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.

Main article: 2017–18 Segunda División B

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

Cartagena v Rayo Majadahonda

19 May 2018	Cartagena	2–1	Rayo Majadahonda	Cartagena
16:15	Cruz  5' Aketxe  73'	Report	Coto  45+1'	Stadium: Cartagonova Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Guzmán Mansilla

Mallorca v Mirandés

20 May 2018	Mallorca	3–1	Mirandés	Palma
12:00	Lago Junior  2' Raíllo  24' Ariday  63'	Report	Pito  74'	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 13,780 Referee: Alemán Pérez

Second leg

Rayo Majadahonda v Cartagena

27 May 2018	Rayo Majadahonda	1–0 (2–2 agg.)	Cartagena	Majadahonda
12:00	Míchel Zabaco  90+6' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Cerro del Espino Attendance: 3,376 Referee: Román Román

Mirandés v Mallorca

27 May 2018	Mirandés	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Mallorca	Miranda de Ebro
17:30		Report		Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 4,885 Referee: Galech Azpeteguía

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

Mallorca v Rayo Majadahonda

3 June 2018	Mallorca	2–1	Rayo Majadahonda	Palma
12:00	Sabater  51' Cedric  56'	Report	Jairo Cárcaba  81'	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 3,181 Referee: Leo Ollo

Rayo Majadahonda v Mallorca

10 June 2018	Rayo Majadahonda	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Mallorca	Majadahonda
12:00		Report	Xisco Campos  35'	Stadium: Cerro del Espino Attendance: 2,300 Referee: García Verdura

Segunda División B 2017–18 champions
Mallorca

Non-champions Promotion Play-off

First round

Qualified teams

Group Position Team 1 2nd Deportivo Fabril 2 2nd Sporting Gijón B 3 2nd Villarreal B 4 2nd Marbella

Group Position Team 1 3rd Fuenlabrada 2 3rd Real Sociedad B 3 3rd Elche 4 3rd Murcia

Group Position Team 1 4th Celta B 2 4th Bilbao Athletic 3 4th Cornellà 4 4th Extremadura

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

Celta B v Marbella

20 May 2018	Celta B	2–0	Marbella	Vigo
12:00	Dražić  14' Juan Hernández  17'	Report		Stadium: Barreiro Referee: Pardeiro Puente

Cornellà v Sporting Gijón B

20 May 2018	Cornellà	2–2	Sporting Gijón B	Cornellà
12:00	Pere  22' Rafa Mújica  68'	Report	Claudio  48' Juan Rodríguez  61'	Stadium: Nou Camp Referee: Ripoll Solano

Fuenlabrada v Real Sociedad B

20 May 2018	Fuenlabrada	0–0	Real Sociedad B	Fuenlabrada
12:00		Report		Stadium: Fernando Torres Referee: Cid Camacho

Bilbao Athletic v Villarreal B

20 May 2018	Bilbao Athletic	1–3	Villarreal B	Bilbao
18:30	Guruzeta  83' (pen.)	Report	Dalmau  45' Samu  49' Raba  79'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Ruiz Álvarez

Murcia v Elche

20 May 2018	Murcia	0–1	Elche	Murcia
18:30		Report	Benja  66'	Stadium: Nueva Condomina Attendance: 22,457 Referee: Calderiña Pavón

Extremadura v Deportivo Fabril

20 May 2018	Extremadura	2–1	Deportivo Fabril	Almendralejo
20:00	Gallego  10' Valverde  16'	Report	Uxío  33'	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 8,832 Referee: Pérez Muley

Second leg

Deportivo Fabril v Extremadura

26 May 2018	Deportivo Fabril	3–2 (a.e.t.) (4–4 agg.)	Extremadura	Abegondo
17:00	Uxío  12' Expósito  21' Lucas  95'	Report	Zarfino  5' Barrera  107'	Stadium: Mundo de Fútbol Referee: Vicente Moral

Real Sociedad B v Fuenlabrada

26 May 2018	Real Sociedad B	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.)	Fuenlabrada	Lasarte-Oria
17:00	Celorrio  108'	Report	Bravo  105'	Stadium: José Luis Orbegozo Referee: Usón Rosel

Elche v Murcia

26 May 2018	Elche	3–2 (4–2 agg.)	Murcia	Elche
17:30	Sánchez  14' Kaba  26' Manolín  57' (p)	Report	Elady  39' (p) Chrisantus  80'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 15,939 Referee: Ávalos Barrera

Sporting Gijón B v Cornellà

26 May 2018	Sporting Gijón B	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Cornellà	Gijón
18:00	Cayarga  3' Méndez  83'	Report		Stadium: Pepe Ortiz Referee: González Esteban

Villarreal B v Bilbao Athletic

26 May 2018	Villarreal B	0–2 (3–3 agg.)	Bilbao Athletic	Villarreal
18:50		Report	Guruzeta  7' López  21'	Stadium: Mini Estadi Referee: Alberola Rojas

Marbella v Celta B

27 May 2018	Marbella	2–0 (2–2 agg.) (4–5 p)	Celta B	Marbella
12:00	Francis  51', 54'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Referee: Sánchez López
	Penalties
	Indiano Francis Alonso Bernal Rioja		Hernández Molina Pastrana Álex Serrano Agus

Second round

Qualified teams

Group Pos. Team 2 1st Mirandés 4 1st Cartagena

Group Pos. Team 2 2nd Sporting Gijón B 3 2nd Villarreal B

Group Pos. Team 1 3rd Fuenlabrada 3 3rd Elche

Group Pos. Team 1 4th Celta B 4 4th Extremadura

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

Fuenlabrada v Villarreal B

2 June 2018	Fuenlabrada	0–0	Villarreal B	Fuenlabrada
18:00		Report		Stadium: Fernando Torres Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Celta B v Cartagena

3 June 2018	Celta B	0–0	Cartagena	Vigo
12:00		Report		Stadium: Barreiro Referee: Sauleda Torrent

Extremadura v Mirandés

3 June 2018	Extremadura	0–1	Mirandés	Almendralejo
17:00		Report	Yanis  88'	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 10,473 Referee: Domínguez Cervantes

Elche v Sporting Gijón B

3 June 2018	Elche	2–1	Sporting Gijón B	Elche
19:00	Nino  76', 90+3'	Report	Cristian  43'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 15,524 Referee: González González

Second leg

Mirandés v Extremadura

9 June 2018	Mirandés	0–2 (1–2 agg.)	Extremadura	Miranda de Ebro
16:00		Report	Zarfino  45', 78'	Stadium: Anduva Attendance: 4,365 Referee: Carbajales Gómez

Villarreal B v Fuenlabrada

10 June 2018	Villarreal B	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Fuenlabrada	Villarreal
12:00	Samu  20' Raba  72'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Referee: Hernández Maeso

Sporting Gijón B v Elche

10 June 2018	Sporting Gijón B	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Elche	Gijón
16:00	Cayarga  75'	Report	Nino  85' Kaba  90+4'	Stadium: Pepe Ortiz Referee: Gálvez Rascón

Cartagena v Celta B

10 June 2018	Cartagena	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Celta B	Cartagena
18:00	José Gaspar  5'	Report		Stadium: Cartagonova Attendance: 9,328 Referee: Fernández Vidal

Third round

Qualified teams

Group Pos. Team 4 1st Cartagena

Group Pos. Team 3 2nd Villarreal B

Group Pos. Team 3 3rd Elche

Group Pos. Team 4 4th Extremadura

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

Elche v Villarreal B

16 June 2018	Elche	2–0	Villarreal B	Elche
18:00	Iván Sánchez  32' Nino  57'	Report		Stadium: Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 20,164 Referee: Del Río Lozano

Extremadura v Cartagena

17 June 2018	Extremadura	1–0	Cartagena	Almendralejo
18:00	Pardo  45+3'			Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 11,580 Referee: Varón Aceitón

Second leg

Villarreal B v Elche

23 June 2018	Villarreal B	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Elche	Villarreal
18:30	Rubén Mesa  44', 90+2'	Report	Benja  15'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Lax Franco

Cartagena v Extremadura

24 June 2018	Cartagena	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Extremadura	Cartagena
18:30		Report		Stadium: Cartagonova Attendance: 13,517 Referee: Soto Grado

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

Llagostera v Izarra

20 May 2018	Llagostera	0–0	Izarra	Llagostera
12:00		Report		Stadium: Municipal Referee: Caparrós Hernández

Mérida v Coruxo

20 May 2018	Mérida	2–2	Coruxo	Mérida
19:00	Mato  11' Aguilar  54'	Report	Antón  3' Silva  58'	Stadium: Romano Referee: Ruipérez Marín

Second leg

Coruxo v Mérida

26 May 2018	Coruxo	0–0 (2–2 agg.)	Mérida	Vigo
19:00		Report		Stadium: O Vao Referee: González Francés

Izarra v Llagostera

27 May 2018	Izarra	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Llagostera	Estella-Lizarra
18:00	Bruno  12'	Report		Stadium: Merkatondoa Referee: Muñiz Ruiz

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

References

1. "El Deportivo Fabril jugará el playoff aunque no puede subir" [Deportivo Fabril will play the playoffs despite not being able to promote] (in Spanish). Diario As. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. "Fuenlabrada y Rápido de Bouzas, a los tribunales para exigir una respuesta de la RFEF sobre el 'caso Fabril'" [Fuenlabrada and Rápido de Bouzas, to the court for demanding a response of the RFEF about the 'case Fabril'] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
3. "El Racing niega haber pedido a la Federación que el Sporting B no juegue la fase de ascenso" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.