The 2023 Copa Paraguay was the fifth edition of the

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's domestic

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cup competition organized by the

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(APF). The competition began on 18 April and ended on 2 December 2023, with the winners qualifying for the

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against the Primera División champions with better record in the aggregate table. Libertad were the champions, claiming their second Copa Paraguay title by beating

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on penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw in the final. As winners, Libertad were entitled to earn a berth into the

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, however since both finalists qualified for that competition via league performance, that berth was awarded to the third-placed team,

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Sportivo Trinidense in the quarter-finals.

Format

Although the Copa Paraguay kept the number of participating clubs and format used in

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, the

(APF) confirmed that starting from this edition, the champions will qualify for the following year's

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, taking the ''Paraguay 4'' berth in the competition, except if they have already qualified via league performance or play in a tier other than Primera División, in which case that right will go to the cup runners-up or third-placed team (or best-placed team in the Primera División's aggregate table if the runners-up or third-placed team also meet any of those conditions, in that order). For the first stage, the Football Union of the Interior (UFI) clubs 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

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clubs were drawn in a similar arrangement to the UFI zone except that the ties were decided by a draw, while the 12

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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 will advance to the round of 16. Ties in all rounds will be played on a single-legged basis, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a draw.

Teams

The 2023 edition will have a total of 74 participating teams: ;Primera División *

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan Association football, football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero (Asunción), Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Paraguayan Primera División, Primera División titles ...

* General Caballero (JLM) * Guaireña *

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* Libertad *

* Olimpia * Resistencia *

Sportivo Luqueño Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. It currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, the country's top tier of football, where it has won thrice, in 19 ...

Tacuary Club Tacuary is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara in Asunción. The club was founded in 1923. Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamerican ...

;División Intermedia * 2 de Mayo * 3 de Febrero (CDE) * 12 de Octubre (I) * 24 de Setiembre (VP) *

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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 i ...

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. It will play the Paraguayan Primera División after winning the 2024 Paraguayan Di ...

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 l ...

* Fernando de la Mora * Independiente (CG) * Martín Ledesma * Pastoreo * Rubio Ñu *

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* Sol de América *

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;Primera B * 3 de Febrero (RB) *3 de Noviembre * 29 de Setiembre * Atlántida *Benjamín Aceval * Cristóbal Colón (JAS) * Cristóbal Colón (Ñ) *

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* General Díaz *

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* Olimpia (Itá) *

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* River Plate * Silvio Pettirossi *

Sportivo Iteño Sportivo Iteño is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Itá, in Central Department Central () is a Departments of Paraguay, department in Paraguay. The capital is Areguá. With 1,883,927 inhabitants, it is the most populated of ...

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;Primera C *1° de Marzo (FDM) * 12 de Octubre (SD) *Atlético Juventud * Capitán Figari *

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*General Caballero (CG) * General Caballero (ZC) *

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*Pilcomayo *

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*Sport Colonial *Valois Rivarola ;UFI The champions from each of the 17 departments of Paraguay qualified for the competition: * Sport Santa Cecilia ( Concepción) * 14 de Mayo (C) ( San Pedro) * Teniente Brozzon (

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) * Cerro Porteño (M) ( Guairá) * Universidad Católica ( Caaguazú) * 14 de Mayo (FY) (

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) * Sportivo San Pedro (

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) * Libertad (SP) (

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) * Sol de Mayo (

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) * Guaraní (MG) (

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) * Unión Ybyraró ( Central) * 1° de Marzo (P) (

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) * Atlético Amambay (

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) * General Caballero (K) (

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) * Independiente (N) (

) * Cerro Porteño (F) ( Boquerón) * Sport Hernancito ( Alto Paraguay)

First stage

The draw for the first stage was held on 24 March 2023 and matches were played from 18 April to 24 May 2023.

Triangular groups

Primera B

UFI

Second stage

The schedule for the second round was announced by the APF on 26 May 2023. Matches in this round were played from 6 to 22 June 2023.

Bracket

Third stage

The schedule for the first third stage matches was announced by the APF on 5 July 2023. Matches in this round were played from 11 July to 16 August 2023.

Round of 16

The schedule for the first round of 16 matches was announced by the APF on 14 September 2023. Matches in this round were played from 19 to 28 September 2023.

Quarter-finals

The schedule for the quarter-final matches was confirmed by the APF on 6 October 2023. Matches in this round were played from 11 to 26 October 2023.

Semi-finals

The schedule for the semi-final matches was confirmed by the APF on 30 October 2023. Matches in this round were played on 8 and 9 November 2023.

Third place play-off

Final

On 23 October 2023, the APF announced that the final would be played at Estadio Parque del Guairá in Villarrica. The match, originally scheduled for 29 November 2023, was later rescheduled to 2 December 2023 due to adverse weather conditions.

References

External links

Copa Paraguay
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