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BoliviaConfederation CONMEBOL Founded 22 February 1975 Levels on pyramid 2 Most championships Oriente Petrolero (10 titles ) La Copa Bolivia is a knockout cup competition in Bolivian football, run by and named after The Football Association.
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History
La Copa Bolivia was first held in 1976, and is the oldest association football competition in the Bolivia. Because it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is the possibility for "minnows" from the lower divisions to become "giant-killers" by eliminating top clubs from the tournament and even theoretically win the Cup, although lower division teams rarely reach the final. In 2002 it was replaced and transformed in the current Aerosur Cup.
Format
The competition is a knockout tournament with pairings for each round drawn at random – there are no seeds, and the draw for each round is not made until after the scheduled dates for the previous round. The draw also determines which teams will play at home.
There are a total of 5 rounds in the competition — six qualifying rounds, followed by two group stage, semi-finals, and the final. The competition begins in January with the Extra Preliminary Round, followed by the Preliminary Round and First Qualifying Round, which are contested by the lowest-ranked clubs. Finally, teams from the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano enter at the Third Round Proper, at which point there are 64 teams remaining in the competition. from 1976 to 1996 the final was play in one venue Estadio Hernando Siles.
Media coverage
The Copa Bolivia Final is one of 10 events reserved for live broadcast on Bolivia terrestrial television under the ITC Code on Sports and Other Listed Events.
In October 1998 La Liga manager announced that ATB, Canal 7 and Unitel Bolivia would show an additional match (For example: Second Qualfying round, Group Stage and also the Final).
List of Championship
Copa Bolivia
# Year Winner Runner-up 1 1976 Wilsterman Deportivo Municipal 2 1977 The Strongest Oriente Petrolero 3 1978 Oriente Petrolero Guabirá 4 1979 Bolivar Chaco Petrolero 5 1980 Deportivo Warnes Bolivar 6 1981 Mariscal Braun Unión Central 7 1982 Unión Central Guabirá 8 1983 Blooming Oriente Petrolero 9 1984 The Strongest Fraternidad Tigres 10 1985 Litoral Oriente Petrolero 11 1986 Oriente Petrolero Universitario 12 1987 Blooming Oruro Royal 13 1988 Oriente Petrolero The Strongest 14 1989 Bolivar Wilsterman 15 1990 Bolivar Real Potosí 16 1991 Wilsterman Ferroviaro 17 1992 Oriente Petrolero Bolivar 18 1993 Oriente Petrolero 12 de OCtubre 19 1994 Oriente Petrolero Bolivar 20 1995 Oriente Petrolero Universitario de Pando 21 1996 Atlético Ciclón ABB 22 1997 Oriente Petrolero The Strongest 23 1998 Wilsterman Blooming 24 1999 Oriente Petrolero Bolivar 25 2000 The Strongest Guabirá 26 2001 Bolivar Real Santa Cruz 27 2002 Oriente Petrolero Wilsterman Results by team (Copa Bolivia)
Club Wins Last final won Runners-up Last final lost Oriente Petrolero 10 2002 3 1985 Bolívar 4 2001 3 1999 Wilstermann 3 1998 2 2002 The Strongest 3 2000 2 1997 Guabirá 0 3 2000 Real Santa Cruz 0 1 2001 See also
- Copa Bolivia Season
- Aerosur Cup
- Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
- Bolivian Football Regional Leagues
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