The 2023 Peru Cup season (Spanish: Copa Perú 2023), the largest amateur tournament of Peruvianfootball. The District Stage (Spanish: Ligas Distritales) started in 12 February, and the National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) started in November. The winner, runner-up and the semifinalists of the National Stage were promoted to the Liga 2.[1]
On 23 August 2022, it was announced that starting from 2023, the Copa Perú would only give promotion to Liga 2 due to the reforms of Peruvian football by the FPF,[2] meaning that the 2022 Copa Perú edition was the last that awarded its winning team promotion to the Peruvian top flight.
In 2023 the National Stage has grown to 50 teams, and the new National Stage, designed by matchVision, is played under Regional using the POT System, with all the Regions of Peru represented. The National Stage starts in the second week of September.[3]
This phase features the 50 teams that qualified from the Departmental Stage. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 games away, for a total of 6 games against 3 different geographical rivals. The departmental stage winners only play against departmental runners-up, and vice versa. All the teams are positioned in one general table. After 6 matches, the team in places 1 to 32 are qualified directly to the Round of 32. The teams in places 33 to 50 are eliminated.[4]
The winner, runner-up and the semifinalists of the National Stage were promoted to the Liga 2.
Tie-breaking criteria
The ranking of teams in the Unique Table is based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Points
3. Goal difference
4. Number of goals scored
5. Better performance in away matches based on the following criteria:
1. Number of Away Points
3. Goal Difference in away games
4. Number of goals scored in away games
6. Number of First-Half points: considering the half-time results as the final results
7. Drawing of lots
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. Source: [citation needed] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) drawing of lots