2024 Copa Argentina

The 2024 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the twelfth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 25 January and ended on 11 December 2024. Estudiantes (LP) were the defending champions but were eliminated in the round of 32.

Central Córdoba (SdE) defeated Vélez Sarsfield 1–0 in the final to win their first title in the tournament. As winners, they qualified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores group stage and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2024 Argentine Primera División in the 2024 Supercopa Argentina.

Teams

The 64 teams that took part in this competition included: 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 2023 tournament qualified.

*Argentinos Juniors
*Arsenal
*Atlético Tucumán
* Banfield
*Barracas Central
*Belgrano
*Boca Juniors
* Central Córdoba (SdE)
* Colón
*Defensa y Justicia
* Estudiantes (LP)
* Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
* Godoy Cruz
*Huracán
* Independiente
* Instituto
*Lanús
*Newell's Old Boys
* Platense
*Racing
* River Plate
*Rosario Central
*San Lorenzo
* Sarmiento (J)
* Talleres (C)
* Tigre
* Unión
*Vélez Sarsfield

Second Level

Primera Nacional

The top 7 teams in each group plus the best eighth-placed one of the 2023 tournament qualified.

* Agropecuario Argentino
*Almirante Brown
*Atlético de Rafaela
*Chacarita Juniors
*Defensores de Belgrano
*Deportivo Maipú
*Deportivo Riestra
* Estudiantes (RC)
* Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
*Independiente Rivadavia
* Mitre (SdE)
*Quilmes
*San Martín (SJ)
* San Martín (T)
*Temperley

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The champions and the top four teams of the 2023 Primera B tournament qualified.

* Argentino (Q)
*Comunicaciones
* Los Andes
*San Miguel
* Talleres (RdE)

Torneo Federal A

The top two teams plus the two best third-placed teams of each zone of the 2023 tournament qualified.

* Argentino (MM)
*Central Norte
* Ciudad de Bolivar
*Douglas Haig
*Gimnasia y Tiro
* Independiente (Ch)
*Juventud Unida Universitario
*Sportivo Las Parejas
* Olimpo
* Villa Mitre

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The champions, the top two teams and the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" of the 2023 Primera C tournament qualified.

* Excursionistas
* Laferrere
* Midland
* San Martín (B)
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Fifth Level

Primera D Metropolitana

The champions and the winners of the "First Tournament" of 2023 Primera D qualified.

* Centro Español
* El Porvenir

Round and draw dates

Final rounds

Draw

The draw for the finals rounds was held on 19 December 2023, 14:00 at the AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided into four groups. The historical rivals that play in the Argentine First Division and are champions of AFA tournaments were paired and directly assigned to Group 1. The teams in Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 were seeded according to their historical performance and division, with the teams in Group 2 also divided into pairs of historical rivals. From Group 1 and Group 2, the first team drawn was placed in a predetermined bracket and its historical rival was placed in the other. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: Group 1 vs. Group 3; Group 2 vs. Group 4. With this draw format, historical rivals could only play against each other in the final

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 25 January and 15 May 2024, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32.

;Notes

:a. Referee Ariel Penel suspended the match in the 51st minute after Fernando Brandán (Chacarita Juniors) was hit on the head by a bottle thrown from the stands. On 7 March 2024, the AFA Disciplinary Court decided to resume the match and play the remaining 39 minutes on a date to be determined in Sarandí behind closed doors. Tigre had to pay Chacarita Juniors' travel expenses and a fine. The match was resumed on 17 April 2024 at 15:40.

Round of 32

This round had 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between 2 May and 17 July 2024, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16

This round had 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between 31 July and 7 September 2024, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

This round had 8 qualified teams from the Round of 36. The round was played between 18 September and 23 October 2024, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the semifinals.

Semifinals

This round had 4 qualified teams from the quarterfinals. The round was played between 24 October and 27 November 2024, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the final.

Final

Top goalscorers

Team of the tournament

See also

* 2024 Argentine Primera División
* 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional

References

External links

*

Copa Argentina
on the Argentine Football Association's website

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