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Copa Uruguay

Organising body	AUF
Founded	20 April 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-20)
Region	Uruguay
Number of teams	58 (2024)
Qualifier for	Supercopa Uruguaya (TBC)
Current champions	Defensor Sporting (3rd title)
Most successful club(s)	Defensor Sporting (3 titles)
Website	AUF
2024 Copa Uruguay

The Copa Uruguay (officially Copa AUF Uruguay) is a knockout football competition in men's domestic Uruguayan football, starting in 2022.

The competition starts in June, with the winner of the cup qualifying for the following year's Supercopa Uruguaya, starting from the 2025 edition.

History

Historically, Uruguayan football never had a national cup tournament, aside from a competition called Torneo de Copa, which happened only in 1969. In 2018, teams started to mobilize in favour of the creation of a national cup, but nothing came of it.

On 20 April 2022, the Uruguayan Football Association announced the creation of the Copa AUF Uruguay, being approved by several clubs involved. The first edition of the competition, which was played from 22 June to 13 November 2022, was won by Defensor Sporting who defeated La Luz in the final.

Format

For its first edition in 2022, the competition was divided into two stages: a preliminary stage and the national stage.

In the preliminary stage, teams from the amateur lower leagues compete for 20 berths to the national stage. In the first phase of the national stage, 24 teams from the Primera División Amateur and Segunda División enter the competition, for a total of 48 teams which are divided into 24 ties, with the winners qualifying for the second round. The 24 second round winners advance to play against each other to define 12 winners into the third phase.

32 teams play in the third phase: 12 winners from the previous phase, 16 professional teams from the Primera División, the best relegated team of Primera División the previous season, the defending champion of the Primera División Amateur and the defending champion and runner-up of the Copa Nacional de Clubes. From this point onwards, the winners play against each other in two-legged knockout phases, with the Final being played in a single match.

The winner of the competition is also awarded a US$ 100,000 prize.

Results

Performance by club

References

1. ^ "La Copa AUF Uruguay fue aprobada por unanimidad y es una realidad" [The Copa AUF Uruguay was unanimously approved and is a reality] (in Spanish). AUF. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. "Histórico: nació la Copa Uruguay, que jugarán profesionales y amateurs de todo el país y tendrá un gran premio" [Historical: the Copa Uruguay is born, where professional and amateurs from the entire country will play and will have a great prize] (in Spanish). El País. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
3. "La Copa AUF Uruguay de 2023 comenzará la primera quincena de agosto" [The 2023 Copa AUF Uruguay will begin in the first fortnight of August]. La Diaria. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
4. "Cup Tournament 1969". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
5. "AUF y OFI se unen para un súper torneo con 64 equipos" [AUF and OFI join for a super tournament of 64 teams] (in Spanish). El Observador. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
6. "Copa AUF Uruguay: Defensor Sporting se llevó el título al vencer a La Luz 1-0 en la final" [Copa AUF Uruguay: Defensor Sporting took the title by beating La Luz 1–0 in the final] (in Spanish). FútbolUy. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

v t e Football in Uruguay
National teams	Men Senior Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach Women Main U-17
League system	Current Primera División Segunda División Primera División Amateur Liga Metropolitana Amateur Defunct Federación Uruguaya de Football (Primera División (FUF)) 1926 Torneo Consejo Provisorio Liga Uruguaya de Football Amateur Segunda División Amateur Segunda División (1903) Divisional Intermedia Divisional Extra
Domestic Cups	Current Copa Uruguay Supercopa Uruguaya Defunct Copa de Competencia Copa de Honor Copa Albion Copa León Peyrou Torneo de Honor Torneo Competencia Torneo Cuadrangular Campeonato Nacional General Artigas Torneo Fermín Garicoits Torneo de Copa Alfredo Lois Torneo Ciudad de Montevideo Liguilla Pre-Libertadores Torneo Campeones Olímpicos Liga Mayor
Women's	Current Primera División Segunda División Defunct Tercera División
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Categories	Men's Players Expatriate footballers Women's Players Managers Referees

v t e Football in South America (CONMEBOL)
Argentina (AFA)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Argentina Supercopa Argentina Copa de la Liga Profesional Trofeo de Campeones Supercopa Internacional
Bolivia (FBF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team División Profesional Copa Bolivia
Brazil (CBF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Copa do Brasil Supercopa do Brasil
Chile (FFC)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-17) Primera División Copa Chile Supercopa de Chile
Colombia (FCF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera A Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana
Ecuador (FEF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team Serie A Copa Ecuador Supercopa Ecuador
Paraguay (APF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Paraguay Supercopa Paraguay
Peru (FPF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team Primera División Copa LFP - FPF
Uruguay (AUF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-17) Primera División Copa Uruguay Supercopa Uruguaya
Venezuela (FVF)	Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Venezuela
National team competitions	Men Copa América Copa América Centenario Pre-Olympic Tournament Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Superclásico de las Américas Copa América de Futsal Futsal Finalissima Futsal World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Futsal Championship Under-17 Futsal Championship Copa América de Beach Soccer Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship South American Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games Women Copa América Femenina Women's Finalissima Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship Defunct Panamerican Championship
Club competitions	Men Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores Under-20 Intercontinental Cup Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer Women Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal Defunct Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Champions' Supercup J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa
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