2020 Copa Colombia

The 2020 Copa Colombia, officially the 2020 Copa BetPlay Dimayor for sponsorship reasons, is the 18th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. The tournament will be contested by 36 teams and began on 19 February. It is scheduled to conclude on 11 November 2020, with the champions qualifying for the 2021 Copa Libertadores. Independiente Medellín are the defending champions.

2020 Copa Colombia

Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2020
Country	Colombia
Dates	19 February – 11 November 2020
Teams	36
Matches played	16
Goals scored	35 (2.19 per match)
← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 5 March 2020.

On 13 March 2020, after a meeting with its member clubs, DIMAYOR announced the temporary suspension of the tournament, along with the Primera A and Primera B ones, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Format

The format for the 2020 Copa Colombia will be the same one used for the 2018 edition, with the competition being played in a single-elimination format in its entirety, without any group stages. The 16 Categoría Primera B teams will enter the competition in the first stage, being drawn into eight ties. After two stages, four Primera B teams will qualify for the third stage, along with the twelve Categoría Primera A teams that did not enter international competition in the 2020 season, which will enter the cup at that stage. Finally, in the round of 16, the eight third stage winners will be joined by the four Copa Libertadores qualifiers (Junior, América de Cali, Deportes Tolima, and Independiente Medellín), as well as the four Copa Sudamericana qualifiers (Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional, Millonarios, and Deportivo Pasto), which will enter the competition at this point.[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows:[3]

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	5 February 2020[4]	19–20 February 2020	4–5 March 2020
Second stage		TBA[note 1]
Third stage
Round of 16	TBD 2020	2 September 2020	9 September 2020
Quarter-finals		16 September 2020	14 October 2020
Semi-finals		21 October 2020	28 October 2020
Finals		4 November 2020	11 November 2020

First stage

The first stage was played by the 16 Categoría Primera B clubs, eight of which were seeded in the ties according to their placement in the 2019 season aggregate table. The two relegated clubs from the Categoría Primera A (Unión Magdalena and Atlético Huila) along with the remaining Primera B clubs were drawn into each tie. The seeded clubs (Team 2) hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real San Andrés	2–2 (4–1 p)	Cortuluá	1–1	1–1
Atlético	2–3	Real Cartagena	1–2	1–1
Valledupar	0–4	Deportes Quindío	0–2	0–2
Boca Juniors	1–1 (1–3 p)	Leones	0–0	1–1
Unión Magdalena	4–3	Bogotá	3–0	1–3
Orsomarso	2–2 (3–4 p)	Fortaleza	1–2	1–0
Barranquilla	0–3	Tigres	0–1	0–2
Atlético Huila	4–2	Llaneros	0–2	4–0

First leg

Real San Andrés v Cortuluá

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Real San Andrés	1–1	Cortuluá	San Andrés Island
14:00	Ramírez  77'	Report	Ucrós  90+3'	Stadium: Erwin O'Neil Referee: Juan Mira

Valledupar v Deportes Quindío

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Valledupar	0–2	Deportes Quindío	Valledupar
15:30		Report	Cambindo  19' (pen.), 48'	Stadium: Armando Maestre Pavajeau Referee: Ramiro Pabón

Boca Juniors v Leones

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Boca Juniors	0–0	Leones	Cali
18:00		Report		Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Héctor Rivera

Unión Magdalena v Bogotá

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Unión Magdalena	3–0	Bogotá	Santa Marta
20:05	Vanegas  30', 66' Luna  54'	Report		Stadium: Sierra Nevada Referee: Ferney Ossa

Orsomarso v Fortaleza

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20)	Orsomarso	1–2	Fortaleza	Palmira
15:30	Angulo  25'	Report	Caldera  28' Lara  82'	Stadium: Deportivo Cali Referee: Jonathan Aguirre

Barranquilla v Tigres

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20)	Barranquilla	0–1	Tigres	Barranquilla
15:30		Report	Montes  30' (pen.)	Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Jonathan Tovar

Atlético Huila v Llaneros

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20)	Atlético Huila	0–2	Llaneros	Neiva
18:00		Report	Navarro  5' Frigerio  90+5'	Stadium: Guillermo Plazas Alcid Referee: Nolberto Ararat

Atlético v Real Cartagena

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20)	Atlético	1–2	Real Cartagena	Cali
20:05	Correa  2'	Report	Giraldo  10' Ramos  63'	Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Alejandro Moncada

Second leg

Llaneros v Atlético Huila

4 March 2020 (2020-03-04)	Llaneros	0–4 (2–4 agg.)	Atlético Huila	Tunja
15:15		Report	Henao  8' (pen.) Moreno  56' Mostasilla  67' Asprilla  79'	Stadium: La Independencia Referee: Luis Delgado

Leones v Boca Juniors

4 March 2020 (2020-03-04)	Leones	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (3–1 p)	Boca Juniors	Envigado
15:30	Gómez  7'	Report	García  45+1'	Stadium: Polideportivo Sur Referee: Wilmer Gantiva

Real Cartagena v Atlético

4 March 2020 (2020-03-04)	Real Cartagena	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Atlético	Magangué
19:00	Díaz  48'	Report	Cobo  18'	Stadium: Diego de Carvajal Referee: Diego Ruiz

Bogotá v Unión Magdalena

4 March 2020 (2020-03-04)	Bogotá	3–1 (3–4 agg.)	Unión Magdalena	Bogotá
19:40	Suárez  12' Caicedo  33', 49'	Report	Hinojosa  75'	Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Juan Pablo Alba

Fortaleza v Orsomarso

5 March 2020 (2020-03-05)	Fortaleza	0–1 (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	Orsomarso	Cota
14:00		Report	Murillo  77'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Ramiro Pabón

Cortuluá v Real San Andrés

5 March 2020 (2020-03-05)	Cortuluá	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (1–4 p)	Real San Andrés	Tuluá
15:15	Ibargüen  68'	Report	Duarte  78'	Stadium: Doce de Octubre Referee: Alexander Ortiz

Tigres v Barranquilla

5 March 2020 (2020-03-05)	Tigres	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Barranquilla	Bogotá
15:30	Anaya  10' Ortíz  90+7'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Nolberto Ararat

Deportes Quindío v Valledupar

5 March 2020 (2020-03-05)	Deportes Quindío	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Valledupar	Armenia
17:30	España  5' (pen.), 40'	Report		Stadium: Centenario Referee: David Espinoza

Second stage

The second stage will be played by the eight first stage winners. In each tie, the clubs with the best performance in the first stage will host the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real San Andrés	A	Atlético Huila
Real Cartagena	B	Tigres
Fortaleza	C	Deportes Quindío
Leones	D	Unión Magdalena

First leg

Real San Andrés v Atlético Huila

TBA 2020 (2020)[note 1]	Real San Andrés	v	Atlético Huila	San Andrés Island
				Stadium: Erwin O'Neil

Real Cartagena v Tigres

TBA 2020 (2020)[note 1]	Real Cartagena	v	Tigres	Magangué
				Stadium: Diego de Carvajal

Fortaleza v Deportes Quindío

TBA 2020 (2020)[note 1]	Fortaleza	v	Deportes Quindío	Cota
				Stadium: Municipal

Leones v Unión Magdalena

TBA 2020 (2020)[note 1]	Leones	v	Unión Magdalena	Envigado
				Stadium: Polideportivo Sur

Second leg

Atlético Huila v Real San Andrés

TBA 2020 (2020)[note 1]	Atlético Huila	v	Real San Andrés	Neiva
				Stadium: Guillermo Plazas Alcid

Tigres v Real Cartagena

TBA 2020 (2020)[note 1]	Tigres	v	Real Cartagena	Bogotá
				Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo

Deportes Quindío v Fortaleza

TBA 2020 (2020)[note 1]	Deportes Quindío	v	Fortaleza	Armenia
				Stadium: Centenario

Unión Magdalena v Leones

TBA 2020 (2020)[note 1]	Unión Magdalena	v	Leones	Santa Marta
				Stadium: Sierra Nevada

Third stage

The third stage will be played by the four second stage winners and the 12 Categoría Primera A clubs that did not qualify for international competition, which were seeded in the ties according to their placement in the 2019 season aggregate table. The two promoted clubs from the Categoría Primera B (Deportivo Pereira and Boyacá Chicó) were the last two seeded teams, with Deportivo Pereira taking the eleventh position and Boyacá Chicó the twelfth position. The four second stage winners as well as the best four teams according to the 2019 Primera A aggregate table will host the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boyacá Chicó	A	Second stage winners A
Deportivo Pereira	B	Second stage winners B
Jaguares	C	Second stage winners C
Rionegro Águilas	D	Second stage winners D
La Equidad	E	Cúcuta Deportivo
Atlético Bucaramanga	F	Once Caldas
Envigado	G	Alianza Petrolera
Patriotas	H	Santa Fe

Final stages

Each tie in the final stages will be played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team with the better overall record up to that stage will host the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the third stage winners will host the second leg. The teams entering this stage will be the ones that qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores and 2020 Copa Sudamericana, which will be drawn into each of the eight ties. In case of a tie in aggregate score, neither the away goals rule nor extra time are applied, and the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Third stage winners A
							Round of 16 winners A^[†]
							Round of 16 winners H^[†]
	Third stage winners H
													Quarter-final winners A^[†]
												Quarter-final winners D^[†]
	Third stage winners D
							Round of 16 winners D^[†]
							Round of 16 winners E^[†]
	Third stage winners E
																		Semi-final winners 1^[†]
																			Semi-final winners 2^[†]
	Third stage winners B
							Round of 16 winners B^[†]
							Round of 16 winners G^[†]
	Third stage winners G
													Quarter-final winners B^[†]
												Quarter-final winners C^[†]
	Third stage winners C
							Round of 16 winners C^[†]
							Round of 16 winners F^[†]
	Third stage winners F

1. ^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team with the best performance in the previous stages hosting the second leg.

Round of 16

The third stage winners (Team 2) will host the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	A	Third stage winners A
	B	Third stage winners B
	C	Third stage winners C
	D	Third stage winners D
	E	Third stage winners E
	F	Third stage winners F
	G	Third stage winners G
	H	Third stage winners H

Quarter-finals

Team 2 will host the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Round of 16 winners A	A^[†]	Round of 16 winners H
Round of 16 winners B	B^[†]	Round of 16 winners G
Round of 16 winners C	C^[†]	Round of 16 winners F
Round of 16 winners D	D^[†]	Round of 16 winners E

1. ^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team with the best performance in the previous stage hosting the second leg.

Semifinals

Team 2 will host the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Quarter-final winners A	1^[†]	Quarter-final winners D
Quarter-final winners B	2^[†]	Quarter-final winners C

1. ^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team with the best performance in the previous stages hosting the second leg.

Finals

Team 2 will host the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Semi-final winners 1	^[†]	Semi-final winners 2

1. ^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team with the best performance in the previous stages hosting the second leg.

Notes

1. The second stage, originally scheduled to be held on 18 March (first legs) and 22 April 2020 (second legs), and the third stage, originally scheduled to be held on 29 July (first legs) and 19 August 2020 (second legs), have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the temporary suspension of the competition.

See also

• 2020 Categoría Primera A season
• 2020 Categoría Primera B season

References

1. "Suspendido el fútbol profesional colombiano por coronavirus" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 13 March 2020.
2. "Síntesis del primer día de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la DIMAYOR" (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
3. "Todo sobre la Copa Colombia: fechas y enfrentamientos de la A y la B" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 5 February 2020.
4. "SORTEO DE LA COPA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2020" (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. 4 February 2020.

External links

• DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)