2016–17 Copa Argentina


The 2016–17 Copa Argentina was the eighth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the sixth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on February 2 and ended on December 9, 2017.
River Plate, the defending champions, defeated Atlético Tucumán 2–1 in the final to win their 2nd title. As champions, River Plate qualified for the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.
Atlético Tucumán, as runners-up, qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores because River Plate had already qualified as Primera División runners-up.

Teams

The 99 teams that took part in this competition included: All teams from the Primera División ; twelve teams of the Primera B Nacional; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; two from the Primera D; fourteen teams from Federal A and thirty-two from Federal B.

First Level

Primera División

All thirty teams qualified.

Second Level

The first twelve teams from the first stage of [2016-17 Primera B Metropolitana|Primera B Nacional|2016-17 tournament] qualified.

Primera B Nacional

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The first five teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera B tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal A

The first two teams of each zone of the 2016–17 tournament qualified.

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The first four teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera C tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal B

The first two teams of each zone of the 2016-17 Federal B tournament qualified.

Fifth Level

Primera D Metropolitana

The first two teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera D tournament qualified.

Regional Round

This round is organized by the Consejo Federal.

Group A: Federal A

In this round, 14 teams from the Torneo Federal A participated. The round was played between March 14 and 30, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 7 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.

Group B: Federal B

Round I

In this first round, 32 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between February 2 and February 23, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round II.
First leg
Second leg

Round II

In this round, 16 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between February 11 and March 5, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Round III.
First leg
Second leg

Round III

In this round, 8 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between February 18 and March 18, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.
First leg
Second leg

Final Round

Round of 64

This round had 11 qualified teams from the Regional Round, 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone, 12 teams from Primera B Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round was played between April 25 and August 18, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32. The draw took place on April 5, 2017.

Round of 32

This round had the 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between August 16 and September 21, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16

This round had the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between September 27 and October 9, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

This round had the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between October 18 and October 24, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals

This round had the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played on November 10 and 12, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.