2018 Copa Chile

2018 Copa Chile

Copa Chile MTS
Tournament details
Country	Chile
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Palestino (3rd title)
Runner-up	Audax Italiano
Copa Libertadores	Palestino
Tournament statistics
Matches played	94
Goals scored	246 (2.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lucas Simón (6 goals)
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The 2018 Copa Chile (officially known as Copa Chile MTS 2018 due to its sponsorship), was the 39th edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national football cup tournament. Santiago Wanderers were the defending champions, but lost to Palestino in the second round of the competition. Palestino went on to become champions after defeating Audax Italiano in the final by an aggregate score of 4–2.

Format

The 2018 Copa Chile is based on a system of direct elimination with double-legged ties, similar to the Copa del Rey. As a novelty, after 6 years, clubs that are members of the Segunda División Profesional were included, and after 8 years, clubs of the ANFA were also included, such as these of Tercera División A and Tercera División B.^[1]

Prizes

The champions of this edition (or the runners-up, if the champions had already qualified) earned the right to compete in the 2019 Copa Libertadores, taking the Chile 4 berth. Besides, they also earned the right to play the 2019 Supercopa de Chile. Unlike previous Copa Chile editions, the runners-up were not entitled to a berth to the Copa Sudamericana.^[1]

Schedule

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First Round	16 April 2018	25–30 April 2018 2–6 May 2018	2–16 May 2018
Second Round	18 May 2018	9–17 June 2018	14–21 June 2018
Round of 16	28 May 2018	22–24 June 2018	29 June – 2 July 2018
Quarterfinals		7–8 July 2018	13–14 July 2018
Semifinals		8 September 2018	13–14 October 2018
Finals		10 November 2018	17 November 2018

Teams

48 clubs took part in this edition of the Copa Chile: 16 from the Primera División, 16 from the Primera B, 10 from the Segunda División Profesional and 6 from the Tercera División A.

Primera A

Primera B

Segunda División

Tercera A

Preliminary phases

First round

The pairings for the first round were announced by the ANFP on 16 April 2018. The 16 teams from the Segunda División and Tercera División A were drawn against the 16 Primera B teams, according to geographical and safety criteria. The first legs were played on 25, 28–30 April, 2 and 6 May and the second legs were played on 2–3, 5–6 and 16 May 2018.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportes Vallenar	1–3	San Marcos de Arica	0–2	1–1
Fernández Vial	0–4	Ñublense	0–2	0–2
Iberia	3–4	Rangers	1–3	2–1
Deportes Linares	2–3	Deportes Valdivia	2–1	0–2
Independiente (Cauquenes)	4–4 (3–1 p)	Santiago Morning	1–1	3–3
Tomás Greig	1–5	Magallanes	0–2	1–3
General Velásquez	2–1	Deportes Melipilla	0–0	2–1
Deportes Santa Cruz	0–5	Barnechea	0–1	0–4
Colchagua	2–2 (4–3 p)	Unión San Felipe	0–1	2–1
Lautaro de Buin	1–3	Deportes La Serena	1–0	0–3
Municipal Santiago	0–6	Santiago Wanderers	0–1	0–5
Deportes Recoleta	1–6	Coquimbo Unido	0–4	1–2
San Antonio Unido	2–4	Cobresal	2–0	0–4
Deportes Limache	3–3 (0–3 p)	Deportes Copiapó	2–2	1–1
Provincial Ovalle	1–7	Cobreloa	1–4	0–3
Malleco Unido	2–6	Deportes Puerto Montt	1–3	1–3

First leg

Second leg

Second round

In the second round, the 16 winning teams from the previous round were drawn against the 16 Primera División teams which entered the competition at this stage. As in the previous round, the pairings were based on geographical and safety criteria. In each tie, the team from the lower tier hosted the first leg. The pairings for the second round were announced by the ANFP on 18 May 2018, the first legs were played from 9 to 17 June 2018 and the second legs were played from 14 to 21 July 2018.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Independiente (Cauquenes)	0–5	Curicó Unido	0–4	0–1
Deportes Copiapó	3–2	Deportes Antofagasta	2–0	1–2
Deportes Valdivia	3–2	Deportes Temuco	2–1	1–1
Deportes La Serena	1–6	Universidad de Chile	1–4	0–2
Deportes Puerto Montt	3–1	Universidad de Concepción	1–0	2–1
Cobreloa	3–2	Universidad Católica	1–2	2–0
Coquimbo Unido	1–8	Audax Italiano	0–5	1–3
Cobresal	1–1 (5–4 p)	Everton	0–0	1–1
General Velásquez	2–5	Unión Española	1–1	1–4
Santiago Wanderers	3–6	Palestino	0–2	3–4
Colchagua	0–0 (6–5 p)	O'Higgins	0–0	0–0
Magallanes	1–2	Unión La Calera	1–1	0–1
San Marcos de Arica	5–4	Deportes Iquique	4–1	1–3
Ñublense	3–2	Colo-Colo	2–0	1–2
Rangers	1–4	Huachipato	1–2	0–2
Barnechea	2–1	San Luis	1–1	1–0

First leg

Second leg

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	12	Unión La Calera	1	0	1
	10	Palestino	1	2	3
								10	Palestino	1	1	2
								8	Cobresal	1	0	1
	14	Ñublense	0	0	0
	8	Cobresal	3	1	4
															10	Palestino	1	2	3
															4	Universidad de Chile	1	0	1
	13	San Marcos de Arica	0	0	0
	6	Cobreloa	6	1	7
								6	Cobreloa	1	2	3
								4	Universidad de Chile	2	3	5
	11	Colchagua	1	0	1
	4	Universidad de Chile	2	4	6
																						10	Palestino	1	3	4
																						7	Audax Italiano	0	2	2
	16	Barnechea (p)	1	1	2 (3)
	1	Curicó Unido	0	2	2 (0)
								16	Barnechea (p)	1	1	2 (5)
								3	Deportes Valdivia	0	2	2 (4)
	5	Deportes Puerto Montt	0	3	3
	3	Deportes Valdivia	4	0	4
															16	Barnechea	1	0	1
															7	Audax Italiano	1	1	2
	15	Huachipato	2	1	3
	2	Deportes Copiapó	1	1	2
								15	Huachipato	1	1	2
								7	Audax Italiano	2	2	4
	9	Unión Española	0	0	0
	7	Audax Italiano	2	1	3

Final phases

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 and subsequent phases was held on 28 May 2018.^[6] Starting from this round, the order of legs in each tie will depend on the number assigned to the second round tie won by each team, with the team with the highest number in each tie hosting the second leg. The first legs were played from 22 to 24 June 2018 and the second legs were played from 29 June to 2 July 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Palestino	3–1	Unión La Calera	1–1	2–0
Cobresal	4–0	Ñublense	3–0	1–0
Cobreloa	7–0	San Marcos de Arica	6–0	1–0
Universidad de Chile	6–1	Colchagua	2–1	4–0
Deportes Valdivia	4–3	Deportes Puerto Montt	4–0	0–3
Curicó Unido	2–2 (0–3 p)	Barnechea	0–1	2–1
Audax Italiano	3–0	Unión Española	2–0	1–0
Deportes Copiapó	2–3	Huachipato	1–2	1–1

First leg

Second leg

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 7 and 8 July 2018, while the second legs were played on 13 and 14 July 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cobresal	1–2	Palestino	1–1	0–1
Universidad de Chile	5–3	Cobreloa	2–1	3–2
Deportes Valdivia	2–2 (4–5 p)	Barnechea	0–1	2–1
Audax Italiano	4–2	Huachipato	2–1	2–1

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 8 September 2018, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 October 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad de Chile	1–3	Palestino	1–1	0–2
Audax Italiano	2–1	Barnechea	1–1	1–0

First leg

Second leg

Finals

For the first time since 2011, the finals were played in a two-legged tie format.^[7]

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Palestino won 4–2 on aggregate.

Top goal scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Lucas Simón	Cobreloa	6
2	Sebastián Romero	Cobreloa	5
	Sergio Santos	Audax Italiano
	Gustavo Lanaro	Deportes Valdivia
	Iván Ledezma	Audax Italiano

Source: ANFP

References