The 2001
Copa Perú
The Copa Perú is a association football, football tournament in Peru and the fourth-highest division of the Peruvian football league system. Despite its name, it is not entirely an elimination-cup competition involving all Peruvian clubs, but ra ...
season (), the promotion tournament of
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian
football
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.
The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league
round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.
This year 26 teams qualified for the Etapa Regional (Regional Stage): these are the 26 champions from each department (including 2 from Lima (the capital) - Perú is politically divided in 24 Departments and
1 Constitutional Province).
All these teams are divided into 8 groups by geographical proximity; then each winner qualifies for the Etapa Nacional (National Stage). Those 8 teams will play, again by geographical proximity, home and away
matches, in a knock-out tournament. The winner of the final will be promoted to the First Division.
Departmental Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.
Regional Stage
Region I
Region I includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Lambayeque, Piura and Tumbes region.
Group A
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Group B
Regional Final
Region II
Region II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Cajamarca and La Libertad region.
Tiebreaker
Region III
Region III includes qualified teams from Loreto, San Martín and Ucayali region.
Region IV
Region IV includes qualified teams from Callao, Ica and Lima region.
Region V
Region V includes qualified teams from Huánuco, Junín and Pasco region.
Region VI
Region VI includes qualified teams from Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica region.
Region VII
Region VII includes qualified teams from Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno region.
Region VIII
Region VIII includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna region.
Tiebreaker
National Stage
The National Stage started on November. The winner of the National Stage was promoted to the
2002 Torneo Descentralizado. On every stage qualification is decided by points, no matter the goal difference. Third match played in neutral ground.
Quarterfinals
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Tiebreaker
Semifinals
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Final
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Tiebreaker
See also
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2001 Torneo Descentralizado
The 2001 Torneo Descentralizado, was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football (soccer). It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima.
Competition modus
The national championship was divided into two half-year ...
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2001 Peruvian Segunda División
External links
Copa Peru 2001
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Copa Perú seasons
2001 domestic association football cups
2001 in Peruvian football