Fernández7,680San Marcos de Arica AricaCarlos Dittborn9,746Santiago MorningSantiago (La Pintana)Municipal de La Pintana6,000Unión San FelipeSan FelipeMunicipal de San Felipe12,000Universidad de ConcepciónConcepciónAlcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo30,448
Standings
Results
Play-offs Bracket
Semi-finals
Deportes Copiapó won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.
Deportes Temuco won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.
Finals
Deportes Copiapó won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the promotion/relegation play-off.
Top scorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Manuel LópezDeportes Copiapó 21 2 Steffan PinoSantiago Morning 14 3 Kevin HarbottleFernández Vial 13 4 Leandro GarateCoquimbo Unido 12 5 Lionel AltamiranoUniversidad de Concepción 11 Carlos EscobarDeportes Temuco 7 Alfredo ÁbalosRangers 10 Reiner CastroDeportes Temuco Felipe FloresBarnechea Álvaro RamosDeportes Iquique
Source: Soccerway
Promotion/relegation play-off The winners of the Primera B play-offs, Deportes Copiapó, played Huachipato, the team placed 15th in the 2021 Chilean Primera División, in a double-legged series. The winners earned the right to play in the top flight for the following season.
Huachipato won 4–2 on aggregate and remained in Primera División.
See also 2021 Chilean Primera División 2021 Copa Chile
References
External links Primera B on ANFP's website