2024 Copa Chile


The 2024 Copa Chile, was the 44th edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national football cup tournament. The tournament began on 27 April and ended with the final match on 20 November 2024.
Universidad de Chile won their sixth title in this competition, and first since 2015, by defeating Ñublense 1–0 in the final match. Colo-Colo were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Magallanes in the Central–South Zone's regional finals.

Format

For this edition, the Copa Chile kept the format implemented in 2023, with a preliminary stage involving amateur clubs affiliated to ANFA, a regional stage where teams from Primera División, Primera B, and Segunda División Profesional entered the competition comprised by four geographical zones of 16 teams, and a national stage involving the four regional stage winners. In each regional zone, four rounds are played: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the finals; the round of 16 matches were played as single-legged ties, whilst the other rounds were played in a double-legged fashion. In the national stage, the regional winners played two semi-finals with their winners playing the single-match final to decide the champion.
In addition to that, the 2024 Copa Chile introduced an opening match, which involved a team representing the Juan Fernández Islands and Primera B side Santiago Wanderers, played in San Juan Bautista, Juan Fernández.

Prizes

The champions of this edition will be entitled to play the 2025 Supercopa de Chile against the 2024 Campeonato Nacional champions and would also earn the right to compete in the 2025 Copa Libertadores, taking the Chile 4 berth which enables them to enter the second stage of that competition. However, since Universidad de Chile had already qualified for the Copa Libertadores through league performance, the berth was awarded to the other finalist side, Ñublense, regardless of the outcome of the final.

Schedule

Teams

79 clubs took part in this edition of the Copa Chile: 16 from the Primera División, 16 from the Primera B, 14 from the Segunda División Profesional, 14 from Tercera A, 16 from regional amateur leagues, and three invited teams.

Primera A

The pairings for the preliminary stage were announced by the ANFA on 17 April 2024. The participating clubs were split into two groups, one of them made of regional ANFA clubs and the other one featuring the Tercera División A teams. They were then drawn against a team in their group, according to geographical and safety criteria. Ties in this round were played over two legs, with the team with the most points in each tie advancing to the national stage. If both teams were tied in points, a penalty shootout was held to decide the winning team. Matches in this round were played from 27 April to 5 May 2024.

Opening match

The opening match of the competition was played on 27 April 2024.

Tercera División preliminaries

Source: En El Camarín

Regional amateur preliminaries

The regional representatives from Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, Aysén, and Magallanes did not participate in this stage and instead were given a bye to the regional stage given the condition of remoteness of their respective regions.
Source: En El Camarín

Aysén preliminary

The Aysén regional association opted to hold a triangular tournament between its three representatives to decide the Aysén representative in the regional stage of the competition. Matches were played from 27 April to 1 May 2024 in Coyhaique.

Regional stage

The draw for the regional stage was held on 26 April 2024. The 64 participating teams were split into four zones and drawn against a team from their same regional zone. Ties in the round of 16 will be single-legged, ties from the quarter-finals onwards will be double-legged.

North Zone

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

First leg
Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Finals

Central–North Zone

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

First leg
Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Finals

Central–South Zone

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

First leg
Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Finals

South Zone

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

First leg
Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Finals

National stage

The national stage was played by the four regional winners, which played two double-legged semi-finals. The winners faced each other in the single-match final to decide the champions.

Bracket

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

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