2002 Campeonato Nacional Primera B

The 2002 Primera B de Chile (known as Campeonato Nacional BancoEstado de Primera B for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd completed season of the Primera B de Chile.

Deportes Puerto Montt (tournament’s champion) alongside Universidad de Concepción were promoted to top-tier after finishing in the first and second places respectively from the promotion playoffs, whilst Deportes Iquique lost the category, relegating for first-time since its foundation to the third-tier.

First stage

North Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes La Serena	14	12	1	1	42	14	+28	37	Second Stage; Group A
2	Unión La Calera	14	7	3	4	24	17	+7	24
3	Everton	14	7	4	3	25	21	+4	24
4	Deportes Ovalle	14	6	1	7	17	29	−12	19
5	Deportes Antofagasta	14	5	3	6	21	22	−1	18	Second Stage; Group B
6	Deportes Arica	14	4	2	8	23	32	−9	14
7	Deportes Iquique	14	3	4	7	22	24	−2	13
8	Magallanes	14	2	2	10	16	31	−15	8

South Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Concepción	14	9	2	3	28	14	+14	29	Second Stage; Group A
2	Deportes Melipilla	14	7	1	6	16	15	+1	22
3	Deportes Talcahuano	14	6	3	5	22	15	+7	21
4	Deportes Puerto Montt	14	6	3	5	17	15	+2	21
5	Arturo Fernández Vial	14	5	4	5	21	18	+3	19	Second Stage; Group B
6	Provincial Osorno	14	6	1	7	19	25	−6	19
7	Lota Schwager	14	4	2	8	14	27	−13	14
8	O'Higgins	14	5	0	9	16	24	−8	6

Second Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Talcahuano	14	8	4	2	19	8	+11	28	Promotion playoffs
2	Everton	14	5	6	3	23	21	+2	21
3	Universidad de Concepción	14	5	5	4	23	19	+4	20
4	Unión La Calera	14	6	2	6	24	24	0	20
5	Deportes Puerto Montt	14	6	2	6	18	18	0	20
6	Deportes Melipilla	14	4	5	5	16	17	−1	17
7	Deportes La Serena	14	4	5	5	21	23	−2	17	Relegation playoffs
8	Deportes Ovalle	14	2	3	9	21	35	−14	9

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Antofagasta	14	8	4	2	21	8	+13	28	Promotion playoffs
2	O'Higgins	14	8	3	3	21	15	+6	27
3	Provincial Osorno	14	8	2	4	27	14	+13	26	Relegation playoffs
4	Arturo Fernández Vial	14	6	4	4	19	19	0	22
5	Deportes Iquique	14	4	4	6	23	24	−1	16
6	Lota Schwager	14	5	1	8	21	31	−10	16
7	Magallanes	14	2	4	8	16	26	−10	10
8	Deportes Arica	14	2	4	8	19	30	−11	10

Final stage

Promotion playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Deportes Puerto Montt	14	8	3	3	24	17	+7	27	Promoted
2	Universidad de Concepción	14	6	5	3	21	16	+5	23
3	Deportes Melipilla	14	5	6	3	20	14	+6	21
4	Everton	14	5	4	5	19	16	+3	19
5	O'Higgins	14	5	4	5	20	18	+2	19
6	Unión La Calera	14	5	3	6	15	28	−13	18
7	Deportes Antofagasta	14	4	4	6	17	19	−2	13
8	Magallanes	14	3	3	8	17	25	−8	12

Relegation Playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Magallanes	14	7	3	4	23	22	+1	24
2	Arturo Fernández Vial	14	6	6	2	22	19	+3	21
3	Deportes La Serena	14	6	2	6	29	24	+5	20
4	Provincial Osorno	14	6	2	6	20	21	−1	20
5	Lota Schwager	14	5	3	6	24	21	+3	18
6	Deportes Arica	14	5	3	6	20	24	−4	18
7	Deportes Ovalle	14	4	5	5	16	16	0	17
8	Deportes Iquique	14	3	4	7	23	30	−7	13	Relegated to Tercera División