# 2019 Copa Bicentenario

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 |
| 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 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCR | CAG | UCV | AA |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Atlético Grau | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage | 1–3 | | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Universidad César Vallejo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | 3–1 |
| 4 | Alianza Atlético | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UTC | SBA | COM |
| 1 | UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage | | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Sport Boys | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | 0–0 |
| 3 | Comerciantes Unidos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | | 0–1 | | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COO | UNI | HUA | CAM |
| 1 | Deportivo Coopsol | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage | | 3–0 | | 1–1 |
| 2 | Universitario | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | | 2–0 |
| 3 | Unión Huaral | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | |
| 4 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | | | | 3–3 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAI | USM | JA | PIR |
| 1 | Los Caimanes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | | 2–2 | | 2–1 |
| 2 | Universidad San Martín | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | | 0–0 |
| 3 | Juan Aurich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | | 2–3 | 0–2 | | |
| 4 | Pirata | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | | | | 1–3 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UCO | LOR | AUH |
| 1 | Unión Comercio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage | | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Sport Loreto | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Alianza Universidad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | | 0–0 | | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHU | MUN | SAN | AYA |
| 1 | Sport Huancayo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage | | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Deportivo Municipal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Santos | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | | | 1–1 | | 2–2 |
| 4 | Ayacucho | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | | 1–2 | | | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RGA | CAN | CIE | CSR |
| 1 | Real Garcilaso | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage | | 3–1 | | |
| 2 | Academia Cantolao | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Cienciano | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | | 1–2 | | | 5–0 |
| 4 | Cultural Santa Rosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BIN | MEL | ALI | SVI |
| 1 | Binacional | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Melgar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage | 0–1 | | | 4–0 |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | | | 1–1 | | |
| 4 | Sport Victoria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | 3–2 | | 0–2 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final |
| Sporting Cristal | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sport Boys | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sport Boys | 2 (3) | Sporting Cristal | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | |
| | | Atlético Grau | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | |
| UTC | 2 (6) | Atlético Grau | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Grau | 2 (7) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Grau | 2 (7) | | | Atlético Grau | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | Deportivo Coopsol | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Deportivo Coopsol | 1 (5) | | | | | | Deportivo Coopsol | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Universidad San Martín | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Universidad San Martín | 1 (3) | Deportivo Coopsol | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | |
| | | Universitario | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | |
| Los Caimanes | 0 | Universitario | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | |
| Universitario | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Universitario | 2 | | | | | | | | | Atlético Grau | 0 (4) |
| | | | | | | | | | | Sport Huancayo | 0 (3) |
| Unión Comercio | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Sport Huancayo | 0 (3) |
| Deportivo Municipal | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Municipal | 2 | Deportivo Municipal | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Sport Huancayo | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Sport Huancayo | 4 | Sport Huancayo | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Sport Loreto | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sport Loreto | 0 | | | Sport Huancayo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Academia Cantolao | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Real Garcilaso | 2 | | | | | | Academia Cantolao | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Melgar | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Melgar | 1 | Real Garcilaso | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Academia Cantolao | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Binacional | 3 (2) | Academia Cantolao | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Academia Cantolao | 3 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Neumann | Sport Huancayo | 6 |
| 2 | Steven Aponzá | Atlético Grau | 5 |
| 3 | Jeremías Bogado | Deportivo Municipal | 4 |
| 3 | Danilo Carando | Real Garcilaso | 4 |
| 3 | Ronal Huaccha | Atlético Grau | 4 |