 During the following two seasons, the mini-league was expanded from 8 then to 10 teams, in order to accommodate teams from the districts of Aveiro and Setúbal and, then, Coimbra.From the 1962–63 to the 1984–1985 season, the championship was held in two phases.During the regular phase, the teams were distributed for a variable number of groups (2, 3 or 4) according to location criteria.