The 2016–17 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Total Argentina 2016-17 for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth edition of the Copa Argentina, 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 Atlético Tucumán 2–1 in the final to win their 2nd title. As champions, River Plate qualified for the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.
Atlético Tucumán, as runners-up, qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores 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; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; two from the Primera D; fourteen teams from Federal A and thirty-two from Federal B.
First Level Primera División All thirty teams qualified.
Aldosivi Arsenal Atlético de Rafaela Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento (J) Talleres (C) Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield
Second Level The first twelve teams from the first stage of 2016-17 tournament qualified.
Primera B Nacional
All Boys Almagro Argentinos Juniors Brown Central Córdoba (SdE) Chacarita Juniors Ferro Carril Oeste Guillermo Brown Independiente Rivadavia Instituto Nueva Chicago Santamarina
Third Level Primera B Metropolitana The first five teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera B tournament qualified.
Atlanta Defensores de Belgrano Deportivo Morón 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 Cipolletti 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 Sacachispas Sportivo Barracas
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) Huracán Las Heras Independiente (Ch) Jorge Newbery (CR) Kimberley Mitre (S) Pacífico San Martín (F) Sansinena Sol de Mayo 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.
Atlas Leandro N. Alem
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 two-legged tie. 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 two-legged tie. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round II.
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 two-legged tie. 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 two-legged tie. 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 Torneo Federal A and 4 teams from Torneo Federal B), 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metro; 4 teams from Primera C and 2 teams from Primera D), 12 teams from Primera B Nacional 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 Rank Player Club Goals1 Maximiliano Tunessi Sol de Mayo 72 Jorge González Deportivo Camioneros 5 Ignacio Scocco Newell's Old Boys/River Plate4 David Cano Sportivo Peñarol (Ch) 4 Ignacio Fernández River Plate Bruno Sepúlveda Estudiantes (RC)
Team of the tournament TeamGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsCristian Lucchetti (Atlético Tucumán)Emiliano Mayola (Deportivo Morón)Jonatan Maidana (River Plate)Mauricio Martínez (Rosario Central)Gonzalo Martínez (River Plate)Emiliano Tellechea (Olimpo)Ignacio Fernández (River Plate)David Barbona (Atlético Tucumán)Ignacio Scocco (River Plate)Maximiliano Tunessi (Sol de Mayo)Adrián Martínez (Atlanta)SubstitutesJulio Salvá (Deportivo Morón)Tomás Armella (Central Norte)Pablo Cortizo (Gimnasia y Esgrima (M))Ivo Hongn (Pacífico)Gastón Giménez (Godoy Cruz)Jorge González (Deportivo Camioneros)Luis Miguel Rodríguez (Atlético Tucumán)CoachMarcelo Gallardo (River Plate)
See also 2017–18 Argentine Primera División
References
External links Official site Copa Argentina on the Argentine Football Association's website