2024 Copa Paraguay
The 2024 Copa Paraguay was the sixth edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition organized by the Paraguayan Football Association. The competition began on 30 April and ended on 6 December 2024.
The defending champions Libertad won their third Copa Paraguay title, defeating Nacional 1–0 in the final match. As Copa Paraguay winners, Libertad qualified for the 2024 Supercopa Paraguay against Olimpia, the 2024 [Paraguayan Primera División season|Primera División] champions with better record in the aggregate table, but their berth to the 2025 Copa Libertadores was instead awarded to the cup runners-up Nacional since they had already qualified for that competition on league performance.
Format
The competition retained the format used in the most recent editions, with 75 participating teams. The 18 Primera B Metropolitana clubs, the 12 Primera C ones, and the 17 Football Union of the Interior champions started the competition in the first stage, in which the Primera B and Primera C teams were drawn against a team from their same league in single-legged ties, whilst the UFI teams were paired in seven matchups and a triangular group according to geographical proximity. The 22 match winners as well as the top two teams from the triangular advanced to the second stage, in which the 16 Paraguayan División Intermedia clubs joined the competition, forming 20 single-legged ties. The 20 winning teams then advanced to the third stage, where the 12 Paraguayan Primera División teams entered. The 16 third stage winners advanced to the round of 16. Ties in all rounds are played on a single-legged basis, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a draw.Aside from qualification for the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Paraguay, the Copa Paraguay champion was awarded a monetary prize of Gs. 1 billion. The runners-up were awarded Gs. 250 million, the third-placed team earned Gs. 100 million, and the fourth-placed team received Gs. 50 million.
Teams
The 2024 edition had 75 participating teams:;Primera División
- 2 de Mayo
- Cerro Porteño
- Club [General Caballero (Juan León Mallorquín)|General Caballero (JLM)]
- Guaraní
- Libertad
- Nacional
- Olimpia
- Sol de América
- Sportivo Ameliano
- Sportivo Luqueño
- Sportivo Trinidense
- Tacuary
- Atlético 3 de Febrero
- 12 de Junio
- Atlético Colegiales (Paraguay)|Atlético Colegiales]
- Deportivo Recoleta
- Deportivo Santaní
- Encarnación
- Fernando de la Mora
- Guaireña
- Independiente (CG)
- Martín Ledesma
- Pastoreo
- Resistencia
- Rubio Ñu
- San Lorenzo
- Sportivo Carapeguá
- Tembetary
- 3 de Febrero RB
- 3 de Noviembre
- 12 de Octubre (I)
- Club [12 de Octubre SD|12 de Octubre (SD)]
- 24 de Setiembre
- 29 de Setiembre
- Atlántida
- Benjamín Aceval
- Club [Cristóbal Colón de Juan Augusto Saldívar|Cristóbal Colón (JAS)]
- Cristóbal Colón (Ñ)
- Deportivo Capiatá
- General Díaz (Luque)|General Díaz]
- Olimpia (Itá)|Olimpia (Itá)]
- Presidente Hayes
- River Plate (Asunción)|River Plate]
- Silvio Pettirossi
- Sport Colombia
- Sportivo Limpeño
- 1 de Marzo
- Atlético Juventud
- Capitán Figari
- Deportivo Pinozá
- Fulgencio Yegros
- General Caballero (ZC)
- Humaitá
- Oriental
- Pilcomayo
- Sport Colonial
- Sportivo Iteño
- Valois Rivarola
The champions from each of the 17 departments of Paraguay qualified for the competition:
- Nacional
- 14 de Mayo
- Sport Unión
- Olimpia
- Atlético Forestal
- Atlético Enramadita
- Sportivo San Pedro
- 15 de Mayo Itacurubí
- Guaraní
- Patriotas
- Universo FBC
- 1 de Marzo
- Deportivo 1 de Marzo
- Salto del Guairá
- Sportivo San Miguel
- Atlético Juventud
- Atlético 16 de Julio