The 2017 Peru Cup season (), the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football, started in February.
This edition has featured a change, with the elimination of the Regional Stage and the inclusion of participants from all the Regions of Peru in the National Stage. Under the new format, the tournament has four stages.
The creator of this format is the Chilean Leandro A. Shara
The 2017 Peru Cup started with the District Stage () in February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage () which started in June. The tournament continued with the Departmental Stage () in July. The National Stage () starts in September. The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division and the runner-up will be promoted to the Second Division.
Departmental stage Departmental Stage: 2017 Ligas Departamentales del Peru and 2017 Ligas Superiores del Perú
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.
DepartmentTeamLocation Amazonas Unión Santo DomingoChachapoyasSachapuyosChachapoyas Ancash José GálvezChimboteAlianza VicosMarcará ApurímacJosé María ArguedasAndahuaylasMiguel GrauAbancay Arequipa BinacionalArequipaSportivo HuracánArequipa Ayacucho Los Audaces de MayapoLlocheguaPlayer VillafuerteHuanta Cajamarca Real JLCajamarcaLas PalmasChota Callao Sport CallaoCallaoDeportivo YurimaguasVentanilla Cusco Deportivo GarcilasoCuscoDeportivo Municipal (Quillabamba)La Convención Huancavelica Diablos RojosHuancavelicaFC HuayrapataAngaraes Huánuco Alianza UniversidadHuánucoLeón de HuánucoHuánuco Ica Unión San MartínPiscoParada de los AmigosGrocio Prado Junín ADTTarmaSport La VidJunín La LibertadEl IncaVirúAlfonso Ugarte de ChiclínTrujillo
DepartmentTeamLocation Lambayeque Juan Aurich PastorFerreñafeCarlos SteinChiclayo Lima Defensor Laure SurHuaralSomos OlímpicoSurco Loreto Estudiantil CNIMaynasKola San MartínPunchana Madre de Dios Deportivo MaldonadoPuerto MaldonadoMINSATambopata Moquegua Credicoop San CristóbalSameguaAtlético HuracánMoquegua Pasco Deportivo Municipal (Yanahuanca)Daniel Alcides CarrionAlipio Ponce Pasco Piura Atlético GrauPiuraAsociación TorinoTalara Puno Alfonso UgartePunoSIEN CarabayaCarabaya San Martín SaposoaHuallagaJosé Carlos Mariátegui Picota Tacna Coronel BolognesiTacnaMariscal Miller Tumbes Independiente Aguas VerdesZarumillaSport El Tablazo Tumbes UcayaliComandante AlvariñoCoronel PortilloDefensor San AlejandroIrázola
National stage In 2015 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru will have represented. The National Stage starts in the first week of September.
In 2017 the same format continues, without the authorization of MatchVision.
This phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 8 are qualified directly to the Round of 16, while the teams in places 9 to 24 will play the Repechage phase. The teams in places 25 to 50 are eliminated.
The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado and the runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the 2018 Peruvian Segunda División.
Tie-breaking criteria The ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria: 1. Number of Points 3. Goal difference 4. Number of goals scored 5. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria: 1. Number of Away Points 3. Goal Difference in away games 4. Number of goals scored in away games 6. Number of First-Half points: considering the half-time results as the final results 7. Drawing of lots
League table
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Second round
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Final group stage The final group stage, colloquially known as La Finalísima, will be played by the four semifinalist at the Estadio Iván Elías Moreno in the Villa El Salvador district of Lima with the last two games played at the Estadio Nacional. The team with the most points will be declared the winner and be promoted to the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado. The runner-up will be promoted to the 2018 Peruvian Segunda División. The draw for this stage of the tournament took place on 28 November 2017 at the Peruvian Football Federation's headquarters.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
See also 2017 Torneo Descentralizado 2017 Peruvian Segunda División 2017 in Peruvian football
References
External links Official Website Dechalaca Copa Peru Semanario Pasión