2016–17 Copa Argentina

2016-17 Copa Argentina

Country	Argentina
Teams	99
Champions	River Plate (2nd title)
Runners-up	Atlético Tucumán
2018 Copa Libertadores	Atlético Tucumán
Matches played	133
Goals scored	344 (2.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	(7 goals)
Best player	Ignacio Scocco[1]
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Total Argentina 2016-17 for sponsorship reasons)^[2] was the eighth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the sixth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on February 2 and ended on December 9, 2017.

River Plate, the defending champions, defeated Atlético Tucumán 2–1 in the Final to win their 2nd title. As champions, River Plate qualified for the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.^[3]

Atlético Tucumán, as runners-up, qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores because River Plate had already qualified as Primera División runners-up.^[4]

Teams[]

Ninety-nine teams took part in this competition: All teams from the Primera División (30); twelve teams of the Primera B Nacional; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; two from the Primera D; fourteen teams from Federal A and thirty-two from .^[5]

First Level[]

Primera División[]

All thirty teams qualified.

Second Level[]

The first twelve teams from the first stage of 2016-17 tournament qualified.

Primera B Nacional[]

Third Level[]

Primera B Metropolitana[]

The first five teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera B tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal A[]

The first two teams of each zone of the 2016–17 tournament qualified.

Fourth Level[]

Primera C Metropolitana[]

The first four teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera C tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal B[]

The first two teams of each zone of the 2016-17 Federal B tournament qualified.

Fifth Level[]

Primera D Metropolitana[]

The first two teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera D tournament qualified.

Regional Round[]

This round is organized by the Consejo Federal.

Group A: Federal A[]

In this round, 14 teams from the Torneo Federal A participated. The round was played between March 14 and March 30, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 7 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cipolletti	3–3 (4–2 p)	Deportivo Madryn	2–1	1–2
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	4–2	Alvarado	3–1	1–1
Altos Hornos Zapla	1–6	Gimnasia y Tiro	0–3	1–3
Sportivo Las Parejas	8–1	Unión (S)	5–1	3–0
Chaco For Ever	3–2	Sarmiento (R)	2–0	1–2
	2–4	Mitre (SdE)	1–1	1–3
	2–3	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–0	1–3

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Group B: Federal B[]

Round I[]

In this first round, 32 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between February 2 and February 23, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round II.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jorge Newbery (CR)	1–1 (a)	Huracán (CR)	0–0	1–1
	2–3		2–1	0–2
Bella Vista (BB)	11–1	Sansinena	6–0	5–1
Kimberley	4–3		2–2	2–1
Güemes (SdE)	2–2 (a)		1–0	1–2
	1–5	Estudiantes (RC)	1–0	0–5
	4–1		0–0	4–1
	6–2		2–1	4–1
	1–2		0–1	1–1
	4–0	Belgrano (SN)	3–0	1–0
	2–0		1–0	1–0
Ben Hur	3–0	Tiro Federal (R)	1–0	2–0
	1–2	Central Norte	1–2	0–0
	2–4	Talleres (P)	1–2	1–2
	2–5		1–2	1–3
	4–3	Textil Mandiyú	3–1	1–2

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Round II[]

In this round, 16 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between February 11 and March 5, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Round III.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	4–0	Jorge Newbery (CR)	3–0	1–0
Kimberley	1–2	Bella Vista (BB)	0–2	1–0
Estudiantes (RC)	4–0	Güemes (SdE)	2–0	2–0
	2–1		1–0	1–1
	4–0		4–0	0–0
Ben Hur	4–1		2–1	2–0
Talleres (P)	1–2	Central Norte	0–2	1–0
	4–3		3–0	1–3

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Round III[]

In this round, 8 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between February 18 and March 18, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bella Vista (BB)	2–5		1–2	1–3
	3–3 (a)	Estudiantes (RC)	1–1	2–2
	4–3	Ben Hur	3–2	1–1
	3–6	Central Norte	2–0	1–6

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Final Round[]

Bracket[]

Upper bracket[]

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
		River Plate	3
		Atlas	0
							River Plate	4
							Instituto	1
		Argentinos Juniors	0
		Instituto	1
												River Plate	3
												Defensa y Justicia	0
		Temperley	2
		Sportivo Las Parejas	0
							Temperley	0
							Defensa y Justicia	2
		Defensa y Justicia	3
			0
																	River Plate	4
																	Atlanta	1
		Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	0
		Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	1
							Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	1 (5)
							Belgrano (p)	1 (6)
		Belgrano (p)	1 (3)
		Estudiantes (BA)	1 (2)
												Belgrano	1
												Atlanta	2
		San Martín (SJ)	0
		Atlanta	3
							Atlanta	3
								1
		Estudiantes (LP)	2
			3
																						River Plate	3
																						Deportivo Morón	0
		Racing	2
		Mitre (SdE)	1
							Racing	2
							Olimpo	4
		Olimpo	1
		Ferro Carril Oeste	0
												Olimpo	3
												Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	2
		Talleres (C)	1
		Defensores de Belgrano	0
							Talleres (C)	1 (2)
							Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (p)	1 (4)
		Quilmes	0 (1)
		Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) (p)	0 (4)
																	Olimpo	0
																	Deportivo Morón	1
		Lanús	5
		Sportivo Barracas	1
							Lanús	1
							Unión	2
		Unión (p)	0 (4)
		Nueva Chicago	0 (2)
												Unión	0 (4)
												Deportivo Morón (p)	0 (5)
		Patronato	0
		Deportivo Morón	2
							Deportivo Morón	1
							San Lorenzo	0
		San Lorenzo (p)	1 (4)
		Cipolletti	1 (2)

Lower bracket[]

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
		Independiente (p)	0 (5)
			0 (4)
							Independiente	1
							Atlético Tucumán	2
		Atlético Tucumán (p)	1 (4)
		All Boys	1 (1)
												Atlético Tucumán	4
												Sarmiento (J)	0
		Sarmiento (J)	1
		Brown	0
							Sarmiento (J)	3
							Sacachispas	1
		Arsenal	1 (5)
		Sacachispas (p)	1 (6)
																	Atlético Tucumán	1
																	Vélez Sarsfield	0
		Huracán (p)	2 (3)
		Defensores Unidos	2 (1)
							Huracán	1
							Colón	0
		Colón	1
		Independiente Rivadavia	0
												Huracán	0 (1)
												Vélez Sarsfield	0 (3)
		Aldosivi	2
		Central Córdoba (SdE)	1
							Aldosivi	0
							Vélez Sarsfield	1
		Vélez Sarsfield	1
		Leandro N. Alem	0
																						Atlético Tucumán (p)	0 (3)
																						Rosario Central	0 (1)
		Newell's Old Boys	4
		Central Norte	1
							Newell's Old Boys	1
							Godoy Cruz	2
		Godoy Cruz	3
		Santamarina	0
												Godoy Cruz	2
												Banfield	1
		Atlético de Rafaela	1
		Almagro	0
							Atlético de Rafaela	2
							Banfield	4
		Banfield	1
		Chaco For Ever	0
																	Godoy Cruz	2
																	Rosario Central	3
		Rosario Central	1
		Cañuelas	0
							Rosario Central	2
							Deportivo Riestra	1
		Tigre	2 (1)
		Deportivo Riestra (p)	2 (3)
												Rosario Central	1
												Boca Juniors	0
		Guillermo Brown	1
		Chacarita Juniors	0
							Guillermo Brown	0
							Boca Juniors	1
		Boca Juniors	5
		Gimnasia y Tiro	0

Round of 64[]

This round had 11 qualified teams from the Regional Round (7 teams from Torneo Federal A and 4 teams from ), 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metro; 4 teams from Primera C and 2 teams from Primera D), 12 teams from Primera B Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round was played between April 25 and August 18, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32. The draw took place on April 5, 2017.

Round of 32[]

This round had the 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between August 16 and September 21, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16[]

This round had the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between September 27 and October 9, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals[]

This round had the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between October 18 and October 24, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals[]

This round had the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played on November 10 and 12, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.

Final[]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1			7
2	Jorge González		5
	Ignacio Scocco	Newell's Old Boys/River Plate
4			4
	Ignacio Fernández	River Plate
	Bruno Sepúlveda	Estudiantes (RC)

Source:^[12]

Team of the tournament[]

Team
Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Cristian Lucchetti (Atlético Tucumán)	Emiliano Mayola (Deportivo Morón) Jonatan Maidana (River Plate) Mauricio Martínez (Rosario Central)	Gonzalo Martínez (River Plate) Emiliano Tellechea (Olimpo) Ignacio Fernández (River Plate) David Barbona (Atlético Tucumán)	Ignacio Scocco (River Plate) () (Atlanta)
Substitutes
Julio Salvá (Deportivo Morón)	(Central Norte)	Pablo Cortizo (Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)) Ivo Hongn () Gastón Giménez (Godoy Cruz)	Jorge González () Luis Miguel Rodríguez (Atlético Tucumán)
Coach
Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate)

Source:^[13]

See also[]

• 2017–18 Argentine Primera División

References[]

External links[]

• Official site (in Spanish)
• Copa Argentina on the Argentine Football Association's website (in Spanish)