2020 Copa Paraguay

The 2020 Copa Paraguay will be the third edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition. The competition was originally scheduled to start on 14 April 2020 and conclude in late 2020, with the winners qualifying for the 2021 Copa Sudamericana as well as the 2020 Supercopa Paraguay against the Primera División champions with better record in the aggregate table.[1] Libertad will be the defending champions.

2020 Copa Paraguay
CountryParaguay
DatesTBC 2021
Teams64
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2021 →

The competition was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 9 July 2020, Paraguayan Football Association's Chief of Competitions Michael Sánchez confirmed that it would be postponed to 2021 with the same qualified teams given the unavailability of stadiums in the departments of Paraguay as well as the lack of dates to reschedule the competition in the remainder of 2020. As a result, the berth to the 2021 Copa Sudamericana would be passed to the best team in the Primera División season that failed to qualify for international competition.[2]

Format

64 teams will take part, with the competition keeping the same format used in the previous edition.[3] The competition is played as a single-elimination tournament, with all teams directly qualifying for the first round, where they were drawn into 32 single-legged ties. Ties in all rounds will be played as a single game, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a draw.

Teams

64 teams will compete in this edition of the competition: the 12 Primera División and 16 División Intermedia teams, as well as 11 from the Primera B, 8 from the Primera C, and the 17 champions from each department of Paraguay representing the UFI.

Primera División

All of the 12 Primera División teams will take part in the competition:

División Intermedia

All of the 16 División Intermedia teams will take part:

Primera B

The 9 teams ranked from 2nd to 10th place in the 2019 Primera B season and the top two in the 2019 Primera C season qualified:

Primera C

Teams ranked from 3rd to 10th place in the previous Primera C season qualified:

UFI

The champions from each of the 17 departments of Paraguay qualified for the competition:

Round of 64

The draw for the round of 64 was held on 9 March 2020 and the matches were scheduled to be played from 14 April 2020 onwards.[1][4]

RecoletavGeneral Caballero (JLM)
12 de Octubre (SD)vRubio Ñu
24 de Juniov2 de Mayo
22 de SetiembrevAtyrá
Teniente RojasvDeportivo Santaní
Karai Chivév12 de Octubre (VR)
Sportivo LimpeñovTembetary
Presidente HayesvFulgencio Yegros
Sport PacobávTacuary
Deportivo La ColmenavSportivo Iteño
Cristóbal Colón (JAS)vDeportivo Pinozá
Silvio PettirossivResistencia
Sport ColonialvSportivo Ameliano
HumaitávIndependiente (CG)
OrientalvDeportivo Capiatá
Atlético JuventudvSportivo Trinidense
Olimpia (I)vGuaraní (T)
Alto Paraguay teamvGeneral Caballero (CG)
Atlético TrébolvFernando de la Mora
Independiente (N)v3 de Febrero (CDE)
Benjamín AcevalvCerro Porteño
3 de Febrero FBCvSol de América
5 de OctubrevGeneral Díaz
Coronel MartínezvRiver Plate
1° de Marzo FBCvNacional
Mariscal EstigarribiavSan Lorenzo
Deportivo PrimaveravOlimpia
Cristóbal Colón (Ñ)vGuaraní
24 de Setiembre (VP)vGuaireña
29 de SetiembrevLibertad
YtororóvSportivo Luqueño
Caaguazú teamv12 de Octubre (I)
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References
  1. "La Copa de Todos tiene su calendario 2020". APF. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. "Confirman postergación de la Copa Paraguay". D10 Paraguay. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. "Más equipos en Copa Paraguay para el 2019". HOY. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. "La Copa Paraguay 2020 conoce sus cruces". Tigo Sports. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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