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.
DepartmentTeamLocation
AmazonasCultural UtcubambaAmazonas
AncashSport AncashAncash
AncashJosé GálvezChimbote
ApurímacUnión GrauínaAbancay
ArequipaSenatiArequipa
AyacuchoDeportivo DASAAyacucho
CajamarcaUTCCajamarca
CallaoSomos AduanasCallao
CuscoDeportivo GarcilasoCusco
HuancavelicaUnión RecuperadaHuancavelica
HuánucoSeñor de PuellesHuánuco
IcaEstudiantes de MedicinaIca
JunínCultural HidroJunín
La LibertadDeportivo UPAOLa Libertad

DepartmentTeamLocation
LambayequeDeportivo PomalcaLambayeque
LimaDeportivo RepcelLima
LimaTelefunken 20Lima
LoretoCNIIquitos
Madre de DiosSport Miguel GrauMadre de Dios
MoqueguaPeñarolMoquegua
PascoUNDACPasco
PiuraAtlético TorinoTalara
PiuraI.M.I.Talara
PunoAlfonso UgartePuno
San MartínHospital RuralSan Martín
TacnaCoronel BolognesiTacna
TumbesVictor LoliTumbes
UcayaliLa LoretanaUcayali
UcayaliSan 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.