The 2016–17 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa

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, and the sixth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on February 2 and ended on December 9, 2017. River Plate, the defending champions, defeated

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2–1 in the Final to win their 2nd title. As champions, River Plate qualified for the

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, as runners-up, qualified for the

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because River Plate had already qualified as

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runners-up.

Teams

Ninety-nine teams took part in this competition: All teams from the

(30); twelve teams of the

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; five from the Primera B, four from the

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; two from the

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; fourteen teams from Federal A and thirty-two from

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First Level

Primera División

All thirty teams qualified. * Aldosivi *

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* Banfield * Belgrano *

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* Colón *

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* Estudiantes (LP) * Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) * Godoy Cruz *

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* Independiente *

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* Olimpo *

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* River Plate *

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* San Martín (SJ) * Sarmiento (J) * Talleres (C) *

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* Tigre * Unión * Vélez Sarsfield

Second Level

The first twelve teams from the first stage of 2016-17 tournament qualified.

Primera B Nacional

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* Central Córdoba (SdE) *

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* Instituto * Nueva Chicago * Santamarina

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The first five teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera B tournament qualified. *

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Torneo Federal A

The first two teams of each zone of the 2016–17 tournament qualified. *

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* Alvarado *

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* Defensores de Belgrano (VR) *

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* Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) *

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* Mitre (SdE) * Sarmiento (R) *

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* Unión Aconquija * Unión (S) * Unión (VK)

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The first four teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera C tournament qualified. * Cañuelas *

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Torneo Federal B

The first two teams of each zone of the 2016-17 Federal B tournament qualified. * Almirante Brown (L) * Argentinos (VdM) * Atlético Laguna Blanca * Belgrano (P) * Belgrano (SN) * Bella Vista (BB) * Ben Hur *

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* Colón Juniors * Comercio Central Unidos * Deportivo Achirense * Deportivo Camioneros * Estudiantes (RC) * Ferroviario (C) * Germinal * Güemes (SdE) * Huracán (CR) *

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* Independiente (Ch) * Jorge Newbery (CR) *

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* Mitre (S) * Pacífico * San Martín (F) * Sansinena *

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* Sportivo Barracas (C) * Sportivo Peñarol (Ch) * Talleres (P) *

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* Tiro Federal (M) * Tiro Federal (R)

Fifth Level

Primera D Metropolitana

The first two teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera D tournament qualified. *

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* Leandro N. Alem

Regional Round

This round is organized by the Consejo Federal.

Group A: Federal A

In this round, 14 teams from the Torneo Federal A participated. The round was played between March 14 and March 30, on a home-and-away

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. The 7 winning teams advanced to the Final Round. , - , - , - , - , - , - , -

First leg

Second leg

Group B: Federal B

Round I

In this first round, 32 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between February 2 and February 23, on a home-and-away

. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round II. , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , -

=First leg

=Second leg

Round II

In this round, 16 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between February 11 and March 5, on a home-and-away

. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Round III. , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , -

=First leg

=Second leg

Round III

In this round, 8 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between February 18 and March 18, on a home-and-away

. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Final Round. , - , - , - , -

=First leg

=Second leg

Final Round

Bracket

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Round of 64

This round had 11 qualified teams from the Regional Round (7 teams from

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and 4 teams from

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), 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metro; 4 teams from

and 2 teams from

), 12 teams from

and 30 teams from

. The round was played between April 25 and August 18, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32. The draw took place on April 5, 2017.

Round of 32

This round had the 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between August 16 and September 21, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16

This round had the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between September 27 and October 9, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

This round had the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between October 18 and October 24, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals

This round had the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played on November 10 and 12, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.

Final

Top goalscorers

Team of the tournament

References

External links

Official site

Copa Argentina
on the

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's website {{DEFAULTSORT:Copa Argentina 2016

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Teams

First Level

Primera División

Second Level

Primera B Nacional

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

Torneo Federal A

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

Torneo Federal B

Fifth Level

Primera D Metropolitana

Regional Round

Group A: Federal A

First leg

Second leg

Group B: Federal B

Round I

=First leg

=Second leg

Round II

=First leg

=Second leg

Round III

=First leg

=Second leg

Final Round

Bracket

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Round of 64

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top goalscorers

Team of the tournament

See also

References

External links