# 2018 Copa Chile

The 2018 Copa Chile (officially known as Copa Chile MTS 2018 due to its sponsorship), was the 39th edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national football cup tournament. Santiago Wanderers were the defending champions, but lost to Palestino in the second round of the competition. Palestino went on to become champions after defeating Audax Italiano in the final by an aggregate score of 4–2.

## Format

The 2018 Copa Chile is based on a system of direct elimination with double-legged ties, similar to the Copa del Rey. As a novelty, after 6 years, clubs that are members of the Segunda División Profesional were included, and after 8 years, clubs of the ANFA were also included, such as these of Tercera División A and Tercera División B.

## Prizes

The champions of this edition (or the runners-up, if the champions had already qualified) earned the right to compete in the 2019 Copa Libertadores, taking the Chile 4 berth. Besides, they also earned the right to play the 2019 Supercopa de Chile. Unlike previous Copa Chile editions, the runners-up were not entitled to a berth to the Copa Sudamericana.

## Schedule

| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| First Round | 16 April 2018 | 25–30 April 2018 2–6 May 2018 | 2–16 May 2018 |
| Second Round | 18 May 2018 | 9–17 June 2018 | 14–21 June 2018 |
| Round of 16 | 28 May 2018 | 22–24 June 2018 | 29 June – 2 July 2018 |
| Quarterfinals | 28 May 2018 | 7–8 July 2018 | 13–14 July 2018 |
| Semifinals | 28 May 2018 | 8 September 2018 | 13–14 October 2018 |
| Finals | 28 May 2018 | 10 November 2018 | 17 November 2018 |

## Teams

48 clubs took part in this edition of the Copa Chile: 16 from the Primera División, 16 from the Primera B, 10 from the Segunda División Profesional and 6 from the Tercera División A.

### Primera A

* Audax Italiano
* Colo-Colo
* Curicó Unido
* Deportes Antofagasta
* Deportes Iquique
* Deportes Temuco
* Everton
* Huachipato
* O'Higgins
* Palestino
* San Luis
* Unión Española
* Unión La Calera
* Universidad Católica
* Universidad de Chile
* Universidad de Concepción

### Primera B

* Barnechea
* Cobreloa
* Cobresal
* Coquimbo Unido
* Deportes Copiapó
* Deportes La Serena
* Deportes Melipilla
* Deportes Puerto Montt
* Deportes Valdivia
* Magallanes
* Ñublense
* Rangers
* San Marcos de Arica
* Santiago Morning
* Santiago Wanderers
* Unión San Felipe

### Segunda División

* Colchagua
* Deportes Recoleta
* Deportes Santa Cruz
* Deportes Vallenar
* Fernández Vial
* General Velásquez
* Iberia
* Independiente (Cauquenes)
* Malleco Unido
* San Antonio Unido

### Tercera A

* Deportes Limache
* Deportes Linares
* Lautaro de Buin
* Municipal Santiago
* Provincial Ovalle
* Tomás Greig

## Preliminary phases
### First round

The pairings for the first round were announced by the ANFP on 16 April 2018. The 16 teams from the Segunda División and Tercera División A were drawn against the 16 Primera B teams, according to geographical and safety criteria. The first legs were played on 25, 28–30 April, 2 and 6 May and the second legs were played on 2–3, 5–6 and 16 May 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Deportes Vallenar | 1–3 | San Marcos de Arica | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Fernández Vial | 0–4 | Ñublense | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Iberia | 3–4 | Rangers | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Deportes Linares | 2–3 | Deportes Valdivia | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Independiente (Cauquenes) | 4–4 (3–1 p) | Santiago Morning | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Tomás Greig | 1–5 | Magallanes | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| General Velásquez | 2–1 | Deportes Melipilla | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Deportes Santa Cruz | 0–5 | Barnechea | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Colchagua | 2–2 (4–3 p) | Unión San Felipe | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Lautaro de Buin | 1–3 | Deportes La Serena | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Municipal Santiago | 0–6 | Santiago Wanderers | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Deportes Recoleta | 1–6 | Coquimbo Unido | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| San Antonio Unido | 2–4 | Cobresal | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Deportes Limache | 3–3 (0–3 p) | Deportes Copiapó | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Provincial Ovalle | 1–7 | Cobreloa | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Malleco Unido | 2–6 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 1–3 | 1–3 |

#### Second leg
### Second round

In the second round, the 16 winning teams from the previous round were drawn against the 16 Primera División teams which entered the competition at this stage. As in the previous round, the pairings were based on geographical and safety criteria. In each tie, the team from the lower tier hosted the first leg. The pairings for the second round were announced by the ANFP on 18 May 2018, the first legs were played from 9 to 17 June 2018 and the second legs were played from 14 to 21 July 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Independiente (Cauquenes) | 0–5 | Curicó Unido | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Deportes Copiapó | 3–2 | Deportes Antofagasta | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Deportes Valdivia | 3–2 | Deportes Temuco | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Deportes La Serena | 1–6 | Universidad de Chile | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Deportes Puerto Montt | 3–1 | Universidad de Concepción | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Cobreloa | 3–2 | Universidad Católica | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Coquimbo Unido | 1–8 | Audax Italiano | 0–5 | 1–3 |
| Cobresal | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Everton | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| General Velásquez | 2–5 | Unión Española | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Santiago Wanderers | 3–6 | Palestino | 0–2 | 3–4 |
| Colchagua | 0–0 (6–5 p) | O'Higgins | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Magallanes | 1–2 | Unión La Calera | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| San Marcos de Arica | 5–4 | Deportes Iquique | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Ñublense | 3–2 | Colo-Colo | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Rangers | 1–4 | Huachipato | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Barnechea | 2–1 | San Luis | 1–1 | 1–0 |

#### Second leg
## Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 12 | Unión La Calera | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Palestino | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Palestino | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | Palestino | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Cobresal | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Ñublense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Cobresal | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cobresal | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cobresal | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 10 | Palestino | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Universidad de Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 13 | San Marcos de Arica | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Universidad de Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Cobreloa | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Cobreloa | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | Cobreloa | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Colchagua | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Palestino | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Audax Italiano | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Barnechea (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Audax Italiano | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Curicó Unido | 0 | 2 | 2 (0) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Curicó Unido | 0 | 2 | 2 (0) | 16 | Barnechea (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Deportes Valdivia | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Deportes Valdivia | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Deportes Valdivia | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Deportes Valdivia | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | 16 | Barnechea | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Audax Italiano | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 15 | Huachipato | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Audax Italiano | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Deportes Copiapó | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Deportes Copiapó | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | Huachipato | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Audax Italiano | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Unión Española | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Audax Italiano | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final phases
### Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 and subsequent phases was held on 28 May 2018. Starting from this round, the order of legs in each tie will depend on the number assigned to the second round tie won by each team, with the team with the highest number in each tie hosting the second leg. The first legs were played from 22 to 24 June 2018 and the second legs were played from 29 June to 2 July 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Palestino | 3–1 | Unión La Calera | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Cobresal | 4–0 | Ñublense | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Cobreloa | 7–0 | San Marcos de Arica | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Universidad de Chile | 6–1 | Colchagua | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Deportes Valdivia | 4–3 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Curicó Unido | 2–2 (0–3 p) | Barnechea | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Audax Italiano | 3–0 | Unión Española | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Deportes Copiapó | 2–3 | Huachipato | 1–2 | 1–1 |

#### Second leg
### Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 7 and 8 July 2018, while the second legs were played on 13 and 14 July 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cobresal | 1–2 | Palestino | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Universidad de Chile | 5–3 | Cobreloa | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Deportes Valdivia | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Barnechea | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Audax Italiano | 4–2 | Huachipato | 2–1 | 2–1 |

#### Second leg
### Semifinals

The first legs were played on 8 September 2018, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 October 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Universidad de Chile | 1–3 | Palestino | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Audax Italiano | 2–1 | Barnechea | 1–1 | 1–0 |

#### Second leg
### Finals

For the first time since 2011, the finals were played in a two-legged tie format.
Palestino won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Top goal scorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Lucas Simón | Cobreloa | 6 |
| 2 | Sebastián Romero | Cobreloa | 5 |
| 2 | Sergio Santos | Audax Italiano | 5 |
| 2 | Gustavo Lanaro | Deportes Valdivia | 5 |
| 2 | Iván Ledezma | Audax Italiano | 5 |
Source: ANFP