Source: Soccerway[43] Source:[44] The 17th and 18th placed teams in the relegation table (San Martín (San Juan) and San Lorenzo, respectively) played the 3rd and 4th-place finishers of the 2011–12 Primera B Nacional season (Instituto and Rosario Central, respectively); the winner of each claiming a spot in the following Primera División season.
The 2011–12 Primera League table contributes towards qualifying for CONMEBOL tournaments in 2012 and 2013. International qualification for the 2012 season presented a change from previous ones.
Qualification for the first four Copa Libertadores berths comprises the previous season's Clausura champion, this season's Apertura champion, and the top two non-champions in an aggregate table of the aforementioned tournaments).
The winner of the Clausura 2012 tournament (Arsenal) qualified directly.
Other teams will qualify based on their combined points in Clausura 2012 and Inicial 2012.