Liga de Ascenso (Promotion League) is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 December 1979 as Segunda División (Second Division) and renamed Liga de Ascenso (Promotion League) on 21 July 2002.

Promotion is decided by a two-legged match between apertura and clausura champion.

In 2006 Hispano was relegated from first division but they bought Valencia's category in the league; this situation has occurred with other teams.

In 2009 Atletico Gualala earned promotion but decided to merge with that year's relegated club, Real Juventud and kept their history.

In the current system, the last team of each group of the region play on a playoff.