2025 Copa Argentina Explained

Copa Argentina
Year:2025
Country:Argentina
Dates:January – December 2025
Num Teams:64
Continental Cup Title:2026 Copa Libertadores
Prev Season:2024
Next Season:2026

The 2025 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2024 for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the fifteenth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the thirteenth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on TBD January and will end in TBD 2025. TBD were the defending champions.

The champions will qualify for the 2026 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

The 64 teams that take part in this competition include: all twenty-eight teams from the Primera División; fifteen teams of the Primera Nacional; six from the Primera B, five from the Primera C, and ten teams from Federal A.[2]

First Level

Primera División

All twenty-eight teams of the 2024 tournament qualified.

Second Level

Primera Nacional

The top 7 teams in each group plus the best eighth-placed one of the 2024 tournament qualified.

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The champion and the top five teams of the 2024 tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal A

The top five teams of each zone from the Second Stage of the 2024 tournament qualified.

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The champion and the top four teams of the 2024 tournament qualified.

Round and draw dates

PhaseRoundDraw dateDates
Final stageRound of 64TBDTBD–TBD 2025
Round of 32TBD–TBD 2025
Round of 16TBD–TBD 2025
QuarterfinalsTBD–TBD 2025
SemifinalsTBD–TBD 2025
FinalTBD 2025

Final rounds

Draw

The draw for the finals rounds was held on 19 December 2023, 14:00 at the AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided into four groups. The historical rivals that play in the Argentine First Division and are champions of AFA tournaments were paired and directly assigned to Group 1. The teams in Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 were seeded according to their historical performance and division, with the teams in Group 2 also divided into pairs of historical rivals. From Group 1 and Group 2, the first team drawn was placed in a predetermined bracket and its historical rival was placed in the other. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: Group 1 vs. Group 3; Group 2 vs. Group 4. With this draw format, historical rivals could only play against each other in the final[3]

Bracket

Lower bracket

Round of 64

The Round of 64 had 10 qualified teams from the Torneo Federal A, 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (6 teams from Primera B Metropolitana and 5 teams from Primera C Metropolitana), 15 teams from Primera Nacional and 28 teams from Primera División. The round was played between TBD and TBD 2025, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32.

Round of 32

This round had 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between TBD and TBD 2025, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16

This round had 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between TBD and TBD 2025, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

This round had 8 qualified teams from the Round of 36. The round was played between TBD and TBD 2025, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the semifinals.

Semifinals

This round will have 4 qualified teams from the quarterfinals. The round was played between TBD and TBD 2025, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams will advance to the final.

Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ¡Bienvenido AXION energy, nuevo main sponsor de la Copa Argentina! . Copa Argentina . Spanish . 31 January 2020.
  2. Web site: BOLETÍN ESPECIAL Nº 6446 – COPA ARGENTINA 2025 – CLASIFICACIÓN A 32VOS. Y SISTEMA DE DISPUTA . AFA . Spanish .
  3. Web site: Se sorteó la Fase Final de la duodécima edición . Copa Argentina . Spanish . 20 December 2023.