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Established
1971 (53 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-03-17

Current Season
2024

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Location
Ecuador

Gender
Male

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Results
30 Oct	Cuniburo	3 - 2	Independient
30 Oct	Gualaceo	0 - 0	9 de Octubre
29 Oct	Guayaquil Ci	3 - 0	Manta
29 Oct	Vargas Torre	1 - 1	San Antonio
29 Oct	Leones del N	2 - 0	Chacaritas
24 Oct	Chacaritas	1 - 5	Cuniburo
24 Oct	9 de Octubre	0 - 2	Guayaquil Ci
24 Oct	Manta	6 - 1	Vargas Torre
24 Oct	Independient	1 - 1	Leones del N
23 Oct	San Antonio	1 - 0	Gualaceo

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The Primera Categoría Serie B, shortened to Serie B or Primera B, is a professional football league in Ecuador. It is in the second tier of the Ecuadorian football league system. Currently contested by ten clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the top-flight Serie A and the bottom-level Segunda Categoría. The season runs from February to December in two stages. For sponsorship reasons, it is known as the LigaPro Banco Pichincha Pymes.

Serie B has been in place since 1971 and has been held on a yearly basis since (except 1973 and 1983–88), often holding two tournaments a year. The number of teams being promoted or relegated changed through the years because, like the Serie A, the format often changes on a seasonal basis. With the creation of LigaPro for the beginning of the 2019 season, the format consisted of two separate round robin stages. The top four teams with the most points after both stages were placed in a playoffs to determine the two teams who would earn promotion to Serie A the following season. Additionally, the two teams with the fewest points at the end of the season are relegated to the Segunda Categoría.

Thirty two different clubs have won the Serie B, but only twelve have won it multiple times. The most successful team and current champion is Técnico Universitario, who won their sixth title in 2017.

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