The Tercera División de Paraguay (Third Division of Paraguay, in English), is the third division of Paraguayan football. It is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association in the Asunción metropolitan area, and by the Unión del Fútbol del Interior in the rest of the country. The winners, and sometimes runners-up of each tournaments are promoted to División Intermedia, the second-tier in the Paraguayan football league system.
The Paraguayan Third Division is divided into three leagues:
See main article: article and Primera División B Metropolitana. The Primera B Metropolitana is the metropolitan tournament of the Paraguayan third-tier division. Only teams from the Gran Asunción area a take part in this third division league. It is being played since 1939 and, as of 2023, the number of teams is 17.
See main article: article and Primera División B Nacional.
The Primera B Nacional tournament is being played since 2011. Teams from the all departments of Paraguay (except Asunción and Central department) take part in this third division league. Since 2014, in even years the champion does not earn direct promotion, but gets the chance to play a repechage against the runner-up of the Primera División B, in odd years the champion is directly promoted and the runner-up is the one who wins the right to play the repechage.
See main article: article and Campeonato Nacional de Interligas. The Campeonato Nacional de Interligas is the biggest football event involving teams with combined players from different clubs of every regional leagues in Paraguay from all departments. The tournament is organized by UFI.
| Last Tercera División champions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Campeonato de Interligas | ||||
| Club | Deportivo Recoleta | Sportivo Carapeguá | Encarnación | ||
| Width=80 | Season | 2022 | 2022 | 2022-23 | |
| Width=80 | Result | Promoted to the 2023 División Intermedia | Promoted to the 2024 División Intermedia | ||