The 2024 Copa Paraguay was the sixth 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 ...

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's domestic

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cup competition organized by the

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(APF). The competition began on 30 April and ended on 6 December 2024. The defending champions Libertad won their third Copa Paraguay title, defeating

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1–0 in the final match. As Copa Paraguay winners, Libertad qualified for the 2024 Supercopa Paraguay against Olimpia, the Primera División champions with better record in the aggregate table, but their berth to the

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was instead awarded to the cup runners-up Nacional since they had already qualified for that competition on league performance.

Format

The competition retained the format used in the most recent editions, with 75 participating teams. The 18

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clubs, the 12

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ones, and the 17 Football Union of the Interior (UFI) champions started the competition in the first stage, in which the Primera B and Primera C teams were drawn against a team from their same league in single-legged ties, whilst the UFI teams were paired in seven matchups and a triangular group according to geographical proximity. The 22 match winners as well as the top two teams from the triangular advanced to the second stage, in which the 16

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clubs joined the competition, forming 20 single-legged ties. The 20 winning teams then advanced to the third stage, where the 12

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teams entered. The 16 third stage winners advanced to the round of 16. Ties in all rounds are played on a single-legged basis, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a draw. Aside from qualification for the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Paraguay, the Copa Paraguay champion was awarded a monetary prize of Gs. 1 billion. The runners-up were awarded Gs. 250 million, the third-placed team earned Gs. 100 million, and the fourth-placed team received Gs. 50 million.

Teams

The 2024 edition had 75 participating teams: ;Primera División * 2 de Mayo *

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) *

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* Libertad *

* Olimpia * Sol de América *

Sportivo Ameliano Club Sportivo Ameliano, also simply known as Ameliano, is a Paraguayan football club based in Virgen del Huerto neighborhood in the city of Asunción. The club competes in the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2022 season after their promotio ...

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 ...

Sportivo Trinidense Sportivo Trinidense is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of Santísima Trinidad, in Asunción. The club was founded on 11 August 1935. Their home games are played at the Estadio Martín Torres. Their traditional rival is Rubio Ñu ...

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 * Atlético 3 de Febrero * 12 de Junio *

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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. 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 ...

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

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;Primera B * 3 de Febrero RB *

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* 12 de Octubre (I) * 12 de Octubre (SD) * 24 de Setiembre * 29 de Setiembre * Atlántida *

Benjamín Aceval Benjamín Aceval is a city in the Department of Presidente Hayes in Paraguay. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Benjamín Aceval. Etymology The city is named after Tomás Benjamín Aceval Marín, the Paraguayan diplomat wh ...

* Cristóbal Colón (JAS) * Cristóbal Colón (Ñ) *

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* General Díaz * Olimpia (Itá) *

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* River Plate * Silvio Pettirossi *

Sport Colombia Club Sport Colombia, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Fernando de la Mora. History The club was founded November 1, 1924 and plays in the Paraguayan third division. Their home games are played at the Estadio Alfonso Colmá ...

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;Primera C *1 de Marzo (FDM) *Atlético Juventud * Capitán Figari *

Deportivo Pinozá Deportivo Pinozá, is a Paraguayan football (soccer), football club based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Bernardino Caballero, Bernardino Caballero in Asunción. The club was founded 1 November 1921 and currently plays in the Paraguayan Cuarta Di ...

Fulgencio Yegros Fulgencio Yegros y Franco de Torres (born 1780 in Quyquyhó, died 17 July 1821) was a Paraguayan soldier, landowner and the first head of state of independent Paraguay. The town of Yegros is named in his honor. Life Yegros was born to a fa ...

* General Caballero (ZC) *

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*Pilcomayo *Sport Colonial *

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*Valois Rivarola ;UFI The champions from each of the 17 departments of Paraguay qualified for the competition: * Nacional (Yby Yaú) ( Concepción) * 14 de Mayo (Capiibary) ( San Pedro) * Sport Unión (

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) * Olimpia (Villarrica) ( Guairá) * Atlético Forestal ( Caaguazú) * Atlético Enramadita (

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) * Sportivo San Pedro (

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) * 15 de Mayo Itacurubí (

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) * Guaraní (

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) * Patriotas (

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) * Universo FBC ( Central) * 1 de Marzo (Pilar) (

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) * Deportivo 1 de Marzo (

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) *

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(

Canindeyú Canindeyú () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá. Canindeyú comes from the Guarani words Kaninde - macaw; ju - yellow, blue-and-yellow macaw (''Ara ararauna''). Districts The department is divided in 16 ...

) * Sportivo San Miguel (

) * Atlético Juventud (ME) ( Boquerón) * Atlético 16 de Julio ( Alto Paraguay)

First stage

The draw for the first three stages was held on 22 March 2024 and matches in this round were played from 30 April to 16 June 2024.

Triangular group

Second stage

The second stage fixture was announced on 25 June 2024 and matches in this round were played from 3 to 18 July 2024.

Bracket

Third stage

The fixture for this stage's first two weeks of play was announced on 15 August 2024 and matches in this round were played from 20 August to 19 September 2024.

Round of 16

The fixture for this stage's first week of play was announced on 26 September 2024 and matches in this round were played from 1 to 16 October 2024.

Quarter-finals

The fixture for this stage was announced on 18 October 2024 and matches in this round were played from 24 to 30 October 2024.

Semi-finals

The fixture for this stage was announced on 8 November 2024 and matches in this round were played on 13 and 20 November 2024.

Third place play-off

Final

References

External links

Copa Paraguay
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