2022 Copa Paraguay

The 2022 Copa Paraguay will be the fourth edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition organized by the Paraguayan Football Association (APF). The winner will qualify for the 2023 Copa Sudamericana as well as the 2022 Supercopa Paraguay against the Primera División champion with better record in the aggregate table.

2022 Copa Paraguay
CountryParaguay
Dates10 May – October 2022
Teams74
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Format

On 22 April 2022, the APF confirmed the expansion of the tournament to 74 teams with the inclusion of three preliminary rounds involving clubs from the Football Union of the Interior (UFI), Primera C, Primera B, División Intermedia and Primera División.[1]

For the first stage, the 17 UFI teams were drawn according to their geographical location into seven single-legged ties and a triangular group with the remaining three teams, with the winners of the seven ties and the top two teams of the triangular advancing to the next round. The 17 Primera B clubs were drawn in a similar arrangement to the UFI zone except that the ties were decided by a draw, while the 12 Primera C clubs were drawn into six single-legged ties. 9 Primera B teams, 6 Primera C ones, and 9 UFI ones will advance to the next round, where they will be joined by the 16 División Intermedia clubs. The 40 clubs competing in the second stage will be drawn into 20 single-legged ties, with the winners advancing to the third stage where they will be drawn against the 12 Primera División clubs. The 16 third stage winners will advance to the round of 16.[2] Ties in all subsequent rounds will be played on a single-legged basis, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a draw.

Teams

The 2022 edition will have a total of 74 participating teams:

Primera División

División Intermedia

Primera B

Primera C

UFI

The champions from each of the 17 departments of Paraguay qualified for the competition:

First stage

The draw for the first stage was held on 22 April 2022 and matches are scheduled to be played from 10 May 2022 onwards.[1]

Primera B Triangular
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sportivo Limpeño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Second stage
2 Olimpia (I) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fulgencio Yegros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 May 2022. Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Drawing of lots.

Knockout ties
Deportivo Recoleta v Cristóbal Colón (Ñ)
Presidente Hayes v Tembetary
Silvio Pettirossi v Cristóbal Colón (JAS)
24 de Setiembre (VP) v General Díaz
3 de Noviembre v Deportivo Capiatá
3 de Febrero (RB) v General Caballero (ZC)
Atlántida v 29 de Setiembre

Primera C
General Caballero (CG) v 12 de Octubre (SD)
Benjamín Aceval v Deportivo Pinozá
1° de Marzo (FDM) v Humaitá
Sport Colombia v Pilcomayo
Sport Colonial v Oriental
Atlético Juventud v Valois Rivarola

UFI Triangular
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nacional (Yby Yaú) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Second stage
2 Deportivo Alto Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Deportivo Obrero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 May 2022. Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Drawing of lots.

Knockout ties
15 de Agosto (BA) v 1 de Mayo
Obreros Unidos v Atlético Forestal
Guaraní Unido v Sportivo Primavera
Capitán Samudio v Sol de Mayo
Coronel Martínez v Deportivo Juventud
15 de Agosto (S) v 1° de Marzo FBC
Porvenir v 8 de Setiembre

References
  1. "Así se jugará la Copa Paraguay 2022" [This is how the 2022 Copa Paraguay will be played] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. "Copa Paraguay: ¿Cómo será el nuevo formato?" [Copa Paraguay: how will the new format be?] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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