The 2016 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) are the final playoffs for promotion from 2015–16 Segunda División B to the 2016–17 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each one of the four 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 2016–17 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.
Group Winners promotion play-off
Qualified teams The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid). GroupTeam1Racing Santander2Real Madrid Castilla3Reus4UCAM Murcia
Matches
Semifinals
First leg
Second leg
Promoted to Segunda DivisiónReus(First time ever)UCAM Murcia(First time ever)
Final
First leg
Second leg
Segunda División B2015–16 WinnersUCAM Murcia
Non-champions promotion play-off
First round
Qualified teams The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid).
GroupPositionTeam12ndRacing Ferrol22ndBarakaldo32ndVillarreal B42ndMurcia
GroupPositionTeam13rdTudelano23rdSocuéllamos33rdHércules43rdSevilla Atlético
GroupPositionTeam14thUD Logroñés24thToledo34thLleida Esportiu44thCádiz
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Second round
Qualified teams The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid).
GroupPositionTeam11stRacing Santander21stReal Madrid Castilla
GroupPositionTeam33rdHércules43rdSevilla Atlético
GroupPositionTeam14thUD Logroñés24thToledo34thLleida Esportiu44thCádiz
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Third round
Qualified teams As there were only two third qualified teams and two four qualified teams from the same groups, there was no need to make a draw for the two finals.
GroupPositionTeam33rdHércules43rdSevilla Atlético
GroupPositionTeam34thLleida Esportiu44thCádiz
Matches
First leg
Second leg
Promoted to Segunda DivisiónCádiz CF(6 years later)Sevilla Atlético(7 years later)
Relegation play-off
Qualified teams The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid). GroupPositionTeam116thCacereño216thLeioa316thOlímpic416thLinares
Matches The losers of this tournament will be relegated to the 2016-17 Tercera División.
First leg
Second leg
Relegated to Tercera DivisiónCacereño(8 years later)Olímpic(5 years later)
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