Copa Aerosur

The Aerosur Cup was a Bolivian football tournament held in the La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, sponsored by Aerosur airline. The original idea was to make AeroSur Cup a tournament for the winning teams from previous seasons in the whole country of (Bolivia), this idea changed. Later on, the Cup became a tournament between the 6 best teams of the main cities: Wilstermann, Oriente Petrolero, Blooming, The Strongest and Bolivar, and Aurora. In 2008 the tournament was split into two competitions: Copa Aerosur and Copa Aerosur del Sur. The South Aerosur Cup was created due to requests from several Southern teams that were not taken into account in the original Cup. Some major competitors in the Cup are La Paz FC (Runners-up in 2 tournaments in 2008), Real Potosi (2007 Apertura Champions), Universitario (2008 Apertura Champions), San Jose (1995 Liga and 2007 Apertura Champions), which can’t be considered small teams, as they have won 3 of the last 9 tournaments played in the Major League of Bolivian Soccer.

Founded18 February 2002

Country Bolivia

ConfederationCONMEBOL

Level on pyramid2

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Copa Aerosur

Founded	18 February 2002
Country	Bolivia
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Level on pyramid	2
Current champions	Bolivar (Copa Aerosur & del Sur 2011)
Most championships	Oriente Petrolero Blooming Bolivar Jorge Wilstermann (2 titles each)
Current: Copa Aerosur & del Sur 2011

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The Aerosur Champion Cup and the South Aerosur Cup are widely anticipated tournaments by Bolivian soccer fans. This is because they are the first two tournaments that open the season and they are also an opportunity to see new players and reinforcements hired by each team.