The 2019 Liga 3 Pre-national Route was played from 5 October to 5 December 2019. A total of 15 teams competed in the pre-national route to decide six of the 32 places in the national round of the 2019 Liga 3.
The following 15 teams entered the pre-national round:[1] [2]
There should be six teams relegated from 2018 Liga 2 that competed in this route, but Persiwa disqualified by PSSI.[1] And also supposedly AS Abadi competed as one of 10 teams that qualified for the second round last season. But they replaced by Tiga Naga.[1] Later, Lampung Sakti and PSIR withdrew from the competition.[3] [4] In October, Solok merged with Equator Luak 50 Kota into SEL 50 Kota and relocated from Solok to Lima Puluh Kota.[5]
In this route, 15 teams divided into three groups. Each group is playing a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runner-ups from each group advanced to national round of 2019 Liga 3.[1]
The following teams qualified from pre-national route for the national round.
| Qualified teams | Qualified as | Qualified on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiga Naga | Group A winner | 10 November 2019 | |
| Persijap | Group B winner | 16 November 2019 | |
| PSN | Group C runners-up | 22 November 2019 | |
| Semeru | Group C winner | 26 November 2019 | |
| Persinga | Group B runners-up | 26 November 2019 | |
| Persiba Bantul | Group A runners-up | 26 November 2019 |