2017 Copa Perú

The 2017 Peru Cup season ( es, Copa Perú 2017), the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football, started in February.

This edition has featured a change, with the elimination of the Regional Stage and the inclusion of participants from all the Regions of Peru in the National Stage. Under the new format, the tournament has four stages. The first three stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, and the fourth stage is played under POT System intellectual property of the MatchVision company.

The creator of this format is the Chilean Leandro A. Shara

The 2017 Peru Cup started with the District Stage ( es, Etapa Distrital) in February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage ( es, Etapa Provincial) which started in June. The tournament continued with the Departmental Stage ( es, Etapa Departamental) in July. The National Stage ( es, Etapa Nacional) starts in September. The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division and the runner-up will be promoted to the Second Division.

Departmental stage

''Departmental Stage: 2017 Ligas Departamentales del Peru and 2017 Ligas Superiores del Perú''

The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.

National stage

In 2015 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru will have represented. The National Stage starts in the first week of September.

In 2017 the same format continues, without the authorization of MatchVision.

This phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 8 are qualified directly to the Round of 16, while the teams in places 9 to 24 will play the Repechage phase. The teams in places 25 to 50 are eliminated.

The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado and the runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2018 Peruvian Segunda División.

Tie-breaking criteria

The ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Points
3. Goal difference
4. Number of goals scored
5. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Away Points
3. Goal Difference in away games
4. Number of goals scored in away games
6. Number of First-Half points: considering the half-time results as the final results
6. Drawing of lots

League table

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Second round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Final group stage

The final group stage, colloquially known as ''La Finalísima'', will be played by the four semifinalist at the Estadio Iván Elías Moreno in the Villa El Salvador district of Lima with the last two games played at the Estadio Nacional. The team with the most points will be declared the winner and be promoted to the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado. The runner-up will be promoted to the 2018 Peruvian Segunda División. The draw for this stage of the tournament took place on 28 November 2017 at the Peruvian Football Federation's headquarters.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

See also

* 2017 Torneo Descentralizado
* 2017 Peruvian Segunda División
* 2017 in Peruvian football

References

External links

Official Website
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Dechalaca Copa Peru
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Semanario Pasión

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