The 2019 Copa Paraguay was the second edition of the

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's domestic football cup competition. The competition started on 28 May 2019 and concluded on 5 December 2019. Libertad won their first title in the competition by beating defending champions

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in the final by a 3–0 score. With both champions Libertad and runners-up Guaraní being already qualified for the

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, and third-placed team

Deportivo Capiatá Club Deportivo Capiatá, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Capiatá. The club was founded on September 8, 2008 and plays in the Third División of the Paraguayan league. Their home games are played at the Estadio Lic. Erico Ga ...

being relegated at the end of the season, the berth to the

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the winners were originally entitled to was transferred to the Primera División aggregate table eighth-placed team,

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Format

For this edition, the competition was expanded from 48 to 64 teams, with the

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, and

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being entitled to more berths. Given the expansion, the competition did not feature any preliminary rounds for teams from the lower tiers and the 64 teams directly qualified for the first round. Ties in all rounds were played as a single game, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a draw.

Teams

64 teams competed in this edition of the competition: the 12 Primera División and 16 División Intermedia teams, as well as 11 from the Primera B, 8 from the Primera C, and the 17 champions from each department of Paraguay representing the UFI.

Primera División

All of the 12 Primera División teams took part in the competition: *

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...

Deportivo Santaní Club Deportivo Santaní, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of San Estanislao, locally known as ''Santaní''. The club was founded February 27, 2009 and plays in División Intermedia, the second division in the Paraguayan football ...

* General Díaz *

* Libertad *

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* Olimpia * River Plate * Sol de América *

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División Intermedia

All of the 16 División Intermedia teams took part: * 2 de Mayo * 3 de Febrero (CDE) * 12 de Octubre (I) *

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* Fernando de la Mora *

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* General Caballero (JLM) * Guaireña * Independiente (CG) * Ovetense * R.I. 3 Corrales * Resistencia * Rubio Ñu *

Sportivo Iteño Sportivo Iteño is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Itá, in Asunción. The club was founded on June 1, 1924 and plays in the Paraguayan División Intermedia The División Intermedia ( en, Intermediate Division), also known as ...

Sportivo Trinidense Sportivo Trinidense, is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of Santísima Trinidad, in Asunción. The club was founded on 11 August 1935. Their home games are played at the Estadio Martín Torres. Their traditional rival is Rubio ...

Primera B

The 9 teams ranked from 2nd to 10th place in the 2018 Primera B season and the top two in the 2018 Primera C season qualified: * 3 de Febrero FBC * Atlántida *

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* Cristóbal Colón (JAS) * Cristóbal Colón (Ñ) * Presidente Hayes * Recoleta * Sportivo Ameliano *

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* Tembetary

Primera C

Teams ranked from 3rd to 10th place in the previous Primera C season qualified: * 1° de Marzo * 12 de Octubre (SD) * Atlético Juventud * General Caballero (CG) *

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* Sport Colonial

UFI

The champions from each of the 17 departments of Paraguay qualified for the competition: * Sportivo San Juan ( Concepción) * Porvenir FC ( San Pedro) * Sport Valenzolano (

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) * 12 de Octubre (PY) ( Guairá) * Sol de América (P) ( Caaguazú) * 16 de Agosto (

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) * Athletic FBC ( Itapúa) * 19 de Marzo FBC (

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) * Sud América (

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) * 3 de Mayo (

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) * 1° de Marzo FBC ( Ñeembucú) * Aquidabán (

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) * Sport Santo Domingo ( Canindeyú) * Independiente (N) ( Presidente Hayes) * Nueva Estrella ( Boquerón) * Sport Puerto Diana (

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 ...

)

Round of 64

The draw for the round of 64 was held on 16 May 2019 and the matches were played from 28 May to 25 July 2019.

Round of 32

Matches in this round were played from 7 August to 3 September 2019.

Bracket

Round of 16

Matches in this round were played from 10 to 19 September 2019.

Quarterfinals

Matches in this round were played from 9 to 16 October 2019.

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 5 and 6 November 2019.

Final

Third place play-off

References

External links

Copa Paraguay
on 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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