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The Apertura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Apertura champion.

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Points
1	Olimpia	10	8	2	0	26	8	26
2	Sportivo Luqueño	10	6	3	1	22	13	21
3	Cerro Porteño	10	5	4	1	21	12	19
4	Guaraní	10	4	4	2	16	12	16
5	Sol de América	10	4	3	3	13	9	15
6	San Lorenzo	10	3	4	3	15	14	13
7	Atl. Colegiales	10	4	1	5	16	19	13
8	12 de Octubre	10	2	5	3	11	12	11
9	Cerro Corá	10	2	3	5	17	23	9
10	Presidente Hayes	10	0	4	6	10	22	4
11	Resistencia	10	0	1	9	6	29	1

The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage.

Group A

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Bonus Points	Points
1	Olimpia	3	2	1	0	9	5	[3]	10
2	12 de Octubre	3	2	0	1	5	3	[0]	6
3	Sol de América	3	1	0	2	4	7	[1]	4
4	San Lorenzo	3	0	1	2	3	6	[0.5]	1.5

Group B

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Bonus Points	Points
1	Atlético Colegiales	3	3	0	0	9	1	[0]	9
2	Cerro Porteño	3	2	0	1	4	5	[2]	8
3	Guaraní	3	1	0	2	3	5	[1.5]	4.5
4	Sportivo Luqueño	3	0	0	3	0	5	[2.5]	2.5

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olimpia	1 - 0	Cerro Porteño
Atlético Colegiales	1 - 0	12 de Octubre

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	2 - 0	Atlético Colegiales	1-0	1-0

Olimpia wins the Apertura tournament final by aggregate score of 2–0.

The Clausura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Clausura champion.

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Points
1	Cerro Porteño	10	7	1	2	25	8	22
2	Sportivo Luqueño	10	5	3	2	22	14	18
3	Olimpia	10	4	5	1	13	9	17
4	San Lorenzo	10	3	7	0	11	8	16
5	12 de Octubre	10	3	7	0	16	10	16
6	Guaraní	10	2	6	2	13	15	12
7	* Presidente Hayes	10	2	6	2	6	8	12
8	Atl. Colegiales	10	2	3	5	9	12	9
9	Cerro Corá	10	2	3	5	10	16	9
10	Sol de América	10	1	3	6	5	13	6
11	Resistencia	10	1	2	7	4	21	5

* Presidente Hayes finished in the top eight but their average points over three years forced the team to be relegated so they did not take part of the playoff stage. Cerro Cora took their place instead.

The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage. Cerro Cora replaced Presidente Hayes in playoff stage due to Hayes being relegated to the second division.

Group A

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Bonus Points	Points
1	Cerro Porteño	3	2	1	0	6	2	[3]	10
2	Cerro Corá	3	2	1	0	6	3	[0]	7
3	San Lorenzo	3	1	0	2	4	7	[1.5]	4.5
4	Guaraní	3	0	0	3	2	6	[0.5]	0.5

Group B

Position	Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Scored	Conceded	Bonus Points	Points
1	Olimpia	3	2	0	1	5	3	[2]	8
2	Sportivo Luqueño	3	1	1	1	5	4	[2.5]	6.5
3	12 de Octubre	3	1	1	1	2	2	[1]	5
4	Atlético Colegiales	3	1	0	2	2	5	[0]	3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cerro Porteño	1 - 1 (4 - 3 pen)	Sportivo Luqueño
Olimpia	0 - 1	Cerro Corá

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	5 - 1	Cerro Corá	3-0	2-1

Cerro P. wins the Clausura tournament final by aggregate score of 5–1.

The national championship game was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments winners.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	2 - 4	Olimpia	0-1	2-3

Olimpia declared as national champions by aggregate score of 4–2.

• Presidente Hayes and Resistencia automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last and second-to-last in the average points table based over a three-year period.
• Universal promoted to the first division by winning the second division tournament.

• Olimpia qualified to the 2000 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Apertura.
• Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2000 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Clausura.
• The remaining spot for Copa Libertadores was decided in a playoff game between the runners-up of the Apertura (Atl. Colegiales) and Clausura (Cerro Cora). Colegiales won 2-1 and secured a spot for the Copa Libertadores.

Level	Tournament	Champion
2nd	Intermedia	Universal
3rd (G.A. teams)	Primera de Ascenso	Tacuary
3rd (interior teams)	UFI Champions Cup	Sport Barrio Guaraní (San Lorenzo)
4th (G.A. teams)	Segunda de Ascenso	Pilcomayo