1998 Copa Perú
The 1998 Copa Perú season, the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.
The tournament has five stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.
The 1998 Peru Cup started with the District Stage on February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage which started, on June. The tournament continued with the Departmental Stage on July. The Regional Staged followed. The National Stage started on November. The winner and runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.
Departmental Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.| Department | Team | Location |
| Amazonas | Cultural Utcubamba | Amazonas |
| Ancash | Sport Ancash | Ancash |
| Ancash | José Gálvez | Chimbote |
| Apurímac | Unión Grauína | Abancay |
| Arequipa | Senati | Arequipa |
| Ayacucho | Deportivo DASA | Ayacucho |
| Cajamarca | UTC | Cajamarca |
| Callao | Somos Aduanas | Callao |
| Cusco | Deportivo Garcilaso | Cusco |
| Huancavelica | Unión Recuperada | Huancavelica |
| Huánuco | Señor de Puelles | Huánuco |
| Ica | Estudiantes de Medicina | Ica |
| Junín | Cultural Hidro | Junín |
| La Libertad | Deportivo UPAO | La Libertad |
| Department | Team | Location |
| Lambayeque | Deportivo Pomalca | Lambayeque |
| Lima | Deportivo Repcel | Lima |
| Lima | Telefunken 20 | Lima |
| Loreto | CNI | Iquitos |
| Madre de Dios | Sport Miguel Grau | Madre de Dios |
| Moquegua | Peñarol | Moquegua |
| Pasco | UNDAC | Pasco |
| Piura | Atlético Torino | Talara |
| Piura | I.M.I. | Talara |
| Puno | Alfonso Ugarte | Puno |
| San Martín | Hospital Rural | San Martín |
| Tacna | Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna |
| Tumbes | Victor Loli | Tumbes |
| Ucayali | La Loretana | Ucayali |
| Ucayali | San Martín de Porres|San Martín de Porres] | Ucayali |
Regional Stage
Region I
Region I includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Lambayeque, Tumbes and Piura region.Group A
Playoff
Final Group
Tiebreaker
Region II
Region II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Cajamarca and La Libertad region.Region III
Region III includes qualified teams from Loreto, San Martín and Ucayali region.Region IV
Region IV includes qualified teams from Callao, Ica and Lima region.Region V
Region V includes qualified teams from Huánuco, Junín and Pasco region.Note: Originally Señor de Puelles won the group. But after a complaint by Hidro, this team received 3 pts from its match against Señor de Puelles, hence obtaining first place.
Region VI
Region VI includes qualified teams from Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica region.Region VII
Region VII includes qualified teams from Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno region.Region VIII
Region VIII includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna region.Note: Because both teams were already eliminated, Senati and Peñarol agreed to not play their match.
National Stage
The National Stage started in November. The winners of the National Stage will be promoted to the 1999 Torneo Descentralizado.Final
- The second leg was abandoned after 81 minutes because of a brawl started by Bolognesi players. The F.P.F. declared the match ended by 3-1; and as it should have been a penalty shootout, I.M.I. was declared shootout winner by 2-0, and hence 1998 champions.