2018 Copa Perú


The 2018 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 2018 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: 2018 Ligas Departamentales del Peru and 2018 Ligas Superiores del Perú
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.
DepartmentTeamLocation
AmazonasBagua GrandeUtcubamba
AmazonasAlipio Ponce VásquezChachapoyas
AncashSport AncashHuaraz
AncashAcademia SipesaSanta
ApurímacAndahuaylasApurímac
ApurímacRetamosoAbancay
ArequipaSportivo HuracánArequipa
ArequipaSocial CorireCastilla
AyacuchoSan CristóbalHuamanga
AyacuchoSport HuantaHuanta
CajamarcaADAJaén
CajamarcaLas PalmasChota
CallaoAEBVentanilla
CallaoAlfredo TomassiniVentanilla
CuscoDeportivo GarcilasoCusco
CuscoRoblesCalca
HuancavelicaUDAHuancavelica
HuancavelicaCaminosHuancavelica
HuánucoAlianza UniversidadHuánuco
HuánucoLeón de HuánucoHuánuco
IcaSport MarinoIca
IcaSantosNasca
JunínHuamantangaJauja
JunínEscuela JTRHuancayo
La LibertadRacingSánchez Carrión
La LibertadEl IncaVirú

DepartmentTeamLocation
LambayequeCarlos SteinChiclayo
LambayequePirataChiclayo
LimaVenusHuaura
LimaDefensor Laure SurChancay
LoretoEstudiantil CNIIquitos
LoretoCaballo CochaMariscal Castilla
Madre de DiosDeportivo MaldonadoPuerto Maldonado
Madre de DiosMINSATambopata
MoqueguaCredicoop San CristóbalMariscal Nieto
MoqueguaHijos del Altiplano y del PacíficoIlo
PascoSan AgustínDaniel Alcides Carrión
PascoDeportivo Municipal Daniel Alcides Carrión
PiuraAtlético TorinoTalara
PiuraUD ParachiqueSechura
PunoAlfonso UgartePuno
PunoCredicoop San RománJuliaca
San MartínUnión TarapotoSan Martín
San MartínBellavistaBellavista
TacnaUnión Alfonso UgarteTacna
TacnaJuventud LocumbaJorge Basadre
TumbesUNTTumbes
TumbesFerrocarrilZarumilla
UcayaliColegio ComercioCoronel Portillo
UcayaliDeportivo Municipal Padre Abad

National stage

In 2015 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 will have represented. The National Stage starts in the first week of September.
In 2017 the same format continues, without the authorization of MatchVision.
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 2019 Torneo Descentralizado and the runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2019 Peruvian Segunda División.

Tie-breaking criteria


The ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Points
3. Goal difference
4. Number of goals scored
5. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Away 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

Second Round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Final group stage

The final group stage, colloquially known as La Finalísima, will be played by the four semifinalist at the Estadio Nacional. The team with the most points will be declared the winner and be promoted to the 2019 Torneo Descentralizado.

Promotion Play-off