The 1990 Copa Apertura was the 20th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on March 18, 1990, and concluded on June 3, 1990. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Colo-Colo won the competition for their eighth time, beating Universidad Católica 3–2 on extra-time in the final. The points system in the first round awarded 2 points for a win, increased to 3 points if the team scored 4 or more goals. In the event of a tie, each team was awarded 1 point, but no points were awarded if the score was 0–0.

Calendar Round Date Group Round 18 March 199023 May 1990 Quarterfinals 27 May 1990 Semi-finals 30 May 1990 Finals 3 June 1990

Group Round Key to colours in group tablesTeams that progressed to the Quarterfinals

Group 1  UCATCLOACSALPALEDIQUDLSEHUACNAVAU. Católica1–34–16–42–03–22–24–3Cobreloa2–0 1–23–22–31–21–16–0Cobresal3–01–2 1–14–33–01–14–1Palestino0–10–01–1 2–40–30–34–3D. Iquique2–12–33–16–2 1–13–10–2D. La Serena0–12–23–21–03–2 1–13–3Huachipato6–02–12–12–31–12–1 1–2Naval2–12–24–12–11–02–04–1 RankTeamPoints 1 Naval 20 2 Universidad Católica 18 3 Cobreloa 16 (+9) 4 Huachipato 16 (+5) 5 Deportes Iquique 16 (+4) 6 Cobresal 15 7 Deportes La Serena 14 8 Palestino 7

Group 2  COLOUCHIUESPEVERSWANOHIGDCONFVIAColo-Colo1–00–05–04–16–14–31–1U. de Chile0–3 1–54–45–22–21–13–1U. Española2–22–1 3–03–20–42–35–0Everton2–23–02–2 1–24–05–32–0S. Wanderers4–31–10–23–2 0–01–03–2O'Higgins1–33–11–24–23–0 3–17–1D. Concepción2–14–21–21–15–12–2 2–2F. Vial2–11–10–22–12–32–21–3 RankTeamPoints 1 Unión Española 22 2 Colo-Colo 21 3 O'Higgins 18 4 Deportes Concepción 16 5 Everton 14 (−2) 6 Santiago Wanderers 14 (−10) 7 Universidad de Chile 10 8 Fernández Vial 8

Quarterfinals

Home teamScoreAway teamUniversidad Católica7–1Deportes ConcepciónUnión Española4–0HuachipatoColo-Colo6–5CobreloaO'Higgins4–1Naval

Semifinals

Third place match

Final Lineups in the Final

Colo-Colo: Daniel Morón; Rubén Espinoza, Eduardo Vilches, Lizardo Garrido, Javier Margas; Raúl Ormeño, Jaime Pizarro, Sergio Díaz, Marcelo Barticciotto (84' Guillermo Carreño), Ricardo Dabrowski, Rubén Martínez (72' Miguel Ramírez). DT: Arturo Salah.

Universidad Católica: Marco Cornez; Rodrigo Blasco, Pablo Yoma, Hugo Monardes; Fabian Estay, Nelson Parraguez, Luis Pérez, Jorge Contreras, Gerardo Reinoso, Rodrigo Barrera (76' Francisco Hórmann), Raimundo Tupper. DT: Ignacio Prieto. Top goalscorers Adrián Czornomaz (Cobreloa) 13 goals Aníbal González (O'Higgins) 13 goals Gerardo Reinoso (Universidad Católica) 13 goals

See also 1990 Campeonato Nacional

References Revista Minuto 90, (Santiago, Chile) March–June 1990 (scores & information) Solofutbol