The 2019–20 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2019–20 for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh edition of the

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, and the ninth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 15 January 2020 and ended on 8 December 2021. On 17 March 2020, the

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(AFA) announced the suspension of the tournament to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. After several months the tournament resumed on 23 December 2020. Originally, the champions would have qualified for the

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, however on 11 December 2020 the Copa Argentina organizers announced that the 2019–20 edition would not end before the beginning of the 2021 Copa Libertadores. Therefore, AFA decided that the Copa Argentina berth for the 2021 Copa Libertadores would be reallocated to the best team of the 2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table not yet qualified and that the champions would qualify for the

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instead, as proposed to AFA by the Copa Argentina organizers. River Plate, the defending champions, were eliminated in the round of 16.

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defeated Talleres (C) in the final on penalties to win their fourth tournament title. As champions, they qualified for the

group stage and the 2021 Supercopa Argentina.

Teams

Seventy-seven teams took part in this competition: All twenty-four teams from the Primera División; fourteen teams of the

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; six from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; three from the Primera D and twenty-six teams from Federal A.

First Level

Primera División

All twenty-four teams of 2019–20 tournament qualified. * Aldosivi *

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Atlético Tucumán Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentine 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 footba ...

* Banfield *

* Central Córdoba (SdE) * Colón *

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

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* Independiente *

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* Patronato * Racing Club * River Plate *

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* San Lorenzo * Talleres (C) * Unión * Vélez Sarsfield

Second Level

Primera Nacional

The top-seven teams of each zone at the 15th round of 2019–20 tournament qualified. * Alvarado *

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* Atlético de Rafaela *

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* Deportivo Riestra * Estudiantes (BA) * Estudiantes (RC) * Instituto * Platense * San Martín (SJ) * San Martín (T) * Sarmiento (J) *

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* Tigre

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The top-six teams at the 17th round of 2019–20 Primera B tournament qualified. *

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* J. J. Urquiza *

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* Talleres (RdE) * Villa San Carlos

Torneo Federal A

The top-thirteen teams of each zone at the 15th round of 2019–20 tournament qualified. *

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* Central Norte *

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* Círculo Deportivo *

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* Defensores (P) * Defensores de Belgrano (VR) * Deportivo Camioneros *

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* Estudiantes (SL) * Ferro Carril Oeste (GP) * Güemes (SdE) *

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* San Martín (F) * Sansinena * Sarmiento (R) *

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* Sportivo Peñarol * Unión (S) * Villa Mitre

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The top-four teams at the 19th round of 2019–20 Primera C tournament qualified. * Cañuelas *

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* Laferrere * Real Pilar

Fifth Level

Primera D Metropolitana

The top-three teams at the 13th round of 2019–20 Primera D tournament qualified. * Claypole *

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Round and draw dates

Regional Round

This round was organized by the Consejo Federal.

Round I

In the Round I, 26 teams from Torneo Federal A participated. The round was played between 15 January and 19 February 2020, on a home-and-away

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. The 13 winning teams advanced to the Final Round. , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , - , -

First leg

Second leg

Final Rounds

Draw

The draw for the Final Rounds was held on 30 January 2020, 18:00 at AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided in four groups. Teams were seeded by their historical performance and Division. Champions of AFA tournaments playing in Argentine Primera División were allocated to Group A. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. C; B vs. D. Some combinations were avoided for security reasons. :

Bracket

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Round of 64

The Round of 64 had 13 qualified teams from the Regional Round (13 teams from

Torneo Federal A The Torneo Federal A () is one of the two professional leagues that form the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system, along with Primera B Metropolitana. The competition was established in 2014 as a result of a change in t ...

), 13 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (6 teams from

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 ...

; 4 teams from Primera C and 3 teams from Primera D), 14 teams from

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 ...

and 24 teams from Primera División. The round was played between 25 February 2020 and 17 March 2021, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32.

Round of 32

This round had 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between 17 March and 4 August 2021, 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 13 July and 22 September 2021, 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 22 September and 13 October 2021, 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 between 3 November and 1 December 2021, 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
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