The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.
The 1998 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) on February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started, on June. The tournament continued with the Departmental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) on July. The Regional Staged followed. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) started on November. The winner and runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.
Region V includes qualified teams from Huánuco, Junín and Pasco region.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Cultural Hidro
4
3
0
1
8
2
+6
9
2
Señor de Puelles
4
2
1
1
8
3
+5
7
3
UNDAC
4
0
1
3
0
11
−11
1
Source:[citation needed]
Note: Originally Señor de Puelles (8 pts) won the group. But after a complaint by Hidro, this team received 3 pts from its match against Señor de Puelles, hence obtaining first place.
Region VI[]
Region VI includes qualified teams from Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica region.