2016 Copa Perú
The 2016 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 2016 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: 2016 Ligas Departamentales del Peru and 2016 Ligas Superiores del PeruThe following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.
| Department | Team | Location |
| Amazonas | Unión Santo Domingo | Chachapoyas |
| Amazonas | Higos Urco | Chachapoyas |
| Ancash | Sport Rosario | Huaraz |
| Ancash | DELUSA | Casma |
| Apurímac | José María Arguedas | Andahuaylas |
| Apurímac | La Victoria | Abancay |
| Arequipa | La Colina | Caylloma |
| Arequipa | Binacional | Arequipa |
| Ayacucho | Deportivo Municipal | VRAEM |
| Ayacucho | Sport Huanta | Huanta |
| Cajamarca | Coopac NSR | Cajabamba |
| Cajamarca | Hualgayoc | Hualgayoc |
| Callao | Sport Blue Rays | Callao |
| Callao | Cultural Peñarol | Carmen de la Legua Reynoso |
| Cusco | Deportivo Garcilaso | Cusco |
| Cusco | Juventus Mollepata | Anta |
| Huancavelica | UDA | Huancavelica |
| Huancavelica | Cultural Bolognesi | Huancavelica |
| Huánuco | Mariano Santos | Leoncio Prado |
| Huánuco | Cultural Tarapacá | Huánuco |
| Ica | Carlos Orellana | Ica |
| Ica | Octavio Espinosa | Ica |
| Junín | Sport Águila | Huancayo |
| Junín | Alipio Ponce | Satipo |
| La Libertad | Racing | Sánchez Carrión |
| La Libertad | Chavelines Juniors | Pacasmayo |
| Department | Team | Location |
| Lambayeque | Pirata | Chiclayo |
| Lambayeque | La Nueva Alianza | Chiclayo |
| Lima | DIM | Lima |
| Lima | Venus | Huaura |
| Loreto | Estudiantil CNI | Maynas |
| Loreto | Kola San Martín | Maynas |
| Madre de Dios | MINSA | Tambopata |
| Madre de Dios | Deportivo Maldonado | Puerto Maldonado |
| Moquegua | Enersur | Ilo |
| Moquegua | Marsical Nieto | Ilo |
| Pasco | Deportivo Municipal | Oxapampa |
| Pasco | Sport Ticlacayán | Pasco |
| Piura | Atlético Grau | Piura |
| Piura | San Antonio | Piura |
| Puno | Fuerza Minera | Putina |
| Puno | Credicoop San Román | San Román |
| San Martín | San José | San Martín |
| San Martín | Unión César Vallejo | San Martín |
| Tacna | Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna |
| Tacna | EGB Tacna Heroica | Tacna |
| Tumbes | Cristal Tumbes | Tumbes |
| Tumbes | Comercial Aguas Verdes | Zarumilla |
| Ucayali | Defensor Neshuya | Padre Abad |
| Ucayali | UNU | Coronel Portillo |
National stage
In 2016 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru represented. The National Stage starts in the first week of September.This 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 2017 Torneo Descentralizado and the runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2017 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