2022 Segunda Categoría

Ascenso Nacional
Season	2022
Dates	10 September – 19 November 2022
Champions	Cuniburo
Promoted	Cuniburo; Vargas Torres
Matches played	122
Goals scored	318 (2.61 per match)
	← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 13 November 2022.

The 2022 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Segunda Categoría, officially known as the 2022 Ascenso Nacional, is the 49th season of the Segunda Categoría, Ecuador's third tier football league. The season began on 15 March with the provincial stage, the national stage began on 10 September and ended on 19 November 2022.

Cuniburo won their first ever title after defeating Vargas Torres on penalties, after a 0–0 draw in the final.

Qualified teams

The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.

Association	Team	Qualification method
Azuay 5 berths	AVICED	2022 Segunda Categoría de Azuay champions
	Estrella Roja	2022 Segunda Categoría de Azuay runners-up
	Cuenca	2022 Segunda Categoría de Azuay 3rd place
	L.D.U. Cuenca	2022 Segunda Categoría de Azuay 4th place
	Baldor Bermeo Cabrera	2022 Segunda Categoría de Azuay 5th place
Bolívar 3 berths	Unibolívar	2022 Segunda Categoría de Bolívar champions
	Mineros	2022 Segunda Categoría de Bolívar runners-up
	Atlético El Conde	2022 Segunda Categoría de Bolívar 3rd place
Cañar 3 berths^{[note 1]}	D' León	2022 Segunda Categoría de Cañar runners-up
	Ciudadelas del Norte	2022 Segunda Categoría de Cañar 3rd place
	Independiente Azogues	2022 Segunda Categoría de Cañar 5th place
Carchi 2 berths	Dunamis 04	2022 Segunda Categoría de Carchi champions^[1]
Carchi 2 berths	Ciudad de Tulcán	2022 Segunda Categoría de Carchi runners-up
Chimborazo 1 berth^{[note 2]}	Independiente San Pedro	2022 Segunda Categoría de Chimborazo 3rd place
Cotopaxi 3 berths	La Unión	2022 Segunda Categoría de Cotopaxi champions
	Latacunga City	2022 Segunda Categoría de Cotopaxi runners-up
	Atlético Kin	2022 Segunda Categoría de Cotopaxi 3rd place
El Oro 3 berths	Bonita Bonita	2022 Segunda Categoría de El Oro champions
	Santos	2022 Segunda Categoría de El Oro runners-up
	Audaz Octubrino	2022 Segunda Categoría de El Oro 3rd place
Esmeraldas 3 berths	Vargas Torres	2022 Segunda Categoría de Esmeraldas champions
	Atacames	2022 Segunda Categoría de Esmeraldas runners-up
	5 de Agosto	2022 Segunda Categoría de Esmeraldas 3rd place
Guayas 6 berths	Atlético Samborondón	2022 Segunda Categoría de Guayas champions
	Filanbanco	2022 Segunda Categoría de Guayas runners-up
	Toreros	2022 Segunda Categoría de Guayas 3rd place
	Patria	2022 Segunda Categoría de Guayas 4th place
	Rocafuerte	2022 Segunda Categoría de Guayas 5th place
	Atlético Daule	2022 Segunda Categoría de Guayas 6th place
Imbabura 3 berths	Leones del Norte	2022 Segunda Categoría de Imbabura champions
	San Antonio	2022 Segunda Categoría de Imbabura runners-up
	Santa Fe	2022 Segunda Categoría de Imbabura 3rd place
Loja 2 berths	Atlético Zamora	2022 Segunda Categoría de Loja champions
Loja 2 berths	Loja Federal	2022 Segunda Categoría de Loja runners-up
Los Ríos 4 berths	Río Babahoyo	2022 Segunda Categoría de Los Ríos champions
	Insutec	2022 Segunda Categoría de Los Ríos runners-up
	Montry	2022 Segunda Categoría de Los Ríos 3rd place
	San Camilo	2022 Segunda Categoría de Los Ríos 4th place
Manabí 5 berths	Grecia	2022 Segunda Categoría de Manabí champions
	L.D.U. Portoviejo	2022 Segunda Categoría de Manabí runners-up
	Fijalán	2022 Segunda Categoría de Manabí 3rd place
	Juventud Italiana	2022 Segunda Categoría de Manabí 4th place
	Malecón de Santa Ana	2022 Segunda Categoría de Manabí 5th place
Orellana 2 berths	Orellanense	2022 Segunda Categoría de Orellana champions
Orellana 2 berths	Sacha Petrolero	2022 Segunda Categoría de Orellana runners-up
Pastaza 1 berth	Danubio	2022 Segunda Categoría de Pastaza champions
Pichincha 5 berths	AAMPETRA	2022 Segunda Categoría de Pichincha champions^[2]
	Deportivo Quito	2022 Segunda Categoría de Pichincha runners-up
	Cuniburo	2022 Segunda Categoría de Pichincha 3rd place
	Miguel Iturralde	2022 Segunda Categoría de Pichincha 4th place
	ESPOLI	2022 Segunda Categoría de Pichincha 5th place
Santa Elena 4 berths	Huancavilca	2022 Segunda Categoría de Santa Elena champions
	Atlético Porteño	2022 Segunda Categoría de Santa Elena runners-up
	Ecuador	2022 Segunda Categoría de Santa Elena 3rd place
	Atlético Espartanos	2022 Segunda Categoría de Santa Elena 4th place
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas 3 berths	3 de Julio	2022 Segunda Categoría de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas champions^[3]
	La Concordia	2022 Segunda Categoría de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas runners-up
	San Rafael	2022 Segunda Categoría de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas 3rd place
Sucumbíos 2 berths	Unión Manabita	2022 Segunda Categoría de Sucumbíos champions
Sucumbíos 2 berths	Caribe Junior	2022 Segunda Categoría de Sucumbíos runners-up
Tungurahua 2 berths	Baños Ciudad de Fuego	2022 Segunda Categoría de Tungurahua champions
Tungurahua 2 berths	Santiago de Píllaro	2022 Segunda Categoría de Tungurahua runners-up
Zamora Chinchipe 2 berths	Primero de Mayo	2022 Segunda Categoría de Zamora Chinchipe champions
Zamora Chinchipe 2 berths	Ecuagenera	2022 Segunda Categoría de Zamora Chinchipe runners-up

Format

The competition is a single-elimination tournament, from the first round to the semi-finals are played as a two-legged ties, the final is played as a single match in neutral venue. All sixty four teams enter in the first round, order is decided by draw.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows:

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First round	10–12 September	16–18 September
Second round	23–28 September	30 September–2 October
Round of 16	7–9 October	14–16 October
Quarter-finals	21–23 October	28–30 October
Semi-finals	4–6 November	11–13 November
Final	19 November (Quevedo)

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 5 September 2022, 16:00 at FEF headquarters in Guayaquil. In a first draw, the 32 teams, seeded by their FEF ranking, were drawn into 16 ties. The home and away teams of each leg were decided in a second draw.^[4]^[5] The first legs were played on 10–12 September and the second legs were played on 16–18 September 2022.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Latacunga City	0–3	Filanbanco	0–3	w/o^[7]
Orellanense	3–4	Audaz Octubrino	3–1	0–3
San Rafael	4–1	Atacames	1–0	3–1
Montry	2–3	Toreros	1–1	1–2
Santiago de Píllaro	0–8	Mineros	0–3	0–5
Atlético Espartanos	2–6	Leones del Norte	2–1	0–5
L.D.U. Portoviejo	2–2 (4–3 p)	Primero de Mayo	0–1	2–1
Sacha Petrolero	2–9	Baldor Bermeo Cabrera	1–4	1–5
Loja Federal	0–3	Independiente San Pedro	0–3	w/o^[7]
Santos	1–5	Huancavilca	1–3	0–2
Atlético El Conde	1–12	La Unión	0–4	1–8
Atlético Daule	3–2	L.D.U. Cuenca	3–2	0–0
Cuenca	5–0	Danubio	5–0	w/o^[7]
Caribe Junior	1–3	Atlético Zamora	1–0	0–3
Atlético Porteño	3–6	Atlético Samborondón	2–3	1–3
Ciudad de Tulcán	1–4	Insutec	1–1	0–3
Baños Ciudad de Fuego	3–4	Ecuagenera	2–1	1–3
Ciudadelas del Norte	0–1	Río Babahoyo	0–1	0–0
Deportivo Quito	3–2	Dunamis 04	1–1^[8]	2–1
Rocafuerte	4–0	Bonita Bonita	1–0	3–0
ESPOLI	1–1 (4–5 p)	Grecia	1–0	0–1
Miguel Iturralde	0–2	3 de Julio	0–1	0–1
Santa Fe	3–0	Ecuador	0–0	3–0
Patria	1–2	Vargas Torres	1–0	0–2
5 de Agosto	0–2	Unibolívar	0–0	0–2
Fijalán	0–3	San Antonio	0–2	0–1
Unión Manabita	1–6	Juventud Italiana	1–2	0–4
Atlético Kin	1–7	AVICED	1–5	0–2
San Camilo	2–7	D' León	2–3	0–4
Independiente Azogues	2–3	Cuniburo	1–1	1–2
Malecón de Santa Ana	0–6	AAMPETRA	0–0	0–6
La Concordia	3–0	Estrella Roja	2–0	1–0

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 19 September 2022, 16:00 at FEF headquarters in Guayaquil. In a first draw, the 16 teams, seeded by their FEF ranking, were drawn into 8 ties. The home and away teams of each leg were decided in a second draw. The first legs were played on 23–28 September and the second legs were played on 30 September–2 October 2022.^[9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Daule	1–6	Cuniburo	0–1	1–5
Río Babahoyo	3–1	La Unión	3–0	0–1
Baldor Bermeo Cabrera	3–2	Leones del Norte	2–1	1–1
Deportivo Quito	2–0	Independiente San Pedro	0–0^[10]	2–0
La Concordia	2–2 (3–4 p)	Unibolívar	1–0	1–2
San Rafael	0–6	San Antonio	0–3	0–3
Ecuagenera	3–6	Mineros	1–1	2–5
D' León	4–3	Filanbanco	0–1	4–2
3 de Julio	3–3 (2–4 p)	Huancavilca	2–1	1–2
AAMPETRA	3–2	Insutec	2–1	1–1
L.D.U. Portoviejo	1–1 (5–3 p)	Rocafuerte	0–1	1–0
Audaz Octubrino	0–7	AVICED	0–3	0–4
Juventud Italiana	4–2	Atlético Zamora	2–1	2–1
Toreros	0–2	Vargas Torres	0–0	0–2
Santa Fe	2–5	Atlético Samborondón	1–2	1–3
Cuenca	3–4	Grecia	2–1	1–3

Final rounds

In the final rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is level, the second-leg match will go straight to the penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Cuniburo	2	0	2 (6)

Río Babahoyo	0	2	2 (5)
				Cuniburo	4	2	6

				Baldor Bermeo Cabrera	0	1	1
Baldor Bermeo Cabrera	2	0	2 (3)

Deportivo Quito	2	0	2 (2)
								Cuniburo	3	1	4

								San Antonio	3	0	3
Unibolívar	0	1	1

San Antonio	0	2	2
				San Antonio	0	3	3

				Mineros	0	1	1
Mineros	1	3	4

D' León	1	0	1
												Cuniburo	0 (4)

												Vargas Torres	0 (3)
Huancavilca	1	0	1

AAMPETRA	1	2	3
				AAMPETRA	1	0	1

				AVICED	1	2	3
AVICED	1	3	4

L.D.U. Portoviejo	2	0	2
								AVICED	0	0	0 (2)

								Vargas Torres	0	0	0 (3)
Juventud Italiana	2	0	2

Vargas Torres	1	3	4
				Vargas Torres	2	2	4

				Grecia	2	0	2
Atlético Samborondón	1	0	1

Grecia	1	1	2

^† Order to be decided.

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 7–9 October and the second legs were played on 14–16 October 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cuniburo	2–2 (6–5 p)	Río Babahoyo	2–0	0–2
Baldor Bermeo Cabrera	2–2 (3–2 p)	Deportivo Quito	2–2	0–0
Unibolívar	1–2	San Antonio	0–0	1–2
Mineros	4–1	D' León	1–1	3–0
Huancavilca	1–3	AAMPETRA	1–1	0–2
AVICED	4–2	L.D.U. Portoviejo	1–2	3–0^[11]
Juventud Italiana	2–4	Vargas Torres	2–1	0–3
Atlético Samborondón	1–2	Grecia	1–1	0–1

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 21–25 October and the second legs were played on 29–30 October 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cuniburo	6–1	Baldor Bermeo Cabrera	4–0	2–1
Mineros	1–3	San Antonio	0–0	1–3
AAMPETRA	1–3	AVICED	1–1	0–2
Vargas Torres	4–2	Grecia	2–2	2–0

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 5–6 November and the second legs were played on 12–13 November 2022. Winners were promoted to 2023 Ecuadorian Serie B.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cuniburo	4–3	San Antonio	3–3	1–0
AVICED	0–0 (2–3 p)	Vargas Torres	0–0	0–0

Final

The final will be played in November 2022 at Estadio 7 de Octubre in Quevedo.

19 November 2022

15:00 UTC−5

Vargas Torres	0–0	Cuniburo

Penalties
	3–4

Estadio 7 de Octubre, Quevedo

Notes

^ The champion and fourth place did not meet the requirements established by the FEF, therefore the places in the play-offs for the province of Cañar were assigned to the three best placed in the provincial championship.
^ The champion and runner-up did not present the updated statutes as professional teams on time, therefore the place in the play-offs for the province of Chimborazo was assigned to the team that finished in third place in the provincial championship.

References

^ "Dunamis 04 se clasificó a los playoffs y a la Copa Ecuador" (in Spanish). El Norte. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "Deportivo Quito perdió la clasificación a la Copa Ecuador" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "3 de Julio gana el título y jugará la 'Copa Ecuador'" (in Spanish). La Hora. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "Deportivo Quito jugará ante Dunamis 04 FC del Carchi en el 'play off' de ascenso" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 5 September 2022.
^ "Este domingo juegan los PlayOff los 3 clubes de Cotopaxi, en el ascenso a la Serie B" (in Spanish). La Gaceta. 8 September 2022.
^ "¡Establecidos los cruces con 64 Clubes peleando por el ascenso a la Serie B Ecuatoriana 2023!" (in Spanish). Fútbol Ecuador. 5 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Palacios, Juan José (15 September 2022). "FEF desafilió a tres clubes". Studio Fútbol. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "Deportivo Quito empata en eliminatorias de Segunda Categoría". Bendito Fútbol. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "Sorteados los 16avos de final: ¡Liga de Portoviejo y SD Quito buscan el ascenso a la Serie B!" (in Spanish). Fútbol Ecuador. 20 September 2022.
^ Ávila, Andrés (24 September 2022). "Deportivo Quito no sacó ventaja en el ascenso". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Comunicado Oficial | Boletín 231". FEF (in Spanish). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

External links

[cnote_†_grp_FF] † Order to be decided.

[1] The champion and fourth place did not meet the requirements established by the FEF, therefore the places in the play-offs for the province of Cañar were assigned to the three best placed in the provincial championship.

[3] The champion and runner-up did not present the updated statutes as professional teams on time, therefore the place in the play-offs for the province of Chimborazo was assigned to the team that finished in third place in the provincial championship.

[2] "Dunamis 04 se clasificó a los playoffs y a la Copa Ecuador" (in Spanish). El Norte. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

[Pichincha-4] "Deportivo Quito perdió la clasificación a la Copa Ecuador" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

[5] "3 de Julio gana el título y jugará la 'Copa Ecuador'" (in Spanish). La Hora. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

[6] "Deportivo Quito jugará ante Dunamis 04 FC del Carchi en el 'play off' de ascenso" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 5 September 2022.

[7] "Este domingo juegan los PlayOff los 3 clubes de Cotopaxi, en el ascenso a la Serie B" (in Spanish). La Gaceta. 8 September 2022.

[8] "¡Establecidos los cruces con 64 Clubes peleando por el ascenso a la Serie B Ecuatoriana 2023!" (in Spanish). Fútbol Ecuador. 5 September 2022.

[Withdrew-9] Palacios, Juan José (15 September 2022). "FEF desafilió a tres clubes". Studio Fútbol. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

[10] "Deportivo Quito empata en eliminatorias de Segunda Categoría". Bendito Fútbol. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

[Cruces-11] "Sorteados los 16avos de final: ¡Liga de Portoviejo y SD Quito buscan el ascenso a la Serie B!" (in Spanish). Fútbol Ecuador. 20 September 2022.

[12] Ávila, Andrés (24 September 2022). "Deportivo Quito no sacó ventaja en el ascenso". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[13] "Comunicado Oficial | Boletín 231". FEF (in Spanish). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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