The 2023 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth edition of the

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, and the eleventh since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 24 January and ended on 13 December 2023. Patronato, the defending champions, were eliminated in the round of 32. Estudiantes (LP) defeated Defensa y Justicia 1–0 in the final to win their first title in the tournament. As winners, they qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores group stage and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2023 Argentine Primera División in the 2023 Supercopa Argentina.

Teams

Sixty-four teams took part in this competition: All twenty-eight teams from the Primera División; fifteen teams of the Primera Nacional; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; two from the Primera D and ten teams from Federal A.

First Level

Primera División

All twenty-eight teams of the 2022 tournament qualified. * Aldosivi *

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* Banfield *

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* Central Córdoba (SdE) * Colón * Defensa y Justicia * Estudiantes (LP) * Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) * Godoy Cruz *

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* Independiente *

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* Patronato * Platense *

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* River Plate *

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* San Lorenzo * Sarmiento (J) * Talleres (C) * Tigre * Unión * Vélez Sarsfield

Second Level

Primera Nacional

The top fifteen teams of the 2022 tournament qualified. *

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* Almagro * Belgrano *

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* Chaco For Ever *

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* Deportivo Morón * Deportivo Riestra * Estudiantes (BA) * Estudiantes (RC) * Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) * Independiente Rivadavia * Instituto * San Martín (SJ) * San Martín (T)

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The champion and the top three teams of the 2022 Primera B tournament and the winner of "2021 Torneo Complemento" qualified. *

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* Defensores Unidos * Deportivo Armenio * Ituzaingó

Torneo Federal A

The top five teams of each zone of the 2022 tournament qualified. * Central Norte * Ciudad de Bolívar * Gimnasia y Tiro * Independiente (Ch) * Olimpo * Racing (C) * San Martín (F) * Sarmiento (R) *

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* Villa Mitre

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The champion and the top three teams of the 2022 Primera C tournament qualified. * Argentino (M) * Claypole * Deportivo Español * Excursionistas

Fifth Level

Primera D Metropolitana

The top team of 2022 Primera D tournament and the winner of "Torneo Complemento" qualified. * Centro Español * Yupanqui

Round and draw dates

Final rounds

Draw

The draw for the final rounds was held on 3 November 2022, 17:00 at AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided in four groups. Teams were seeded by their historical performance and division. Champions of AFA tournaments playing in Argentine Primera División were allocated to Group A. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. C; B vs. D. Some combinations were avoided for security reasons. :

Bracket

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Round of 64

The Round of 64 had 10 qualified teams from the Torneo Federal A, 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metropolitana; 4 teams from Primera C Metropolitana and 2 teams from Primera D Metropolitana), 15 teams from Primera Nacional and 28 teams from Primera División. The round was played between 24 January and 27 June 2023, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32.

Round of 32

This round had 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between 19 July and 15 August 2023, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16

This round had the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between 23 August and 10 September 2023, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

This round had the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between 10 and 15 October 2023, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals

This round had the 4 qualified teams from the Quarter-finals. The round was played on 22 and 23 November 2023, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.

Final

Top goalscorers

Team of the tournament

References

External links

Official site

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