Copa Paraguay

Copa Paraguay
Organising bodyAPF
Founded2018
RegionParaguay
Number of teams74
Qualifier forCopa Libertadores
Supercopa Paraguay
Current championsLibertad (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Libertad (2 titles)
Television broadcastersTigo Sports
MottoLa Copa de Todos (Everyone's cup)
2024 Copa Paraguay

The Copa Paraguay is a knockout football competition in men's domestic Paraguayan football, starting in 2018 and succeeding the defunct Torneo República. The project for its creation was officially presented in December 2017 and approved by the Paraguayan Football Association's Executive Committee on 20 February 2018.[1]

The competition starts in April and ends in November, with the winner of the cup qualifying for the following year's Copa Libertadores (Copa Sudamericana until the 2022 edition).[2] If the cup winner has already qualified for South American competitions through the league, then the cup runner-up (or the third-placed team) will qualify. If the top three teams have all already qualified for South American competitions through the league, then the best-placed team in the Paraguayan Primera División that has not yet qualified for an international competition will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana.[3] Starting from the 2021 edition, the winner also qualifies for the Supercopa Paraguay.

  1. ^ "Copa Paraguay, en abril". objetivo.com.py. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ "¡Es oficial! El campeón de la Copa Paraguay irá a la Libertadores" [It's official! The Copa Paraguay champion will go to the Libertadores] (in Spanish). Versus. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ "La Copa Paraguay otorgará un cupo directo a la Sudamericana". d10.paraguay.com. 9 February 2018.