1997 Copa Perú

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Copa Perú

| season = 1997

| winners = Juan Aurich

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| prevseason = 1996

| nextseason = 1998

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The 1997 Copa Perú season ({{langx|es|Copa Perú 1997}}), 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 1998 Torneo Descentralizado.

Departmental Stage

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

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Department

!Team

!Location

Amazonas

|Sachapuyos

|Amazonas

Ancash

|Unión Florida

|Chimbote

Apurímac

|Los Chankas

|Andahuaylas

Arequipa

|Mariscal Castilla

|Arequipa

Ayacucho

|Deportivo DASA

|Ayacucho

Cajamarca

|UTC

|Cajamarca

Callao

|Olímpico Bella Unión

|Callao

Cusco

|Juventud Progreso

|Cusco

Huancavelica

|UNH

|Huancavelica

Huánuco

|Unión Naranjillo

|Tingo María

Ica

|Estudiantes de Medicina

|Ica

Junín

|Cultural Hidro

|Junín

La Libertad

|Deportivo UPAO

|Trujillo

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Department

!Team

!Location

Lambayeque

|Juan Aurich

|Chiclayo

Lima

|San José de Manzanares

|Huacho

Loreto

|CNI

|Iquitos

Madre de Dios

|30 de Agosto

|Puerto Maldonado

Moquegua

|Atlético Huracán

|Moquegua

Pasco

|Sport Sausa

|Pasco

Piura

|Atlético Grau

|Piura

Puno

|Deportivo Universitario

|Puno

San Martín

|Power Maíz

|San Martín

Tacna

|Coronel Bolognesi

|Tacna

Tumbes

|Independiente Aguas Verdes

|Tumbes

Ucayali

|San Martín de Porres

|Pucallpa

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Regional Stage

=Region I=

Region I includes qualified teams from Cajamarca, Lambayeque, Tumbes and Piura region.

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=Region II=

Region II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Callao, Ica and Lima region.

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=Region III=

Region III includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Loreto, San Martín and Ucayali region.

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=Region IV=

Region IV includes qualified teams from Huancavelica, Huánuco, Junín and Pasco region.

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|team3=NAR|name_NAR=Unión Naranjillo

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=Region V=

Region V includes qualified teams from Apurímac, Ayacucho, Cusco and Madre de Dios region.

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|team3=DAS|name_DAS=Deportivo DASA

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=Region VI=

Region Vi includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua, Puno and Tacna region.

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|team2=CAS|name_CAS=Mariscal Castilla

|team3=HUR|name_HUR=Atlético Huracán

|team4=BOL|name_BOL=Coronel Bolognesi

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Final Stage

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|team3=CHI|name_CHI=Cultural Hidro

|team4=UNP|name_UNP=Deportivo Universitario

|team5=LCH|name_LCH=Los Chankas

|team6=CNI|name_CNI=CNI

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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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= Playoff =

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