Dimayor: this is how the Colombian League will be played in 2021 – Colombian Football – Sports

The Dimayor club assembly approved, in the first instance, how the tournaments organized by the entity will be played in 2021, without the presence of the Cúcuta Deportivo, disaffiliated from the entity.

The League of the first semester will have 19 teams, all against all, one round and no classics date. Eight teams qualify and the final stages will be played by direct elimination, just like this year.

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There will only be one drop in the middle of the year, but two will go up from B so that 20 teams will play in the second semester. The novelty that Dimayor approved is that in the second semester there will also be a decrease: two teams will fall to B.

The two league champions, a team by reclassification and the winner of the 2021 Colombia Cup (which will maintain the same format) will play the 2022 Libertadores Cup. Three teams will go to the South American of that same year for the accumulated and the winner of the Cup. 2020, which will define its champion in January.

The system of the Women’s League will be defined in a competition board that will meet later.

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The president of the entity, Fernando Jaramillo, denied the rumor of a possible resignation from the position. It was also approved that the international TV contract with the LAES firm was unilaterally terminated for non-compliance.

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