The 2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route was played from 14 July to 20 October 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the national zone route to decide 20 of the 32 places in the national round of the 2018 Liga 3.
Teams
The following 32 teams entered the national zone route:
757 Kepri Jaya Celebest Lampung Sakti Madiun Putra Persatu Tuban Persbul Buol Perseka Kaimana (rename it again after last year competing with the name Perseka Manokwari) Persekam Metro
Persekap Pasuruan Persepam Madura Utama Persewangi Banyuwangi Persiba Bantul Persibangga Purbalingga Persibas Banyumas Persida Sidoarjo Persih Masurai (formerly Persih Tembilahan)
Persijap Jepara Persik Kediri Persikabo Bogor Bogor (formerly Persikad Depok) Persinga Ngawi Persip Pekalongan Persipon Pontianak Persipur Purwodadi
Perssu Real Madura PS Badung PS West Sumbawa PSBI Blitar PSBK Blitar PSBL Langsa PSCS Cilacap PSGC Ciamis
There should be 40 teams relegated from 2017 Liga 2 competed in this route, but Pro Duta and Persifa Fak-fak disqualified. On 5 June 2018, PSSI disqualified PPSM Magelang and Sragen United. Also PS Bengkulu, PS Timah BaBel, and Persigubin Gunung Bintang withdrew from the competition. Later on 28 July 2018, PSSI disqualified Yahukimo because they didn't attend match coordination meeting in Gawalise Stadium.
Format In the preliminary round, 32 teams divided into eight groups. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis, except for group 7 and 8 that is played on a home tournament. The winners and runner-ups from each group advanced to national round of 2018 Liga 3.
In the play-off round, third-placed teams on each group competed in a knockout round home and away tournament. Each winners advanced to national round of 2018 Liga 3.
Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows.
RoundMatch datePreliminary round14 July – 23 September 2018Play-off round22 September – 7 October 2018
Preliminary round A total of 32 teams played in the preliminary round.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7 On 28 August 2018, PS West Sumbawa withdrew from the competition after 3 matches. The other teams' results against PS West Sumbawa was annulled.
Group 8
Play-off round A total of eight teams played in the play-off round: third-placed teams on each group.
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified from national zone route for the national round. Qualified teams Qualified as Qualified on 757 Kepri Jaya Group 1 winner PSCS Group 3 winner PS Badung Group 7 winner PSBL Group 1 runner-up Persiba Bantul Group 4 runner-up Persewangi Group 7 runner-up Persekap Group 6 runner-up Persibas Group 3 runner-up Persik Group 5 runner-up Persijap Group 4 winner Bogor Group 2 winner Lampung Sakti Group 2 runner-up PSBK Group 5 winner Persekam Metro Group 6 winner Persatu Play-off winner PSGC Play-off winner Persinga Play-off winner Celebest Group 8 winner Perseka Group 8 runner-up Perssu Play-off winner
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References
External links 2018 Liga 3 fixtures at PSSI website