Torneo Nacional de Ascenso

Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (TNA)

Current season, competition or edition: 2015-16
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Sport	Basketball
Inaugural season	1990 (1990)
No. of teams	20
Country	Argentina
Most recent champion(s)	Unión Progresista
Most titles	Quilmes (MDP) (3 titles)
TV partner(s)	TyC Sports
Level on pyramid	2nd
Promotion to	Liga Nacional de Básquet
Relegation to	Torneo Federal
Official website	lnb.com.ar/tna

The Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (abbreviated "TNA" and literally in English "Second Division National Tournament") is the second division of the Argentine basketball league system. The TNA's predecessor is the Torneo Federal de Básquetbol, which became the third division when TNA was created.

Competition format

The TNA consists of 20 teams, which are divided into two Divisions, North and South, with 10 teams each. The competition format is similar to the Liga A, with a regular season divided in two stages. On the first stage, teams from the same division compete in a double round-robin format, with standings determined by a points system. After the first phase each team carries over 50% of the points obtained to the second stage. On the second stage, each division is split into two groups as follows: the top five teams from the North Division (TNA1 North), the top six teams from the South Division (TNA1 South), and the remaining teams from the North and South groups (TNA2 North and TNA2 South, respectively). Each group then competes in a separate double round-robin.

After the second stage, general standings are defined by merging TNA1 and TNA2 groups into a single table for each division. Playoffs seedings and relegations are determined as follows:

• 1st to 5th place (TNA1 North) – Advance to the TNA North quarterfinals
• 1st to 3rd place (TNA2 North) – Advance to the TNA North quarterfinals
• 1st to 6th place (TNA1 South) – Advance to the TNA South quarterfinals
• 1st to 2nd place (TNA2 South) – Advance to the TNA South quarterfinals
• 5th place in TNA2 North – Relegated
• 6th place in TNA2 South – Relegated

The playoffs consist of two best-of-five divisional series and two best-of-five interdivisional series to decide which teams will earn a promotion to the Liga A. On the promotion semifinals, the higher seed from the South semifinals winners faces the lower seed from the North semifinals winners, and the higher seed from the North semifinals winners faces the lower seed from the South semifinals winners. The winners from the interdivision semifinals define the first of the two promotions while the losers compete in another best-of-five series where the winner faces the TNA Finals loser in a five-game series for the second promotion to the Liga A.

Current teams (2015-16 season)

Source:TNA website.

Team	City	Province/Area	Arena
Alianza Viedma	Viedma	Río Negro	Angel Arias
A.D. Anzorena	Mendoza	Mendoza
Atenas	C. de Patagones	Río Negro	Carmelo Trípoli
Atlético Echagüe	Paraná	Entre Ríos	Luis Butta
A.A. Banda Norte	Río Cuarto	Córdoba
C.A. Barrio Parque	Córdoba	Córdoba
Ciclista Juninense	Junín	Buenos Aires	Coliseo del Boulevard
Club Comunicaciones (Mercedes)	Mercedes	Corrientes	Estadio Cubierto Club Comunicaciones
Estudiantes	Olavarría	Buenos Aires	Carlos Guerrero
Gimnasia y Esgrima	La Plata	Buenos Aires
Hindú	Resistencia	Chaco
Hispano Americano	Río Gallegos	Santa Cruz
Huracán	Trelew	Chubut	Atilio Viglione
Monte Hermoso	Monte Hermoso	Buenos Aires	Polideportivo Municipal
9 de Julio	Río Tercero	Córdoba
Oberá Tenis Club	Oberá	Misiones	Oberá Tenis Club
Olimpo	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires
Parque Sur	C. del Uruguay	Entre Ríos
Petrolero Argentino	Cutral Có	Neuquén
Platense	Florida	Buenos Aires
Salta Basket	Salta	Salta
San Isidro	San Francisco	Córdoba	San Isidro
San Lorenzo	Chivilcoy	Buenos Aires	San Lorenzo
Sarmiento	Resistencia	Chaco	Alejo Gronda
Tiro Federal	Morteros	Córdoba
Tomás de Rocamora	C. del Uruguay	Entre Ríos	Julio C. Pacagnella
La Unión	Colón	Entre Ríos	La Unión
Unión	Santa Fe	Santa Fe
UNCA	R.S. Peña	Chaco
Villa Angela Basket	Villa Ángela	Chaco

List of champions

Finals

Season	Champion
1990-91	Quilmes (MDP)
1991-92
1992-93	Deportivo Roca
1993-94	Deportivo Valle Inferior
1994-95	Luz y Fuerza
1995-96	Obras Sanitarias
1996-97	Belgrano de San Nicolás
1997-98	Libertad (S)
1998-99	Quilmes (MDP)
1999-00	Club Cultural y Dep. Belgrano
2000-01	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
2001-02	Ben Hur
2002-03	Central Entrerriano
2003-04	River Plate
2004-05	La Unión
2005-06	Juventud Sionista
2006-07	El Nacional
2007-08	Ciclista Olímpico
2008-09	La Unión
2009-10	Argentino de Junín
2010-11	Quilmes (MDP)
2011-12	Unión Progresista
2012-13	Estudiantes (C)
2013-14	Ciclista Juninense
2014-15	Instituto (C)

Championships by club

Club	Titles	Seasons won
Quilmes (MDP)	3	1990-91, 1998-99, 2010-11
La Unión	2	2004-05, 2008-09

External links

• Official website