2022 Copa Perú


The 2022 Peru Cup season, the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football. The Regional Stage started on 12 February, and the National Stage started in November. The winner of the National Stage was promoted to the Liga 1 and the runner-up was promoted to the Liga 2.
The format used in this soccer competition was created by the Chilean Leandro A. Shara.
On 23 August 2022, it was announced that starting from 2023, the Copa Perú would only give promotion to Liga 2 due to the reforms of Peruvian football by the FPF, meaning that this Copa Perú edition was the last that awarded its winning team promotion to the Peruvian top flight.

Departmental stage

Departmental Stage: 2022 Ligas Departamentales del Peru
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.
DepartmentTeamLocation
AmazonasBagua GrandeBagua Grande
AmazonasUnión Santo DomingoChachapoyas
AncashSan Andrés de RuntuSan Marcos
AncashAtlético BrucesNuevo Chimbote
ApurímacLa VictoriaAbancay
ApurímacSocial El OlivoAbancay
ArequipaNacionalMollendo
ArequipaLos TigresCayma
AyacuchoCultural HuracánHuanta
AyacuchoSport CáceresJesús Nazareno
CajamarcaCultural VolanteBambamarca
CajamarcaRosario CelendínCelendín
CallaoEstrella AzulVentanilla
CallaoJuventud PalmeirasVentanilla
CuscoDeportivo GarcilasoCusco
CuscoDefensor CubillasYauri
HuancavelicaDeportivo VianneyAscensión
HuancavelicaUNHAscensión
HuánucoDeportivo VerdecochaLa Unión
HuánucoSeñor de Mayo de HuancapataAmbo
IcaUnión San MartínPisco
IcaLos LibertadoresSan Clemente
JunínCESASan Agustín
JunínDefensor ConcepciónConcepción
La LibertadAtlético VerdúnSan José
La LibertadReal SociedadChugay

DepartmentTeamLocation
LambayequeLa BalsaPitipo
LambayequeNueva EsperanzaOyotún
LimaIndependiente San FelipeCarabayllo
LimaPaz SoldánAucallama
LoretoEstudiantil CNIIquitos
LoretoComerciantes FC|Comerciantes]Belén
Madre de DiosDeportivo MaldonadoTambopata
Madre de DiosAtlético Municipal IñapariIñapari
MoqueguaCredicoop San CristóbalSamegua
MoqueguaMariscal NietoIlo
PascoEcosem PascoTinyahuarco
PascoOnce CaldasHuariaca
PiuraAtlético TorinoPariñas
PiuraDefensor La BocanaSechura
PunoDeportivo UniversitarioPuno
PunoFC CahusiñosSan Román
San MartínAgua San MartínSaposoa
San MartínAcademia CIMACBellavista
TacnaVirgen de la NatividadTacna
TacnaCoronel BolognesiTacna
TumbesFerrocarrilZarumilla
TumbesLeoncio PradoPampas de Hospital
UcayaliColegio ComercioCallería
UcayaliLa PazTournavista

National Stage

In 2022 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru represented. The National Stage starts in the second week of September.
This phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 32 are qualified directly to the Round of 32. The teams in places 33 to 50 are eliminated.
The winner of the National Stage was promoted to the Liga 1 (Peru)|2023 Liga 1] and the runner-up of the National Stage was promoted to the 2023 Liga 2.

Tie-breaking criteria


The ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Points
3. Goal difference
4. Number of goals scored
5. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Away Points
3. Goal Difference in away games
4. Number of goals scored in away games
6. Number of First-Half points: considering the half-time results as the final results
7. Drawing of lots

Round 1

The round was played between 17 September and 18 September.

Round 2

The round was played between 24 September and 25 September.

Round 3

The round was played between 28 September and 30 September.

Round 4

The round was played between 4 October and 5 October.

Round 5

The round was played between 8 October and 9 October.

Final group stage

The final group stage, colloquially known as La Finalísima, will be played by the four semifinalists at the Estadio Iván Elías Moreno. The team with the most points will be declared the winner and be promoted to the 2023 Liga 1.

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
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