2016–17 Copa El Salvador Explained

Copa El Salvador
Year:2016-2017
Num Teams:36
Defending Champions:FAS
Matches:72
Goals:259
Prevseason:2014–15
(Copa Presidente)
Nextseason:2018–19

The Copa El Salvador 2016–17 is the fifth staging of the Copa El Salvador football tournament and the first was played since the 2014–15 edition when the tournament was known as the Copa Presidente.[1]

This tournament started on 16 October 2016.[2]

Participants

This tournament will feature all the clubs from the Salvadoran Primera División, 12 from the Segunda División, and 12 from the Tercera División.[3]

Group stage

Each group was composed of three clubs: one from Primera División, one from Segunda División and one from the Tercera División. The clubs played a double round-robin for a total of four games each. The 12 group winners and top 4 group runners-up advanced to the knockout stage.[4]

Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

The twelve group winners and the four best runners-up from the group stage qualify for the final stage.

Universidad de El Salvador were disqualified from this season's competition for failing to complete paperwork to be involved in any division, therefore making them ineligible.

Groupwidth=200Winnerswidth=200Runners-up
AIsidro Metapán
BFASOnce Municipal
CJuventud Cara Sucia
DUniversidad de El Salvador *Atlético Comalapa
ESanta TeclaEl Roble
FAlianza
GSensunte Cabañas
HÁguila
IPasaquinaChagüite
JLuis Ángel FirpoJocoro
KMunicipal Limeño
LTopiltzín

Quarter-finals

The draw for the round 16 was set to occur on 3 April 2017, but was postponed. No date has been set for this round to begin.[5] Following discussion instead having a round robin competition they decided to change it to a single round knockout quarter finals.The round included three team from tercera division still in the competition, Juventud Cara Sucia, Sensuntepeque and CD Chaguite who were the lowest-ranked team in this round.

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Semi-finals

Quarter-final winnerswidth=200Winners
AAtlético Comalapa
BFAS
ESanta Tecla
FAlianza
HÁguila
IChagüite
EJocoro
LTopiltzín

Preliminary Finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 27 October 2017.

The semi-finals were played on 1 and 2 November 2017.

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Grand Finals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comienza la definición en la Copa elsalvador.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170328092536/http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/329045/comienza-la-definicion-en-la-copa/. 2017-03-28.
  2. Web site: El Gráfico.
  3. Web site: Deportes | Noticias de El Salvador.
  4. Web site: Deportes | Noticias de El Salvador.
  5. News: Tres equipos de la liga mayor, eliminados de la Copa El Salvador. La Prensa Gráfica. Benjamín López. 30 March 2017. Spanish.