The tournament is reserved for teams indirectly affiliated to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA have to play the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the other third tier competition.
The winner was declared champion and automatically promoted to the Primera B Nacional.
The Fifth and Sixth Phase is played between the remaining teams and aims to get the Second promotion to the Primera B Nacional.
It is determined by dividing the points by the number of games played and the bottom team of each four zones was relegated to the Torneo Federal B.
[1] 1 Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.
1 Play their home games at Estadio José Antonio Romero Feris.