The B-team is not the first team but the second team. Players that are not quite good enough to play for the main or first team play for the B team. An alternative phrase is the ‘reserve team’.
Example: Many Premier League sides play their B-team in the Carling Cup in order to give those players experience and at the same time they can rest their first-team players.
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