2022 Copa Bolivia
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| title = Copa Bolivia
| year = 2022
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| country = Bolivia
| dates = {{nowrap|21 April – 18 July 2022}}
| num_teams = 71 (Preliminary stage)
32 (National stage)
| champions = None, cancelled
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| continentalcup1 = 2023 Copa Sudamericana
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The 2022 Copa Bolivia was slated to be the first edition of the Copa Bolivia, Bolivia's domestic football cup competition organized by the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF). Ninety-four teams from the División Profesional and regional leagues were slated to take part in the competition, which started on 21 April with its regional preliminary stages and was scheduled to end on 3 November 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.lostiempos.com/deportes/futbol/20220423/copa-bolivia-2022-empieza-cotejos-santa-cruz |title=Copa Bolivia 2022 empieza con cotejos en Santa Cruz |trans-title=2022 Copa Bolivia begins with matches in Santa Cruz |publisher=Los Tiempos |language=es |date=23 April 2022 |access-date=9 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bolivia.com/futbol/nacional/copa-bolivia-2022-como-jugara-y-que-equipos-participaran-333683 |title=Copa Bolivia 2022: ¿cómo se jugará y qué equipos participarán? |trans-title=2022 Copa Bolivia: how will it be played and which teams will participate? |publisher=Bolivia.com |language=es |date=5 January 2022 |access-date=9 June 2022}}
The champions were entitled to qualify for the 2023 Copa Sudamericana, taking the Bolivia 2 berth for that competition, as well as the 2022 Supercopa Bolivia and would also earn a prize of US$ 500,000.{{cite web |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/futbol/conozca-los-premios-que-se-distribuiran-en-los-torneos-apertura-clausura-y-copa-bolivia_263185|title=Conozca los premios que se distribuirán en los torneos Apertura, Clausura y Copa Bolivia|trans-title=Get to know the prizes that will be distributed in the Apertura, Clausura, and Copa Bolivia tournaments|language=es|publisher=El Deber|date=11 January 2022|access-date=9 June 2022}}
The competition was cancelled by the FBF on 18 July 2022, prior to the start of the national stage, after 28 out of the 32 teams that qualified failed to fully comply with the established requirements.{{cite web |url=https://www.lostiempos.com/deportes/futbol/20220719/fbf-ratifica-suspension-copa-bolivia-aficionados-ven-opciones|title=FBF ratifica suspensión de la Copa Bolivia; los aficionados ven opciones|trans-title=FBF ratifies suspension of the Copa Bolivia; amateurs check options|language=es|publisher=Los Tiempos|date=19 July 2022|access-date=10 August 2022}}
Format
The competition consisted of a preliminary stage and a national stage. In the preliminary stage, which was contested on a regional basis, the teams from each regional association took part in a knockout tournament which qualified one team from each regional league to the national stage, where they would join the 16 División Profesional teams (including the two promoted teams for the 2022 season), along with the other six quarter-finalists of the 2021 Copa Simón Bolívar, and the losing team of the 2021 promotion/relegation play-off (Real Potosí) to make a field of 32 teams.
For the national stage, which was not played, the 16 Primera División clubs would be drawn against a rival from the División Aficionados (Copa Simón Bolívar or regional league) into 16 double-legged ties in which the lower-tier team would host the first leg, with the 16 winners advancing to the round of 16.{{cite web |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/futbol/copa-bolivia-la-primera-fase-se-disputara-desde-el-10-de-abril_268574|title=Copa Bolivia: la primera fase se disputará desde el 10 de abril|trans-title=Copa Bolivia: the first stage will be played from 10 April|language=es|publisher=El Deber|date=23 February 2022|access-date=9 June 2022}} The subsequent rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals) would also be played as double-legged ties, while the final would be played as a single game on neutral ground.
Teams
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="4" |División Profesional clubs |
|---|
| Always Ready |
| Bolívar |
| Nacional Potosí |
| Royal Pari |
| colspan="4"|Copa Simón Bolívar clubs |
| Ciudad Nueva Santa Cruz
|Empresa Minera Huanuni |
| San Antonio Bulo Bulo
|Torre Fuerte |
| colspan="4"|Regional leagues clubs |
| {{flagicon|Beni}} 3 de Febrero
|{{flagicon|Beni}} Libertad Gran Mamoré |
| {{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} Atlético Sucre
|{{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} Deportivo Alemán |{{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} Fancesa |{{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} Flamengo |
| {{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} |{{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} |{{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} Stormers |{{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} Tomina |
| {{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Arauco Prado
|{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Ayacucho |{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Cala Cala |{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Chacacollo |
| {{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Cochabamba
|{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Enrique Happ |{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Estudiantes Quillacollo |{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Independiente |
| {{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Municipal Colcapirhua
|{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Municipal Tiquipaya |{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Nueva Cliza |{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Pasión Celeste |
| {{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Real Cochabamba
|{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Universitario de Cochabamba |{{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Universitario San Simón |{{flagicon|La Paz}} 31 de Octubre |
| {{flagicon|La Paz}} ABB
|{{flagicon|La Paz}} Chaco Petrolero |{{flagicon|La Paz}} Deportivo FATIC |{{flagicon|La Paz}} Deportivo ICC |
| {{flagicon|La Paz}} Hiska Nacional
|{{flagicon|La Paz}} Litoral |{{flagicon|La Paz}} LDV Copacabana |{{flagicon|La Paz}} Real Palcoma |
| {{flagicon|La Paz}} Unión Maestranza
|{{flagicon|La Paz}} Universitario de La Paz |{{flagicon|La Paz}} Vírgen de Chijipata |{{flagicon|La Paz}} White Star |
| {{flagicon|Oruro}} AFIZ
|{{flagicon|Oruro}} CDT Real Oruro |{{flagicon|Oruro}} Deportivo Escara |{{flagicon|Oruro}} Deportivo Shalon |
| {{flagicon|Oruro}} GV San José
|{{flagicon|Oruro}} Oruro Royal |{{flagicon|Oruro}} |{{flagicon|Oruro}} SUR-CAR |
| {{flagicon|Pando}} Chaco
|{{flagicon|Pando}} Guerreros de Dios |{{flagicon|Pando}} Libertad |{{flagicon|Pando}} Mariscal Sucre |
| {{flagicon|Pando}} Moto Club
|{{flagicon|Pando}} RVD San Lorenzo |{{flagicon|Pando}} Real Mapajo |{{flagicon|Pando}} Universitario de Pando |
| {{flagicon|Potosí}} Deportivo Cervecería
|{{flagicon|Potosí}} Deportivo JUVA |{{flagicon|Potosí}} Ferrocarril Palmeiras |{{flagicon|Potosí}} Wilstermann Cooperativas |
| {{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} 24 de Septiembre
|{{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} Argentinos Juniors |{{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} Calleja |{{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} Deportivo Cooper |
| {{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} Destroyer's
|{{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} El Torno |{{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} Oriente Petrolero B |{{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} Universidad |
| {{flagicon|Tarija}} Atlético Bermejo
|{{flagicon|Tarija}} Avilés Industrial |{{flagicon|Tarija}} Estudiantes de Chiquiacá |{{flagicon|Tarija}} Gobierno Municipal |
| {{flagicon|Tarija}} Municipal Tarija
|{{flagicon|Tarija}} Municipalidad de Yacuíba |{{flagicon|Tarija}} Olimpia Petrolero |{{flagicon|Tarija}} Unión Tarija |
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Preliminary stage
Teams from the Bolivian Football Regional Leagues took part in various department-based preliminary rounds to win one of the 9 places in the national stage (round of 32). The first matches of the preliminary rounds began in April 2022, with the final matches of the preliminary rounds being played on 14 July 2022.
| class="wikitable"
!Department !Dates !Preliminary stage winner |
| {{flagicon|Beni}} Beni
| 12–14 July 2022 | 3 de Febrero |
| {{flagicon|Chuquisaca}} Chuquisaca
| 19 June – 2 July 2022 |
| {{flagicon|Cochabamba}} Cochabamba
| 14 May – 14 July 2022 |
| {{flagicon|La Paz}} La Paz
| 18 May – 14 July 2022 |
| {{flagicon|Oruro}} Oruro
| 9–26 June 2022 |
| {{flagicon|Pando}} Pando
| 11–19 June 2022 |
| {{flagicon|Potosí}} Potosí
| 19–26 June 2022 |
| {{flagicon|Santa Cruz Department}} Santa Cruz
| 21 April – 22 June 2022 |
| {{flagicon|Tarija}} Tarija
| 2–13 July 2022 |
See also
References
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{{Copa Bolivia seasons}}
{{2022 in South American football (CONMEBOL)}}