1996 Copa Perú

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| competition = Copa Perú

| season = 1996

| winners = José Gálvez

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| league topscorer = Alejandro Cipriano (5)

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| prevseason = 1995

| nextseason = 1997

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The 1996 Copa Perú season ({{langx|es|Copa Perú 1996}}), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.

In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus the team relegated from First Division are divided in 6 groups by geographical proximity and each group winner goes to the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).

The champion was promoted to 1997 Torneo Descentralizado.

Finalists teams

The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.

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Department

!Team

!Location

Amazonas

|Sachapuyos

|Amazonas

Ancash

|José Gálvez

|Chimbote

Apurímac

|Gigantes del Cenepa

|Andahuaylas

Arequipa

|Piérola

|Arequipa

Ayacucho

|Deportivo Huáscar

|Ayacucho

Cajamarca

|UTC

|Cajamarca

Callao

|Olímpico Bella Unión

|Callao

Cusco

|Deportivo Garcilaso

|Cusco

Huancavelica

|7 de Agosto

|Huancavelica

rowspan="2"|Huánuco

|León de Huánuco

|Huánuco

Unión Naranjillo

|Huánuco

Ica

|Estudiantes de Medicina

|Ica

Junín

|Cultural Hidro

|Junín

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Department

!Team

!Location

La Libertad

|Carlos A. Mannucci

|Trujillo

Lambayeque

|Mariscal Sucre

|Ferreñafe

Lima

|Contumaza Repcel

|Lima

Loreto

|CNI

|Iquitos

Madre de Dios

|Estudiantes Unidos

|Puerto Maldonado

Moquegua

|Atlético Huracán

|Moquegua

Pasco

|Unión Social Oxapampa

|Pasco

Piura

|I.M.I.

|Talara

Puno

|Deportivo Universitario

|Puno

San Martín

|El Tumi

|Tarapoto

Tacna

|Coronel Bolognesi

|Tacna

Tumbes

|Independiente Aguas Verdes

|Tumbes

Ucayali

|San Martín de Porres

|Pucallpa

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Final stage

=Final group stage=

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== Round 1 ==

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== Round 2 ==

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== Round 3 ==

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== Round 4 ==

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== Round 5 ==

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