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The 2022 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Segunda Categoría, oficially known as the Ascenso Nacional 2022, is the 49th season of the Segunda Categoría, Ecuador's third tier football league. The season began on 15 March with the provincial stage and is scheduled to end on 30 November 2022.

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

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:

First round
The draw for the first round was held on 28 August 2022, 15:00 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.


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Second round
The draw for the second round was held on 28 August 2022, 15:00 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.


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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
The first legs will be played on 24 August and the second legs will be played on 14 September 2022.


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Quarter-finals
The first legs will be played on 24 August and the second legs will be played on 14 September 2022.


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Semi-finals
The first legs will be played on 24 August and the second legs will be played on 14 September 2022. Winners will be promoted to 2023 Ecuadorian Serie B.


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Final
The final will be played on 30 November 2022 at Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo in Guayaquil.