The 2011–12 Copa Argentina was the third edition of the
Copa Argentina
The Copa Argentina (English: ''Argentine Cup''), officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with the aim of qual ...
, and the first since 1970. The competition began on August 31, 2011 and ended on August 8, 2012. The tournament featured 186 clubs from the top five levels of the
Argentine football league system. The winner (Boca Juniors) qualified for the
2012 Copa Sudamericana.
The tournament was originally scheduled to end on May 25, but due to the participation of Boca Juniors in the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores. The final was disputed on 8 August 2012, with the triumph for
Boca Juniors 2–1 against
Racing
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.
Teams
One hundred and eighty-six teams took part in this season's competition. All the teams from the
Primera División (20),
Primera B Nacional
Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...
(20),
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires.
...
(21),
Torneo Argentino A
The Torneo Argentino A (in English "Argentine A Tournament") was one of the two leagues that formed the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in the Torneo Argentino have indirect membership in AFA, while clubs ...
(25),
Primera C (20),
Torneo Argentino B
Torneo Argentino B was one of two leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system, made up of 100+ teams playing within eight regional zones across Argentina.
The other league at level four wasand still isthe Primera C ...
(60), and
Primera D (18) competed in the tournament. Two teams from provinces that do not have representation and that compete in the
Torneo del Interior
The Torneo del Interior A is an annual rugby union competition in Argentina. The competition involves clubs from all provincial unions outside Buenos Aires. Teams qualify from different tournaments along the provinces of Argentina, such as Litora ...
rounded out the field of participants.
;Primera División
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All Boys
Club Atlético All Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Floresta, Buenos Aires. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league s ...
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Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...
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Arsenal
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Atlético de Rafaela
Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that ...
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Banfield
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Belgrano
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Boca Juniors
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Colón
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Estudiantes (LP)
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Godoy Cruz
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Independiente
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Lanús
Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (), and the Partido de Lanà ...
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Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
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Olimpo
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Racing
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San Lorenzo
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San MartÃn (SJ)
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Tigre
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Unión
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Vélez Sársfield
;Primera B Nacional
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Aldosivi
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Almirante Brown
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Atlanta
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Atlético Tucumán
Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentinian football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its ...
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Boca Unidos
Club Atlético Boca Unidos (mostly known simply as Boca Unidos) is an Argentine football and basketball club from Corrientes Province. The football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of Argentine football leagu ...
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Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San MartÃn Partido of Greater Buenos Aires.
T ...
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Defensa y Justicia
Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935.[Deportivo Merlo
Club Social y Deportivo Merlo (usually known simply as Deportivo Merlo) is a argentinean football club located in Merlo, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league syste ...]
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Desamparados
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Ferro Carril Oeste
Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or familiarly, Ferro, is an Argentine sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires. Although many activities are hosted by the club, Ferro is mostly known for its foot ...
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Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
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Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
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Guillermo Brown (M)
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Huracán
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Independiente Rivadavia
Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (mostly known simply as Independiente Rivadavia) is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second major league in Argentine Football league system.
In ...
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Instituto
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Patronato
Patronato may refer to:
*Club Atlético Patronato, an Argentine football club
*Patronato real, an arrangement between the Vatican and the Kingdom of Spain
*Barrio Patronato, a ''barrio'' (district) in Santiago, Chile
*Patronato metro station
Pat ...
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Quilmes
Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of the ...
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River Plate
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Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...
;Primera B Metropolitana
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Acassuso
Acassuso is a locality in the San Isidro "partido" of Buenos Aires Province. It is about 16 kilometres north of the city of Buenos Aires, between Olivos and San Isidro. It borders on the River Plate where an approximately 10 hectare municipal ...
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Almagro
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Barracas Central
Club Atlético Barracas Central is an Argentine football club from the district of Barracas, Buenos Aires. Established in 1904, Barracas Central will return to the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, in the ...
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Brown (A)
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Colegiales
Colegiales is a ''barrio'' or district in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between ''Alvarez Thomas av.'', ''Forest av.'', ''De los Incas av.'', ''Virrey del Pino st.'', ''Cabildo av.'', ''Jorge Newbery st.'', ''Crámer st.'' and ''Dorrego ...
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Comunicaciones
Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, are a football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. The most popular and successful footba ...
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Defensores de Belgrano
Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...
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Deportivo Armenio
Club Deportivo Armenio is a football club from Ingeniero Maschwitz, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.
Hi ...
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Deportivo Morón
Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.
The club was fo ...
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Estudiantes (BA)
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Flandria
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General Lamadrid
General Lamadrid is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of General Lamadrid Partido
General La Madrid is a partido in the central region of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision ha ...
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Los Andes
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Nueva Chicago
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Platense
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San Telmo
San Telmo ("Saint Pedro González Telmo") is the oldest ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis and is characterized by its colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antiqu ...
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Sarmiento (J)
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Sportivo Italiano
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Temperley
Temperley is a district in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the south of Lomas de Zamora Partido.
History
In 1854 the industrial and textile merchant George Temperley (born in 1823 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) bought from the ...
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Tristán Suárez
Villa San Carlos
;Torneo Argentino A
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Alumni (VM)
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Central Córdoba (SdE)
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Central Norte
Club Atlético Central Norte is an Argentine football club from the city of Salta, from the Salta Province. The team currently plays in the Torneo Federal A
The Torneo Federal A (in English "Federal A Tournament") is one of the two professio ...
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CAI
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Cipolletti
Cipolletti ( or ) is a city in north of the Patagonian . With a population of 87,492 inhabitants at the , Cipolletti is the third-most populated settlement in the province, after San Carlos de Bariloche and General Roca. Geography
The city is ...
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Crucero del Norte
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Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
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Deportivo Maipú
Club Deportivo Maipú, mostly known as Deportivo Maipú is an Argentine football club based in the city of Maipú, Mendoza. The team currently plays in Primera Nacional
Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B ...
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Douglas Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War, he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until ...
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Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)
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Gimnasia y Tiro
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Huracán (TA)
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Juventud Antoniana
Centro Juventud Antoniana is an Argentine football club from the city of Salta. The team currently plays in Torneo Regional Federal Amateur, the regionalised division of the Argentine football league system.
Juventud Antoniana played in Pr ...
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Juventud Unida Universitario
Club Atlético Juventud Unida Universitario is an Argentine football club from San Luis Province. The team currently plays in Torneo Argentino A, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.
Titles
* Torneo Argent ...
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Libertad (S)
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Racing (C)
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Racing (O)
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Rivadavia
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San MartÃn (T)
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Santamarina
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Sportivo Belgrano
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Talleres (C)
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Tiro Federal
Club Atlético Tiro Federal Argentino (mostly known just as Tiro Federal or Tiro Federal de Rosario) is an Argentine football club from the city of Rosario, in Santa Fe Province. The team currently fun plays in Torneo Argentino A, the third divis ...
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Unión (MdP)
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Unión (S)
;Primera C
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Argentino (M)
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Berazategui
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Central Córdoba (R)
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Defensores de Cambaceres
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Defensores Unidos
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Deportivo Español
Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, ...
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Deportivo Laferrere
Club Deportivo Laferrere is a football club from the homonymous district of La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera C, the regionalized fourth division of the Argentine football league system.
Laferrere was ...
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Dock Sud
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El Porvenir
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Excursionistas
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Ferrocarril Midland
Club Atlético Ferrocarril Midland is an Argentine football club based in the Libertad district of Merlo Partido, in the Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera C, the fourth division of Argentine football league system.
The cl ...
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J. J. de Urquiza
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Leandro N. Alem
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Liniers
Liniers is a barrio (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires on the edge of the city, centered on Rivadavia Avenue. It is also an important train station and bus hub, connecting western Gran Buenos Aires with the Buenos Aires Metro.
The neighborhood deve ...
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Luján
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Sacachispas
Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas is a professional football club based in Chiquimula, Guatemala.
The team plays in the ''Primera División de Ascenso'', the second-highest football division in Guatemala. Their home stadium is the Estadio L ...
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San Miguel
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Talleres (RE)
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UAI Urquiza
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Villa Dálmine
Club Villa Dálmine is an Argentine football club from Campana, Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system.
Due to a financial crisis, the club was named "Clu ...
;Torneo Argentino B
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9 de Julio (M)
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9 de Julio (R)
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Altos Hornos Zapla
Asociación Cultural y Deportiva Altos Hornos Zapla is an Argentine Football club from Palpalá, in the Jujuy Province of Argentina. The team currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football, the Torneo Argentino B.
Prime ...
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Alvarado
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Alvear
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Atenas (RC)
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Bella Vista (BB)
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Ben Hur
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Boca (RG)
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Chaco For Ever
Club Atlético Chaco For Ever, usually just Chaco For Ever, is an Argentine Football club, their home town is Resistencia, in the Province of Chaco in Northern Argentina. They currently play in the Primera Nacional, the second tier of Argentin ...
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Colegiales (C)
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Concepción BRS
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Concepción
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Cruz del Sur
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Defensores (P)
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Deportivo Madryn
Club Social y Deportivo Madryn (usually called simply Deportivo Madryn) is an Argentine sports club. Its home town is Puerto Madryn, in the Chubut Province. Although other sports are practised there, the club is mostly known for both its footb ...
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Deportivo Roca
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El Linqueño
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Estudiantes (RC)
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Ferrocarril Sud
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General Paz Juniors
Club Atlético General Paz Juniors is a sports club, located in Córdoba, Argentina. Although other sports are practised there (such as basketball, tennis or taekwondo) the club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the r ...
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Gimnasia y Esgrima (Mza)
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Grupo Universitario (T)
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Guaranà Antonio Franco
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Guaymallén
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Huracán (CR)
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Huracán (LH)
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Independiente (T)
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Jorge Brown (P)
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Jorge Newbery (CR)
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Jorge Newbery (VT)
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Juventud Alianza
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Juventud Unida (G)
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La Emilia
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Las Heras (C)
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Liniers (BB)
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Maronese
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Mitre (SdE)
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Once Tigres
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Origone
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Paraná
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Policial
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Racing (T)
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San MartÃn (F)
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San MartÃn (M)
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San Jorge (SF)
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San Jorge (T)
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Sarmiento (C)
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Sarmiento (R)
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Sarmiento (SdE)
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Sportivo Del Bono
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Sportivo Las Parejas
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Sportivo Patria
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Talleres (P)
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Textil Mandiyú
Club Social y Deportivo Textil Mandiyú, commonly referred as Textil Mandiyú was an Argentine football club, based in Corrientes, in the Province of the same name. The squad currently plays in the regionalised third tier of Argentine footb ...
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Tiro Federal (M)
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Trinidad
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Unión (VK)
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Villa Cubas (C)
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Villa Mitre
;Primera D
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Argentino (Q)
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Argentino (R)
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Atlas
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Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geograp ...
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Cañuelas
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Central Ballester
Club Social y Deportivo Central Ballester, simply known as Central Ballester is an Argentine football club based in the Boulogne Sur Mer district of Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera D, the 5th division of Argentine foo ...
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Centro Español
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Claypole
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Deportivo Paraguayo
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Deportivo Riestra
Deportivo Riestra Asociación de Fomento Barrio Colón, also known as Deportivo Riestra, is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. The club is mainly focused on football, with the senior squad currently playing in Primera B Nacional, the s ...
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Fénix
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Ituzaingó
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Juventud Unida
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Lugano
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Muñiz
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San MartÃn (B)
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Sportivo Barracas
Club Sportivo Barracas is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. The institution was born as a rowing club, nevertheless it is mostly known for its football activities nowadays. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, the fifth d ...
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Victoriano Arenas
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Yupanqui
;Torneo del Interior
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Real Madrid (RG)
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Riojano
Venues
For the final phase, the organization selected 15 stadiums in several Argentine provinces to be used as neutral grounds.
Schedule
Initial phase
First Round
In the First Round, the eighteen teams from the
Primera D competed in nine matches. The winners of the nine matches advanced to the next round into the Metropolitan Zone. The matches were played on August 31.
Second Round
The Second Round is divided into two zones: the Metropolitan Zone and the Interior Zone.
Metropolitan Zone
The Metropolitan Zone featured the twenty-one teams from the
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires.
...
, the twenty teams from
Primera C, and the nine winners of the First Round. The twenty-five winners advanced to the Fourth Round.
Interior Zone
The Interior Zone featured the twenty-five teams from the
Torneo Argentino A
The Torneo Argentino A (in English "Argentine A Tournament") was one of the two leagues that formed the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in the Torneo Argentino have indirect membership in AFA, while clubs ...
, the sixty teams from the
Torneo Argentino B
Torneo Argentino B was one of two leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system, made up of 100+ teams playing within eight regional zones across Argentina.
The other league at level four wasand still isthe Primera C ...
, and two invited teams. The forty-one winners advanced to the Third Round. The matches were played on September 6–8, 2011.
Third Round
The Third Round featured the forty-one winners of the Second Round's Interior Zone plus five additional team. The twenty-three match winners advanced to the Fourth Round. The matches were played on September 14 and 15.
Fourth Round
The Fourth Round will feature the forty-eight teams that advance from the Second and Third Stages. The teams will be drawn into twenty-four matches. The winners of matches will advance to the Round of 64. The matches will be played from September 21 to 29.
Final phase
The Final Phase will consist of the Round of 64, Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and the Final. Beginning in the Round of 64, the sixty-four qualified teams will be split into four groups. Each group will consist of five
Primera División teams, five
Primera B Nacional
Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...
teams, and six winners from the Fourth Round. Each group will contest their matches in a specific location chosen by the organizing committee. The draw took place on October 27, 2011.
Brackets
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Semifinals and Final
''Tied 1–1 after regular time, Boca Juniors advanced 5–4 on penalty shootout.''
''Tied 0–0 after regular time, Racing Club advanced 5–4 on penalty shootout.''
Top goalscorers
Source:
References
External links
Copa Argentinaon the
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Tor ...
's website
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Presentationon the AFA's website
Copa Argentina 2011/2012 Soccerway.com
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2011–12 domestic association football cups