2015 Copa Perú


The 2015 Peru Cup season, the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football, started in February.
This edition has featured a change, with the elimination of the Regional Stage and the inclusion of participants from all the Regions of Peru in the National Stage. Under the new format, the tournament has four stages. The first three stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, and the fourth stage is played under POT System intellectual property of the MatchVision company.
The 2015 Peru Cup started with the District Stage in February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage which started in June. The tournament continued with the Departmental Stage in July. The National Stage starts in September. The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division and the runner-up will be promoted to the Second Division.

Departmental stage

Departmental Stage: 2015 Ligas Departamentales del Peru and 2015 Ligas Superiores del Peru
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.
DepartmentTeamLocation
AmazonasUPPChachapoyas
AmazonasBagua GrandeUtcubamba
AncashSport AncashHuaraz
AncashDELUSACasma
ApurímacSport MunicipalAndahuaylas
ApurímacCultural Santa RosaAndahuaylas
ArequipaLa ColinaCaylloma
ArequipaSportivo HuracánArequipa
AyacuchoPlayer VillafuerteHuanta
AyacuchoDeportivo Municipal VRAE
CajamarcaHualgayocHualgayoc
CajamarcaUnión BambamarcaBambamarca
CallaoCantolaoCallao
CallaoJuventud La PerlaCallao
CuscoAlfredo SalinasEspinar
CuscoDeportivo GarcilasoCusco
HuancavelicaUDAHuancavelica
HuancavelicaRacing Huancavelica
HuánucoMariano SantosLeoncio Prado
HuánucoSport BoysTocache
IcaJuventud Barrio NuevoIca
IcaAméricaPalpa
JunínSport La VidConcepción
JunínTrilce InternacionalHuancayo
La LibertadRacingSánchez Carrión
La LibertadReal SociedadSánchez Carrión

DepartmentTeamLocation
LambayequeConstrucción CivilChiclayo
LambayequeAlianza Vista AlegreChiclayo
LimaDIMLima
LimaDefensor Laure SurHuaral
LoretoBolívarMaynas
LoretoRed de SaludDatem del Marañón
Madre de DiosMINSATambopata
Madre de DiosFray Martín de PorresTambopata
MoqueguaEnersurIlo
MoqueguaAtlético HuracánMoquegua
PascoAlipio PoncePasco
PascoSociedad de Tiro 28Pasco
PiuraLa BocanaSechura
PiuraTúpac AmaruSullana
PunoFuerza MineraPuno
PunoAlfonso UgartePuno
San MartínConstructora TrujilloMoyobamba
San MartínUnión TarapotoSan Martín
TacnaCoronel BolognesiTacna
TacnaSport JuniorJorge Basadre
TumbesCristal TumbesTumbes
TumbesJosé Chiroque CieloZarumilla
UcayaliDeportivo Municipal Coronel Portillo
UcayaliDeportivo Municipal Padre Abad

National stage

For the first time, all the Regions of Peru will have representation in the National Stage, which will be played under Regional using the POT System. The new National Stage starts in the second week of September.
This new phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 8 are qualified directly to the Round of 16, while the teams in places 9 to 24 will play the Repechage phase. The teams in places 25 to 50 are eliminated.
The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2016 Torneo Descentralizado and the runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2016 Peruvian Segunda División.

Tie-breaking criteria


The ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Points
2. Number of Relative Points, which are calculated by multiplying the points obtained against each rival with the total points obtained by this rival.
3. Goal difference
4. Number of goals scored
5. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Away Points
2. Number of Away Relative Points
3. Goal Difference in away games
4. Number of goals scored in away games
6. Number of First-Half points: considering the half-time results as the final results
6. Drawing of lots

League table

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Sixth round

Repechage

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final