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Real Oruro
Club Deportivo Sur Car
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CD Torre Fuerte
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Stormers San Lorenzo
Enrique Happ
Fancesa
Chaco Petrolero
Ciclon
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Universitario Beni
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Atletico Sucre
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Alianza Beni FC
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Mojocoya
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Deportivo Shalon
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Virgen de Chijipata
Rosario Central Potosi
Club Atlético Juniors
Tiquipaya
Comercio Bermejo
Universitario de Sucre
CD Los Almendros
San Lorenzo del Beni
Cochabamba FC
Mariscal Sucre
Club Gam Sica Sica
Club Petrolero
Deportivo Challapata
CD Real Candua
Real Monteagudo
CD Argentinos Juniors
Wikipedia - Copa Simón Bolívar (Bolivia)
The old 2nd tier in the Bolivian Football pyramid consists of 9 regional leagues (one for each department), the number of participants varies depending on the department, It usually has between 8 and 12 teams. Both winner and runner-up of each league compete in the Copa Simón Bolívar, with the winner of such tournament gaining promotion to the 1st Division, and the runner-up playing a play-off match with the 11th placed team in the 1st Division. Until 1976 all 8 regional championships (Pando didn't have an organized tournament back then) were the top in the national football pyramid, with the winner of the Copa Simón Bolívar being crowned as national champion. In 2011, and for five seasons, the Copa Simón Bolívar was replaced by the Liga Nacional B, until 2016 when it was reinstated as Bolivia's second-tier football championship.
The oldest regional championship is the one played in La Paz, it started in 1914 and it was considered for many years as the top Bolivian league, even more when it turned into a semi-pro tournament in 1950 and started including teams from Oruro and Cochabamba.
Le tournoi est nommé en l'honneur de Simón Bolívar, le libérateur de la Bolivie et de plusieurs autres pays d'Amérique du Sud. Il a été créé en 1960 et a eu lieu chaque année depuis, à l'exception de quelques interruptions.
La Copa Simón Bolívar se déroule en deux phases : une phase de groupes et une phase finale. La phase de groupes se déroule sous forme de poules régionales, les vainqueurs de chaque poule se qualifiant pour la phase finale. La phase finale se déroule sous forme de tournoi à élimination directe, avec des matches aller et retour.
Le vainqueur de la Copa Simón Bolívar est promu en División Profesional, tandis que le finaliste est qualifié pour la Copa Sudamericana.