2026 Copa Argentina

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2026 Copa Argentina
Tournament details
Country Argentina
Dates18 January – 4 November 2026
Teams64
  2025
2027  

The 2026 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2026 for sponsorship reasons) [1] is the sixteenth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the fourteenth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition will begin on 18 January and will end on 4 November 2026. Independiente Rivadavia will be the defending champions. The champions will qualify for the 2027 Copa Libertadores.

Contents

Teams

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

First Level

Primera División

All thirty teams of the 2025 tournament qualified.

Second Level

Primera Nacional

The top 7 teams in each group plus the best eighth-placed one of the 2025 tournament qualified.

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The champions, the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" and the top three teams of the 2025 Primera B tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal A

The top five teams of each zone from the Second Stage of the 2025 tournament qualified.

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The champions, the runners-up, the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" and the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" additional tournament of the 2025 Primera C tournament qualified.

Round and draw dates

PhaseRoundDraw dateDates
Final stageRound of 6410 December 202518 January–8 April 2026
Round of 32TBD 2026
Round of 16TBD 2026
QuarterfinalsTBD 2026
SemifinalsTBD 2026
Final4 November 2026

Final rounds

Draw

The draw for the finals rounds was held on 10 December 2025, 13:00 at the AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided into six groups. The Big Five and Huracán were paired and placed directly in Group 1. The other historical rivals that play in the Argentine First Division were paired and placed in Groups 2 and 3. The Torneo Federal and Primera Nacional teams were placed directly in Groups 4 and 6, respectively, while Primera B Metropolitana and Primera C Metropolitana were placed in Group 5. From Group 1 to Group 3, 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 4; Group 2 vs. Group 5 and Group 3 vs. Group 6. With this draw format, historical rivals could only play against each other in the final. [3]

Group 1Group 6
Group 2
Group 3Group 4Group 5

Bracket

Upper bracket

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
               
San Lorenzo
Deportivo Rincón
 
 
Deportivo Riestra
Deportivo Maipú
 
 
Newell's Old Boys
Acassuso
 
 
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Deportivo Camioneros
 
 
Banfield
Real Pilar
 
 
Estudiantes (RC)
San Martín (T)
 
 
Godoy Cruz
Deportivo Morón
 
 
Argentinos Juniors
Midland
 
 
Racing
San Martín (F)
 
 
Defensa y Justicia
Chaco For Ever
 
 
Central Córdoba (SdE)
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
 
 
Belgrano
Atlético de Rafaela
 
 
Vélez Sarsfield
Deportivo Armenio
 
 
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
Gimnasia y Tiro
 
 
Sarmiento (J)
Tristán Suárez
 
 
Boca Juniors
Gimnasia y Esgrima (Ch)

Lower bracket

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
               
River Plate
Ciudad de Bolivar
 
 
Aldosivi
San Miguel
 
 
Independiente Rivadavia
Estudiantes (BA)
 
 
Tigre
Claypole
 
 
Talleres (C)
Argentino (M)
 
 
Atlético Tucumán
Sportivo Barracas
 
 
Unión
Agropecuario Argentino
 
 
Independiente
Atenas (RC)
 
 
Platense
Argentino (MM)
 
 
San Martín (SJ)
Deportivo Madryn
 
 
Instituto
Atlanta
 
 
Lanús
Sarmiento (LB)
 
 
Estudiantes (LP)
Ituzaingó
 
 
Rosario Central
Sportivo Belgrano
 
 
Barracas Central
Temperley
 
 
Huracán
Olimpo

Round of 64

The Round of 64 will have 10 qualified teams from the Torneo Federal A, 9 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metropolitana and 4 teams from Primera C Metropolitana), 15 teams from Primera Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round will be played in a single knock-out match format between 18 January and 8 April 2026. The 32 winning teams will advance to the Round of 32.

29 March 2026 Huracán 2 Olimpo
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17 February 2026 Tigre 14 Claypole
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17 February 2026 Aldosivi 30 San Miguel
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Round of 32

This round will have 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. It will be played between TBD and TBD 2026 in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams will advance to the Round of 16.

Winners 1 33 Winners 32
Winners 17 34 Winners 16
Winners 9 35 Winners 24
Winners 25 36 Winners 8
Winners 5 37 Winners 28
Winners 21 38 Winners 12
Winners 13 39 Winners 20
Winners 29 40 Winners 4
Winners 3 41 Winners 30
Winners 19 42 Winners 14
Winners 11 43 Winners 22
Winners 27 44 Winners 6
Winners 7 45 Winners 26
Winners 23 46 Winners 10
Winners 15 47 Winners 18
Winners 31 48 Winners 2

Round of 16

This round will have 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. It will be played between TBD and TBD 2026 in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams will advance to the quarterfinals.

Winners 33 49 Winners 34
Winners 35 50 Winners 36
Winners 37 51 Winners 38
Winners 39 52 Winners 40
Winners 41 53 Winners 42
Winners 43 54 Winners 44
Winners 45 55 Winners 46
Winners 47 56 Winners 48

Quarterfinals

This round will have 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round will be played between TBD and TBD 2026, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams will advance to the semifinals.

Winners 49 57 Winners 50
Winners 51 58 Winners 52
Winners 53 59 Winners 54
Winners 55 60 Winners 56

Semifinals

This round will have 4 qualified teams from the quarterfinals. The round will be played on TBD and TBD 2026, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams will advance to the final.

Winners 57 61 Winners 58
Winners 59 62 Winners 60

Final

Winners 6163Winners 62

Top goalscorers

As of January 2026
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Source: Copa Argentina

See also

References

  1. "¡Bienvenido AXION energy, nuevo main sponsor de la Copa Argentina!" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 31 January 2020.
  2. "BOLETÍN ESPECIAL Nº 6608 – COPA ARGENTINA 2026 – CLASIFICACIÓN A 32VOS. Y SISTEMA DE DISPUTA" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
  3. "Se sorteó la Fase Final de la decimocuarta edición" (in Spanish). Copa Argentina. 11 December 2025.