# 2022 Copa Uruguay

The 2022 Copa Uruguay (officially known as Copa AUF Uruguay 2022), was the inaugural edition of the Copa Uruguay, the country's national football cup tournament. The tournament began on 22 June and ended on 13 November, and had 76 teams participating.
Defensor Sporting were the first winners of the competition, defeating La Luz in the final match 1–0.

## Format

The competition was divided into two stages: a preliminary stage and the national stage. In the preliminary stage, teams from the amateur lower leagues competed for 20 berths to the national stage. In the first phase of the national stage, 28 teams from the Primera División Amateur and Segunda División entered the competition, for a total of 48 teams which are divided into 24 ties, with the winners qualifying for the second round. The 24 second round winners advanced to play against each other to define 12 winners into the third phase.
32 teams played in the third phase: 12 winners from the previous phase, 16 professional teams from the Primera División, the best relegated team of Primera División the previous season (Progreso), the defending champion of the Primera División Amateur (Miramar Misiones) and the defending champion and runner-up of the Copa Nacional de Clubes (Central and Juventud (Colonia)). From this point onwards, the winners played against each other in single-legged knockout phases except for the semi-finals, which were played over two legs, whilst the Final was played in a single match.
The winner of the competition was also awarded a US$ 100,000 prize.

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the competition. Villa Teresa declined to participate.
| Primera División All 16 teams of the 2022 season | Segunda División All 12 teams of the 2022 season | Primera División Amateur 22 teams of the 2022 season | Segunda División Amateur The champion and runner-up of the 2021 season | OFI Serie A All 24 teams of the 2022 season |
| Albion Boston River Cerrito Cerro Largo Danubio Defensor Sporting Deportivo Maldonado Fénix Liverpool Montevideo City Torque Montevideo Wanderers Nacional Peñarol Plaza Colonia Rentistas River Plate | Atenas Central Español Cerro Juventud La Luz Miramar Misiones Progreso Racing Rampla Juniors Sud América Uruguay Montevideo Villa Española | Alto Perú Artigas Basáñez Bella Vista Canadian Colón Deportivo Colonia Deportivo Italiano Durazno Huracán Huracán Buceo Los Halcones Mar de Fondo Oriental Parque del Plata Paysandú Platense Potencia Rocha Salto Salus Tacuarembó | Cooper Paso de la Arena | Barrio Olímpico Bella Vista (Paysandú) Boquita Central Huracán (Paysandú) Huracán (Rivera) Ituzaingó Juanicó Juventud (Colonia) Laureles Lavalleja (Minas) Lavalleja (Rocha) Palermo Piriápolis Porongos Progreso (Estación Atlántida) Quilmes Río Negro Santa Emilia Sportivo Barracas Universal Universitario Wanderers (Santa Lucía) Wanderers Juvenil |

## Draw

The draw of the competition was held on 14 June 2022, at the Centro Cultural Teatro Español in Durazno. The draw was divided into two stages: in the first one the ties for the preliminary and first stages were drawn, dividing the entering teams into four zones according to geographical criteria: Norte, Sur/Metropolitana, Este, and Centro/Litoral, while in the second stage the ties for the third stage were drawn, involving the 20 Primera División, Segunda División, and OFI Serie A entrants.

## Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final |
| Cerrito | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Montevideo City Torque (p) | 0 (5) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Montevideo City Torque (p) | 0 (5) | Montevideo City Torque | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Progreso | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Rentistas | 0 | Progreso | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Progreso | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Progreso | 3 | | | Progreso | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Defensor Sporting | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Defensor Sporting | 2 | | | | | | Defensor Sporting | 1 | 3 | 4 | | |
| River Plate | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| River Plate | 0 | Defensor Sporting | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Liverpool | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Liverpool | 4 | Liverpool | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 0 | | | | | | | | | Defensor Sporting | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | La Luz | 0 |
| Plaza Colonia | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | La Luz | 0 |
| Cerro Largo | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cerro Largo | 0 | Plaza Colonia | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Peñarol | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Peñarol (p) | 0 (4) | Peñarol | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Boston River | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boston River | 0 (3) | | | Peñarol | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | | | | |
| | | | | La Luz (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | | | | |
| Rampla Juniors | 3 | | | | | | La Luz (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | | |
| Nacional | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nacional | 0 | Rampla Juniors | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | La Luz | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Albion | 2 | La Luz | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| La Luz | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Progreso | 2–4 | Defensor Sporting | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Peñarol | 1–1 (2–4 p) | La Luz | 1–0 | 0–1 |

### Second leg
## Final

| Defensor Sporting | La Luz |
| GK | 23 | Matías Dufour |
| DF | 17 | Agustín Sant'Anna |
| DF | 26 | Facundo Mallo |
| DF | 13 | Alan Matturro |
| DF | 33 | Gonzalo Camargo |
| MF | 24 | Lucas de los Santos |
| MF | 8 | Fernando Elizari | 84' |
| MF | 16 | Gonzalo Freitas |
| MF | 7 | Agustín Ocampo | 69' |
| FW | 9 | Andrés Ferrari |
| FW | 11 | Adrián Balboa | 43' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Nicolás Rossi |
| DF | 3 | Lucas Rodríguez |
| DF | 4 | Matías Rocha |
| FW | 10 | Anderson Duarte | 43' |
| MF | 19 | Matías Abaldo | 69' |
| FW | 20 | Álvaro Navarro | 69' |
| DF | 22 | Renzo Rabino |
| DF | 25 | Sebastián Boselli |
| MF | 27 | Juan Manuel Jorge |
| MF | 29 | Germán Barrios |
| Manager: ||
| Marcelo Méndez ||
| GK | 12 | Jhonny da Silva |
| DF | 3 | Sebastián Cardozo | 90+5' |
| DF | 23 | Enzo Castillo |
| DF | 22 | Juan Pablo Fagúndez | | 45' |
| MF | 8 | Rodrigo Viera |
| MF | 30 | Juan Quintana |
| MF | 15 | Álvaro González | 90' | 77' |
| MF | 16 | Aníbal Hernández (c) | | 73' |
| MF | 10 | Santiago Ramírez | | 90' |
| FW | 26 | Luis Machado |
| FW | 11 | Horacio Sequeira | | 45' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Ramiro Méndez |
| DF | 2 | Édgar Martínez | 89' | 45' |
| FW | 7 | Alejandro Siles |
| FW | 9 | Pablo Silva |
| FW | 13 | Santiago Pallares |
| MF | 14 | Pablo Porcile | | 73' |
| FW | 17 | Cristian Quintero | | 45' |
| MF | 18 | Emanuel Fuentes | | 77' |
| MF | 19 | Nicolás da Fonte |
| MF | 20 | Leandro Méndez | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Julio Fuentes ||

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrés Ferrari | Defensor Sporting | 4 |
| 2 | Horacio Sequeira | La Luz | 3 |
| 2 | Matías Deorta | Durazno | 3 |
| 4 | 22 players | 22 players | 2 |
Source: AUF