The 2026 Copa Colombia, officially the Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2026 for sponsorship reasons, is the 24th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs affiliated to DIMAYOR, the governing body of professional club football in Colombia. The tournament, which is contested by 36 teams, began on 6 May 2026.
The winners will be entitled to qualify for the 2027 Copa Sudamericana, provided that they compete in the first division league of Colombian football in the 2027 season.
Atlético Nacional are the defending champions.
Format For this edition, the tournament kept the format used since the previous edition, with five stages in which all matchups were determined prior to the start of competition.
The first stage of the competition was split into Stage 1A and Stage 1B, with Stage 1A featuring the 12 Categoría Primera A and the 8 Categoría Primera B teams that failed to advance to the final stages of their league tournament, which were distributed into four groups of five teams (three Primera A teams and the remaining two from Primera B) according to their position in the first stage of the league. In each group, teams had one bye day and played two matches at home and two away, with the top two advancing to the round of 16.
Subsequently, Stage 1B was contested by the 16 teams that advanced to the following round of the Primera A and Primera B tournaments, which were allocated into eight two-legged ties according to their position in the first stage of the league, with the eight winners advancing to the round of 16.
The round of 16 is played by the eight teams advancing from Stage 1A and the eight Stage 1B winners, in which the teams coming from Stage 1A play the Stage 1B winners in eight ties. The winners will then advance to the subsequent knockout stages of the competition (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals).
Although all knockout stages were set to be contested over two legs, on 19 August 2026 DIMAYOR approved a change of format to the competition due to the 2026 Colombia earthquake which led to the postponement of several matches in all of their competitions, including the Copa Colombia. Because of this, the round of 16 and quarter-finals will be played over a single match, only keeping the two-legged format for the semi-finals and the final.
Schedule The schedule of the competition is as follows:
Round First leg Second leg First stage Stage 1A Stage 1B 21 July – 5 August 2026 28 July – 25 September 2026 Round of 16 2 September – 11 October 2026 Quarter-finals 14 October – TBD 2026 Semi-finals TBD 2026 Finals
First stage The first stage was split into two phases in which the 36 participating clubs entered according to their placement in the first stage of their respective leagues.
Stage 1A Stage 1A was contested by the 20 clubs that failed to advance to the final stages of the Apertura tournaments of the 2026 Primera A and 2026 Primera B: 12 Primera A clubs and 8 Primera B ones, which were sorted into four groups of five. The top two teams in each group advanced to the round of 16.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Stage 1B Stage 1B was contested by the eight Categoría Primera A and the eight Categoría Primera B clubs that advanced to the final stages in their respective leagues. The eight Primera A clubs faced the eight Primera B ones in two-legged ties, with the team from the lower tier hosting the second leg.
First leg
Second leg
Final stages In the final stages, the round of 16 and quarter-finals will be played over a single match, while the semi-finals and finals are set to be played under a home-and-away two-legged format. The round of 16 and quarter-final matches, as well as the second leg in the remaining rounds, will be hosted by the team better placed in the league's aggregate table at the end of the Apertura tournament if both teams play in the same tier, or by the Primera B team if both teams play in different tiers. In case of a draw on aggregate score at the end of the second leg, extra time will not be played and the winner will be decided in a penalty shoot-out.
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Leonardo CastroMillonarios 3 Jonathan PerlazaDeportivo Pasto José LloredaDeportes Quindío Jorge Cabezas HurtadoMillonarios Jhon VásquezLlaneros Pablo UrrutiaBoca Juniors de Cali Darwin LópezJaguares Jairo MolinaBoyacá Chicó Misael MartínezAlianza
Source: BeSoccer.
See also 2026 Liga DIMAYOR 2026 Torneo DIMAYOR
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