The 2018 Copa Paraguay was the first edition of the
Copa Paraguay
The Copa Paraguay is a knockout football competition in men's domestic Paraguayan football, starting in 2018 and succeeding the defunct Torneo República. The project for its creation was officially presented in December 2017 and approved by the ...
,
Paraguay
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's domestic
football cup competition. The competition ended with
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winning their first title after beating
Olimpia 5–3 on penalties in the final following a 2–2 draw. GuaranÃ, as the winners, were awarded a berth into the
2019 Copa Sudamericana
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Preliminary stage
The preliminary stage was played by teams from the
Primera B
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Primera C
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, and the
UFI Ufi may refer to:
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UFI may refer to:
* Unión del Fútbol del Interior, the Paraguayan football (soccer) governing body
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. 7 Primera B teams, 6 Primera C teams, and 7 teams from the UFI qualified for the national stage, for a total of 20 teams.
Primera B
The 17 teams were divided into two groups of four teams each and three groups of three teams. The winners of each group, as well as the two best second-placed teams qualified for the national stage.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Ranking of second-placed teams
The two best teams among those ranked second qualified for the national stage. For teams in groups A and B, the matches against the fourth-placed team were not considered in this table.
Primera C
The 13 teams were divided into three groups of three teams each and one group of four teams. The winners of each group, as well as the two best second-placed teams qualified for the national stage.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Ranking of second-placed teams
The two best teams among those ranked second qualified for the national stage.
UFI
Teams competing in the UFI preliminaries were divided into seven zones grouping the
departments of Paraguay
Paraguay consists of 17 departments ( es, departamentos; singular – ''departamento)'' and one capital district (''distrito capital''). The country is divided into two regions: The "Occidental Region" or Chaco (Boquerón, Alto Paraguay and Presi ...
, with each department having one participating team (two or three departments per zone). The winners of each zone qualified for the national stage.
Zona 1
This zone included teams from the departments of
Concepción,
Amambay
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The name comes from the name of a part of the Caaguazú Cordillera, " Amambai Mountains". Amambay is the name of a fern, typical of the forest in the region.
Distri ...
and
Canindeyú.
Zona 2
This zone included teams from the departments of
Presidente Hayes,
Boquerón and
Alto Paraguay
Alto Paraguay (; ''Upper Paraguay'') is the least populous as well as a sparsely populated department of Paraguay. The capital is the town of Fuerte Olimpo.
In 1992, the Chaco Department was merged with Alto Paraguay.
Nature and national parks ...
.
Zona 3
This zone included teams from the departments of
Cordillera
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and
San Pedro.
Zona 4
This zone included teams from the departments of
Guairá and
ParaguarÃ
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and
Caaguazú.
Zona 6
This zone included teams from the departments of
Central
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,
Ñeembucú and
Misiones
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.
Zona 7
This zone included teams from the departments of
Itapúa and
Caazapá
Caazapá () is a city in Paraguay, founded in 1607, by Friar Luis de Bolaños. It is located in the Caazapá District and is the capital of the Caazapá Department. The name Caazapá comes from the Guarani words "Ka'aguy jehasapa" which means ...
.
National stage
First round
The draw for the first round of the national stage involved the 20 teams which qualified from the preliminary stage, as well as the 12
Primera División teams and the 16
División Intermedia teams, which entered the competition at this stage. The 48 teams were drawn into 24 ties to be played as a single game, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a tie. The 24 winners will advance to the second round. The draw for the first round was held on 29 June 2018 and the matches were played from 24 July to 5 September 2018.
Second round
The second round was contested by the 24 first round winners. The 12 winners as well as the four losers with the best performance over both rounds qualified for the round of 16. The matches were played from 25 September to 4 October 2018.
Ranking of second round losers
The four teams among the second round losers with the best record in the two previous rounds qualified for the round of 16.
Bracket
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 10 October 2018.
The matches were played from 23 to 31 October 2018.
Quarterfinals
Matches were played from 7 to 9 November 2018.
Semifinals
Both semifinal matches were played on 20 November 2018.
Third place play-off
Final
References
External links
Copa Paraguayon the official website of the
Paraguayan Football Association
The Paraguayan Football Association ( es, Asociación Paraguaya de Futbol ; APF) ( Guarani: ''Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu''), is the omnibus governing body of football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league, including futsal a ...
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