# 1999–2000 Torneo Argentino A

The 1999–00 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the fifth season of third division professional football in Argentina. A total of 16 teams competed; the champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional.

## Club information
### Zone A

| Club | City | Stadium |
| CAI | Comodoro Rivadavia | Estadio Municipal |
| Cultural Argentino | General Pico | El Volcán |
| Estudiantes | Río Cuarto | Ciudad de Río Cuarto |
| General Belgrano | Santa Rosa | Nuevo Rancho Grande |
| General Paz Juniors | Córdoba | General Paz Juniors |
| Huracán (SR) | San Rafael | Pretel Hermanos |
| Huracán (TA) | Tres Arroyos | Roberto Lorenzo Bottino |
| Juventud Alianza | Santa Lucía | Bosque del Bajo Grande |

### Zone B

| Club | City | Stadium |
| 13 de Junio | Pirané | Pirané |
| Ben Hur | Rafaela | Parque Barrio Ilolay |
| Deportivo Barraca | Paso de los Libres | Agustín Faraldo |
| Douglas Haig | Pergamino | Miguel Morales |
| Huracán Corrientes | Corrientes | José Antonio Romero Feris |
| Ñuñorco | Monteros | Ñuñorco |
| Patronato | Paraná | Presbítero Bartolomé Grella |
| Tiro Federal | Rosario | Fortín de Ludueña |

## First stage
### Zone A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | General Paz Juniors | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 25 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Huracán (TA) | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 22 | Final Stage |
| 3 | General Belgrano | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 20 | Final Stage |
| 4 | Huracán (SR) | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 19 | |
| 5 | Juventud Alianza | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 18 | |
| 6 | Cultural Argentino | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 17 | |
| 7 | CAI | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 16 | |
| 8 | Estudiantes (RC) | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 12 | Relegation Playoff |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CAI | CUA | ERC | GBE | GPJ | HSR | HTA | JUA |
| CAI | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–4 |
| Cultural Argentino | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Estudiantes (RC) | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| General Belgrano | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| General Paz Juniors | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Huracán (SR) | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Huracán (TA) | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | — | 4–0 |
| Juventud Alianza | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ The match was suspended at 68' for aggression at General Paz's goalkeeper, therefore Huracán (SR) lost the point.

### Zone B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ben Hur | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 25 | Final Stage |
| 2 | 13 de Junio (P) | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 25 | Final Stage |
| 3 | Douglas Haig | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 23 | Final Stage |
| 4 | Tiro Federal | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 23 | |
| 5 | Patronato | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 | |
| 6 | Ñuñorco | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 18 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Barraca (PdlL) | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 12 | |
| 8 | Huracán Corrientes | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 9 | Relegation Playoff |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | 13J | BEN | BAR | DOU | HUC | ÑUÑ | PAT | TIR |
| 13 de Junio | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ben Hur | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Barraca | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Douglas Haig | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Huracán Corrientes | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 |
| Ñuñorco | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Patronato | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Tiro Federal | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | — |
* ↑ Originally 3-0 for Huracán, but Douglas Haig won the match because of the home team fielding an ineligible player.

## Final stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | General Paz Juniors | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 18 | Primera B Nacional |
| 2 | Huracán (TA) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 18 | |
| 3 | Ben Hur | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 18 | |
| 4 | 13 de Junio (P) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 15 | |
| 5 | Douglas Haig | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 11 | |
| 6 | General Belgrano | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 5 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 13J | BEN | DOU | GBE | GPJ | HTA |
| 13 de Junio | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Ben Hur | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Douglas Haig | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| General Belgrano | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| General Paz Juniors | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 |
| Huracán (TA) | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — |

### Tiebreaker head-to-head

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | General Paz Juniors | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Primera B Nacional |
| 2 | Huracán (TA) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ben Hur | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 | |

## Relegation playoff

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Huracán Corrientes | 3–2 | Estudiantes (RC) |
* Huracán Corrientes remained in the Torneo Argentino A by winning the playoff and Estudiantes (RC) was relegated to 2000–01 Torneo Argentino B.