# 2024 Copa Venezuela

The 2024 Copa Venezuela, officially named Copa Venezuela Luis Mendoza 2024, was the 51st edition of the Venezuelan football cup, which returned after a five-year hiatus. The competition began on 6 June with the participation of 14 Primera División and 16 Segunda División teams, and ended on 20 July 2024. The final match, which was originally slated to be played at Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare, was ultimately moved to Estadio Brígido Iriarte in Caracas.
Deportivo La Guaira won their third title in the competition, after defeating Metropolitanos 1–0 in the final. Zamora were the defending champions, having won the tournament in its most recent edition held in 2019, but were defeated by Academia Puerto Cabello in the round of 16.

## Format

For this year, the 30 participating teams were divided into ten groups of three teams each, according to geographical location and also considering the inclusion of at least one Segunda División team in each group. In the group stage, teams played each one of their group rivals twice (once at home and once away), with the ten group winners and the six best group runners-up advancing to the knockout stage. Matches in the knockout rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final) were played over a single leg, with the home team in each matchup being decided by a draw.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MET | CAR | DMI |
| 1 | Metropolitanos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Caracas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Deportivo Miranda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APC | YAR | CBO |
| 1 | Academia Puerto Cabello | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Yaracuyanos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Carabobo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOL | ANG | AIF |
| 1 | Bolívar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 8 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Angostura | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | AIFI Guayana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESM | INT | VIG |
| 1 | Estudiantes de Mérida | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Inter de Barinas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | El Vigía | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ANZ | UCV | NES |
| 1 | Anzoátegui | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Universidad Central | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Nueva Esparta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TAC | URE | REF |
| 1 | Deportivo Táchira | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Ureña | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | | 2–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Real Frontera | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | | 0–1 | 6–1 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DLG | MAR | ARA |
| 1 | Deportivo La Guaira | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Marítimo de La Guaira | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Advance to the knockout stage | 3–0 | — | 2–2 |
| 3 | Aragua | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZAM | POR | ACR |
| 1 | Zamora | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Portuguesa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | 1–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 3 | Academia Rey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | — |

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | ALC | DYP |
| 1 | Monagas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 5–1 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Atlético La Cruz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Dynamo Puerto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | | 2–3 | 0–2 | — |

### Group J

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAY | TRU | HEF |
| 1 | Rayo Zuliano | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Trujillanos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Advance to the knockout stage | 2–0 | — | 5–0 |
| 3 | Héroes de Falcón | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

### Ranking of group runners-up

The six best teams among those ranked second in their groups advanced to the knockout stage.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | Angostura | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | I | Atlético La Cruz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 3 | D | Inter de Barinas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 4 | E | Universidad Central | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 5 | G | Marítimo de La Guaira | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 6 | J | Trujillanos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 7 | A | Caracas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
| 8 | H | Portuguesa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 9 | B | Yaracuyanos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 10 | F | Ureña | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Atlético La Cruz | 0 (4) | | | | | | | |
| Angostura (p) | 0 (5) | | | | | | | |
| Angostura (p) | 0 (5) | Angostura | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Monagas | 2 | | | | | |
| Trujillanos | 0 | Monagas | 2 | | | | | |
| Monagas | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Monagas | 1 | | | Monagas | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Metropolitanos | 2 | | | |
| Academia Puerto Cabello (p) | 0 (6) | | | | | Metropolitanos | 2 | | | |
| Zamora | 0 (5) | | | | | | | |
| Zamora | 0 (5) | Academia Puerto Cabello | 2 | | | | | |
| | | Metropolitanos | 4 | | | | | |
| Inter de Barinas | 2 | Metropolitanos | 4 | | | | | |
| Metropolitanos | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Metropolitanos | 3 | | | | | | Metropolitanos | 0 |
| | | | | | | | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 |
| Universidad Central | 2 | | | | | | | | Deportivo La Guaira | 1 |
| Deportivo Táchira | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Táchira | 0 | Universidad Central | 0 (3) | | | | | |
| | | Deportivo La Guaira (p) | 0 (4) | | | | | |
| Deportivo La Guaira (p) | 0 (3) | Deportivo La Guaira (p) | 0 (4) | | | | | |
| Estudiantes de Mérida | 0 (1) | | | | | | | |
| Estudiantes de Mérida | 0 (1) | | | Deportivo La Guaira | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Rayo Zuliano | 1 | | | |
| Bolívar | 0 | | | | | Rayo Zuliano | 1 | | | |
| Rayo Zuliano | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Rayo Zuliano | 1 | Rayo Zuliano (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | |
| | | Marítimo de La Guaira | 1 (3) | | | | | |
| Anzoátegui | 1 | Marítimo de La Guaira | 1 (3) | | | | | |
| Marítimo de La Guaira | 3 | | | | | | | |

### Final
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jhon Escobar | Marítimo de La Guaira | 6 |
| 1 | Tomás Rodríguez | Monagas | 6 |
| 3 | Aldry Contreras | Angostura | 4 |
| 3 | Carlos Paraco | Metropolitanos | 4 |
| 3 | Edder Farías | Deportivo La Guaira | 4 |
| 3 | Kevin Díaz | Ureña | 4 |
| 3 | José Manuel Murillo | Monagas | 4 |
| 8 | Ander Izarra | Estudiantes de Mérida | 3 |
| 8 | Anthony Uribe | Deportivo Táchira | 3 |
| 8 | Brayan Alcócer | Universidad Central | 3 |
| 8 | Carlos Gil | Trujillanos | 3 |
| 8 | Darwin Gómez | Inter de Barinas | 3 |
| 8 | Guillermo Marín | Anzoátegui | 3 |
| 8 | Luis Annese | Trujillanos | 3 |
| 8 | Víctor Viez | Yaracuyanos | 3 |
Source: Balonazos