2023 Copa Perú


The 2023 Peru Cup season, the largest amateur tournament of Peruvian football. The District Stage started in 12 February, and the National Stage started in November. The winner, runner-up and the semifinalists of the National Stage were promoted to the Liga 2.
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 the 2022 Copa Perú edition was the last that awarded its winning team promotion to the Peruvian top flight.

Departmental stage

Departmental Stage: 2023 Ligas Departamentales del Perú
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the National Stage.
DepartmentTeamLocation
AmazonasUnión Santo DomingoChachapoyas
AmazonasDeportivo Municipal Jazán
AncashSan Marcos de Huari|San Marcos]Huari
AncashStar ÁncashHuaraz
ApurímacMiguel GrauAbancay
ApurímacFC Municipal ChallhuahuachoChallhuahuacho
ArequipaNacionalMollendo
ArequipaAuroraArequipa
AyacuchoSport CáceresHuamanga
AyacuchoVRAEM FCPichari
CajamarcaADAJaén
CajamarcaCajamarcaCajamarca
CallaoCalidad PorteñaCallao
CallaoJuventud PalmeirasMi Perú
CuscoAJICalca
CuscoDefensor CubillasEspinar
HuancavelicaDeportivo VianneyHuancavelica
HuancavelicaDiablos RojosHuancavelica
HuánucoIndependiente de HuachogSanta [María del Valle District|Santa María del Valle]
HuánucoCastle FCAmbo
IcaAlianza PiscoPisco
IcaLolo FernándezPuquio
JunínCESAHuancayo
JunínAtlético ChanchamayoChanchamayo
La LibertadDefensor PorvenirTrujillo
La LibertadAlfonso Ugarte de ChiclínTrujillo

DepartmentTeamLocation
LambayequeADC [Juan Pablo II College|Juan Pablo II College]Chongoyape
LambayequeJuventud La JoyaLambayeque
LimaDeportivo HuracánCanta
LimaMaristasHuacho
LoretoAtlético HospitalContamana
LoretoPCR Ex 160Amazonas Province|Alto Amazonas]
Madre de DiosLa Masía NaceHuepetuhe
Madre de DiosReal Atlético NuevaHuepetuhe
MoqueguaHijos del Altiplano y del PacíficoIlo
MoqueguaUCV MoqueguaMariscal Nieto
PascoEcosem PascoPasco
PascoSociedad Tiro 28Pasco
PiuraOlimpiaLa Unión
PiuraAcademia Cristo ReyLa Brea
PunoUnión Ángeles de VizcachaniSanta Rosa
PunoDiablos RojosJuliaca
San MartínAD TahuishcoMoyobamba
San MartínUnión TarapotoTarapoto
TacnaTacna Heroica">Tacna Province">Tacna HeroicaTacna
TacnaDefensor TacnaTacna
TumbesRenovación PacíficoTumbes
TumbesBoca Juniors Casitas
UcayaliInter FCManantay
UcayaliEscuela Municipal de TournavistaPuerto Inca

National Stage

In 2023 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, runner-up and the semifinalists of the National Stage were promoted to the 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