The 2023 Copa de la División Profesional, known as the 2023 Copa Tigo for sponsorship purposes, was the first edition of the Copa de la División Profesional, a Bolivian
league cup competition which was contested by the 17 teams that took part in the
Bolivian Primera División for the 2023 season. The competition was approved at a meeting of the División Profesional's Council held on 13 January 2023. It began on 14 February and ended on 18 December 2023.
The competition was suspended at a meeting of the División Profesional's Council on 5 September 2023, along with the
2023 Primera División tournament, after the
Bolivian Football Federation
The Bolivian Football Federation (, ; FBF) is the governing body of football in Bolivia. It was founded in 1925, making it the eighth oldest South American federation. It affiliated to CONMEBOL and FIFA in 1926 and is in charge of Bolivia nationa ...
president Fernando Costa denounced suspicions of match-fixing, bribery, illegal betting and alterations to
VAR.
However, the suspension was lifted per suggestion from Costa on 27 September after reforms to the referee commission were performed and an agreement with
CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL ( ) or CSF (; ; ), is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Parag ...
for monitoring was reached, as well as to allow the FBF's Sports Disciplinary Court to finish the investigations on the matter.
Bolívar won the competition, defeating
Jorge Wilstermann in the finals by a 3–1 aggregate score.
Format
The Copa de la División Profesional, which was played on weekdays and concurrently with the
2023 División Profesional tournament, featured a group stage and an 8-team knockout stage. For the group stage, the 17 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams and one group of five, in which teams played each one of their group rivals twice (once at home and once away). The top three teams of the six-team groups and the top two teams in the five-team group advanced to the knockout stage, in which teams played the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals over two legs.
The Copa de la División Profesional champions were entitled to qualify for the
2024 Copa Libertadores, taking the ''Bolivia 4'' berth for that competition, while the runners-up would qualify for the
2024 Copa Sudamericana
The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 23rd edition of the Copa Sudamericana, CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana''), South America's secondary club association football, football tournament organized by CONMEBO ...
, taking the ''Bolivia 1'' berth.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Finals
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''Bolívar won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Top scorers
Source
Soccerway
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See also
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2023 Bolivian Primera División
The 2023 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2023 Liga Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, was the 46th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the sixth season under Divisi ...
References
External links
División Profesional on the FBF's official website
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Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...