2026 Copa Paraguay
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Paraguay |
| Dates | 12 May – November 2026 |
| Teams | 74 |
The 2026 Copa Paraguay will be the eighth edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition organized by the Paraguayan Football Association (APF). The competition will begin on 12 May and is scheduled to end in November 2026. The tournament's draw was held on 17 April 2026.[1]
The winners will qualify for the 2027 Copa Libertadores, entering the first stage of that competition, as well as the 2026 Supercopa Paraguay against the 2026 Copa de Primera champions with better record in the aggregate table.[2][3]
General Caballero (JLM) will be the defending champions.
The competition kept its usual single-elimination format, with the participating teams entering in the first three rounds according to the league in which they play.[4] The first stage will be played by the teams in the third and fourth-tier leagues Primera B and Primera C as well as the 17 regional champions, which were drawn into 20 single-match ties and two triangular groups, with 24 teams advancing to the following round.
In the second stage, the first stage winners will be joined by 16 teams from the second-tier league División Intermedia. The 40 participating teams were drawn into 20 ties, with the winners advancing to the third stage, where the 12 División de Honor teams will enter the competition to set up 16 ties, with the winners advancing to the final knockout rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final).
Ties in all rounds are played on a single-legged basis, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner in case of a draw.
Teams
The 2026 edition will feature 74 participating teams, 12 from División de Honor, 16 from División Intermedia, 17 from Primera B, 12 from Primera C, and the champions from each of the 17 departments of Paraguay, representing the Unión de Fútbol del Interior (UFI):[1]
- División de Honor
- División Intermedia
- Primera B
- Primera C
- Atlético Juventud
- Capitán Figari
- Deportivo Pinozá
- Fulgencio Yegros
- General Caballero (CG)
- General Caballero (ZC)
- General Díaz
- Humaitá
- Oriental
- Pilcomayo
- Sport Colonial
- Valois Rivarola
- UFI
- Deportivo Ñepytyvo (Concepción)
- 4 de Mayo (San Pedro)
- Teniente Fariña (Cordillera)
- 3 de Mayo (Guairá)
- Deportivo Yhú (Caaguazú)
- 14 de Mayo (Caazapá)
- Atlético Campo Florido (Itapúa)
- 15 de Agosto (Misiones)
- Atlético Guaraní (Paraguarí)
- Santa Mónica (Alto Paraná)
- Juventud Ypanense (Central)
- Sportivo Oliveño (Ñeembucú)
- Deportivo Obrero (Amambay)
- General Caballero (K) (Canindeyú)
- 10 de Julio (Presidente Hayes)
- Naciones Unidas (Boquerón)
- General Caballero (FO) (Alto Paraguay)
First stage
Second stage
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.1 | F2.1 | Resistencia | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.2 | F2.2 | General Caballero (JLM) | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.3 | F2.3 | 12 de Junio | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.4 | F2.4 | Sportivo Carapeguá | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.5 | F2.5 | Winner F1.6 | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.7 | F2.6 | Winner F1.8 | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.10 | F2.8 | Deportivo Capiatá | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.11 | F2.9 | Encarnación | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.12 | F2.10 | Sol de América | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.13 | F2.11 | 3 de Noviembre | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.15 | F2.13 | Deportivo Santaní | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.17 | F2.15 | Winner F1.18 | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.19 | F2.16 | Winner F1.20 | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.21 | F2.17 | Fernando de la Mora | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.23 | F2.19 | Independiente (CG) | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F1.24 | F2.20 | Benjamín Aceval | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
Bracket
| Third stage | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cerro Porteño | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rubio Ñu | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| San Lorenzo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Guaraní | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 de Mayo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sportivo Trinidense | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Olimpia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sportivo Luqueño | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Recoleta | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.18 | Third place play-off | ||||||||||||||||||
| Libertad | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sportivo Ameliano | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winner F2.20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nacional | |||||||||||||||||||
Third stage
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.1 | O1 | Cerro Porteño | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.3 | O3 | San Lorenzo | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.4 | O4 | Winner F2.5 | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.6 | O5 | Winner F2.7 | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.10 | O8 | Sportivo Trinidense | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.12 | O10 | Sportivo Luqueño | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.14 | O12 | Winner F2.15 | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.16 | O13 | Winner F2.17 | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |
| TBD 2026 | Winner F2.19 | O15 | Sportivo Ameliano | |
| --:-- UTC−3 |