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 2017 Supercopa Argentina.

, as runners-up, qualified for the

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because River Plate had already qualified as Primera División runners-up.

Teams

The 99 teams that took part in this competition included: All teams from the Primera División (30); twelve teams of the

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (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 38 team ...

; five from the Primera B, four from the

Primera C The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs, mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area ( ...

; two from the

Primera D The Primera D was one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 11 clubs from Buenos Aires Province, the league is the only one that remains amateur. The other league at level five is the Torneo ...

; fourteen teams from Federal A and thirty-two from Federal B.

First Level

Primera División

All thirty teams qualified. * Aldosivi *

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* Banfield * Belgrano *

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

* Colón *

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

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* Independiente *

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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 ...

* Olimpo * Patronato *

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* River Plate *

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* San Lorenzo * 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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* Almagro *

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* Central Córdoba (SdE) *

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* Guillermo Brown *

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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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* Deportivo Riestra * Estudiantes (BA)

Torneo Federal A

The first two teams of each zone of the 2016–17 tournament qualified. * Altos Hornos Zapla * Alvarado * Chaco For Ever *

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* Defensores de Belgrano (VR) * Deportivo Madryn * Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) * Gimnasia y Tiro * Mitre (SdE) * Sarmiento (R) * Sportivo Las Parejas * 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 *

Defensores Unidos Club Atlético Defensores Unidos (simply known as Defensores Unidos) is an Argentine football club from the Villa Fox district of Zárate, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B, the second division of Argentine football league sys ...

* Sacachispas *

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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 * Central Norte * 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) * Textil Mandiyú * 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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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 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

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=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 Torneo Federal B), 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 Primera División. 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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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