# 2022 Copa Colombia

The 2022 Copa Colombia, officially the Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2022 for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs affiliated to DIMAYOR, the governing body of professional club football in Colombia. The tournament, which was contested by 35 teams, began on 9 February 2022 and ended on 2 November 2022.
Millonarios won their third title in the competition, after beating Junior in the double-legged final by a 2–1 aggregate score. As Copa Colombia champions, Millonarios qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores. Atlético Nacional were the defending champions, having won the competition in the previous edition, but were knocked out by Junior in the quarter-finals.

## Format

The format for the 2022 Copa Colombia was similar to the one used in the previous two editions, with the competition being played in a double-legged, single-elimination format in its entirety, without any group stages. Fourteen out of the 15 Categoría Primera B teams entered the competition in the first stage and were drawn into seven ties, except for Boyacá Chicó who received a bye to the second stage for being the best-placed team in the aggregate table of the 2021–II Primera B tournament. After two stages, four Primera B teams qualified for the third stage, along with the 12 Categoría Primera A teams that failed to qualify for international competition, which entered the cup at that stage. Finally, in the round of 16, the eight third stage winners were joined by the four Copa Libertadores qualifiers (Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Cali, Millonarios, and Atlético Nacional) and the four Copa Sudamericana qualifiers (Junior, América de Cali, La Equidad, and Independiente Medellín), which entered the competition at this point.

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows:
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| First stage | 3 January 2022 | 9–10 February 2022 | 23–24 February 2022 |
| Second stage | 3 January 2022 | 2–3 March 2022 | 15–17 March 2022 |
| Third stage | 3 January 2022 | 30–31 March and 6 April 2022 | 6–14 April 2022 |
| Round of 16 | 8 April 2022 | 20–21 April 2022 | 11–12 May 2022 |
| Quarter-finals | 8 April 2022 | 27–28 July 2022 | 17–18 August 2022 |
| Semi-finals | 8 April 2022 | 24 August 2022 | 7–14 September 2022 |
| Finals | 8 April 2022 | 28 September 2022 | 2 November 2022 (originally 5 October 2022) |

## First stage

The first stage was played by 14 Categoría Primera B clubs, eight of which were seeded in the ties according to their placement in the 2021–II season aggregate table. The remaining Primera B clubs were drawn into each tie. The seeded clubs (Team 2) hosted the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Boca Juniors (2) | 0–2 | Fortaleza (2) | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Tigres (2) | 3–1 | Leones (2) | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Deportes Quindío (2) | 3–2 | Bogotá (2) | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Orsomarso (2) | 0–2 | Llaneros (2) | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Huila (2) | 1–0 | Real Cartagena (2) | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Valledupar (2) | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Atlético (2) | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Real Santander (2) | 3–0 | Barranquilla (2) | 3–0 | 0–0 |

### Second leg
## Second stage

The second stage was played by the seven first stage winners as well as Boyacá Chicó, who were seeded into this stage. In each tie, the clubs with the best performance in the first stage hosted the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Boyacá Chicó (2) | 1–3 | Real Santander (2) | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Valledupar (2) | 1–3 | Fortaleza (2) | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Huila (2) | 0–4 | Tigres (2) | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Deportes Quindío (2) | 3–2 | Llaneros (2) | 3–0 | 0–2 |

### Second leg
## Third stage

The third stage was played by the four second stage winners and the 12 Categoría Primera A clubs that did not qualify for international competition, which were seeded in the ties according to their placement in the 2021 season aggregate table. The four second stage winners as well as the four best teams according to the 2021 Primera A aggregate table hosted the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Unión Magdalena (1) | 8–2 | Real Santander (2) | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| Cortuluá (1) | 0–2 | Fortaleza (2) | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Patriotas (1) | 0–1 | Tigres (2) | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Once Caldas (1) | 1–0 | Deportes Quindío (2) | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo Pasto (1) | 0–4 | Santa Fe (1) | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Águilas Doradas (1) | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Deportivo Pereira (1) | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Alianza Petrolera (1) | 2–3 | Jaguares (1) | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Envigado (1) | 0–3 | Atlético Bucaramanga (1) | 0–0 | 0–3 |

### Second leg
## Final stages

Every round in the knockout stage was played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team which had the better overall record up to that stage hosted the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the third stage winners hosted the second leg. The teams entering the competition at this stage were the ones that qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores and 2022 Copa Sudamericana, which were drawn into each of the eight ties. In case of a tie, extra time was not played and the winner was decided in a penalty shoot-out.

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Junior | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Fe | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Fe | 1 | 0 | 1 | Junior | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Atlético Nacional | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Nacional | 3 | 2 | 5 | Atlético Nacional | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Once Caldas | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Once Caldas | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Junior (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (5) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Unión Magdalena | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | | | | | |
| La Equidad | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Unión Magdalena | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | | | | | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | La Equidad | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Unión Magdalena (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | | | | | | | | | |
| América de Cali | 1 | 1 | 2 | Unión Magdalena (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) | | | | | | | | | |
| Unión Magdalena | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Unión Magdalena | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Junior | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Millonarios | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Deportes Tolima | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Millonarios | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Pereira | 2 | 1 | 3 | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Independiente Medellín | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independiente Medellín | 1 | 2 | 3 | Independiente Medellín | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tigres | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tigres | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Millonarios | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| Millonarios | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Millonarios | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| Jaguares | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jaguares | 0 | 1 | 1 | Millonarios | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Fortaleza | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Cali | 1 | 1 | 2 | Fortaleza | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fortaleza | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

The teams qualifying from the third stage played the second leg at home.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| América de Cali (1) | 2–4 | Unión Magdalena (1) | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Deportivo Cali (1) | 2–4 | Fortaleza (2) | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Independiente Medellín (1) | 3–1 | Tigres (2) | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Nacional (1) | 5–1 | Once Caldas (1) | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Junior (1) | 3–1 | Santa Fe (1) | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Deportes Tolima (1) | 4–3 | Deportivo Pereira (1) | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Millonarios (1) | 4–1 | Jaguares (1) | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| La Equidad (1) | 2–0 | Atlético Bucaramanga (1) | 2–0 | 0–0 |

#### Second leg
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| La Equidad (1) | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Unión Magdalena (1) | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Millonarios (1) | 6–2 | Fortaleza (2) | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Deportes Tolima (1) | 2–3 | Independiente Medellín (1) | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Junior (1) | 4–1 | Atlético Nacional (1) | 3–0 | 1–1 |

#### Second leg
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Junior (1) | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Unión Magdalena (1) | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Independiente Medellín (1) | 2–4 | Millonarios (1) | 0–2 | 2–2 |

#### Second leg
### Finals

Millonarios won 2–1 on aggregate.