The 2012 División de Honor (officially the 2012 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
Teams
Team Home city Stadium CapacityCerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000Cerro Porteño (PF) Presidente Franco Cerro Porteño 10,000Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000Independiente Asunción Ricardo Gregor 1,500Libertad Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000Nacional Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000Olimpia Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 5,000Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000 Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Tte. 1º Alcides González 3,000Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000Tacuary Asunción Roberto Béttega 7,000 Torneo Apertura The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 106º official championship of the Primera División, called "Don Jesús Manuel Pallarés", and was the first championship of the 2012 season. It began on February 5 and ended on July 8.
Standings
Results
Torneo Clausura The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 107º official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario Club Cerro Porteñi, and was the second championship of the 2012 season. It began on July 28 and ended on December 16.
Standings
Results
Aggregate table In 2012, Paraguay have seven slots in international cups (three in the Copa Libertadores de America and four in the Copa Sudamericana). These seven slots will be filled by five teams. For the 2013 Copa Libertadores, the winner of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically. The third representative (going into the first round play-off) is the best placed non-champion from the cumulative table of both the Apertura and Clausura. For the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, the champion of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically, with the 4th and 5th best placed teams from the Apertura and Clausura cumulatives.
Relegation Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average () of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season. Pos Team 2010Pts 2011Pts 2012Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Libertad 87 79 91 257 132 2 Cerro Porteño 91 67 86 244 132 3 Olimpia 71 88 79 238 132 4 Nacional 77 83 77 237 132 5 Guaraní 85 58 73 216 132 6 Rubio Ñu 66 56 36 160 132 7 Cerro Porteño (PF) – – 53 53 44 8 Sol de América 45 49 60 154 132 9 Sportivo Luqueño 42 35 59 136 132 10 Sportivo Carapeguá – – 45 45 44 11 Tacuary 37 60 33 130 132 Relegated to the División Intermedia 12 Independiente – 52 34 86 88
See also 2012 in Paraguayan football
External links APF's official website Season rules 2012 season on RSSSF