en 2019 Copa Bicentenario

2019 Copa Bicentenario
Tournament details
Country	Peru
Dates	21 June – 7 November 2019
Teams	30
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Grau (1st title)
Runner-up	Sport Huancayo
Copa Sudamericana	Atlético Grau
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	161 (2.73 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Carlos Neumann (6 goals)
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The 2019 Copa Bicenterio was the 1st edition of the Copa Bicentenario, the new national cup competition of Peru. It was played between June and July while the Peru national football team prepared for and competed in the 2019 Copa América. The tournament was played as a knockout competition, with the participation of the 18 teams of the Liga 1, and 12 teams of the Liga 2. The champions qualified for the 2020 Copa Sudamericana and Supercopa Peruana.

Atlético Grau were winners of the competition, beating Sport Huancayo 4-3 on penalties, winning their first Copa Bicentenario and professional title.

Format

This year's edition used a group stage and knockout stage format. The first stage was played with all 30 teams, each being split into 8 groups of either 3 or 4. Each team plays each other once and the top two advance to the knockout stage. Starting from this point, the cup was played as a single-elimination tournament, with all subsequent rounds being played as one-legged series.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows:

Round	First leg
Group stage	21 June – 8 July 2019
Knockout stage	10 August – 7 November 2019
Round of 16	10 August – 12 August 2019
Quarter-finals	3 September – 5 September 2019
Semi-finals	25 – 17 October 2019
Final	7 November 2019

Teams

30 teams took part in the tournament, 18 of the 2019 Liga 1 and 12 of the Liga 2.

Stadia and locations

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity^[1]
Liga 1
Academia Cantolao	Callao	Miguel Grau	15,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,938
Alianza Universidad	Huánuco	Heraclio Tapia	15,000
Ayacucho	Ayacucho	Ciudad de Cumaná	15,000
Binacional	Juliaca	Guillermo Briceño Rosamedina	15,185
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,036
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Iván Elías Moreno	10,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	60,370
Pirata	Olmos	Francisco Mendoza Pizarro	5,000
Real Garcilaso	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056
Sport Boys	Callao	Miguel Grau	17,000
Sport Huancayo	Huancayo	Estadio Huancayo	20,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	18,000
Unión Comercio	Nueva Cajamarca	IPD de Moyobamba	12,000
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,036
Universidad San Martín	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	18,000
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093
UTC	Cajamarca	Héroes de San Ramón	18,000
Liga 2
Alianza Atlético	Sullana	Melanio Coloma	5,000
Atlético Grau	Piura	Miguel Grau	25,000
Cienciano	Cusco	Garcilaso	42,056
Comerciantes Unidos	Cutervo	Carlos A. Olivares	12,000
Cultural Santa Rosa	Andahuaylas	Monumental de Condebamba	10,000
Deportivo Coopsol	San Vicente de Cañete	Roberto Yáñez	5,000
Juan Aurich	Chiclayo	Municipal de la Juventud	2,000
Los Caimanes	Puerto Etén	Municipal de la Juventud	2,000
Santos	Nasca	José Picasso Peratta	8,000
Sport Loreto	Pucallpa	Aliardo Soria	25,000
Sport Victoria	Ica	José Picasso Peratta	8,000
Unión Huaral	Huaral	Julio Lores Colan	10,000