Copa Paraguay

Copa Paraguay
Organising body APF
Founded 2018
Region Paraguay
Number of teams 205 (Preliminary stage)
48 (National stage)
Qualifier for Copa Sudamericana
Television broadcasters Tigo Sports (All matches per round)
Latele (Some matche per round)
2018

The Copa Paraguay is a knockout football competition in men's domestic Paraguayan football, starting in 2018 and succeeding the now defunct Torneo República. The project for its creation was officially presented in December 2017 and approved by the Paraguayan Football Association's Executive Committee on 20 February 2018.[1]

The competition starts in April and concludes in November, with the winner of the cup qualifying for the following year's Copa Sudamericana. If the cup winner has already qualified for South American competitions through the league, then the cup runner-up (or the third-placed team) will qualify. If the top three teams have all already qualified for South American competitions through the league, then the best-placed team in the Paraguayan Primera División that has not yet qualified for an international competition will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana.[2]

Format

The competition is divided into two stages: a preliminary stage and the national stage.

In the preliminary stage, teams from the Primera B, Primera C, and the UFI compete for 20 berths to the national stage: 7 Primera B teams, 6 from the Primera C, and 7 from the UFI will qualify for the next stage.

In the national stage, the 12 Primera División teams and the 16 División Intermedia teams will enter the competition, for a total of 48 teams which will be drawn into 24 ties, with the winners qualifying for the second round. The 12 second round winners as well as the four best losers will advance to the round of 16. From that point onwards, the Copa Paraguay will continue as a single-elimination tournament.[3]

Results

Year Winners Runners-up Dates
2018April to November

References

  1. ↑ "Copa Paraguay, en abril". objetivo.com.py. 20 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "La Copa Paraguay otorgará un cupo directo a la Sudamericana". d10.paraguay.com. 9 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "La Copa Paraguay ya tiene formato". extra.com.py. 24 December 2017.
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