Editing Playoffs (section)

===Argentina===
In Argentine football, playoffs in the style of the English leagues occur in the [[Primera B Metropolitana]], part of the third tier, and leagues below it ([[Primera C Metropolitana]] and [[Primera D Metropolitana]]). All ''Primera Metropolitana'' tourneys cover the area in and around [[Buenos Aires]], the capital city. The ''Torneo Reducidos'' (reduced tournaments), however, involve 8 teams below the top two, as opposed to 4.

Before the top-flight [[Argentine Primera División]] abandoned its traditional [[Apertura and Clausura]] format in 2015 in favor of an expanded single season, there was no playoff between the Apertura and Clausura winners. As a result, the league crowned two champions each year. After each Clausura, the two teams with the lowest points-per-game total for the previous six tournaments (three years, counting only Primera División games) were relegated to [[Primera B Nacional]] to be replaced by that league's champion and runner-up teams; the two teams immediately above contested promotion/relegation series with the third and fourth places in Primera B Nacional, counted by its aggregate table. In Primera B Nacional, the same procedure continues in use for relegation to either Primera B Metropolitana or [[Torneo Argentino A]] for non-Buenos Aires clubs. From 2015 onward, relegation from the Primera División will be based solely on league position at the end of the season (which, effective in 2016–17, changed from a February–December format to an August–June format).