2018 Honduran Cup

2018 Honduran Cup
President's Cup
Country	Honduras
Dates	22 July – 7 November 2018
Teams	64
Champions	Platense
Runners-up	Real España
Matches played	65
Goals scored	220 (3.38 per match)
	← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 7 November 2018.

The 2018 Honduran Cup was the 13th edition of the Honduran Cup and the fourth as Copa Presidente.^[1] The tournament was announced on 13 April 2018.

The cup was contested by 64 teams from the top 3 divisions. There were a total of 10 teams from Liga Nacional (1st division), 28 from Liga de Ascenso (2nd division) and 26 from Liga Mayor (3rd division).

C.D. Marathón were the defending champions. Platense F.C. obtained their third title after beating 2–1 Real C.D. España in the final^[2] and will face the league winners in the 2019 Honduran Supercup.

Schedule and format[]

The schedule for the first round was published on 28 June.^[3] The tournament started on 22 July.

Round	Date		Fixtures	Clubs
Round	First leg	Second leg	Fixtures	Clubs
Round of 64	22–28 July		32	64 → 32
Round of 32	22–23 August		16	32 → 16
Round of 16	4–5 September		8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	25–26 September		8	8 → 4
Semifinals	17 October	24 October	4	4 → 2
Final	7 November		1	2 → 1

Round of 64[]

22 July 2018 Round of 64		0–3	Real España	Ocotepeque
10:00			36' (pen.) Benavídez 63' Martínez 90'	Stadium: Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–2 (2–4 p)		Puerto Lempira
11:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–2	Municipal Valencia	Marcala
13:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–11	Marathón	Gracias
14:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–2	Atlético Esperanzano	Gualaco
14:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64	Atlético Morazán	3–0	Broncos del Sur
14:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		0–8	Olimpia	Jesús de Otoro
14:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–1 (6–7 p)	Santos	Danlí
14:00				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–1 (5–4 p)	Olancho	El Paraíso
14:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–1	Motagua	San Francisco de la Paz
14:00	84' 86'		88' Vega	Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–4	Gimnástico	Siguatepeque
14:00				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64	Atlético Limeño	2–1	Pinares	La Lima
14:00				Stadium: Estadio Milton Flores Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64	Calvario	1–1 (4–3 p)	Comayagua	Langue
14:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–3	UPNFM	Cantarranas
14:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		0–6	Platense	Copán Ruinas
14:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–3	Deportes Savio	Ocotepeque
15:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–3	Honduras Progreso	Las Vegas
15:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–3	Juticalpa	San Lorenzo
15:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–2 (1–4 p)	Real Sociedad	La Ceiba
15:00				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–5	Villanueva	Tocoa
15:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–1	Arsenal	Coxen Hole
15:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–1	Victoria	Tela
15:00				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez Referee: José Valladares

22 July 2018 Round of 64		0–4	Parrillas One	Sabá
15:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–6	Vida	Potrerillos
15:30				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–2 (5–3 p)	Real Juventud
16:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1–4	Yoro	San Manuel
16:00				Stadium: Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64	San Juan	0–2	Lepaera	Quimistán
16:00				Stadium: Referee: José Ulloa

22 July 2018 Round of 64		0–8	Real de Minas	Choluteca
16:00				Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse Referee:

22 July 2018 Round of 64		2–2 (3–4 p)	Social Sol	El Progreso
19:00				Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee:

25 July 2018 Round of 64	Atlético Choloma	2–0		Choloma
18:00				Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras Referee:

27 July 2018 Round of 64		1–3		Siguatepeque
18:00				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila Referee:

28 July 2018 Round of 64	Tela	4–2	Olimpia Occidental	Tela
15:00				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez Referee:

Round of 32[]

The schedule for the Round of 32 was unveiled on 14 August.^[4]

22 August 2018 Round of 32		0–2	Olimpia	El Paraíso
14:00			52' 70' Mejía	Stadium:

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Atlético Morazán	2–4	UPNFM
14:00				Stadium:

22 August 2018 Round of 32		0–2	Santos	Marcala
14:00				Stadium:

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Real Sociedad	1–1 (5–6 p)	Vida	Tocoa
14:00				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Calvario	0–7	Real de Minas	Langue
14:00			Palacios Reyna Padilla	Stadium:

22 August 2018 Round of 32		0–4	Juticalpa	San Francisco de la Paz
14:00				Stadium:

22 August 2018 Round of 32		1–1 (2–4 p)		Tela
15:00				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Atlético Esperanzano	1–0	Lepaera	La Esperanza
17:00				Stadium: Estadio Romualdo Bueso

22 August 2018 Round of 32		0–1	Marathón
18:00			89'	Stadium:

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Atlético Choloma	1–2	Platense	Choloma
18:30			45'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Deportes Savio	1–0	Honduras Progreso	Santa Rosa de Copán
19:00				Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes

22 August 2018 Round of 32		1–2	Atlético Limeño	San Manuel
19:00				Stadium:

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Parrillas One	1–1 (4–2 p)	Villanueva	San Pedro Sula
19:00				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Yoro	0–0 (5–4 p)	Tela	Yoro
19:00				Stadium:

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Social Sol	0–1	Real España	Olanchito
19:00			32' López	Stadium: Estadio San Jorge

23 August 2018 Round of 32		0–0 (5–3 p)	Gimnástico	Danlí
15:30				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco

Round of 16[]

The drawing was performed on 27 August.

4 September 2018 Round of 16	Parrillas One	2–0	Real de Minas	San Pedro Sula
19:00				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

5 September 2018 Round of 16		0–1	Olimpia	Coxen Hole
15:00			Reyes	Stadium:

5 September 2018 Round of 16		1–1 (2–4 p)	UPNFM	Danlí
15:30				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco

5 September 2018 Round of 16	Atlético Esperanzano	1–3	Platense	La Esperanza
17:00				Stadium: Estadio Romualdo Bueso

5 September 2018 Round of 16	Yoro	0–0 (3–0 p)	Atlético Limeño	Yoro
19:00				Stadium:

5 September 2018 Round of 16	Santos	2–0	Vida	Siguatepeque
19:00				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila

5 September 2018 Round of 16	Deportes Savio	2–2 (4–3 p)	Juticalpa	Santa Rosa de Copán
19:00				Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes

5 September 2018 Round of 16	Real España	3–0	Marathón	San Pedro Sula
19:00				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Referee:
Note: Match awarded to Real España with a 3–0 score after Marathón abandoned the field at '88 (0–0) for not accepting a penalty called by the referee.

Quarterfinals[]

The draw was held on 18 September.^[5]

25 September 2018 Quarterfinals	Parrillas One	3–1	UPNFM	San Pedro Sula
19:00

26 September 2018 Quarterfinals	Yoro	2–0	Deportes Savio	Yoro
19:00				Stadium:

26 September 2018 Quarterfinals	Real España	1–0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
19:00	Martínez			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Referee:

26 September 2018 Quarterfinals	Santos	2–3	Platense	Siguatepeque
20:00				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila

Semifinals[]

17 October 2018 1st leg	Real España	3–1	Parrillas One	San Pedro Sula
19:00	Martínez 50' 58' López 90'		80'	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

24 October 2018 2nd leg	Parrillas One	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Real España	San Pedro Sula
19:00				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

17 October 2018 1st leg	Platense	2–0	Yoro	Puerto Cortés
19:00	Britto 31' de León 45+1'			Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

24 October 2018 2nd leg	Yoro	0–3 (0–5 agg.)	Platense	Yoro
19:00			Lobo	Stadium:

Final[]

7 November 2018 Final	Platense	2–1	Real España	San Pedro Sula
19:00	54' Reyes 71' Starting XI (GK) – 1 Bolaños – 3 – 4 Winchester – 7 – 8 – 11 – 12 – 21 – 22 – 25 Arriaga – 33		85' Benavídez Starting XI 1 – Hernández (GK) 10 – Martínez 15 – Vargas 16 – Leverón 17 – Claros 18 – Vuelto 19 – López 23 – Delgado 24 – 28 – 38 – Benavídez	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Melissa Borjas

Prizes[]

Team	Prize
Winner	L500,000
Runners-up	L300,000

References[]

^ "Anuncian la cuarta edición de la Copa Presidente en Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Final: Real España (1) – Platense (2)". LaTribuna.hn. La Tribuna. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
^ "OFICIAL: Calendario de la Copa Presidente 2018 de Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Establecidos los cruces de juegos para la segunda fase de la Copa Presidente". Tiempo.hn. El Tiempo. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ "¡Tenemos clásico! Definidos los cruces de cuartos de final de Copa Presidente". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[1] "Anuncian la cuarta edición de la Copa Presidente en Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[2] "Final: Real España (1) – Platense (2)". LaTribuna.hn. La Tribuna. Retrieved 7 November 2018.

[3] "OFICIAL: Calendario de la Copa Presidente 2018 de Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[4] "Establecidos los cruces de juegos para la segunda fase de la Copa Presidente". Tiempo.hn. El Tiempo. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[5] "¡Tenemos clásico! Definidos los cruces de cuartos de final de Copa Presidente". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

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