2017–18 Copa Argentina

2017–18 Copa Argentina

Tournament details
Country	Argentina
Teams	100
Final positions
Champions	Rosario Central (1st title)
Runner-up	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
2019 Copa Libertadores	Rosario Central
Tournament statistics
Matches played	135
Goals scored	311 (2.3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Héctor Rueda Luis Silba (5 goals each)
Best player	Jeremías Ledesma[1]
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The 2017–18 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Total Argentina 2017–18 for sponsorship reasons)^[2] was the ninth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the seventh since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 19 January 2018 and ended on 6 December 2018.

Rosario Central defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) on penalties in the final to win their first title.^[3] As champions, Rosario Central qualified for 2018 Supercopa Argentina and 2019 Copa Libertadores.^[4][5]

River Plate, the defending champions, were eliminated by Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) in the semifinals.

Teams[edit]

The 100 teams that took part in this competition were: all teams from the Primera División (28); twelve teams of the Primera B Nacional; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; three from the Primera D; thirty-two teams from Federal A and sixteen from Federal B.^[6]

First Level[edit]

Primera División[edit]

All twenty-eight teams qualified.

Second Level[edit]

Primera B Nacional[edit]

The best twelve teams at the 13th round of 2017-18 tournament qualified.

Third Level[edit]

Primera B Metropolitana[edit]

The top-five teams at the 17th round of 2017-18 Primera B tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal A[edit]

The first eight teams of each zone of the 2017–18 tournament qualified.

Fourth Level[edit]

Primera C Metropolitana[edit]

The top-four teams at the 19th round of 2017-18 Primera C tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal B[edit]

The top-four teams of each zone of the 2017-18 Federal B tournament qualified.

Fifth Level[edit]

Primera D Metropolitana[edit]

The top-three teams at the 15th round of 2017-18 Primera D tournament qualified.

Regional Round[edit]

This round was organized by the Consejo Federal.

Group A: Federal A[edit]

Round I[edit]

In the Round I, 32 teams from the Torneo Federal A participated. The round was played between 19 and 24 January, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round II.^[7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cipolletti	1–1 (4–3 p)	Deportivo Roca	1–0	0–1
Independiente (N)	1–1 (4–2 p)	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	1–0	0–1
Sansinena	4–0	Villa Mitre	4–0	0–0
Rivadavia (L)	1–2	Alvarado	1–0	0–2
Juventud Unida Universitario	1–5	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	0–2	1–3
Huracán Las Heras	0–2	Deportivo Maipú	0–0	0–2
Unión (VK)	4–2	Desamparados	2–0	2–2
San Lorenzo (A)	1–4	Central Córdoba (SdE)	0–1	1–3
Sportivo Belgrano	2–1	Estudiantes (RC)	2–1	0–0
Sportivo Las Parejas	1–5	Unión (S)	1–4	0–1
Defensores (P)	4–2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	1–2	3–0
Douglas Haig	1–1 (a)	Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	0–0	1–1
Chaco For Ever	1–2	Sarmiento (R)	1–1	0–1
Sportivo Patria	2–5	Crucero del Norte	2–2	0–3
Juventud Antoniana	2–0	Gimnasia y Tiro	0–0	2–0
San Jorge (T)	3–0	Altos Hornos Zapla	1–0	2–0

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Round II[edit]

In the Round II, 16 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between 27 January and 21 February, on a home-and-away two-legged tie with best team in the Torneo Federal A hosting the second leg. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Independiente (N)	0–6	Cipolletti	0–5	0–1
Sansinena	0–1	Alvarado	0–0	0–1
Deportivo Maipú	3–3 (a)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)	1–0	2–3
Unión (VK)	2–3	Central Córdoba (SdE)	0–2	2–1
Unión (S)	1–2	Sportivo Belgrano	1–0	0–2
Defensores (P)	2–4	Douglas Haig	1–2	1–2
Crucero del Norte	2–3	Sarmiento (R)	2–2	0–1
San Jorge (T)	3–5	Juventud Antoniana	2–3	1–2

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Group B: Federal B[edit]

Round I[edit]

In the Round I, 16 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between 26 January and 17 March, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Round II.^[10]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Rincón	5–3	Sol de Mayo	5–1	0–2
Racing (O)	0–4	Ferro Carril Sud	0–1	0–3
Independiente (Ch)	2–0	Deportivo Camioneros	2–0	0–0
Deportivo Achirense	2–3	San Jorge	2–3	0–0
Sarmiento (L)	4–4 (a)	Racing (C)	2–4	2–0
Sportivo Peñarol (Ch)	6–3	Huracán (SR)	4–1	2–2
Sol de América	2–2 (5–4 p)	San Martín (F)	1–1	1–1
Atlético Pellegrini	0–4	Central Norte	0–2	0–2

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Round II[edit]

In the Round II, 8 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between 10 February and 31 March, on a home-and-away two-legged tie with best team in the Torneo Federal B hosting the second leg. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.^[12]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Rincón	5–1	Ferro Carril Sud	4–0	1–1
Independiente (Ch)	3–1	San Jorge	2–1	1–0
Sportivo Peñarol (Ch)	2–4	Racing (C)	2–1	0–3
Sol de América	4–4 (3–4 p)	Central Norte	2–2	2–2

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]