2024 Copa Ecuador

The 2024 Copa Ecuador (officially known as the Copa Ecuador DirecTV PlayGreen 2024 for sponsorship purposes) was the fourth edition of the Copa Ecuador, Ecuador's domestic football cup. It began on 19 June 2024 and ended with the single-match final on 27 November 2024.

El Nacional won their second Copa Ecuador title in this edition, defeating the defending champions Independiente del Valle 1–0 in the final. As Copa Ecuador champions, El Nacional qualified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores.

Format

For this season, the competition was played as a single knockout tournament, unlike the previous season in which a semifinal group was implemented, and was divided into four stages. The first of those four stages was a qualifying one which was intended to be played by four teams: the two worst placed Segunda Categoría teams in the previous season and the amateur runner-up and third-placed teams, but this round eventually only involved one Segunda Categoría team and an amateur one. The qualifying stage winners advanced to the first stage, in which the 10 Ecuadorian Serie B teams, the remaining Segunda Categoría ones and the amateur champions entered the competition.

The 16 Ecuadorian Serie A teams joined the competition in the second stage, comprising the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, whilst the third stage was the final match between the two semi-final winners. All rounds in the competition except for the semi-finals were played over a single leg, which was hosted by the team from the lower tier or the worst placed team in the season's aggregate table if both teams were from the same league. The semi-finals were played over two legs.

Prizes

The champions of this edition (or the runners-up, if the champions had already qualified) qualified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores, taking the ''Ecuador 4'' berth in that competition, as well as the 2025 Supercopa Ecuador against the 2024 Ecuadorian Serie A champions. Monetary prizes were also granted for this edition, with the champions being awarded US$340,000 and the runners-up receiving US$200,000. The two losing semi-finalists were awarded US$80,000, the quarter-finalists received US$50,000, whilst teams eliminated in the round of 16, first round and eliminatory stage were awarded US$30,000, US$20,000 and US$10,000, respectively.

Schedule

Teams

49 clubs took part in this edition of the Copa Ecuador: 16 from the Serie A, 10 from the Serie B, 21 from the Segunda Categoría, and 2 amateur teams.

Serie A

* Aucas
* Barcelona
* Cumbayá
* Delfín
* Deportivo Cuenca
* El Nacional
* Emelec
* Imbabura
* Independiente del Valle
* Libertad
* LDU Quito
* Macará
* Mushuc Runa
* Orense
* Técnico Universitario
* Universidad Católica

Serie B

* 9 de Octubre
* Chacaritas
* Cuniburo
* Gualaceo
* Guayaquil City
* Independiente Juniors
* Leones del Norte
* Manta
* San Antonio
* Vargas Torres

Segunda Categoría

* Atlético Quinindé
* AV25
* Baños Ciudad de Fuego
* Bonita Banana
* Deportivo Coca
* Deportivo Santo Domingo
* Dunamis 04
* Ecuagenera
* Junior
* La Cantera
* La Castellana
* La Paz
* La Unión
* LDU Cuenca
* Mineros
* Naranja Mekánica
* Olmedo
* Río Aguarico
* Río Babahoyo
* Santa Elena Sumpa
* Vicentino Dragons

Amateur teams

* Grupo 7
* Quito

Qualifying stage

The qualifying stage was played as a single match between the worst placed team in the 2023 Segunda Categoría's general standings and the amateur league runner-up. The winner advanced to the first stage.

First round

*Teams entering this round: 10 teams from Serie B, 20 teams from Segunda Categoría, and 1 amateur team. The team from the lower tier hosted the match.

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Bracket

Round of 32

*Teams entering this round: 16 teams from Serie A. The team from the lower tier hosted the match.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

Source
FEF

See also

* 2024 Ecuadorian Serie A

References

External links

Copa Ecuador 2024 – Ecuadorian Football Federation

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