The 2022 Copa Paraguay was the fourth 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
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
's domestic
football cup competition organized by 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 ...
(APF). The competition began on 10 May and ended on 10 November 2022, with the winners qualifying for the
2023 Copa Sudamericana
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as well as the
2022 Supercopa Paraguay
The 2022 Supercopa Paraguay was the second edition of the Supercopa Paraguay, Paraguay's football super cup. It was held on 25 January 2023 between the 2022 Primera División best-ranked champions in the aggregate table Olimpia and the 2022 Cop ...
against the
Primera División champions with better record in the aggregate table.
Sportivo Ameliano won their first Copa Paraguay title, beating
Nacional
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Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
Bank
* Banco Nacional, a ...
on penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw in regular time in the final.
Olimpia were the defending champions, but were defeated by
Libertad in the round of 16.
Format
On 22 April 2022, the APF confirmed the expansion of the tournament to 74 teams with the inclusion of three preliminary rounds involving clubs from the
Football Union of the Interior (UFI),
Primera C
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,
Primera B
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,
División Intermedia and
Primera División.
For the first stage, the 17 UFI teams were paired according to their geographical location into seven single-legged ties and a triangular group with the remaining three teams, with the winners of the seven ties and the top two teams of the triangular advancing to the next round. The 17 Primera B clubs were drawn in a similar arrangement to the UFI zone except that the ties were decided by a draw, while the 12 Primera C clubs were drawn into six single-legged ties. Nine Primera B teams, six Primera C ones, and nine UFI ones advanced to the next round, where they were joined by the 16 División Intermedia clubs. The 40 clubs competing in the second stage were drawn into 20 single-legged ties, with the winners advancing to the third stage where they were drawn against the 12 Primera División clubs. The 16 third stage winners advanced to the round of 16. Ties in all subsequent rounds were played on a single-legged basis, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a draw.
Teams
The 2022 edition had a total of 74 participating teams:
Primera División
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12 de Octubre (I)
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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 ...
*
General Caballero (JLM)
*
Guaireña
*
Guaranà Guarani, Guaranà or Guarany may refer to
Ethnography
* Guaranà people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia)
* Guaranà language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay
* ...
*
Libertad
*
Nacional
Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to:
Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
Bank
* Banco Nacional, a ...
*
Olimpia
*
Resistencia
*
Sol de América
*
Sportivo Ameliano
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Tacuary
Tacuary Football Club is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara, Asunción. The club was founded in 1923.
Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Suda ...
División Intermedia
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2 de Mayo
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3 de Febrero (CDE)
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Atlético Colegiales
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Sports Teams Athletico
* Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
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*
Atyrá
Atyrá is one of the oldest cities of Paraguay, alongside Yaguarón, Villarrica, Encarnación, Pilar, San Lorenzo, Humaitá among others. Atyrá is 61 KM East from the country's capital, Asunción, located in the Altos Cordillera, as it is ...
*
Deportivo SantanÃ
Club Deportivo SantanÃ, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of San Estanislao, locally known as ''SantanÃ''. The club was founded February 27, 2009 and plays in División Intermedia, the second division in the Paraguayan football ...
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Fernando de la Mora
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Guaranà (T)
*
Independiente (CG)
*
MartÃn Ledesma
*
Pastoreo
*
River Plate
*
Rubio Ñu
*
San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
*
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 Luqueño
Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. The club has won two Paraguayan championships.
History
The club was founded in 1921 when three teams from the city of Lu ...
*
Sportivo Trinidense
Sportivo Trinidense, is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of SantÃsima Trinidad, in Asunción. The club was founded on 11 August 1935. Their home games are played at the Estadio MartÃn Torres. Their traditional rival is Rubio ...
Primera B
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3 de Febrero (RB)
*3 de Noviembre
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24 de Setiembre (VP)
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29 de Setiembre
*
Atlántida
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Cristóbal Colón (JAS)
*
Cristóbal Colón (Ñ)
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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 ...
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Deportivo Recoleta
Deportivo Recoleta, or simply known as Recoleta, is a Paraguayan association football club from the neighbourhood of the same name, in Asunción; founded in 1931. After winning the 2022 Primera B Metropolitana championship, in the 2023 season ...
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Fulgencio Yegros
Fulgencio Yegros y Franco de Torres (born 1780 in Quyquyhó, died 1821) was Paraguayan soldier and first head of state of independent Paraguay. The town of Yegros is named in his honor.
Life
Yegros was born to a family of military tradition ...
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General Caballero (ZC)
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General DÃaz
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Olimpia (Itá)
*
Presidente Hayes
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Silvio Pettirossi
Silvio Pettirossi Pereira (June 16, 1887 – October 17, 1916) was a Paraguayan airplane pilot and aviation pioneer.
Background
Born in Asunción on June 16, 1887 to Italian immigrant parents. As a young man he firstly moved to Spoleto in Italy ...
*
Sportivo Limpeño
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Tembetary
Primera C
*1° de Marzo (FDM)
*
12 de Octubre (SD)
*Atlético Juventud
*BenjamÃn Aceval
*
Deportivo Pinozá
*General Caballero (CG)
*
Humaitá
Humaitá is a town and '' distrito'' on the Paraguay River in southern Paraguay. During the Paraguayan War, it served as the main Paraguayan stronghold from 1866 until its fall in August 1868. During that time, it housed as many as 24,000 troops. ...
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Oriental
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*Pilcomayo
*
Sport Colombia
Club Sport Colombia, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Fernando de la Mora. The club was founded November 1, 1924 and plays in the Paraguayan second division. Their home games are played at the Estadio Alfonso Colmán whic ...
*Sport Colonial
*Valois Rivarola
UFI
The champions from each of the
17 departments of Paraguay qualified for the competition:
* Nacional (Yby Yaú) (
Concepción)
* Guaranà Unido (
San Pedro)
* Porvenir (
Cordillera
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The term is most commonly us ...
)
* Capitán Samudio (
Guairá)
* Atletico Forestal (
Caaguazú)
* Coronel MartÃnez (
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 ...
)
* Deportivo Juventud (
Itapúa)
* 15 de Agosto (S) (
Misiones
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)
* Sol de Mayo (
ParaguarÃ
Paraguarà (; gn, Paraguari) is a city, '' distrito'' and capital of Paraguarà Department in Paraguay, located 66 km from the country's capital, Asunción. At the 2002 census it had a population of 22,154.Alto Paraná
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)
* 8 de Setiembre (
Central
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)
* 1° de Marzo FBC (
Ñeembucú)
* Deportivo Obrero (
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 ...
)
* Sport Primavera (
Canindeyú)
* 15 de Agosto (BA) (
Presidente Hayes)
* 1 de Mayo (
Boquerón)
* Deportivo Alto Paraguay (
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 ...
)
First stage
The draw for the first stage was held on 22 April 2022 and matches were played from 10 May to 17 June 2022.
Primera B
Triangular (Zone 1)
Knockout ties (Zones 2–8)
Primera C
UFI
Knockout ties (Zones 1, 3–8)
Triangular (Zone 2)
Second stage
The draw for the second stage was held on 20 June 2022. Matches in this round were played from 28 June to 21 July 2022.
Third stage
The draw for the third stage and subsequent rounds was held on 15 July 2022. Matches in this round were played from 26 July to 11 August 2022.
Bracket
Round of 16
The schedule for the round of 16 was announced by the APF on 25 August 2022. Matches in this round were played from 6 to 8 September 2022.
Quarter-finals
The schedule for the quarter-finals was announced by the APF on 21 September 2022. Matches in this round were played on 27 and 28 September 2022.
Semi-finals
Final
On 14 October 2022, the APF confirmed that the final would be played in
Encarnación on 4 November 2022, as the opening event of the newly built
Estadio Villa Alegre.
Third place play-off
See also
*
2022 Paraguayan Primera División season
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2022 Paraguayan División Intermedia
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 ...
{{2022 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
Copa Paraguay
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Copa
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