The 2026 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2026 for sponsorship reasons) is the sixteenth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the fourteenth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 18 January and will end on 2 December 2026. Independiente Rivadavia were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
The champions will qualify for the 2027 Copa Libertadores.
Teams The 64 teams that take part in this competition include: all thirty teams from the Primera División; fifteen teams of the Primera Nacional; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C, and ten teams from Federal A.
First Level Primera División All thirty teams of the 2025 tournament qualified.
Aldosivi Argentinos Juniors Atlético Tucumán Banfield Barracas Central Belgrano Boca Juniors Central Córdoba (SdE) Defensa y Justicia Deportivo Riestra Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Independiente Rivadavia Instituto Lanús Newell's Old Boys Platense Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento (J) Talleres (C) Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield
Second Level Primera Nacional The top 7 teams in each group plus the best eighth-placed one of the 2025 tournament qualified.
Agropecuario Argentino Atlanta Chaco For Ever Deportivo Madryn Deportivo Maipú Deportivo Morón Estudiantes (BA) Estudiantes (RC) Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Gimnasia y Tiro San Martín (T) San Miguel Temperley Tristán Suárez
Third Level Primera B Metropolitana The champions, the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" and the top three teams of the 2025 Primera B tournament qualified.
Acassuso Argentino (M) Deportivo Armenio Midland Real Pilar
Torneo Federal A The top five teams of each zone from the Second Stage of the 2025 tournament qualified.
Argentino (MM) Atenas (RC) Atlético de Rafaela Ciudad de Bolivar Deportivo Rincón
Olimpo San Martín (F) Sarmiento (LB) Sportivo Belgrano
Fourth Level Primera C Metropolitana The champions, the runners-up, the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" and the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" additional tournament of the 2025 Primera C tournament qualified.
Claypole Deportivo Camioneros Ituzaingó Sportivo Barracas
Round and draw dates PhaseRoundDraw dateDatesFinal stageRound of 6410 December 202518 January–15 April 2026Round of 3222 April–17 July 2026Round of 1612 August–2 September 2026Quarterfinals9 September–1 October 2026Semifinals28 October–14 November 2026Final2 December 2026
Final rounds Draw The draw for the finals rounds was held on 10 December 2025, 13:00 at the AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided into six groups. The Big Five and Huracán were paired and placed directly in Group 1. The other historical rivals that play in the Argentine First Division were paired and placed in Groups 2 and 3. The Torneo Federal and Primera Nacional teams were placed directly in Groups 4 and 6, respectively, while Primera B Metropolitana and Primera C Metropolitana were placed in Group 5. From Group 1 to Group 3, the first team drawn was placed in a predetermined bracket and its historical rival was placed in the other. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: Group 1 vs. Group 4; Group 2 vs. Group 5 and Group 3 vs. Group 6. With this draw format, historical rivals could only play against each other in the final.
+Group 1Group 6Boca Juniors Independiente HuracánRiver Plate Racing San LorenzoAgropecuario Argentino Atlanta Chaco For Ever Deportivo Madryn Deportivo Maipú Deportivo Morón Estudiantes (BA) Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Gimnasia y Tiro San Martín (T) San Miguel Temperley Tristán SuárezGroup 2Estudiantes (LP) Newell's Old Boys Argentinos Juniors Vélez Sarsfield Banfield BelgranoGimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Rosario Central Platense Tigre Lanús Talleres (C)Group 3Group 4Group 5Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) Barracas Central Atlético Tucumán Aldosivi Instituto Unión Godoy CruzIndependiente Rivadavia Deportivo Riestra Central Córdoba (SdE) Sarmiento (J) Estudiantes (RC) Defensa y Justicia San Martín (SJ)Argentino (MM) Atenas (RC) Atlético de Rafaela Ciudad de Bolivar Deportivo Rincón
Olimpo San Martín (F) Sarmiento (LB) Sportivo BelgranoAcassuso Argentino (M) Deportivo Armenio Midland Real Pilar Claypole Deportivo Camioneros Ituzaingó Sportivo Barracas
Bracket Upper bracket
Lower bracket
Round of 64 The Round of 64 had 10 qualified teams from the Torneo Federal A, 9 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metropolitana and 4 teams from Primera C Metropolitana), 15 teams from Primera Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round was played in a single knock-out match format between 18 January and 15 April 2026. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32.
Round of 32 This round had 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. It was played between 22 April and 17 July 2026 in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.
Round of 16 This round had 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. It was played between 12 August and 2 September 2026 in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals This round had 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between 9 September and 1 October 2026, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the semifinals.
Semifinals This round will have 4 qualified teams from the quarterfinals. The round will be played on 28 October and 14 November 2026, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams will advance to the final.
Final
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Guido CarrilloEstudiantes (LP)3 Tomás FernándezAldosivi Nicolás LaméndolaAtlético Tucumán Adrián MartínezRacing Enner ValenciaBoca Juniors6 Tomás AdoryánBanfield2 Tobías AndradaVélez Sarsfield Álex ArceIndependiente Rivadavia Adam BareiroBoca Juniors Facundo BrueraBarracas Central Dilan GodoyVélez Sarsfield Marcelino MorenoLanús Tiziano PerrottaBanfield Matías RealiSan Lorenzo Emiliano RigoniBelgrano Gonzalo RíosIndependiente Rivadavia Ángel StringaDeportivo Riestra Cristian TarragonaUnión
See also 2026 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol
References
External links
Copa Argentina on the Argentine Football Association's website